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Newsline 05.02.2018 | 17:15 UTC News Europe Turkey's Erdogan meets with Pope Francis during Rome visit Pope Francis gifted Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan an "angel of peace" during Erdogan's visit to Vatican. Protesters clashed with police in Rome as the two leaders discussed Jerusalem and other Middle Eastern issues. Erdogan meets Pope Francis Turkish president to visit Pope Francis in the Vatican Erdogan's Offensive: Who Will Help the Kurds? Erdogan urges Jerusalem recognition as capital of Palestine Turkey's Erdogan at the Vatican: A visit at a difficult time Turkey's Erdogan criticizes EU leaders for lack of support, especially against terror Turkey's attack on Kurds in Afrin reverberates in Germany Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria Turkey's ground forces enter Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin: State media Pope Francis visits Armenian Tzitzernakaberd genocide memorial Council of Europe votes to place Turkey under human rights monitoring Turkey 'on the road to autocracy,' Venice Commission watchdog says Azerbaijan leader Ilham Aliyev calls snap presidential poll Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has moved forward the presidential vote by six months, without explaining the move. Opposition leaders claim Aliyev is trying to hamper his rivals' efforts to fight "vote rigging." A road trip through Western Asia [No title] Azerbaijan urged to lift journalist's travel ban Angela Merkel's CDU party received donations from Azerbaijan Azerbaijan President appoints wife as First Vice President Brexit: EU warns Britain of 'unavoidable' trade barriers if it leaves customs union EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said Britain must decide whether to stay in the bloc's customs union ahead of talks later this week. British PM Theresa May earlier ruled out remaining in the customs union. Striking a Brexit trade deal — will they or won't they? UK's Theresa May eyes post-Brexit trade ties as China's Xi Jinping touts 'Belt and Road' Brexit: UK and EU on collision course over residency rights Brexit: EU ministers agree on transition period demands Brexit Diaries 24: An elephant in the room UK Brexit negotiator wants trade deals during transition period Brexit will see Britain quit EU customs union Hard Brexit to cost German car industry jobs: study EU 'worries' that UK wants to use Ireland as customs 'test case' Italy Silvio Berlusconi warns of migrant "social bomb" in Italy Italy's infamous former leader denounced a series of drive-by shootings carried out by a neo-Fascist against migrants. He said that "irregular" migrants had to be deported by a new government ahead of March 4 elections. Racial motive suspected in Italy drive-by shooting Italy: Police say victims of drive-by shootings in Macerata are all foreigners Berlusconi lauds Catherine Deneuve's 'blessed words' on #MeToo Italy's parliament dissolved ahead of election Silvio Berlusconi to face trial for 'bunga bunga' bribe? World Female Genital Mutilation Could FGM make a comeback in Kenya as a doctor takes to court? Many African countries have made great strides in tackling Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Kenya, however, has seen a backlash as a doctor pushes for continuing the practice as part of 'heritage' in a court bid. Female genital mutilation on the rise in Germany 'Laws are just pieces of paper' if not enforced, says Guinean rights activist US doctor charged with performing female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation still a 'global concern' Raising FGM awareness in Africa Environment oceans Microplastics endanger whales and sharks Microplastics represent a significant risk for large marine filter feeders like whales and sharks, a new study reveals. It's another wake-up call around the massive problem of plastic pollution. Doing Your Bit: Using plastic waste to grow food Microplastics need better wastewater treatment Ocean College: On a microplastic mission Living Planet: The plastic inside us Germans slow to bin plastics habit Plastic in oceans causing coral reefs to get sick, study says Facing public pressure, companies are ditching plastic 'Not enough action from EU on plastic' Plastic is junk food for coral What to do about Germany's mounting packaging waste? Plastics to outweigh fish in oceans by 2050, study warns Culture 'Unbuilding Walls': healing divisions with architecture at the Venice Biennale 28 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the architecture office GRAFT presents work in the German Pavilion in Venice that aims to break down barriers. Berlin Wall — now down for as long as it once stood Stasi investigator to curate German pavilion at Venice Biennale Germans remember the night when the Berlin Wall fell Opinion: The Berlin Wall is gone — but is it really? Berlin 24/7: Berlin's forgotten victims of communism The Future is Now! 100 Years of Bauhaus Why Brutalism is sending out an SOS   © Deutsche Welle 2018