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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
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* Burak Karan was born in 1988 in the western Germany town of Wuppertal to a family of Turkish origin. He was seen as a footballing talent with a promising future.. On 03/29/2008, aged 20, Burak Karan played his last match for the second team of Alemannia Aachen alongside some of the most known soccer players in Germany .
Burak Karan’s family blamed the Wuppertal-based Islamist Emrah Erdogan for radicalizing Karan. The two men knew each other for several years, and according to the German domestic intelligence service, Karan tried in 04/2010 to travel to Afghanistan together with Emrah Erdogan and Erdogan’s brother Bunyamin. The brothers made it to Afghanistan, Burak Karan didn’t.
The Dusseldorf public prosecutor in 2010 began investigating him on suspicion of preparing a major attack. A court ordered his telephones to be monitored. In 2011, Burak Karan allegedly made contact with the Austrian-Egyption Islamist Mohamed Mahmoud, in Solingen and leader of an Islamist group called Millatu Ibrahim that was banned in 05/2012
In 10/2013 Burak Karan was killed in the Northern Syrian city of Azaz fighting with the Islamic State, reportedly during an air raid. According to his brother Mustafa Burak Karan traveled to Turkey in 03/2013 together with his wife and two sons, to help distribute aid, allegedly to help distribute aid.
But a video posted on YouTube on 10/22/2013 by an unknown Islamist group gives a different impression. It shows Karan posing with an assault rifle. A text below the video refers to him under the alias of Abu Abdullah al-Turki and says he “stormed like a lion into the area of the Kafir ( infidels ) PKK, may Allah destroy them all and took pleasure in fighting them.” (PKK is the Kurdish Militia in Turkey fighting also in Kurdish enclaves in Syria ) .
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