5 h. ago White House says ‘unnamed victim’ Trump ‘spent hours’ with was Virginia Giuffre, accusing Democrats of ‘fake narrative’ – live

Spokesperson says Giuffre repeatedly said Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing as she accuses Democrats of trying to ‘smear’ presidentTrump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggestDemocrat who could force Epstein vote to be sworn in after standoffIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the ...

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52 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to ‘prove his innocence’ as he is released from prison

Former French president, who said his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence outside pending appealNicolas Sarkozy has said he wants to “prove his innocence” after being released from prison while he appeals against his conviction for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from Libya.After 20 days in jail that he had earlier described as “gruelling” and a “nightmare”, the former French president was driven away from La Santé prison in Paris on Monday accompanied by his wife, the singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Fifa accused of promoting ‘fake’ football unions amid player welfare debate

World players’ union FIFPRO was not invited to a meeting convened by Fifa in Morocco at the weekend

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55 h. ago Sarkozy freed from prison and put under ‘judicial supervision’ pending appeal – Europe live

Former French president, who is appealing against a conviction for criminal conspiracy, is released from prison in ParisAs we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across Europe.If Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison today after court ruling

Nicolas Sarkozy still faces an appeal trial over the so-called ‘Libya case’, expected next year

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3 d. ago A notorious gangland figure convicted of sex crimes has been released from prison early

The 61-year-old was already doing jail time when he was convicted of 13 historical sex offences against four boys

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3 d. ago Donald Trump White House claim BBC '100% fake news' rejected by UK minister

US President Donald Trump's press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of being 'total, 100% fake news' amid a row over an edited Panorama documentary

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3 d. ago Tory Robert Jenrick accused of breaching Westminster rules over fake clown video

EXCLUSIVE: A complaint has been made about the Tory after he posted AI footage about Justice Secretary David Lammy.

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4 d. ago Fall and redemption of Becker and Wiggins shows sporting glory does not deliver purpose or meaning | Cath Bishop

Books by former champions demonstrate powerfully that we should not accept abuse and suffering as ‘the price of winning’. Sport must do moreViewed through one end of the lens, the two new autobiographies from the sporting legends Boris Becker and Bradley Wiggins might seem like classic tales of the downfalls of two deeply flawed heroes who then claw their way back to redemption. But viewed through the other end of the lens, we see troubling portrayals of an extremely inhumane and, at times, unsafe world of sport where talent is no saving grace, in fact it’s more of a liability.There are striking similarities between the stories of two different characters, sports, countries and generations. Both went bankrupt. Both made bad choices and admit their agency in their own demise. Both hit rock bottom and found themselves stripped bare of all dignity, be it in a prison cell or snorting cocaine in a toilet. Becker was convicted by a British court on four counts out of 24 and ended up in pr...

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6 d. ago Prison guard says convicted robber 'she was having sex with' threatened to kill her

Isabelle Dale denies allegations that she had a physical sexual relationship with convicted robber Shahid Sharif, and helped run his spice drug running operation

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6 d. ago Police preparing for 6% crime surge in first year if sentencing reforms go ahead

Plans proposed under the Sentencing Bill to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis include limiting the use of short prison sentences and releasing convicted criminals earlier in their jail terms

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7 d. ago Manhunts for Algerian flasher and convicted fraudster wrongly released from Wandsworth prison

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that prisoner was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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7 d. ago How Diddy spent his unglamorous 56th birthday behind bars: Prison meal menu reveals harsh reality of sex crime conviction

Sean 'Diddy' Combs celebrated his 56th birthday behind bars as he serves a four-year sentence for two counts of transporting individuals to engage in prostitution.

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8 d. ago 'Fake Maddie' jurors 'urged to acquit' Polish woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents

Polish woman, Julia Wandelt allegedly 'peddled the myth' that she was Madeleine McCann and is accused of stalking the missing youngster's family in a relentless and 'cruel' campaign

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8 d. ago Prison officer 'having sex with' convicted robber gushed over his rap skills

Isabelle Dale allegedly had a sexual relationship with Shahid Sharif while she was a prison officer at HMP Coldingley.

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8 d. ago Prison guard accused of having sex with convict as pair's chats exposed

Isabelle Dale allegedly had a sexual relationship with Shahid Sharif at HMP Coldingley

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9 d. ago Courts order ICE not to deport man who spent 43 years in prison before murder case overturned

Two courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned

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1 week ago Andrew hoped to meet Jeffrey Epstein after his prison release, emails reveal

Publication of 2010 correspondence comes two days after Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his titlesThe former Duke of York told Jeffrey Epstein “it would be good to catch up in person” months after the convicted sex offender was released from prison, newly released emails reveal.The publication of the correspondence comes two days after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his titles and struck from the official roll of the peerage in an attempt by Buckingham Palace to halt the damage caused by the former duke’s spiralling scandals. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fake baby scandal takes dark new turn as accused woman goes into hiding

The world has been gripped on the ongoing story of how a woman had secretly faked a pregnancy, birth and death of her baby, but now the woman at the centre of the drama has fled her home

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2 w. ago Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation

Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boat was given £500 of public money as he was deported back to Ethiopia.Hadush Kebatu was flown back to his home country on Tuesday night with the discretionary payment after raising the possibility of challenging his removal shortly before he was due to be placed on a plane. Continue reading...

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