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Bundesfinanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble wird am Dienstagabend vor einem Sonderausschuss im EU-Parlament zur Affäre um massive Steuervergünstigungen für Großkonzerne in Luxemburg befragt.
Flüchtlingskrise, wachsende Ungleichheit, Klimawandel – Zahlreiche Gipfeltreffen verdeutlichen das Ringen der Weltgemeinschaft um Antworten auf die großen Fragen unserer Zeit. Doch statt auf konkrete Ergebnisse der internationalen Politik zu warten, sollte sich jeder Einzelne seiner eigenen Verantwortung bewusst werden, meinen Okka Lou Mathis und Matthias Ruchser.
Kurz vor einer Reihe von EU-Sondertreffen zur Flüchtlingskrise erlaubt Ungarn seiner Armee den Einsatz von Waffen gegen Flüchtlinge an der Grenze. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation Human Rights Watch wirft indes Mazedonien vor, Flüchtlinge zu misshandeln.
September 21, 2015 (JUBA) – United Nations (UN) on Monday rang alarm bell over increased death rate among children in the UN protection of civilian site in Unity state's capital, Bentiu where 34 children under 5 years of age died in the first week of September, about 5 deaths a day.
Spokesperson for the UN secretary general in a press conference on Monday in New York said reports lamented the rapid loss of children in the camp.
"Turning to South Sudan, our colleagues at our Humanitarian Office (OCHA) say that thirty-four children under 5 years of age died from malnutrition in the civil protection site in Bentiu, Unity State, in the first week of September,” announced Stephane Dujarric.
He said the deaths mainly resulted from malnutrition, but added that water and sanitation organizations were stepping up activities to address malnutrition and child mortality in Bentiu.
OCHA said malnutrition remained a major concern across South Sudan, with about a quarter of a million children severely malnourished.
Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) recently launched a joint nutrition scale-up plan, which will see the agencies and their partners assist over two million people – children, pregnant women and new mothers – for the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition until May of next year.
“Just to give you a scale of the issue: following the recent fighting in central Unity State, we are now housing 112,000 people in our protection of civilians' camp in Bentiu," said Dujarric.
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September 21, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition faction led by former vice-president and first vice-president designate, Riek Machar, has accused forces loyal to president Salva Kiir of committing further violations to the permanent ceasefire deal they signed in August to end the 20-month long civil war in the country.
Opposition leader's press secretary, James Gatdet Dak, on Monday said government troops attacked opposition-held territories and civilian settlements including Thoonyor in Leer county of the oil-rich Unity state.
“Soldiers of Salva Kiir have continued to attack our bases in a clear violation of the ceasefire. They attacked areas in Leer county in Unity state including Thoonyor payam, displacing civilians in the area,” Dak said in a statement on Monday.
He however said government forces were repulsed, but declined to provide details of casualties.
Dak also said fighting had been going on in Western Equatoria state in Mundri and Maridi counties, further accusing the government of launching offensive against their bases and civilian settlements.
President Kiir and opposition leader, Machar, signed a peace agreement in August and instructed their forces to stop fighting in observing the ceasefire.
Senior officers from the rival parties have held a week-long workshop in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on the ceasefire deal and security arrangements, but could not agree on the size and composition of forces and joint integrated police that should remain or be deployed in the national capital, Juba.
Dak blamed the government for the failure to strike a deal, saying the Juba's suggested size of the force in the capital was contrary to the provision in the peace deal.
“The peace agreement clearly provides for demilitarization of Juba and other state capitals. However, the government demands an army division or brigades to be stationed in the capital. This is contrary to the security arrangements provision,” he said.
“The agreement talks of demilitarization, but the regime wants even more forces in the capital,” he added.
He said the opposition wanted a small size of joint integrated police of all categories and armed forces to guide the presidency, barracks, bases and warehouses in the capital.
Observers said the government has taken advantage of the loopholes in the IGAD Plus compromise peace agreement which failed to determine the size and composition of such forces as part of the signed document.
It is not clear when the parties will resume the workshop so as to agree on the security arrangements or whether IGAD mediation will try to come in and impose another compromise, as the implementation of the agreement will likely run behind the schedule.
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Deutschland steht bei der EU seit Jahren am Pranger wegen zu hoher Stickstoffdioxid-Werte in Städten und muss womöglich mit einer EuGH-Klage rechnen. Die Bundesregierung begründet das mit "viel zu hohen" Emissionen neuer Diesel-Autos.
Durch industrielle oder landwirtschaftliche Emissionen verursachte Atemwegsleiden töteten 2012 670.000 EU-Bürger. Männer waren stärker betroffen als Frauen. EurActiv Frankreich berichtet.
Am Wochenende gab es noch Differenzen, zu Wochenbeginn zog die österreichische Regierung wieder an einem Strang: Nach dem Vorstoß der Österreichischen Volkspartei für ein "Asyl auf Zeit" schließt sich auch die sozialdemokratische SPÖ diesem Vorschlag an.