Man was detected as one of 94 people who had been removed from Britain under UK-France treaty
A second person who was removed to France under the government’s “one in, one out” deal has returned to the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.
The unnamed man arrived back in the UK after joining nearly 400 people who crossed the Channel in small boats on Sunday.
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27 Super Lig players suspended over alleged betting
Turkish authorities formally arrested eight people, including a top-tier club chairman, on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged betting on football matches. The Turkish football federation (TFF) has also suspended 1,024 players pending disciplinary investigations.
The TFF suspended 149 referees and assistant referees earlier this month, after an investigation found officials working in the country’s professional leagues were betting on football matches.
Continue reading...Former French president, who said his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence outside pending appeal
Nicolas 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...Anti-corruption agency says state nuclear power operator Energoatom taking illicit payments of 10-15%
Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said on Monday that it was conducting a large-scale investigation into the country’s energy sector, alleging kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom.
The bureau, which operates independently of the government, alleged that several senior figures were involved. Ukrainian media identified one of them as Timur Mindich, a businessman and associate of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Continue reading...Decision reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm Hamas
Plans for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force charged with disarming Hamas inside Gaza face growing opposition after the United Arab Emirates said it would not participate because it did not yet see a clear legal framework for the force.
Israel has already ruled out Turkey joining the force, and King Abdullah of Jordan has said Jordanian troops will not join. Azerbaijan, once mooted as a contributor, did not attend a planning meeting in Turkey last week and said it would not contribute unless a full ceasefire was in place.
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