Erstellt am: 28. 4. 2014 - 17:10 Uhr

Egypt and those death sentences

Reality Check tracks the shock and anger outside an Egyptian court today.

Egypt

A judge has recomended death sentences for hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters. The defendants faced charges over an attack on a police station in Minya in 2013 in which a policeman was killed. This was a mass trial whereby the conclusion of the judge led to these death penalty verdicts for 683 People. It includes Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie. So what has been the reaction to this news? We spoke with our Egypt analyst Sammy Khamis.

Further sanctions for Russia

Western leaders are to "move swiftly" to impose additional sanctions on Russia. The G7 hit out at Moscow for escalating tensions by what it´s called increasingly concerning rhetoric and threatening military manoeuvres on Ukraine’s border. So what is being said of such tightening of sanctions? Our US-correspondent Simon Marks tells us more.

Voting at 16

In Austria young people aged 16 are allowed to vote. But this accommodation of younger voters is quite unusual across the western world. So how much ahead of the curve is the Austrian voting system?

South Korea

The ferry disaster has propelled South Korea into global headlines. On top of the tragedy of the student deaths, there was the suicide of the school’s vice-principal. And now the Prime Minister has resigned. Korea expert Aidan Foster Carter explains more about the culture of South Korea in relation to this ferry tragedy.

North Korea

What are people in the North generally told about life in the neighbouring South Korea. Rüdiger Frank from Vienna University sheds some light on the topic.

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