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Nicolas Sarkozy
France's top court upholds corruption conviction of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy
PARIS — France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld an appeal court decision that found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while in office.Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is set to request that he instead be detained at home with an electronic bracelet — as is the case for any sentence of two years or less.He was found guilty of corruption and influence peddling by both a Paris court in 2021 and an appeals court in 2023 for trying to bribe a judge and of peddling influence in exchange for confidential information about a probe into his 2007 campaign finances.Patrice Spinosi, lawyer for Sarkozy, said the former president would appeal to the European Court for Human Rights to challenge the ruling."The challenge that I will be...
December 19, 2024

France's top court upholds corruption conviction of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy

Investigators work near a scooter at the place where Kirillov and his assistant were killed by an explosive device on 17 December, 2024
Suspect detained in Moscow over killing of top Russian general
MOSCOW — A 29-year-old Uzbekistan citizen has been detained in Moscow over the killing of top general Igor Kirillov, according to Russia's security service.Russian state agency TASS reported on Wednesday that the man was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence. On Tuesday, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), claimed responsibility for Kirillov's death.Kirillov, the head of the Russian military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed in an explosion outside an apartment building on Tuesday from a remotely detonated device hidden in an electric scooter.His assassination came a day after Ukraine’s security service opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.An official with the SBU, who spoke on...
December 18, 2024

Suspect detained in Moscow over killing of top Russian general

Rescuers reached the cave's exit, together with the stretcher, early in the morning on Wednesday
Italian woman rescued from cave after 75 hours trapped underground
ROME — Ottavia Piana, the caver who was stuck in a cave in the Bergamo area, has been rescued. At 2:59 am rescuers reached the exit, together with the stretcher on which the woman had been placed.Piana had been injured in an exploratory area of the 'Abisso Bueno Fonteno' cave last Saturday afternoon. The woman was constantly monitored and assisted by a total of 6 doctors and eight nurses from the Alpine and Speleological Rescue Service.The rescue operation began at midnight on Sunday and was completed ahead of schedule. The operation involved 159 members of the National Alpine and Speleological Association from 13 Italian regions.It was Piana herself who encouraged her rescuers, according to them. "In the last stretch, she gave us the charge," said Corrado Camerini, a...
December 18, 2024

Italian woman rescued from cave after 75 hours trapped underground

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Lviv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024
Polish PM Donald Tusk meets Zelensky in surprise visit to Lviv
LVIV — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has reaffirmed Warsaw’s commitment to Ukraine’s support as it continues to fend off Russia’s invasion. The Polish premier made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday where he met President Zelensky.Tusk gave Zelensky assurances that Poland is a partner Kyiv can rely on. “Our history is both complicated and beautiful. There have been many positive and negative aspects in our relations, but this is the history of nations that in the face of hardship, proved to understand the pivotal historical moment, marked by Russia’s invasion,” said Tusk in a joint press briefing following his meeting with the Ukrainian President.“Poland’s help to Ukraine and Ukraine’s struggle. This is a great thing that was born between our...
December 18, 2024

Polish PM Donald Tusk meets Zelensky in surprise visit to Lviv

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was killed early on Tuesday
General's assassination pierces Moscow's air of normality
MOSCOW — Appearance and reality: there is a constant battle in Moscow between the two.Despite nearly three years of war, life here can seem so normal: from the crowds of commuters on the Metro to the bars and clubs packed with young Muscovites.Then, suddenly, something happens to remind you: there is nothing normal about Russia today.That "something" can be a Ukrainian drone penetrating Moscow's air defenses.Or – even more dramatic – what happened on Tuesday morning: the targeted assassination of a senior Russian general as he walked out of an apartment block.When Lt Gen Igor Kirillov and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov were killed by a bomb concealed on an electric scooter, the reality of Russia's war on Ukraine hit home.At least to those Russians close to the crime...
December 18, 2024

General's assassination pierces Moscow's air of normality

Ursula von der Leyen met with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Tuesday
Erdoğan pushes for EU-Turkey upgrade after meeting von der Leyen to discuss Syria
ANKARA — President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of refugees.Turkey was declared a candidate country to join the bloc back in 1999 but, after going through multiple ups and downs, the membership bid was put on a standstill in 2018 due to continued democratic backsliding and repression of fundamental rights.Since then, Brussels has tried to foster closer ties with Ankara due to the country's strategic and economic value while keeping the accession process firmly in the freezer."There is a need, more than ever, for stronger and more institutional relationship between Turkey and the...
December 18, 2024

Erdoğan pushes for EU-Turkey upgrade after meeting von der Leyen to discuss Syria

Ukrainian hitmen and saboteurs have been able to strike in the Russian capital several times
Ukraine's spies target Russian figures in increasingly brazen attacks
KYIV — It is striking how elaborate the operation was. Explosives were hidden in an electric scooter and they were detonated by remote control, Ukrainian sources have told the BBC.The victim, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, is believed to be the highest-ranking military official killed beyond the combat zone since its full-scale invasion began.His assassination has shocked Russia's military and political establishment. Sources from Ukraine's SBU security service let it be known they were behind it.There have been numerous Ukrainian operations targeting Russia's forces on Ukrainian territory.But the fact that Ukrainian intelligence can target the head of Russia's military's radiation, biological and chemical protection forces outside his home in south-eastern Moscow raises...
December 18, 2024

Ukraine's spies target Russian figures in increasingly brazen attacks

Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological protection unit, attends a briefing in Kubinka Patriot park outside Moscow. -
Russian general killed in explosion in Moscow
MOSCOW — A Russian general who was wanted by Ukraine for using chemical munitions was killed by a remotely detonated bomb in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian authorities said.Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who oversaw Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by an explosive device planted in an electric scooter outside an apartment building some 7 km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin, according to Russia’s investigative committee.Kirillov’s assistant was also killed in the blast, the committee added, describing it as a “terrorist act.”A source with knowledge of the operation told CNN Ukraine’s security services were behind Kirillov’s assassination.“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target, as he gave orders to use banned...
December 17, 2024

Russian general killed in explosion in Moscow

Sri Lankan Tamil migrants hold a 'silent protest' on Diego Garcia
UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds
LONDON — Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were unlawfully detained for years on the remote British territory of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled.In 2021, dozens of Tamils became the first people ever to claim asylum on the Indian Ocean island, which is the site of a secretive UK-US military base.They were held for years in a small fenced-off camp, before being brought to the UK earlier this month in what the government described as a "one-off" move in the interests of their welfare.A spokesperson for the UK government said it was "carefully considering" Monday's judgment.Diego Garcia was never a "suitable long-term location for migrants" and the government "inherited a deeply troubling situation that remained unresolved under the last administration for...
December 17, 2024

UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds

Olaf Scholz
Germany's Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for its dissolution and fresh national elections.Scholz gained 207 votes in the 733-seat parliament to his name, nowhere near the 367 majority he needed to hold onto power.The German leader was widely expected to lose the vote, which was held after the government's acrimonious three-way coalition collapsed in spectacular fashion over deep divisions in fiscal policy.Scholz himself supported an early general election, but speculation was rife ahead of the vote that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had plans to sabotage an early election by voting for Scholz to stay against his will.President President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is now set to decide whether or not to dissolve...
December 17, 2024

Germany's Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections

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