Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week

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Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regime

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence.

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Vodafone outage: thousands of broadband and mobile users report problems

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Company apologises and says network ‘recovering’ after many customers say there were unable to access services

Tens of thousands of Vodafone customers in the UK have reported they could not access services including the internet and making mobile phone calls.

Consumers started reporting problems on the website of the outage monitor Downdetector from about 3pm on Monday.

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Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

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Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker

The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports.

Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also impacted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which oversees programs that support millions of children and adults with disabilities nationwide, according to sources speaking to various outlets.

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China’s Temu more than doubles EU profits to nearly $120m despite having only eight staff

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Online marketplace paid just $18m in corporation tax, leading campaigners to call for government action

The Chinese online marketplace Temu’s EU operations more than doubled pre-tax profits last year to just below $120m (£90m) despite employing just eight people, accounts show.

They rose 171% in the 12 months to December 2024 compared with the $44.1m the year before, as shoppers snapped up its low-cost goods, which are widely promoted on social media.

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Plane crashes on to Massachusetts highway and kills two people on board

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Blazing debris on road amid rain and wind, with one person on ground hurt and no known survivors found on plane

A small plane crashed along a major highway in south-eastern Massachusetts early on Monday amid rain and strong winds, killing both people on board and wounding another person on the ground, authorities said.

In videos taken by people in passing vehicles, smoke could be seen billowing up above Interstate 195 from scattered, blazing debris. The highway was closed in both directions near the crash site in Dartmouth, a town about 50 miles (80km) miles south of Boston, the state department of transportation said.

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Live updates: Trump says war in Gaza ‘is over,’ arrives in Egypt as Israel celebrates release of hostages – The Washington Post

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  1. Live updates: Trump says war in Gaza ‘is over,’ arrives in Egypt as Israel celebrates release of hostages  The Washington Post
  2. Trump’s insistence produced a ceasefire in Gaza. Now he hopes it will end the war  CNN
  3. The Release of Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners in Photos and Videos  The New York Times
  4. President Trump Delivers Remarks to Israeli Knesset  C-SPAN
  5. Fetterman marks release of last living hostages: 'The nightmare finally ends'  Fox News
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Live updates: Trump says war in Gaza ‘is over,’ arrives in Egypt as Israel celebrates release of hostages – The Washington Post

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  1. Live updates: Trump says war in Gaza ‘is over,’ arrives in Egypt as Israel celebrates release of hostages  The Washington Post
  2. Trump’s insistence produced a ceasefire in Gaza. Now he hopes it will end the war  CNN
  3. The Release of Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners in Photos and Videos  The New York Times
  4. President Trump Delivers Remarks to Israeli Knesset  C-SPAN
  5. Fetterman marks release of last living hostages: 'The nightmare finally ends'  Fox News
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Republican and Democratic senators dig in heels over government shutdown

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Lindsey Graham says closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands on Obama-era healthcare subsidies

Republican and Democratic senators Lindsey Graham and Mark Kelly have dug their heels in over the government shutdown – which is now approaching two weeks, with the former saying that the closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands for a restoration of Obama-era healthcare subsidies.

Graham said on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday that he was in favor of the Senate voting to reopen the government and prepared to “have a rational discussion” with Democrats – but not with the government shut down.

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US Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close due to government shutdown

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Washington DC-based institution says it’ll temporarily close museums and research centers in response to shutdown

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed their doors on Sunday in response to the ongoing government shutdown.

In a statement over the weekend, the Washington DC-based Smithsonian Institution announced that it was temporarily closing its museums, research centers and its zoo due to the government shutdown which has now entered the third week.

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A Guide to Trump’s Twenty-Point Gaza Peace Deal – Council on Foreign Relations

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  1. A Guide to Trump’s Twenty-Point Gaza Peace Deal  Council on Foreign Relations
  2. Israel-Gaza live updates: Trump signs peace agreement, last living hostages released  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. What's next in the Gaza peace plan after Israeli hostages released, Palestinian prisoners freed  CBS News
  4. Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza  Foreign Affairs
  5. Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own  Al Jazeera
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