The German government plans to introduce fines of up to €2,500 (£2,178; $2,806) for parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40056680 Health Minister Hermann Gröhe said it was necessary to tighten the law because of a measles epidemic. He was speaking to the popular daily Bild. “Continuing deaths from measles cannot leave anyone […]

A mother travels to Syria to find her son after he ran away to join the Islamic State. A black-clad matron tells teenage girls to rest up before they are raped by extremist fighters. A convert to Islam plots to blow up a church. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/world/middleeast/isis-ramadan-tv-drama.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront These frighteningly familiar stories of life under the Islamic State in […]