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Helen Whittle

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Helen Whittle

    The Crusades: How a medieval Holy War still shapes politics (opens the original)

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    "The present moment is much like the 11th century. ... We don't want to fight, but, like our fellow Christians a thousand years ago, we must." Those are the words of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in his 2020 book, "American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free." Hegseth has repeatedly used the biblical language and symbolism of the Crusades to frame both domestic and foreign policy, from the current war in Iran to the "fight" against the "scourge of leftism." Nearly 1,000 years have passed since t

  2. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Helen Whittle

    Germany reports 'shock' rise in drug deaths among under-30s (opens the original)

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    Speaking at the Patrida opioid addiction clinic in Berlin, Federal Drug Commissioner Hendrik Streeck announced the latest figures on the number of drug-related deaths in Germany. Streeck said he was saddened to have to announce the figures, which, he said, had become something of an annual ritual. He also spoke of his shock at the rising number of young victims. In 2025, 2,150 people died as a result of taking drugs, up from 2,137 in 2024 and just under the all-time high of 2,227 recorded deaths

  3. Article · Jul 5, 2026 · Helen Whittle

    Jehovah's Witnesses fight German state for Holocaust archive (opens the original)

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    Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses in a dispute over a unique archive that meticulously documents the persecution of its adherents in photographs, letters, reports from the Gestapo secret police, arrest warrants and death sentences. The religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses was one of the groups persecuted by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. From 1933 to 1945, around 15,000 Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted across Nazi-occupied Euro

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