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Telegraph
a day ago
- Automotive
- Telegraph
Car crashes into first floor after hitting trampoline
A car veered off a road at high speed and struck a trampoline in a German town, seriously injuring a boy playing on it. In a bizarre accident, the vehicle left the road in the town of Bohmte, western Germany, on Saturday evening before colliding with another vehicle and tearing through a hedge. The car, said to be a Volvo SUV, hit a trampoline and embedded itself in the roof of a barn in a low-lying garden, Deutsche Welle, the German broadcaster, said. A 43-year-old female passenger and a seven-year-old boy, who had been playing on the trampoline at the time, were seriously injured. The boy was said to be in a critical condition in hospital. Pictures from the scene showed scattered debris and a twisted but intact trampoline. The car appears to have already been airborne when it hit the trampoline, due to the difference in height between the road and the lower-lying garden. It is understood it could not have bounced off the trampoline due to its weight. Volvo SUVs vary by model, but can weight between 1,600kg and 3,400kg (1.6 to 3.4 tons). 'There was a massive clatter and we just thought: 'Help! What has happened?'' a resident of Bohmte told Deutsche Welle. 'Then we ran outside and saw the car in the roof.' Another resident, Daniela Viss, told TV7 News: 'I heard this massive crash and thought: 'Holy cow, what just happened?' We rushed outside and saw the car stuck in the roof. The mother was just screaming. My boyfriend called the ambulance and police right away.' Olga Folik, a third resident, told German newspaper Focus: 'I went over to the neighbour's house; an ambulance was already there. I only saw the fence and the garden destroyed. And the car stuck in the barn on the second floor. I just thought, how can something like that happen?' She suggested that all the children involved in the car accident know each other and have previously played together. The car driver is said to be a 42-year-old man who was carrying three boys – aged 11, 12 and 13 – in the back seats. The driver and all three boys sustained only light injuries. Several dozen emergency service workers were sent to the crash scene, including 12 ambulance crews and two helicopters, Deutsche Welle reported. 'This is clearly an extraordinary deployment,' a fire bridgade spokesman said. It remains unclear what exactly caused the accident, but investigators ruled out drink-drinking after taking blood samples from the driver.
Middle East Eye
15-07-2025
- Middle East Eye
CNN crew attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in occupied West Bank
CNN's Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond says he and his team were attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank this week. Diamond had travelled to the area to interview the father of 20-year-old Saif Musallet, an American-Palestinian citizen and one of two Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers on Friday. 'As we were covering this story, my team & I were attacked by Israeli settlers. The back window of our vehicle was smashed, but we managed to escape unharmed,' he posted on X. He added: 'This is just a sliver of the reality many Palestinians face in the West Bank amid rising settler violence. Earlier this month two journalists from the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) were attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank. The correspondent and cameraman came under assault in the Palestinian village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. They were covering a planned protest against mounting settler violence when a group of settlers hurled stones at them and chased them from the scene.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Doctors Are Warning That Ozempic's Severe Side Effects May Outweigh Its Benefits
As weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy become ever more popular, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about their gnarly side effects. As Germany's Deutsche Welle notes, people who take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist/receptors, the class of drugs that the popular shots fall under, have reported everything from stomach issues and vision changes to erectile dysfunction and even suicide. Though clinical trials for these kinds of drugs didn't report tons of adverse effects, King's College London physician Penny Ward explained in an interview with DW that real-world patients will often experience more — and more disparate — side effects after trials have concluded. "Rarer side effects may emerge as more patients take these medicines in clinical practice, simply as a result of the much larger number of people treated than were included in the clinical development trials," the doctor noted. "This is why we continue to monitor the safety of medicines on the market." In the few years since GLP-1s have flooded the market, changed American food consumption, and utterly upended the weight loss industry, a handful of studies have looked into some of their scarier side effects — and their results aren't exactly inspiring. Last summer, Harvard researchers revealed a troubling link between semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a condition that blocks blood flow to the eyes and can cause blindness. In that study, people with diabetes who take semaglutide were found to be four times more likely to develop NAION than the average person — and although there are some complicating factors, that's nothing to scoff at. More recently, doctors at Washington University in St. Louis found that people who take GLP-1s have increased rates of kidney problems and pancreatitis — a disorder that the United Kingdom's medical regulator has, separately, begun investigating. While there's tons of studies into the constellation of health benefits these drugs can have outside of weight loss, there hasn't been as much research into their of adverse effects — and what's already out there might not represent the full population of people who take them. Though women make up an estimated 65 percent of GLP-1 users in the United States, per the healthcare market analysis group Real Chemistry, there have only been a few studies that take into account how different genders respond to the drugs. According to Karolina Skibicka, a neuroendocrinologist from the University of Calgary in Canada, that's a problem. "We need studies which include women," Skibicka told DW. "Women show unique side-effects to many pharmacotherapies, and still [in] most studies women are often underrepresented at various stages of testing." Though the Canadian neuroendocrinologist still believes that the "list of benefits for this drug, if taken as prescribed, is still significantly longer and more impactful than risks," doctors and patients alike need to be able to make that cost-benefit analysis together. And without sufficient study into risks, that analysis is skewed in the favor of high-grossing drug manufacturers — which is bad news for the people who may bear the brunt of these potentially serious side effects. More on Ozempic: Something Comically Bad Just Happened to the Inventor of Ozempic
Middle East Eye
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israeli settlers attack German journalists reporting on West Bank violence
Two journalists from the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) were attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank, the outlet said on Saturday. The correspondent and cameraman came under assault on Friday in the Palestinian village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. They were covering a planned protest against mounting settler violence when a group of settlers hurled stones at them and chased them from the scene. The DW crew managed to escape without physical injury, but the cameraman's vehicle was severely damaged. According to DW, other international journalists present during the attack were also forced to flee after coming under a barrage of stones. DW director Peter Limbourg condemned the assault, calling for immediate accountability. "This attack cannot be justified by anything, and we demand quite clearly: the Israeli government must guarantee the safety of all journalists in the West Bank," he said in a statement. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Israel's military, which oversees security in the West Bank, did not initially comment. A spokesperson later said the incident would be reviewed. 'Israel's systematic assassination of Palestinian reporters' Attacks on journalists in the occupied West Bank are not new. In May, at least 13 reporters were injured during assaults by both Israeli forces and settlers. In one instance, a journalist was struck in the head with a stick by settlers while covering an attack in Al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah. The journalist lost consciousness and was taken to a medical centre in Ramallah. Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts Read More » In that same attack, six journalists suffered temporary asphyxiation after Israeli troops fired tear gas during a raid in Nablus. Another six were reportedly affected by tear gas in Bethlehem during clashes. The latest attacks comes as Israel continues to target and kill journalists in Gaza. In June a Palestinian photojournalist was killed in an Israeli air strike on western Gaza City. The Government Media Office confirmed the death of Ismail Abu Hatab, bringing the number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 to 228. In a statement, the office denounced 'Israel's systematic assassination of Palestinian reporters in Gaza' and urged media and rights organisations to 'condemn these systematic crimes against Gaza journalists.' Since 7 October 2023, settler violence in the occupied West Bank has sharply escalated. Armed settlers—often carrying rifles, clubs and stones—have raided Palestinian villages, torching homes, vehicles and farmland, often with the backing of the Israeli army. Roughly three million Palestinians live under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, alongside more than 700,000 Israeli settlers residing in over 200 settlements, including in East Jerusalem. These settlements are considered illegal under international law.
DW
01-07-2025
- Business
- DW
ChatEurope: First chatbot dedicated to European news
Launched today by 15 partners including a dozen leading European media organizations, this unique news platform integrates a chatbot able to answer your questions about European news in all EU languages. Where have rents increased the most in Europe? Who won the presidential election in Poland? What does the European rearmament plan entail? ... Everything you want to know about Europe, ask #ChatEurope and get the facts! The chatbot operates in all EU languages. Its purpose is very simple: to help you better understand Europe, the way it works, how decisions are made and how these decisions impact your life. Led by Agence France-Presse, the media consortium behind this platform brings together prominent names in European journalism: the German and French broadcasters Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde; the Romanian radio RFI Romania; the German and Italian news agencies dpa and Ansa; the Polish press group Agora; the Spanish non-profit foundation fighting against disinformation the Spanish daily El Pais, and the online media outlet specialized in Southeast Europe OBCT. At the heart of this innovative project, the ChatEurope chatbot was developed by the Romanian company DRUID AI and operates using the language model of the French company Mistral. As the technical partner of the project, Xwiki developed the news platform. Dpa and AFP subsidiaries, news aktuell and MediaConnect, are in charge of the communication. ChatEurope formulates its answers solely based on the thousands of articles provided by consortium members and always cites its sources, offering its users a guarantee of reliability amid widespread disinformation on social media. In a rapidly evolving media landscape, it also promises users a fully personalized experience, navigating the content offering based on their questions. Breaking news, analyses, explanatory formats to better understand Europe, articles on the national implications of European policies, vertical videos on social media and even documentaries, ChatEurope is aimed at all European citizens, regardless of their origin or age. The platform was launched in seven languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Romanian, and Polish, but its chatbot is able to answer in all EU languages. ChatEurope is co-funded by the European Commission and enjoys complete editorial independence, a key to its credibility. Guido Baumhauer, DW Managing Director Distribution, Marketing and Technology: "Our involvement in ChatEurope allows us to explore the potential of AI to transform news consumption while maintaining journalistic integrity. We are contributing Deutsche Welle's Plain X technology for seamless video translation and transcription, and we play a key role in evaluating the chatbot developed by DRUID to ensure it provides trustworthy, well-founded answers to users' questions. This project is an important experiment in creating interactive, reliable digital reporting on EU affairs." ChatEurope partners: Agence France Press (AFP) / France Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) / Italy Agora Mediengruppe / Poland Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) / Germany Deutsche Welle (DW) / Germany DRUID AI / Romania El Pais / Spain France Médias Monde / France / Spain MediaConnect (AFP) / France news aktuell (dpa) / Germany Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT) / Italy RFI Romania / Romania XWIKI SAS / France XWIKI SOFTWARE / Romania ChatEurope on Instagram ChatEurope on LinkedIn
