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• Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro joins anti-lockdown protests
• In Germany, Syrians take their torturers to court
• Germany to Order 45 Fighter Jets From Boeing, Report Says

Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro joins anti-lockdown protests Posted: 20 Apr 2020 08:31 AM PDT Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly said that the risk posed by coronavirus has been exaggerated. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

In Germany, Syrians take their torturers to court Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:27 PM PDT When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him in jail a decade earlier. On Thursday, the two men will face each other in a German court, where Raslan will be one of two alleged former Syrian intelligence officers in the dock accused of crimes against humanity for Bashar al-Assad's regime. In the first legal proceedings worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria, Raslan will be tried under the principle of universal jurisdiction -- which allows a foreign country to prosecute crimes against humanity. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Germany to Order 45 Fighter Jets From Boeing, Report Says Posted: 19 Apr 2020 05:29 PM PDT (Bloomberg) -- Germany will order 45 fighter aircraft from Boeing Co. to replace the Luftwaffe's aging Tornado jets, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday.Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer emailed her U.S. counterpart Mark Esper on Thursday to inform him of the decision, the magazine said, without identifying the source of its information. Germany will order 30 F/A-18 Super Hornets and 15 EA-18G Growlers, the report added.The German ministry couldn't immediately be reached outside regular business hours. The Pentagon in Washington declined to comment."While we continue to await an official announcement, we remain committed to working in support of both the German and U.S. governments on this important procurement," a spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing wrote in an email. A combination of Hornets and Growlers "is ideally suited to meet Germany's strike fighter and electronic warfare aircraft requirements."Kramp-Karrenbauer's actions may upset the Social Democrats, the junior partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition, as she didn't inform them before making her decision, Der Spiegel said.Kramp-Karrenbauer's predecessor, Ursula von der Leyen, had offered a compromise to the SPD under which Germany would buy a combination of U.S. fighters and the Eurofighter Typhoon manufactured by Airbus SE, according to Der Spiegel.(Updates with Boeing comment in fourth paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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