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Lost Earth: Russia's war destroys Ukrainian agricultural land

Mines and projectiles render agricultural land in Ukraine unusable. 174,000 square kilometers of land are considered potentially contaminated by warfare agents. Due to a lack of help, large companies and small farmers are trying to solve the problems themselves, despite great risks.

By Viktor Funk

Gerhard Conrad: 'Comparison with Pearl Harbor is appropriate'

The former Middle East mediator sees historical parallels with Hamas' devastating surprise attack on Israel. He expects profound consequences for the security services and politics of the state. It is still open which of the rival great powers, the US, China and Russia, will be able to draw advantages from the escalation, he said in an interview with Markus Bickel.

By Markus Bickel