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On the ground in the Belfast riots - podcast

The Guardian reporter Hannah Al-Othman on the anti-immigrant rioting in Northern Ireland and the residents afraid for their lives

Stella and Sumayah are housemates. Both care workers and students from Uganda, they live together in west Belfast.

On Tuesday night, the riots across the city came to their street. The neighbouring houses were set on fire, smoke was coming through the door, masked men were outside.

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© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

The jailing of Germany’s most wanted woman – podcast

Dancer, dog owner, bank robber. Germany’s most wanted woman, Daniela Klette, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after decades on the run. Deborah Cole and Jason Burke report

To her friends and neighbours, there was nothing extraordinary about Claudia Ivone.

As our Berlin correspondent, Deborah Cole, explains, the silver-haired 67-year-old had spent years living in the same apartment in a bohemian neighbourhood of west Berlin. She led an ordinary life: she owned a dog, went shopping and pursued an unusual hobby as an active member of a local capoeira dance group.

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© Photograph: Sina Schuldt/EPA

© Photograph: Sina Schuldt/EPA

© Photograph: Sina Schuldt/EPA

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