Doner vendors furious as EU mulls kebab ban

The doner kebab, that grilled fast-food sandwich which is the gastronomic equivalent of an American hamburger in many European cities, is under fire.
The European Union's legislature is moving to ban the phosphates used in the slabs of meat at the heart of the popular street snack that originated in Turkey.
EU lawmakers are citing health concerns based on studies that linked phosphates to cardiovascular disease. Owners of takeout restaurants and industry groups claim the additives are needed to keep seasoned kebab meat juicy and flavorful, both during transport and on the vertical retail rotisseries where it is cooked.
The Health Committee voted 32-22 to oppose it, following recent studies indicating the additive put people at a greater risk of heart disease.
A vote of the full Parliament set to take place in two weeks could see the ingredient banned, potentially banishing the doner kebab from European menus and Kebab shop owners are not happy about it.
“They are looking for ways to hurt Turkish businesses here,” Baris Donmez, the owner of a 24-hour kebab bistro in Berlin’s Mitte district, told Associated Press. “Such a ban would be the biggest pile of garbage imaginable.”
“If the European Parliament gets its way, this would be the death sentence for the entire doner kebab industry in the European Union,” Kenan Koyuncu of the German Association of Doner Kebab Producers told Germany’s Bild daily newspaper.

Anger as India doctor mistakenly declares newborn dead

A newborn baby, declared dead by a hospital in the Indian capital Delhi, was found to be alive while they were on their way to his funeral.

Doctors at the privately run Max Hospital had pronounced the baby dead hours after his twin who was stillborn.

The parents said they noticed one of the babies squirming inside the plastic bag that doctors placed the infants in.

The state health minister Arvind Kejriwal has also described the incident as "shocking criminal negligence".

Max hospital said they were "shaken" and "concerned" over the incident, and added that the doctor has been asked to go on leave, pending an inquiry.

Australia bank error recipient will not be prosecuted

Australian prosecutors have dropped charges against a Malaysian woman who allegedly withdrew A$4.6m (£2.6m; $3.5m) following a banking error.

Christine Jiaxin Lee, 22, was alleged to have spent much of the sum on luxury items, such as jewellery and handbags.
The money was mistakenly made available to her by Westpac bank. Police had claimed the withdrawals in 2014 and 2015 constituted fraud.
The former Sydney University student opened the bank account in 2012 and had mistakenly been given an unlimited overdraft.
Money was then withdrawn over an 11-month period until the bank realised the error in 2015.
Prosecutors did not give a reason for withdrawing the charges.
Ms Lee's lawyer, Hugo Aston, said she was relieved.
"She has returned to Malaysia with her family and is happy to be getting back to her normal life," he told the BBC on Friday.
Many items purchased by Ms Lee had been seized and returned, Mr Aston said.