Daily Bulletin | 19.03.2018, 18:30 UTC

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Daily Bulletin 19.03.2018 | 18:30 UTC Brexit: Michel Barnier says draft transition treaty mostly agreed Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has announced agreement on most of the issues that could allow the EU to offer Britain a transition deal. Some concerns about the Irish border still need to be resolved, though. Salisbury spy poisoning: Vladimir Putin rejects claims as 'nonsense' Fresh off an electoral victory, the Russian president has dismissed allegations that Moscow poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the UK. The EU has called on Moscow to provide "complete disclosure" of its Novichok program. Bolivia takes Chile to ICJ to get back lost coastline Bolivia is taking its neighbor to Chile to court over access to the sea. The landlocked country lost its sea coast in a war more than a century ago, and in recent decades has regularly asked for access to be restored. Donald Trump proposes death penalty for some drug dealers to battle opioid epidemic The US president wants to execute drug dealers as part of his plan to combat addiction. Trump will also ask Congress to lower the minimum quantity of drugs sold that triggers mandatory prison sentences. Far-right German PEGIDA founder Lutz Bachmann refused entry into UK The figurehead of the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA was detained at a London airport before being deported. He was due to speak at a far-right rally in central London's Hyde Park. Asylum: Germany processes more applications than other EU states combined Just as it did the previous year, Germany handled more asylum applications in 2017 than all fellow EU members combined. The way Germany interprets the Dublin agreement suggests the discrepancy is set to continue. EU, US lawmakers scold Facebook, Trump-linked Cambridge Analytica Lawmakers in the EU and the US demand answers following reports that a firm harvested data from 50 million Facebook users to influence the US election. Cambridge Analytica reportedly retained illegally obtained data. UN: DR Congo forces killing protesters with 'impunity' Dozens of protesters were killed by DR Congo security forces in 2017 in what the UN described as quashing dissent at all costs. The violence threatens peaceful and free elections. Filipinos resist China-funded dams amid Beijing's growing clout in Southeast Asia Filipinos have rallied at the Chinese Embassy in Manila to protest against two Beijing-funded dam projects that they say will occupy land, destroy environment and incur massive foreign debt on the Philippine government. World Water Council's Braga: Water crises could be coming to your backyard Governments should increase resilience to cope with droughts and flooding due to climate change, says World Water Council's Benedito Braga as the World Water Forum gets underway, or else face water crises in the future. Trade tensions overshadow G20 finance ministers meeting The two-day gathering in Argentina comes at a tense moment, just a few days before the US will impose higher tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and new US trade measures reportedly targeted at China. Thomas Tuchel: Bus bombing contributed to Borussia Dortmund departure Former Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel has said that he would still be at the club had it not been for last year's bomb attack on the team bus. Several players have said that they are still affected by the attack. Enter our travel video competition! Did you shoot brilliant pictures of the world's most beautiful places on your last vacation? Then send us your video and win a DW travel backpack and DW rain jacket!   © Deutsche Welle 2018