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Daily Bulletin 15.09.2017 | 18:30 UTC
Germany
German Election
SPD voters hopeful despite new low in German election polls
With just over a week until the German election, the Social Democrats have sunk to 20 percent in the polls. DW's Kate Brady spoke to German voters at an SPD rally in Brandenburg about their hopes for the party.
Child poverty still rising in Germany, official report shows
The best way to protect German children from poverty is for both parents to work, a new Family Ministry report has said. The number of children at risk from poverty has risen in the country, despite a booming economy.
News
London Parsons Green terrorist bomb attack on subway triggers massive manhunt
Hundreds of police are reviewing CCTV and carrying out forensic testing to identify the attacker behind a subway attack. Some 22 people were injured in a crowded train when a device in a plastic bucket combusted.
North Korea launches missile over Japan
Pyongyang has fired an intermediate-range missile over Japanese territory for the second time in two weeks. It came a day after Kim Jong Un threatened Tokyo for supporting the US. The UN has called an emergency meeting.
World hunger increases for first time in a decade, topping 800 million in 2016
After steady progress fighting hunger, the United Nations announced an increase in the number of chronically hungry people for the first time in over 10 years. Some 11 percent of the world's population is affected.
French journalist released in Turkey, Germans and others still in jail
Turkey has released French journalist Loup Bureau, whom it had accused of having links to terrorist organizations. Several others, such as German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel, however, remain behind bars.
World
Why China won't help US against North Korea
Even after multiple rounds of sanctions, Pyongyang is continuing to provoke the international community with weapons testing. China and the US face bad options, and each other, in creating a united front.
Science
Goodbye Cassini - the end of NASA's Saturn mission
The space probe Cassini sent its last signal before it hurtled into Saturn's atmosphere, after delivering fascinating pictures and information from the ringed planet for more than a decade.
Sports
Hannover vs. Hamburg - live Bundesliga updates
No matter what happens in Friday's Bundesliga game, the league will at least temporarily have a new leader. Both newly-promoted Hannover and perennial under-performers Hamburg have started the season improbably well.
Mathew Leckie poised to become Socceroos' next superstar at Hertha Berlin
From Melbourne to Berlin via three other stops in German football, Mathew Leckie has had quite the career so far. This season, the Australian has stepped out of the shadows.
So far, Heiko Herrlich has been unable to reverse Leverkusen's gradual downhill slide
Having flirted with the drop for much of last season Bayer Leverkusen have taken but a single point in their first three games of the new campaign. So far, new coach Heiko Herrlich been unable to turn things around.
Cologne fans descend on London for return to European football
Cologne couldn't have picked a bigger game to mark their return to European football - Arsenal away. DW's Matt Ford spent an eventful day in London with the traveling Bundesliga fans.
Newsletters & Co.
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On the road to the German election
Germans are heading to the polls this September. Discover what the elections in Germany mean to Germany, Europe and the world with our online special: Germany Decides.

 
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