Erstellt am: 14. 8. 2013 - 14:43 Uhr

Plumes of Smoke

Reality Check: pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo are cleared by the Egyptian military, a submarine catches fire and sinks off the coast of Mumbai, India.

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Egyptian security forces during the clearing of one of the two sit-ins of ousted president Morsi supporters, at Nahda square, near Cairo University (seen in background), Cairo, Egypt, 14 August 2013

Rauchschwaden über Kairo

"Drinnen Rauchschwaden. Ein Helikopter kreist über die Szene. Ein paar Dutzend Demonstranten stehen am vom Militär abgesperrten Eingang und rufen, "Nieder mit der Militaerherrschaft!"

Karim El-Gawhary, ORF Chief Correspondent in Cairo, just facebook-posted this eye-witness account of the clearing of pro-Morsi protest camps.

Rauchschwaden is German for "plumes of smoke". When I first called Karim to set up the interview for the show, I asked him how things look. He said, "Messy." These are furthur impressions:

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A general view of the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, 14 August 2013

Submarine Explosion in Mumbai

A massive explosion rocked an Indian Navy submarine in Mumbai. The submarine caught fire and sank after the explosion. It has been reported that many sailors jumped off the vessel to safety, but 18 were feared to be trapped inside. The deafening blast followed by the fire occurred shortly after midnight on the INS Sindhurakshak submarine at the naval dockyard. Geetha Pandey is the BBC Online Deputy Editor in India and she has this report on the exploding submarine ...