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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is set to be released from prison and be placed under judicial supervision, a Paris appeals court has decided. Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Amended package must be passed by the house and signed by the president. Plus, Volodymyr Zelenskyy on why he’s not afraid of Donald TrumpDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The Senate has made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some employees.What did the Democrats say about the […]

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at riskThe Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds.The substance would be sprayed on corn, soybeans […]

US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at […]

The Land in Winter has shortest odds of victory, ahead of Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyAndrew Miller is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the 2025 Booker prize, which will be announced on Monday evening in London.The English author tops the William Hill odds at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England which follows two marriages struggling under the weight of postwar class […]

Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence at home pending appealEurope live – latest updatesThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be released from prison after a judge ruled he could serve the rest of his sentence at home.Sarkozy had told the court his three weeks in prison had been “gruelling” and a “nightmare” as he appeared by […]

Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wifeA political ally of Vladimir Putin who declared poverty to a London divorce court had £217m-worth of property and land in London and Moscow as well as £21m in investments and a £4m art collection, a judge has found.Vladimir Sloutsker, 69, who died in September from cancer, fought until the end to hide […]

Former president will be freed today and placed under ‘judicial supervision’As 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 […]