country has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world a total ban was lifted in twenty thirteen turlough exceptions only when the mother's life is in danger. the trial has begun of a preacher suspected of being the de facto leader of the so-called islamic state in germany the thirty three year old iraqi interim known as abu allah is on trial in the city of salah accused of radicalizing young people and running a jihadist network for codefendant standard of supporting a foreign terrorist organization the network is alleged to have links to the berlin christmas market attack and its armory. french president emanuel macro has laid out his vision for reforming the european union in a speech to students at sorbonne university in paris he said the e.u. must work more closely on the fence immigration and intelligence he called for a stronger euro zone budget funded by a dedicated tax as well as a joint defense budget and a shared military intervention for his proposals also included a european asylum agency and standard identity documents to improve migration flows . a new european trading make