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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 16 OctOber 2019

German security services want more powers to fight extremism

By FRANK JORDANS a means of spreading far-
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's right radicalism and linking
security services said Tues- up with like-minded people
day they're seeking greater in a way already seen with
powers to fight the kind of Islamist extremism.
far-right extremism behind Thomas Haldenwang, who
last week's synagogue at- heads the BfV domestic
tack, including requiring intelligence agency, said
internet companies to re- the attack in Halle and
port illegal hate speech to similar shootings in Texas,
police. New Zealand and Norway
A 27-year-old German man showed the need for se-
previously unknown to po- curity services to get bet-
lice confessed to carrying ter tools to tackle online
out the attack in the east- extremism. In particular, he
ern city of Halle in which called for authorities to be
two people were killed given permission to install
Wednesday. monitoring software on sus-
The suspected gunman, pect's devices so as to read
identified by prosecutors their encrypted communi-
only as Stephan B. due to cation.
privacy rules, allegedly built Holger Muench, head of
the firearms he used with A man mourns as he taking part in a human chain around the Jewish synagogue during the Sab- the Federal Criminal Police
the help of online instruc- bath celebrations in Halle, Germany, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Office, said online threats
tions, posted an anti-Semit- Associated Press and acts of violence are
ic screed before the attack creating a "climate of fear"
and later broadcast the In response to the attack called for more officers to greater focus on online in Germany that is deter-
shooting live on a popular and previous incidents, be devoted to tackling platforms they say are in- ring people from volunteer-
gaming site. German officials have far-right extremism and a creasingly being used as ing for public office.q

France OKs bill legalizing IVF for lesbians, single women

Associated Press bate. She said she's "delighted"
PARIS (AP) — France's low- France's health care system in-vitro fertilization is set to
er house of parliament on would cover the cost of the become legal for women
Tuesday overwhelmingly assisted reproduction pro- like her because she feels
passed a bill that aims to cedures for all women un- like her family of two is "not
give single women and les- der 43. accepted" under the cur-
bian couples legal access French law currently allows rent situation.
to in vitro fertilization, egg in vitro fertilization and re- Rudnicki estimated it
freezing and fertility medi- lated procedures only for cost about 10,000 euros
cation. infertile heterosexual cou- ($10,997), travel included,
The assisted reproduc- ples. Many ineligible French for her to get IVF in another
tion measures are part of women travel abroad to country.
a broader bioethics bill undergo IVF treatment. "This erases all sorts of in-
voted by the National As- Sandrine Rudnicki, 38, a sin- equalities," she said added.
sembly, the lower house, gle woman who lives near Lesbian couples, single
where French President Orleans in central France, women or both already Sandrine Rudnicki, a 38 years old single woman smiles to her
Emmanuel Macron's gov- went to Denmark for IVF have legal access to medi- 10-month old daughter Emilia who was conceived through in-
ernment has a majority. The treatment and now is the cally assisted reproduc- vitro fertilization, Monday Oct.14, 2019 in Saint-Pryve-Saint-Mes-
bill passed 359-114. It must mother of a 10-month-old tion in 18 of the European min, near Orleans, France.
still go to the Senate for de- daughter, Emilia. Union's 28 countries.q Associated Press