Germany Could Receive 800,000 Asylum Applications This Year

The German interior minister insists that the country is not overwhelmed by the number of migrants but there has been a rise in attacks on refugee homes. In Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza takes everyone by surprise when he gets sworn into office, a week before the official inauguration ceremony was due to take place. And a new study claims that the number of people with dementia in some European countries could be stabilising.

(Picture: A woman holds up an umbrella with the lettering 'No one is illegal' during a demonstration for the rights of immigrants and refugees in front of the German Parliament in Berlin; Credit: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)