diff --git a/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe b/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
index 2d988f7c86..4ee5bd9c67 100644
--- a/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-# History:
-# 1: Base Version
-# 2: Added rules for wdr.de, ndr.de, br-online.de
-# 3: Added rules for rbb-online.de, boerse.ard.de, sportschau.de
-# 4: New design of tagesschau.de implemented. Simplified.
-# 5: Taken out the pictures.
-
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 class DeutscheWelle(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Deutsche Welle'
     description = 'Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle (DW)'
     publisher = 'DW - info@dw.com'
     language = 'de'
-    version = 1
-    cover_url = 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/900269457976823808/nkod9w_m_400x400.jpg'
-    __author__ = 'VoHe'
-    oldest_article = 3
+    __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
+    oldest_article = 2
     max_articles_per_feed = 200
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
@@ -23,26 +14,32 @@ class DeutscheWelle(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_javascript = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
+    remove_attributes = ['height', 'width', 'style']
 
-    remove_tags_before = dict(name='h4', attrs={'class':'artikel'})
-
-    remove_tags_after = dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'col1 dim'})
+    keep_only_tags = [
+        dict(name='article')
+    ]
 
     remove_tags = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'footerSection'}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'sharing-bar'}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'coll dim'}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'languageSection'}),
+        dict(name=['footer', 'source']),
+        dict(attrs={'data-tracking-name':'sharing-icons-inline'}),
+        classes('kicker advertisement vjs-wrapper')
     ]
+    
     # watch out https://www.dw.com/de/service/rss/s-9773 for description of possible rss feeds
     feeds = [
-        ('Thema des Tages', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-top'),
-        # ('Nachrichten', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-news'),
+        ('Nachrichten', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-news'),
         ('Wissenschaft', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-wissenschaft'),
-        # ('Sport', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-sport'),
+        ('Sport', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-sport'),
         ('Deuschland entdecken', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-deutschlandentdecken'),
         ('Presse', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/presse'),
         ('Politik', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss_de_politik'),
         ('Wirtschaft', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-eco'),
         ('Kultur und Leben', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-cul'),
+        ('Thema des Tages', 'http://rss.dw.com/xml/rss-de-top'),
     ]
+    
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        for img in soup.findAll('img', srcset=True):
+            img['src'] = img['srcset'].split()[6]
+        return soup
diff --git a/recipes/deutsche_welle_en.recipe b/recipes/deutsche_welle_en.recipe
index 3cde7e7418..faa02a6183 100644
--- a/recipes/deutsche_welle_en.recipe
+++ b/recipes/deutsche_welle_en.recipe
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
-
-__license__ = 'GPL v3'
-__copyright__ = '2010, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
-
-'''
-Deutsche Welle (english) - dw.com/en
-'''
-
-import re
-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 class DeutscheWelle_en(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Deutsche Welle'
-    __author__ = 'Darko Miletic'
+    __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
     description = 'News from Germany and the world'
     publisher = 'Deutsche Welle'
     language = 'en'
 
-    oldest_article = 1
+    oldest_article = 2
     max_articles_per_feed = 50
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
-
+    remove_attributes = ['height', 'width', 'style']
+    
+    keep_only_tags = [
+        dict(name='article')
+    ]
+    
+    remove_tags = [
+        dict(name=['footer', 'source']),
+        dict(attrs={'data-tracking-name':'sharing-icons-inline'}),
+        classes('kicker advertisement vjs-wrapper')
+    ]
+    
     feeds = [
-        ('Top Stories', 'http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-top'),
         ('World', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-world'),
         ('Germany', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-ger'),
         ('Europe', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-eu'),
@@ -36,40 +33,11 @@ class DeutscheWelle_en(BasicNewsRecipe):
         ('Culture & Lifestyle', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-cul'),
         ('Sports', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-sports'),
         ('Visit Germany', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-visitgermany'),
-        ('Asia', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-asia')
+        ('Asia', 'http://rss.dw.de/rdf/rss-en-asia'),
+        ('Top Stories', 'http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-top'),
     ]
-
-    keep_only_tags = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'col3'})
-    ]
-
-    remove_tags_after = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'group'})
-    ]
-
-    remove_tags = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'col1'}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': re.compile('gallery')}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': re.compile('audio')}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': re.compile('video')})
-    ]
-
-    remove_attributes = ['height', 'width',
-                         'onclick', 'border', 'lang', 'link']
-
-    extra_css = '''
-        h1 {font-size: 1.6em; margin-top: 0em}
-        .artikel {font-size: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0em}
-    '''
-
+    
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        # convert local hyperlinks
-        for a in soup.findAll('a', href=True):
-            if a['href'].startswith('/'):
-                a['href'] = 'http://www.dw.com' + a['href']
-            elif a['href'].startswith('#'):
-                del a['href']
-        # remove all style attributes with an effect on font size
-        for item in soup.findAll(attrs={'style': re.compile('font-size')}):
-            del item['style']
+        for img in soup.findAll('img', srcset=True):
+            img['src'] = img['srcset'].split()[6]
         return soup