The week in pictures: September 14 – September 22, 2015

With lots of big news stories breaking over the last seven days so lets take our regular look back at some of the most important

Last week saw the migrant crisis in Europe deepen as an increasingly large number of migrants fleeing the war zones of the Middle East arrive in the border countries of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia & Hungary. With the death toll of this perilous journey mounting the central powers of the EU have yet to reach consensus on how best to deal with the problem and in the meantime many of the smaller nations in the migrant’s path are struggling to cope in face of the influx.

A controversial security bill in Japan that would permit the overseas deployment of Japanese military forces for the first time since their surrender at the end of the Second World War passed in parliament after numerous days of protests on the streets of Tokyo, scuffles in parliament, a series of no-confidence motions from opposition parties and dismayed outrage from China. The popularity of Shinzo Abe’s government fell to its lowest since 2012.

The front-running Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, found himself once again amidst controversy last week as he avoided correcting the erroneous statements of one of his supporters at a rally in New Hampshire. The supporter prefaced his question to Trump by saying President Obama was a Muslim and “not even an American”. Since the incident Trump has defended himself by saying were the situation reversed there was “no chance” Mr. Obama would defend him, and that it wasn’t “his job” to defend the President.

In sport US golfers produced a superb display of skill to beat Europe 14½-13½ and win the Solheim Cup 2015. As the games played out in Germany there was a minor controversy on the 17th where neither side did themselves any favors. The question is now can the men replicate this feat of their female counterparts at the next Ryder Cup? You’ll have to read our daily news pages to find out, but in the meantime here’s a look at some of the big stories we covered last week.

1. After the agressive advertising campaign of daily fantasy sites in the first week of the NFL season, many consider these type of games illegal gambling.

NFL’s site provides fantasy players with statistics (Photo: NFL)

2. Peyton Manning passed the 70,000-yard mark as the Denver Broncos produced a last-minute comeback against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Peyton Manning (Photo: John Rieger-USA TODAY)

3. Phil Hellmuth showed everyone how to get back to winning after losing big at the poker table.

Phil Hellmuth’s tips and tricks… (Photo: Paul Oresteen/BLUFF via ESPN)

4. The Republican candidate discussed football amongst politics-related matters via his Twitter account.

Donald-know-it-all (Getty Images)

5. Archie Karas is the latest name in the Black Book of the Nevada Gambling Commission after cheating in blackjack several times.

A blast from the past… (Photo: Card Player- Latin America)

Meanwhile a prospective lover who took 35 Viagra tablets in under an hour suffered five days of constant erections and was treated to a two day stay in hospital for his efforts. “I ended up feeling sick, dizzy and hallucinating, everything I saw was green.” Said Medforth, “and I had an massive erection that would not go away. The paramedics were very professional but you could see they were trying not to laugh. Fortunately my wife has forgiven me and I realize I have been very, very lucky.”