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News podcast: The man to Kühnert

Published on October 8, 2024

Just a few hours after the resignation of Secretary General Kevin Kühnert, the SPD Matthias Miersch appointed the successor to the office.The 55-year-old lawyer from Hanover has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2005.So far, he has been the deputy group leader of the federal parliamentary group and spokesman for the parliamentary left (PL) in the SPD parliamentary group since 2015.His political priorities are in the areas of environment, energy, agriculture and climate.Most recently, the Social Democrat was significantly involved in the revision of the Heating Act.Kevin Kühnert had resigned yesterday's Monday due to health problems.Michael Schlieben is an editor in the political department and explains what the new Secretary General of the SPD has to bring and which strategy could be behind the change of course for the Bundestag election campaign. After yesterday's anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the war continues in the Middle East.Satellite shots of the Gaza Strip show that two thirds of all buildings have been damaged or destroyed to date.Also in Lebanon, Israel continues to expand its ground offensive to push the Hisbollah back from the border. In the fight against the spread of representations sexualized child abuse, investigators have switched off a database with image and video material in the Darknet after a large-scale operation.The platform, which has served as a forum for pedophiles since 2019, had hundreds of thousands of users.North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) spoke of a "dizzying large" case at a press conference in Duisburg.Already in September there were searches in several federal states, in which extensive image material was secured.Seven suspects have now been arrested, and they are accused of spreading child pornographic content.The police are currently calling for other users of the Darknet platform to face and look for help before the investigators track down them. According to a still unpublished report by the EU Commission of October 3, 2024, the Asy Lagstency of the European Union (EUAA) recorded 24 percent fewer asylum applications between January and September than in the previous year.As early as September of this year, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees published the number of asylum for the month of August.The numbers showed that the asylum applications decrease compared to the previous year.Most asylum applications were made by Syrians, followed by people from Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq.The numbers are also falling in many European countries.Mark Schieritz, deputy head of department in the political department of the time, classifies how the numbers could change in the coming years and what role the war could play in the Middle East for future asylum applications. What else?Once the alarm clock: Snooze button instead of Nobel Prize! Moderation and production: Jannis Carmesin Editor: Constanze Kainz Working: Susanne Hehr, Celine Yasemin Rolle Questions, criticism, suggestions?You can reach us at [email protected] for the final of the podcast tour can be found here.