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Sabbath cafe clash lays bare Israel faultlines
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Top-ranked Scheffler powers to PGA St. Jude Championship victory
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Trump says US scaling back military drills with South Korea
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Jacquet scores on Liverpool debut in friendly win over Como
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Zambia's Hichilema takes early lead in reelection bid
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Sabalenka squeezes out a win on sixth match point in Cincinnati
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Spidey swings high for third weekend in N. American box office
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Duplantis dominant, Hunt hits four and Asher-Smith makes history
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Eagle and late birdie lift Jeeno to LPGA Portland Classic win
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Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire
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Duplantis masterclass for fourth Euro pole vault title
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PSG beaten by Lens in French Champions' Trophy
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Records for Asher-Smith, Hunt as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay
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Rybakina, Andreeva race into Cincinnati third round
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Barcelona reach deal with Man City to sign Rodri
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Amy Hunt bags fourth Euro gold as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay
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Misery for Maresca as Man City make dismal start to life after Guardiola
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Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire: regional leader
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Strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine
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Belgium's Pocognoli appointed new Scotland manager
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Lula and Bolsonaro court women voters as Brazil election campaign kicks off
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Marchand storms to second gold of European championships
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Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping towards Germany
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Kushner meets with Hamas in push to revive Gaza plan
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Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens
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Villarreal battle back to earn draw at promoted Racing
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Real Madrid crush Schalke in friendly as Diomande debuts
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Odegaard says Arsenal 'want to win everything' after Community Shield success
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Calls for UK inquiry into 'hounding' of ex-Cambridge academic
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Arsenal rout Man City in Community Shield masterclass
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Strikes kill 16 in Russia and Ukraine
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Southampton mocked over Spygate during Watford defeat
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Marchand tries for European swim gold in unfamiliar event
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Hamas expects meeting with Kushner as US pushes Gaza plan
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India's Padikkal steals the show with 167 in first Sri Lanka Test
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Farmers, helicopters help battle record Belgian wildfire
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Hollywood duo underline Premier League ambition for Wrexham
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Air support kicks in as record Belgian wildfire jumps in size
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India's Padikkal makes 167 in first Sri Lanka Test
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Firefighters battle second day of blaze on Greek island
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Hurricane Lala pulls away from Hawaii's Big Island
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Strikes kill 12 in Russia and Ukraine
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Petros, Vainio set new championship records to win Euro marathons
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India's Sindhu backs monkey measures as badminton worlds set to open
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Hurricane Lala brushes past Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain
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Mass drone attack on Moscow as Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine
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'Something we dreamed of': Bangladesh celebrates historic cricket win
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The state capital of Potsdam likes to present itself as a modern, child-friendly municipality. As recently as October 2025, the city administration celebrated the election of a “Lord Mayor for everyone,” when Noosha Aubel, 50, entered Potsdam City Hall with 72.9 percent of the vote. Born in 1978, Aubel built her career in child and youth welfare before rising to become a senior civil servant and, ultimately, Lord Mayor. Yet it is under her responsibility, of all people, that a morally shameful scandal is now unfolding—one that fundamentally undermines the city’s self-image as a socially responsible and inclusive community: a two-year-old child with an officially assessed degree of disability of 100 and care grade 4 has been waiting in vain for more than a year for the legally mandated daycare place with personal assistance.Our investigation is based on court documents, supervisory complaints, and press inquiries available to us. It reveals an alarming sequence of delays, unlawful referrals to other authorities, and a press office at Potsdam City Hall that appears intent on evading its duty to provide information through flimsy procedural maneuvers. The affected family does not regard the city’s conduct as an unfortunate isolated case, but as a structural failure. In 2022, the older sister of the child with profound disabilities was likewise denied a daycare place despite her severe disabilities—an officially assessed degree of disability of 100 and care grade 5. In that case, too, those responsible in the state capital of Potsdam failed completely, raising serious questions about morality, decency, callousness, and utter incompetence (https://live.deutsche-boerse.com/nachrichten/IRW-News--ACCESS-Newswire-Noosha-Aubel-Skandal-in-Potsdam-um-schwerstbehindertes-Kind-b9408cc0-6dbe-49d8-b664-7e5d788b2686).
Greek families receive keepsakes of Holocaust victims
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US Supreme Court paves way for mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians
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Poland, Ukraine hold key Gdansk conference without Zelensky
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Massive police deployment blocks Kenya protest anniversary
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Poland, Ukraine tone down dispute at reconstruction conference
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'Need each other': Macron hosts Meloni after Trump rift
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Kenya police turn out in force on protest anniversary
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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron's blowout forecast
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Violence feared as Kenya marks protest anniversary
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