Deportations & ICE

ICE – Sie laufen mit Brillen, die sehen, speichern und vergleichen
ICE - They walk with glasses that see, store, and compare

The Department of Homeland Security is working on a system whose impact can hardly be downplayed anymore. "ICE Glasses" is the internal name for the project, and they are intended to allow federal agents to identify people on the street in real time. Not based on behavior. Not based on suspicion. But based on data. The glasses access biometric systems that have ...

The arrest in a nightgown - and the dispute that made it possible
The arrest in a nightgown - and the dispute that made it possible
Investigations reveal: Bounty list - How ICE pays local police for arrests, even involving children
Investigations reveal: Bounty list - How ICE pays local police for arrests, even involving children
Deported Despite Hearing Implants – California Demands the Return of a Six-Year-Old Deaf Boy
Deported Despite Hearing Implants – California Demands the Return of a Six-Year-Old Deaf Boy

Iran War

Trump verlängert, Iran pokert – und beide tun so, als gäbe es einen Waffenstillstand
Trump extends, Iran gambles - and both act as if there is a ceasefire

Trump had said he would never extend it. Then Pakistan’s field marshal Asim Munir called. And Trump extended it anyway. The ceasefire, whose expiration he had accompanied for days with threats of bombing, lives on - officially at Islamabad’s request, while America waits for a unified proposal from Tehran. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanks Trump personally on X and on behalf of Field Marshal Munir ...

Recherchen zeigen: Beide Seiten sitzen längst am Tisch – nur nicht dort, wo die Kameras stehen
Research shows: Both sides are already at the table - just not where the cameras are
Pakistan macht den Tisch fertig, während das Geschirr noch fliegt – Erste Gespräche Iran und USA heute
Pakistan sets the table while the dishes are still flying - First Iran and U.S. talks today
The Touska is burning, oil prices are rising, and no one knows whether negotiations are still happening
The Touska is burning, oil prices are rising, and no one knows whether negotiations are still happening

World News

Bagdad unter Druck – Washington verlangt Entscheidung, die das Land zerreißen kann
Baghdad under pressure - Washington demands a decision that could tear the country apart

Islamabad - The United States is increasing pressure on Iraq, and this time it is not about details, but about the fundamental question of which side the country is on. As Washington and Tehran face each other in open conflict, the US government is demanding that Baghdad clearly distance itself from Iran and dismantle the militias linked to Tehran within its own borders ...

Vance und Ghalibaf landen morgen früh in Islamabad – während in Teheran die Menschen sagen, was Politiker nicht hören wollen
Vance and Ghalibaf arrive in Islamabad early tomorrow morning - while in Tehran people are saying what politicians do not want to hear
JD Vance kehrt zurück – und diesmal geht es um mehr als nur ein Abkommen
JD Vance returns - and this time it is about more than just an agreement
Hormuz tips into a state of emergency - something is building - reporting ongoing
Hormuz tips into a state of emergency - something is building - reporting ongoing

EU News

Kalaschnikow kauft Stoff statt Stahl – wie ein Rüstungskonzern still eine Textilindustrie übernimmt
Kalashnikov buys fabric instead of steel - how an arms manufacturer quietly takes over a textile industry

Research reveals something that only makes sense if you do not look at a single purchase, but at what emerges when you add them all together. The structure Triada-TKO, part of the Kalashnikov Group, acquired stakes in at least ten textile companies in central Russia between March and April of this year. The purchases are spread across the regions of Moscow, Vladimir, Tula, and Ivanovo.

Tschernobyl lebt noch – in den Wäldern Bayerns
Chernobyl is still alive - in the forests of Bavaria
Six weeks of jet fuel - and then Europe goes quieter
Six weeks of jet fuel - and then Europe goes quieter
The factories of war - Berlin opens the second front for Ukraine
The factories of war - Berlin opens the second front for Ukraine

Trump & USA

175 dead in Minab, 21 in Lamerd - Senators accuse Hegseth of breaking the law
175 dead in Minab, 21 in Lamerd - Senators accuse Hegseth of breaking the law

Eleven senators are turning against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and demanding answers. All 11 senators come from the Democratic camp. A deadline has been set, and by May 4 he is to explain how these attacks came about. The accusation is specific and serious. Several operations against Iran are said to have violated American law and international law ...

The empty hall, Vance speaks, mocks Ukraine and sparks a scandal
The empty hall, Vance speaks, mocks Ukraine and sparks a scandal
Five times deferred, never served — now Trump wants the Medal of Honor and sends others to war
Five times deferred, never served — now Trump wants the Medal of Honor and sends others to war
70 million dollars. Not a single deportee. Instead, a bar.
70 million dollars. Not a single deportee. Instead, a bar.

Spotlight

The day ChatGPT becomes a witness to murder
The day ChatGPT becomes a witness to murder

In Florida, a criminal investigation is being conducted for the first time against an AI system. An inquiry has turned into a criminal case. At the center is OpenAI - and a chatbot that is no longer seen merely as a tool, but as part of an act that cost two people their lives. Attorney General James Uthmeier stood before the press in Tampa and said a sentence ...

He who looks into the abyss long enough begins to think like it
He who looks into the abyss long enough begins to think like it
Tensions behind closed doors - meeting between Trump representatives and the Vatican escalates
Tensions behind closed doors - meeting between Trump representatives and the Vatican escalates
254 Tote – Nächste Woche Verhandlungen. Der Waffenstillstand gilt trotzdem nicht für alle
254 dead - negotiations next week. The ceasefire still does not apply to everyone

Inferno Ukraine

The engineer who stayed - and disappeared for it: How a nuclear power plant became a torture zone
The engineer who stayed - and disappeared for it: How a nuclear power plant became a torture zone

Ruslan Lavryk was 51 years old when Russian troops took over the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in the spring of 2022. A place that was supposed to stand for stability became a military base within a few days. Ukrainian defense had been broken, Russian soldiers moved between reactor blocks, laid mines and searched buildings. Many employees fled Enerhodar ...

From our Russia investigations: The invisible weak points - why Russia’s missiles depend on EU and U.S. key chemicals
From our Russia investigations: The invisible weak points - why Russia’s missiles depend on EU and U.S. key chemicals
Geneva, Third Round - Why These Peace Talks Leave Little Room for Illusions
Geneva, Third Round - Why These Peace Talks Leave Little Room for Illusions
The Second Winter
The Second Winter

Planet Earth

Wenn es wackelt, geht man – das Walretter-Team zerfällt, und einer beklagt den Schlafmangel
When it starts to wobble, people leave - the whale rescue team falls apart, and one complains about lack of sleep

A whale lies off the island of Poel in the Baltic Sea. It has been there longer than anyone had planned, and around it, what was meant to be its rescue is now falling apart. Christiane Freifrau von Gregory, spokesperson for the private initiative, is stepping down. She says she is clearing the way because constructive and professional cooperation ...

Ticking time bomb: Damaged Russian gas tanker drifts in the Mediterranean, authorities raise alarm, but no one cares
Ticking time bomb: Damaged Russian gas tanker drifts in the Mediterranean, authorities raise alarm, but no one cares
Data centers underwater - China moves digital infrastructure into the sea
Data centers underwater - China moves digital infrastructure into the sea
345 Million Dollars - A Ruling That Pushes Greenpeace to the Brink
345 Million Dollars - A Ruling That Pushes Greenpeace to the Brink

AFD – „No Thanks“

Der Retter von Bergen – Acht Jahre zu spät
The savior of Bergen - eight years too late

Holger Robert, 63, Bergen on Rügen, trained carpenter, local politician, now janitor, several children, several grandchildren, a wife with Polish roots who cares for other people while he saves Germany. That is how the AfD faction in Bergen introduced him on May 15, 2024: the savior of Germany. On April 12, 2026, the savior appeared. He posted on Facebook that Viktor Orbán had won the election ...

Weidel and the Organized Deception
Weidel and the Organized Deception
Democracy Under Fire - How This AfD Guide Is Meant to Crush Civil Society and Silence People
Democracy Under Fire - How This AfD Guide Is Meant to Crush Civil Society and Silence People
When Politicians Lie to Their Voters: The Case of Harald Laatsch, AfD
When Politicians Lie to Their Voters: The Case of Harald Laatsch, AfD

Daylight

China positions itself to carry what no one wants to touch
China positions itself to carry what no one wants to touch

Our investigation indicates that Beijing is prepared to take in highly enriched uranium from Iran. It is about 440 kilograms of material - an amount that fits on a sheet of paper and is still heavy enough to tip any negotiating table. After American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, this uranium is still believed to be inside the country ...

The hour of Vance - and the view from above
The hour of Vance - and the view from above
Trump sells the war as a business
Trump sells the war as a business
Amerika war nie eine christliche Nation – und die Gründerväter wussten das genau
America was never a Christian nation - and the Founding Fathers knew that exactly

Satire & Hell

Der mächtigste Idiot der Geschichte – und er ist stolz darauf
The most powerful idiot in history - and he is proud of it

Donald Trump collects awards the way other people collect debt. The FIFA Peace Prize. The “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.” The Nobel Peace Prize trophy from a Venezuelan opposition leader who handed him her own copy because he wanted one so badly. Now he is earning himself a new title and this one is real: the most powerful idiot in the history of the world ...

Friedensnobelpreis für Trump – er selbst findet das naheliegend, wir haben die Lösung, wenn …
Nobel Peace Prize for Trump - he himself considers it obvious, we have the solution, if …
The man Germany has been missing since 1813
The man Germany has been missing since 1813
Die Schuhe des Führers –  Eine fortlaufende Verbesserung in Schwarzleder
The Leader’s Shoes - A Continuous Improvement in Black Leather