7 h. ago Marine Le Pen’s appeal against embezzlement conviction to begin

Paris trial’s outcome will determine whether leader of far-right National Rally can run for French presidency in 2027The French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen will face a fresh trial on appeal on Tuesday over the embezzlement of European parliament funds in a case that will determine whether or not she can run in the 2027 presidential election.Le Pen, 57, who leads the far-right, anti-immigration National Rally (RN), was considered to be a contender for next year’s election until she was barred from running for public office last March after being found guilty of an extensive and long-running fake jobs scam. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Jimmy Lai sentencing hearing begins in Hong Kong after people queue for days to show their support

British media tycoon’s lawyers have four days to appeal for a lighter sentence after his conviction in high-profile national security trial

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5 d. ago Wales see five outsiders emerge as unofficial Six Nations trial period ends

Steve Tandy has a lot to ponder ahead of the Six Nations

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1 week ago Fight outside pub leaves man in hospital as three teens arrested

A 19-year-old man has been injured and taken to hospital after reports of a disturbance

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3 w. ago Teen rugby player repeatedly stabbed by stranger outside social club

Morgan Hopkins - known as 'Hoppy' - was in surgery for more than 10 hours and had to have part of his bowel removed after Kane Evans attacked him outside a south Wales social club

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3 w. ago He messaged saying he was 'outside' but it was police who came to meet him

Liam Key was said to be 'nervous and shaking' when police started speaking to him

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4 w. ago The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself

Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Lai used his power and wealth to promote democracy, which ultimately pitted him against authorities in BeijingOn Monday, a Hong Kong court convicted Jimmy Lai of national security offences, the end to a landmark trial for the city and its hobbled protest movement.The verdict was expected. Long a thorn in the side of Beijing, Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and activist, was a primary target of the most recent and definitive crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Authorities cast him as a traitor and a criminal. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hong Kong court finds democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition

British citizen Jimmy Lai faces prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his landmark national security trial

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4 w. ago Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

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4 w. ago Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong court to decide on national security charges against pro

Incarcerated activist and media owner has been on trial for more than two years on national security chargesJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security chargesEarlier this month Jimmy Lai’s children voiced new alarm over the incarcerated tycoon’s health, describing his dramatic weight loss, teeth rotting and nails falling off.The report quoted them saying that Lai – was is 78 and has diabetes – had been kept in solitary confinement without air conditioning in a jail where summer temperatures rise to 44C (111F).His nails turn almost purple, grey and greenish before they fall off, and his teeth are getting rotten. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

Verdicts on foreign collusion and sedition charges are city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesLong-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial will be delivered on Monday, one of the city’s most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.The Apple Daily founder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of “conspiracy to foreign collusion” under the security law, which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, as well as one count of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. Continue reading...

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