Ermittler über Razzien: Mutmaßliche Terroristen hatten Berlin im Visier. STOP, STOP

Hunderte Polizisten waren im Einsatz, Ziel der Operation: Vier Männer, die in Deutschland Anschläge geplant haben sollen. Es gab mehrere Festnahmen.

Mehrere Hundert Polizisten haben am Donnerstagmorgen Wohnungen und Betriebe in Berlin, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Niedersachsen nach mutmaßlichen Islamisten durchsucht. Das teilten Staatsanwaltschaft und Polizei mit.

"Es geht um mögliche Anschlagsplanungen für Deutschland - konkret für Berlin", sagte der Sprecher der Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft, Martin Steltner. Im Verdacht stünden vier Männer, die "möglicherweise an der Planung von Gewalttaten in Deutschland beteiligt sind und Kontakt zur Terrorgruppierung 'IS' haben", so die Behörden weiter. IS steht dabei für den sogenannten "Islamischen Staat". Einer der Gesuchten soll in Syrien militärisch ausgebildet worden sein.

Laut dem Berliner Polizeisprecher Stefan Redlich stammen die Männer aus Algerien. Zwei Männer und eine Frau, gegen die bereits Haftbefehle vorlagen, seien festgenommen worden. Den Angaben zufolge stellten die Ermittler unter anderem Computer, Mobiltelefone und Aufzeichnungen sicher.

Der 35-jährige Hauptverdächtige war am Morgen in einem Flüchtlingsheim im nordrhein-westfälischen Attendorn festgenommen worden. Gegen ihn soll ein Haftbefehl algerischer Behörden wegen IS-Mitgliedschaft vorgelegen haben. Wie die Nachrichtenagentur dpa berichtet, soll er im Herbst 2015 über die Balkanroute als Flüchtling nach Deutschland eingereist sein.

BilderTerrorverdacht: Razzien in drei Bundesländern

Den ersten Hinweis auf die Person habe die Polizei vom Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz erhalten. Im Zuge weiterer Ermittlungen habe man Kontakte des Mannes zu Islamisten in Berlin und Hannover festgestellt.

Ein zweiter Algerier im Alter von 49 Jahren wurde in Berlin festgenommen. Laut Polizei hatte gegen ihn ein Haftbefehl wegen Urkundenfälschung aus einem anderen Verfahren vorgelegen. Die beiden anderen Verdächtigen seien angetroffen, aber nicht festgenommen worden, sagte Sprecher Redlich. Zwei der mutmaßliche Islamisten lebten und arbeiteten nach Redlichs Angaben bereits seit Längerem in der Hauptstadt. Neben Wohnungen wurde in Berlin auch ein Kiosk und ein Backshop durchsucht.

Das Berliner Landeskriminalamt koordinierte die zeitgleichen Aktionen. Auch in Hannover wurde dabei eine Flüchtlingsunterkunft durchsucht. Der dortige Terrorverdächtige soll laut dpa Verbindungen zur belgischen Islamistenszene gehabt haben.

Der 26-Jährige sei vor wenigen Wochen mindestens einmal in die Brüsseler Gemeinde Molenbeek gereist. Dort hatte auch der getötete mutmaßliche Drahtzieher der islamistischen Anschläge in Paris vom 13. November, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, gelebt. Molenbeek gilt als Islamistenhochburg.

In Nordrhein-Westfalen gibt es bislang offenbar keine konkreten Hinweise auf geplante Anschläge, auch nicht im Zusammenhang mit Karneval. Dies teilte das NRW-Innenministerium mit.

Nach den Terrorattentaten von Paris im Herbst hatten Sicherheitskräfte vor möglichen Anschlägen in Deutschland gewarnt. Mitte November wurde kurzfristig das Fußball-Länderspiel zwischen Deutschland und den Niederlanden in Hannover wegen einer "konkreten Gefahrenlage" abgesagt. In der Silvesternacht herrschte in München nach einem Terroralarm Ausnahmezustand.

El PP, según el CIS/Enero, sería el más votado y Podemos superaría al PSOE

Los de Pablo Iglesias se harían con el 21,9% (20,66% el 20D) de los votos frente al 20,5% de los votos (+8 escaños). El PP volvería a ser el partido más votado en caso de celebrarse unas nuevas elecciones, pero el PSOE bajaría y vería reducido su apoyo hasta el punto de verse superado por Podemos, al menos en porcentaje de voto, según el último barómetro del CIS publicado este mismo jueves.

Los datos del barómetro correspondiente al mes de enero, señalan que el partido de Mariano Rajoy obtendría un 28,8% (+4 escaños) de los votos (estimación de voto), frente al 28,72% (7.215.530 sufragios) obtenidos en las pasadas elecciones del 20D. Seguidamente, en los comicios generales de diciembre, el PSOE obtuvo un 22,01% (5.530.693 sufragios) mientras que ahora obtendría el 20,5%. -18 escaños. Podemos se hizo con el 20,66% y 5.189.333 sufragios, pero el CIS refleja un vuelco en favor de los de Pablo Iglesias, que en total se alzarían con el 21,9% sumando a sus confluencias (la matriz Podemos, 13,2%, En Comú Podem, 4,5%; Comproimís-Podemos, 2,5%, y En Marea, 1,7%). Ciudadanos se mantiene como la cuarta fuerza política si bien también sufriría un leve descenso, desde el 13,93% (3.500.446 votos) al 13,3% que indica ahora el CIS.(-1 un escaño)

Seguidamente, ERC sería una de las fuerzas políticas que obtendrían ahora mejores resultados al hacerse con 2,8% de los votos frente al 2,39% que obtuvo el 20D, mientras que Democràcia i Llibertat sólo conseguiría el 1,7 cuando en las elecciones obtuvo el 2,3% (599.289 votos). PNV apenas subiría una décima, del 1,2 en las elecciones al 1,3 según el CIS, y EH Bildu también ascendería del 0,87% el 20D al 1% según el CIS.

La formación que lidera Xavier Domènech conseguiría un 4,5% de los votos, lo que mantendría a la confluencia catalana de Podemos claramente por delante de ERC y Democràcia i Llibertat (DiL). Domènech incluso conseguiría mejorar los resultados logrados hace poco más de un mes, al obtener casi un punto más de votos que el 20 de diciembre, cuando consiguió el 3,69% de los apoyos y con ellos obtuvo 12 diputados.

Además, el dirigente de En Comú Podem es el líder catalán mejor valorado seguido de Albert Rivera, pero a nivel general, es el portavoz de IU en el Congreso, Alberto Garzón, el líder mejor valorado, con una nota de 4,68, seguido de Domènech (4,26), mientras que el líder de Ciudadanos, el también catalán Albert Rivera, queda en tercera posición (3,92). El secretario general de Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, obtiene una nota del 3,78, que le convierte en el quinto líder mejor valorado y se sitúa tres décimas por delante del líder del PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, a quien se puntúa con un 3,75, mientras que Mariano Rajoy ocupa el puesto número 11, con una nota de 3,08.

Luis Suarez scores four and Lionel Messi bags a hat-trick as Gary Neville's Copa del Rey dream is dashed. Barcelona 7- 0 Valencia:

Gary Neville's Valencia were demolished by rampant Barcelona as they shipped seven in the Copa del Rey semi-final
Luis Suarez scored the opener for Barcelona inside 10 minutes after being played in by fellow ace Neymar
Sergio Busquets laid Suarez's second on a platter for him as the Uruguayan bagged his 33rd for the season
Lionel Messi scored the third and was then brought down in the box, leading to Shkodran Mustafi being sent off
Neymar missed the penalty, before Messi scored his second for the game which brought up his 500th for his career
Messi then brought up his hat-trick and Suarez added a late fourth to his personal tally to complete the rout

Gary Neville stood with his hand stuffed into his pockets, alone in his technical area, looking forlornly towards Valencia's goal.

The clock inside the Nou Camp showed only 13 minutes had passed but Neville knew, as did everyone else inside the stadium, that the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final was over. Soon the tie would be, too.

When Barcelona are in this rampant mood, there is nothing opponents can do other than brace themselves for a night of unrelenting misery and that is exactly what Neville was given on his first trip to the Nou Camp as Valencia manager. This, he confessed, was one of the worst nights of his career.

Luis Suarez soars in celebration as Lionel Messi and Neymar show their elation in the background as they smash Valencia 7-0

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick, including his 500th career goal, and wasn't even the star of the show at the Nou Camp on Wednesday

Suarez (centre) struck four times for the rampant Barca as Valencia were left to ponder an impossible deficit at home in the second leg

Messi (left) and Suarez both congratulate each other after turning on the style and scoring seven goals between them

The ravenous duo walk away with their match balls after both netting hat-tricks for Barcelona in their 7-0 victory

MATCH FACTS

Barcelona: Ter Stegen 6.5, Vidal 8, Pique 7 (Bartra 62 6.5), Mathieu 7.5, Alba 7 (Adriano 70), Busquets 9, Iniesta 9 (Sergi Roberto 46), Arda 8, Messi 9.5, Suarez 10, Neymar 9

Subs not used: Rakitic, El Haddadi, Masip, Vermaelen

Goals: Suarez (4), Messi (3)

Manager: Luis Enrique

Valencia: Ryan 4.5, Barragan 3, Mustafi 3, Santos 4, Gaya 4.5, Cancelo 4.5 (Cheryshev 58, 6), Danilo 3 (Feghouli 32, 5), Parejo 3, Gomes 4, Siqueira 4.5 (Vezo 46, 5), Rodrigo 4.5

Sent off: Mustafi 45

Subs not used: Negredo, Domenech Sanchez, Mina Lorenzo, Zahibo

Manager: Gary Neville

*Player ratings by Rik Sharma at the Nou Camp

Barcelona scored seven unanswered goals - four for Luis Suarez, a hat-trick for Lionel Messi - and only for some showboating, the final scoreline would have reached double figures. Had that been the case, there could have been no complaints. Barcelona were spellbinding.

Neville had wanted to keep things tight, to make Barcelona work, but the task was hopeless. This was the equivalent of someone trying to put a blaze out in one area when an inferno was starting somewhere else. If it wasn't Neymar casting spells down the left, Messi tormented Valencia through the middle or Suarez ran amok from the right. For anyone else other than Neville, this was a fiesta of football for the eyes.

Inevitably, there were questions about whether he would offer his resignation - 'no' was the brusque reply - but that refusal to quit should not be confused with realism. Neville knows he must win his first La Liga game against Real Betis on Sunday.

'I wish the Betis game started in 10 minutes,' said Neville. 'This is one of the most painful experiences of my career. My positivity is immovable but when you have moments like this it is not nice. I was standing out there feeling helpless. I was trying to change it but I knew the tide was against us.'

It wasn't so much against them, more washing all over them. Suarez, the best centre forward in the world, started this rout with a magnificent finish, bent past Valencia keeper Mathew Ryan after Neymar had robbed Andre Gomes, a player whom Neville holds in high regard, and sprinted 40 yards to free the Uruguayan.

Neymar was the creator for goal No 2, cushioning a ball into Suarez's pass after Sergio Busquets had spread play quite magnificently.

Then Messi took over, scoring the third in the 28th minute after Neymar and Suarez both outrageously dummied a ball from Andres Iniesta to leave him clear, finishing with the nonchalance you would expect if this was a training game.

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Gary Neville and his brother Phil Neville sit helplessly in the dug out as their side is totally outclassed by Barca

Suarez slots away his 33rd goal of the season as Barca take an early lead inside the opening 10 minutes of the first leg of the semi-final

Three Valencia defenders watch Messi carefully, and ominously, as the little maestro makes his way into the penalty area

Messi strikes his first of the match, and Barcelona's third, after Andres Iniesta's ball was dummied by Suarez and Neymar

Messi grabs his side's fifth goal of the game against Valencia as they hit Neville's side for seven in their first-leg clash

A fourth should have arrived before half-time but Neymar fluffed his lines, striking a post from the penalty spot after Shkodran Mustafi had professionally fouled Messi in the area as he shaped to shoot, earning himself a red card in the process.

It didn't matter. Messi added another after the interval following a majestic back heel from Suarez that carved Valencia's defence wide open. It marked the 500th goal of the Argentine maestro's career.

And Messi's hat-trick was soon completed in the 74th minute, with one of those trademark moments, when Messi picked up a loose ball, skipped past two challenges and then thrashed a left-foot drive that zipped in at the neat post.

Messi speeds into the Valencia penalty area as German defender Shkodran Mustafi sticks out a hopeful right leg

Mustafi's challenge can only bring down Messi for a clear-cut penalty which also resulted in the defender being sent off

Referee Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva shows the red card to Mustafi (right) as the visitors' night goes from bad to worse

Mustafi (centre) pleads hopelessly with the official before Neymar prepares to step up and hit the post from the spot

But there was still time for more as Suarez crowned a magnificent performance by completing his hat-trick with a header before adding a fourth with a thumping finish.

By now the party was in full swing, with every feint and shuffle prompting 'oles'; the Camp Nou crowd was even able to give the biggest cheer of the night to Denis Cheryshev, the winger Valencia signed on loan from Real Madrid on deadline day. Cheryshev was, remember, the ineligible player who Real Madrid fielded in this competition that triggered their expulsion.

The laughter could be heard all around but Neville's gait never changed. Hands in the pockets, looking towards his own goal, knowing nothing he did made the slightest difference. This was bad as he could ever have imagined.

The Barcelona players celebrate as they all but secure their place in the next round with seven goals on their own patch

Hillary Clinton’s Dutiful Slog (Iowa)

**Hillary Clinton at her caucus rally in Des Moines on Monday night.**

Late Monday, as the unfinished vote count suggested the slimmest of victories for Hillary Clinton, she stepped to a microphone, flashed an Oscar-worthy smile of triumph and told supporters that she was “breathing a big sigh of relief.”

She wasn’t. She isn’t. And she definitely shouldn’t be.

That’s not because what happened in Iowa — almost a tie between her and Bernie Sanders — substantially loosens her grip on the Democratic presidential nomination. Iowa was better terrain for Sanders than much of what lies ahead, and the dynamics that made her a heavy favorite to be the nominee before the state’s caucuses make her a heavy favorite still.

But Iowa demonstrated, yet again, what a flawed and tarnished candidate she is. And on the Republican side, the caucuses augured the possibility of a retreat from the party’s craziness and the rise of an adversary, Marco Rubio, who could give her trouble in a general-election matchup.

She should have trounced Sanders. Yes, he communicates authenticity to an electorate ravenous for it and has given potent voice to Americans’ economic angst. But little in his Senate career suggests that he’d be able to turn that oratory into remedy.

He’s no gushing font of political charisma. He’s a 74-year-old, self-proclaimed socialist who until fairly recently had minimal name recognition outside of Vermont.

President Obama clearly prefers Clinton. And in a poll of Democrats showing up for the Iowa caucuses, well over half said that they wanted someone who would continue Obama’s agenda — which is the precise pledge that Clinton has been making over the last few weeks — while only about one-third said that they preferred someone more liberal.

Even so, Clinton appears to have edged out Sanders by mere decimal points. How to explain it?

Perhaps with the sturdiest truism of politics: Elections are about the future. And so much about Clinton screams the past.

A rally of hers that I attended in Iowa last week actually began with a highlights reel of Clinton through time, including plenty of footage from the 1990s.

I understand why. The retrospective underscored her extraordinary experience. But nothing in her subsequent speech looked forward as stirringly as those images looked backward.

She’s forever stressing what she’s put up with, what she’s survived. “I’ve been around a long time,” she said in Des Moines a week ago, answering — but not really — a young voter’s question about the dearth of enthusiasm for her. “They throw all this stuff at me, and I’m still standing.”

It’s the language of drudgery and duty rather than inspiration, and she can sound as if she’s collecting on an i.o.u. and asking voters to complete her trajectory rather than begin one of their own.

At this point the Clintons are royalty, and royalty sits at a remove from all else. Among Democratic caucusgoers most concerned about voting for a candidate who cared about people like them, 74 percent picked Sanders, while only 22 percent chose Clinton. (Martin O’Malley got the remainder.)

For caucusgoers acting primarily on the basis of who they deemed most “honest and trustworthy,” 83 percent voted for Sanders, while just 10 percent voted for Clinton. That’s the toll of all the attention to her emails, a topic that’s not disappearing anytime soon.

She has a habit, whether addressing a large group or a small one, of diving so deeply into the weeds of a subject that she doesn’t so much impress listeners as exhaust them. To her credit, she has educated herself more thoroughly than other politicians. But she somehow hasn’t learned to wear that erudition lightly.

For months Democrats have been heartened by the absurdity with which Donald Trump infused the Republican primary and by the prospect of him or Ted Cruz as the party’s nominee. But his second-place showing could be his twilight, and Rubio’s strong third-place finish supports the scenario that he’s the one.

He poses a bigger threat to Clinton. He understands that she, like Jeb Bush, is an awkward fit for the national mood, and he’d try to take advantage of that. He leans hard on his youth. He talks about a new generation.

Clinton needs to persuade voters that as much as they’ve seen of her, she can still lead them to a place they’ve not yet seen. She hasn’t succeeded, and she slogs on from Iowa much as she did eight years ago: with more to prove than to savor.

Pep Guardiola Will Become Manchester City manager next season. 75 million euros / 3 years and 10 new players.

Louis van Gaal welcomes Pep Guardiola as Manchester United manager says he is 'very pleased' about new appointment at City

Pep Guardiola will become Manchester City manager next season
Louis van Gaal managed Guardiola during his time with Barcelona
The Manchester United boss is excited about Guardiola's arrival

Louis van Gaal declared he was 'very pleased' to hear Pep Guardiola had been appointed Manchester City manager.

After months of speculation, City announced on Monday that Guardiola would replace Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season.

Guardiola has earned a reputation as one of the best coaches in the world following successful spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, where he has collected a total of 19 trophies.

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Louis van Gaal (right) and Pep Guardiola pictured together at Barcelona during a training session in 1998

Many Manchester United fans had wanted the Catalan to replace Van Gaal as their boss, but the Dutchman is not fazed by the arrival of such a prestigious rival.

In fact, the 64-year-old says he is happy he will soon be reacquainted with the man he coached twice at Barcelona.

'He is my former captain so I am very pleased to see him,' the United manager said. 'And I can speak Spanish so it is convenient for him.'

The calls for Van Gaal to leave intensified two weeks ago when United slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by Southampton.

United supporters heckled the former Ajax manager as he walked down the touchline after the match but on Tuesday it was a different story.

United fans clapped their manager off after watching his team romp to an easy 3-0 win over Stoke.

Jesse Lingard, Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial found the net in a convincing victory that kept the Red Devils in fifth position, five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

Afterwards, Van Gaal hailed his deadly forwards.

'The players have made a great performance,' he said. 'They performed well not only defensively but now also attackingly because we have created a lot of chances and we have made fantastic finishing of team goals. That is what I like to see. I am pleased. The finishing was also very good.'

Manchester City announced on Monday that Guardiola would replace Manuel Pellegrini as their manager

Guardiola is considered one of the best managers in the world and will take over at City next season

The second goal was the pick of the lot - a curling effort from Martial on the edge of the box.

Eyebrows were raised when United paid an initial fee of £36million for the French forward last September and Van Gaal admits the 20-year-old is exceeding expectations.

'He was 19 (when he signed) and now he is 20 so that is surprising when you come from the French league to the Premier League and you can do this,' said Van Gaal, whose assistant Ryan Giggs was absent from the bench because of a family illness.

The winger's former United team-mate Mark Hughes could only watch on in despair as his Stoke team failed to repeat their heroics from Boxing Day against Van Gaal's side.

Hughes' evening was not helped by an injury to Philipp Wollscheid, who hobbled off in the first half and was replaced by Phil Bardsley, who had a torrid night trying to contain Martial.

Hughes is already without Ryan Shawcross for at least the next fortnight due to injury so he hopes Wollscheid is not out for a long time.

'He felt his calf in the warm-up and we tried to loosen it off but it was obvious he was struggling,' Hughes said of the German centre-back.

'We will have to check him. We are a bit threadbare in defensive areas so we have to hope we get some good news.'

Van Gaal insists he is happy he will soon be reacquainted with the man he coached twice at Barcelona

Van Gaal was full of praise for Anthony Martial after the win over Stoke on Tuesday night

Martial scored a superb goal as United ran out comfortable winner against the team they lost to on Boxing Day

Sarah Palin’s English (Iowa)

Pablo Iglesias malogra a Pedro Sánchez.

Podemos y sus partidos satélite embisten a Pedro Sánchez, para que se inviste de Presidente del Reino de España. No es para menos, eso mismo le lleva pidiendo el líder de paja de los socialistas a Rajoy desde el día de las elecciones. PI es un tipo medio listo y ha chupado mucha calle, en cambio, el socialista se crió con pelargón y, al final, se convirtió en arrabalero de la cañada real, chorizo barato y muy torpe y tonto. Aunque para decir más verdad, los socialistas siempre han optado por un líder torpe y sumiso.

PI se la está metiendo a Pedro Sánchez hasta la garganta y, evidentemente, al final, lo ahogará. El coletas, nunca facilitará el Gobierno de su rival. Cuando le ahogue llamará a Ferraz para que vayan a recoger el cadáver y, de paso, para que revisen el estado agónico de otros tantos socialistas. Justo en ese momento empezará su guerra contra el PP, aunque el mismo ha reconocido que, de momento, no les puede.

A instancias de PI, Pedro Sánchez tenía que haber empezado el Sábado una serie de ruedas de prensa sobre la necesidad del referéndum en Cataluña. ¿Qué le importa al PSOE, en estos momentos, la independencia del país pirenaico? El desgaste será tremendo. Pero, antes de terminar este, otro en Galicia sobre un régimen fiscal con exención del 50% de tributos; en materia de pesca TOTAL. Al País Vasco otras ventajas……… Son las plazas fuertes de Podemos, PI dirá ¿Queréis igualdad? Votadme. Ahora y antes todo será un fracaso y solo caerá el socialista.

España está muy mal y solo la cordura de Rajoy la puede sacar a flote. Si hubiese elecciones en Junio, Rajoy tendría mayoría absoluta. ¿Por qué? España tiene solo 5 millones de locos. Podemos ha tocado techo.

Podemos más cerca de una secta que siembra el horror y la miseria que de un partido político

Podemos debe ser suspendido de toda militancia política a la velocidad del rayo o la chispa eléctrica al no ser una organización perteneciente a la sociedad humana, sin lugar a duda se trata de una secta terrorista dependiente de Irán que ostenta la dudosa distinción de ser el mayor Estado patrocinador del terrorismo debido a sus lazos directos e indirectos con grupos terroristas en países que van desde Iraq, España, Argentina, el Líbano y Tailandia. Irán y sus delegados -notoriamente, Hezbollah y Hamás- son responsables de la muerte de miles de personas.

La matanza de humanos en Nigeria (Viernes y Sábado) han dejado bien claro que los asesinos –dicen que de Al-Qaeda- Están patrocinados y con el mismo fin que Podemos. Se puede morir por ideología, pero no matar. ¿Por qué Irán financia a la secta de PI? Para matar y ocupar. Una vez demostrado que los radicales sin norte han sido financiados por Irán, ya sin más demora, la justicia española, debería haberles excluido y puestos a disposición de un tribunal internacional. Podemos y sus jefes bolivarianos han asesinado a 24.000 humanos en Venezuela, no menos en Argentina, otros tantos en Bolivia, etc. Ese eje Irán/Argentina/Venezuela/España deja bien claro que su fin es hacer daño a la sociedad.

¿Por qué el dinero que ha recibido Podemos y del que nunca sabremos la cantidad aproximada ha seguido el mismo orden de salto en países colaboradores –excepto Francia-?

No es casualidad que en todos los frentes utilicen el populismo, la amenaza, la demagogia barata, la falta de pronunciamiento; para terminar siendo permisivos con la prostitución, tráfico de drogas y el crimen organizado. ¿Quién puede decir que la secta española ha hecho alguna promesa electoral –normal-?

A los socios asamblearios de los morados en Grecia, la UE, le acusa de estar traficando con personas (niños que se pierden, niñas que permiten a rufianes someterles a la prostitución, padres despojados de sus ahorros y más atrocidades inenarrables) Son los mismos que prometieron convertir el país Heleno en un Edén.