Last week, a fire broke out on the on the 15th floor of an apartment building in #Urumqi, Xinjiang – and spread quickly upward. At least 10 people were killed, according to Chinese authorities. Were China’s strict Covid policies to blame? We took a look: dw.com/en/xinjiang-fi…

乌鲁木齐火灾: We reconstructed the night of the apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, by talking to sources and verifying visuals. How much did China’s strict COVID policies contribute to the death of at least ten people? dw.com/en/china-was-a…

JUST IN: Police in Germany have arrested 25 suspects linked to a "domestic terrorist organization" aiming to overthrow the German state. The justice minister said the network was part of the "Reichsbürger scene." dw.com/en/just-in-ger…

THREAD I see that many of those who don't live in Germany, are not aware of the "Reichsbürger" (Imperial Citizens) far-right movement, as its members were arrested today for the alleged preparation of a coup. Let me start this thread on the details of this conspiracy theory 1/x

“Here, for the first time, you have the situation where there was nationwide networking with very concrete plans,” says Germany’s domestic intelligence Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz chief. “There were plans to actually implement an overthrow of the government.”dw.com/en/more-suspec…

ICC issues arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. He “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”.

When they arrive in the dark of night, it’s like death has come knocking on your door, one man told me: #Bangladesh’s elite unit, the Rapid Action Battalion, #RAB. We teamed up with Netra News and spent the last few months investigating this force.

Our latest investigation: For the first time, two whistleblowers reveal, how Bangladesh's elite police force, the Rapid Action Battalion #RAB, is used as a political tool to silence opponents of the government. Find the documentary here 👇 youtu.be/aVxG7K1PGHM

For 20 years, Germany's oldest university has researched quantum physics with an elite Chinese university — one that has ties to the military. With CORRECTIV, we investigated their scientific partnership and its potential dual-use research. dw.com/en/chinas-quan…

Very concerned. France is reportedly working behind the scenes to allow spying on journalists in the name of "national security" by amending article 4 of the European #MediaFreedomAct.

One year of work came to an end this week with the publication of our BBC investigation into Syria drug trafficking - starting to recover my energy so thought would share some top-lines. (a very short 🧵)

OUT NOW: Our documentary about life under occupation in the Ukrainian town of Kupyansk: It's a story of betrayal and defiance. And it is also a glimpse into the plans Russia had for Ukraine. youtube.com/watch?v=dTsMgy…

Two years ago, when we investigated the 2013 chemical attack on Ghouta, many doubted that Syria's President Assad would one day be held to account. Today, France has issued an arrest warrant. A clear message that no one is above the law. 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=sgRV5a…

Trafficked and forced to #Scam. My colleagues Lewis Sanders IV Julia Bayer Julett Pineda and Sarah Li Yu-chen have done an amazing job researching the criminal networks behind Southeast Asia's notorious Scam compounds. Watch the documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ti7YDe…

Here's a DW News investigation by Lewis Sanders IV, Julia Bayer, Julett Pineda and Yuchen Li on how the #Chinese mafia run a scam factory in #Myanmar. Contains it all: from human trafficking to other criminal activities. #KKPark #cryptocurrency #scam dw.com/en/how-chinese…

In KK Park, on the Myanmar-Thai border, those who refuse to scam face torture, starvation and even murder. Together with my team, we've looked into the human trafficking, revealed the living conditions inside the scam factory and uncovered those behind it p.dw.com/p/4bnQW