Middle East: Spain sends navy ship to Gaza flotilla – DW

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  1. Middle East: Spain sends navy ship to Gaza flotilla  DW
  2. As Gaza engulfs European politics, Italy sends navy ship on unlikely mission  The Washington Post
  3. NATO Warships Protecting Gaza Convoy Against Israel Attack: Greta Thunberg  Newsweek
  4. What to know about the international flotilla seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza  PBS
  5. Why have Spain and Italy sent ships to assist the Gaza Sumud flotilla?  Al Jazeera
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In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’ – The Times of Israel

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  1. In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’  The Times of Israel
  2. Abbas to address UN after visa clash with US as questions swirl over Hamas  Fox News
  3. ‘Palestine Is Ours,’ Abbas Tells U.N. General Assembly  The New York Times
  4. UN General Assembly updates: Palestinians ‘will not leave’, Abbas says  Al Jazeera
  5. 'Palestinians will not leave,' their president tells world leaders at UN in defiant, virtual speech  AP News
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Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for campaign finance scandal – MSNBC News

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  1. Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for campaign finance scandal  MSNBC News
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya campaign financing case  BBC
  3. Court sentences former French President Sarkozy to 5 years in prison in campaign-financing trial  CNN
  4. Sarkozy Guilty of Conspiracy to Use Libyan Money for 2007 Campaign  The New York Times
  5. Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction  The Guardian
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Trump called climate change a ‘con job’ at the United Nations. Here are the facts and context – PBS

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  1. Trump called climate change a ‘con job’ at the United Nations. Here are the facts and context  PBS
  2. Opinion | Trump at the U.N.: A Bitter Display  The New York Times
  3. Thanks to Trump’s Attack, the UN Might Have Rediscovered a Voice  Bloomberg.com
  4. Trump’s ‘right about everything’ rant offers no answers to a world on the brink  CNN
  5. Bragging rights meet battlefield reality as Trump’s peacemaker pitch falls flat at UN  Politico
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Doug Ford to ban speed cameras in Ontario in populist appeal to suburban voters

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Canada premier’s move prompts criticism from road safety activists and is likely to cue new showdown with Toronto

Doug Ford has announced plans to ban speed cameras in Ontario, describing the devices as an out-of-control “tax grab” in his latest populist appeal to suburban voters.

The move prompted criticism from road safety activists and is likely to cue another showdown with Toronto, after the mayor of Canada’s largest city urged councillors to keep the cameras in place, warning that “speed kills”.

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Israel’s future in Uefa could come to a head before World Cup qualifiers

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  • National team and club sides may face suspension

  • Next Uefa international break begins on 6 October

Uefa could decide as early as next week whether to suspend Israel from its competitions, with the governing body facing growing pressure from inside and outside the game.

Reports on Thursday, initially in the Times, suggested a vote that would determine Israel’s participation in World Cup qualifying and that of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League could be held by Uefa’s executive committee before the international break begins on 6 October.

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Sarkozy’s spectacular downfall marks turning point in France’s struggle against graft

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Experts say political legacy of former president convicted of criminal conspiracy now appears impossible to rebuild

When a Paris court handed Nicolas Sarkozy a five-year prison sentence on Thursday – for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi – it was a historic moment for modern France.

The rightwing Sarkozy, who served as president between 2007 and 2012, was known in office not just for his hard line on immigration and national identity but for championing harsher sentencing for delinquents. He is now expected to enter jail within a matter of months.

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Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

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Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regime

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.

The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign.

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