Michael Ertl

Sep 29, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Michael Ertl

At least 170 people are now known to have died in a huge explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday. The announcement marks a sharp rise from the authorities' previous estimate of 68 deaths. Remains found at the scene of the blast will now be sent to Armenia to identify the victims through DNA analysis. Ethnic Armenians were queueing at overwhelmed petrol stations, desperate to leave the territory after it surrendered to Azerbaijan.

Sep 28, 2023 | bbc.com | Anna Holligan |Michael Ertl

Image source, EPAImage caption, Mourners gathered at the building where a woman and her daughter were killed in central RotterdamBy Anna Holligan in Rotterdam & Michael Ertl in LondonDutch prosecutors knew about the gunman who killed three people in Rotterdam and had warned the hospital where he shot one of the victims, an email from them has revealed. Fouad L, 32, had shown "psychotic behaviour", the hospital was told.

Sep 28, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sarah Rainsford |Michael Ertl

A court in Switzerland has acquitted a Belarusian man who had been charged with the forced disappearance of three prominent opposition figures in 1999. Yury Garavsky said he had been part of a hit squad involved in the men's abductions but denied direct involvement in their deaths. But the judge said it was not clear if his testimony was true after he got entangled in contradictions. Victims' families had hoped for an end to 24 years of agonising uncertainty.

Sep 27, 2023 | news.nestia.com | Michael Ertl

Image source, Reuters Image caption, German police have raided locations linked to the Artgemeinschaft sect across Germany By Michael Ertl BBC News Germany has banned the far-right sect Artgemeinschaft for spreading Nazi ideology to children and young people. The country's interior minister called the group "deeply racist and antisemitic" and said it was trying "to raise new enemies of the constitution". Artgemeinschaft used Nazi-era literature and cultural events to spread its ideology.

Sep 26, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Michael Ertl

Germany has banned the far-right sect Artgemeinschaft for spreading Nazi ideology to children and young people. The country's interior minister called the group "deeply racist and antisemitic" and said it was trying "to raise new enemies of the constitution". Artgemeinschaft used Nazi-era literature and cultural events to spread its ideology. Police have raided dozens of homes and offices linked to the group in 12 German states.