7 h. ago France expels 12 Algerian officials as row over alleged kidnapping escalates

Move follows Algiers’ expulsion of diplomats, after France’s arrest of man linked to abduction of influencer Amir DZFrance has expelled 12 Algerian consular and diplomatic officials and recalled its ambassador in Algiers, the French presidency said on Tuesday, in a retaliatory measure as a spat escalates between the two countries.“The Algerian authorities are responsible for the sudden degradation of our bilateral relations,” President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago France considers response after Algeria expels 12 embassy staff

Move by Algiers follows arrest of Algerian consular official in Paris over alleged involvement in kidnap of influencerFrance is considering its response after Algeria ordered the expulsion of 12 embassy staff over the arrest of an Algerian consulate official in Paris over alleged involvement in the kidnap of a TikTok influencer.Algiers has given the French representatives 48 hours to leave the country in a move that has stretched already strained relations between the two countries to breaking point. The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has warned that if the expulsions go ahead Paris would be forced to respond immediately. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bitey passenger sinks teeth into flight attendant after fighting woman over 'BO'

The smell of body odour allegedly started an almighty row between two women sat in the same area of an aeroplane – as two cabin crew members and two other passengers had to break up the fight

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1 week ago Laurence Fox's complaint against TV star Narinder Kaur is dropped by police after he accused her of making 'criminal allegation' in row over 'upskirting' photo

Mrs Kaur was the subject of a six-month Met Police investigation after Fox claimed she had broken the Malicious Communications Act with a social media post about him.

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2 w. ago Prince Harry breaks cover after charity row as shock allegations leave him 'heartbroken'

Prince Harry has been seen for the first time since the extraordinary row erupted between him and the chair of Sentebale - the charity he co-founded but dramatically quit as patron over a boardroom battle

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3 w. ago Laurence Fox charged with sex offences after he allegedly 'shared upskirting pic' of TV star Narinder Kaur in online row

The three-time failed election candidate - once best known for his stint on ITV detective drama Lewis - allegedly shared an explicit image of the broadcaster on his X account in April last year.

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting embroiled in row amid claims health secretary's allies were 'behind sexist briefings against Keir Starmer's top female ministers'

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is at the centre of an extra-ordinary row over alleged 'sexist' briefings against Sir Keir Starmer's top female ministers.

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3 w. ago French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searchedFrance’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled”, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research, said in a statement on Monday to Agence France-Presse published by Le Monde. “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” the minister added. Continue readin...

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