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One of France’s most wanted suspected drug traffickers was due in court in Marseille after his extradition from Morocco.

Félix Bingui, known as “the Cat” and reportedly head of the notorious Yoda clan, was arrested in Casablanca last March.

France’s justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, hailed the extradition of the 34-year-old …

A 28-year-old Afghan man has been arrested after a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg that killed two people, including a toddler, in what the country’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, condemned as an “act of terror”.

With a month left in a campaign for snap elections …

An overhaul of laws on terrorism after the Southport murders will not expand the definition to take in disruptive but non-violent protest, Downing Street has said, as MPs and senior lawyers warned about potential risks to the plan.

Keir Starmer

announced the review

In the seven-game series, it’s 1-0 to the UK investment trusts. Saba Capital, the New York hedge fund

trying to oust the entire boards of seven trusts

Giorgia Meloni’s government is under pressure to clarify why a Rome court refused to approve the arrest of a Libyan general accused of war crimes, allowing him to return home to a hero’s welcome on an Italian secret flight in what critics believe was a tactic to shield alleged abuses …

I can’t help thinking Ed Miliband has not been accurately briefed when he says a government funding pledge means Britain is within “grasping distance” of “secure, clean, unlimited energy” from nuclear fusion (

Ministers pledge record £410m to support UK nuclear fusion energy, 16 January

Before we start …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has denied that the Labour government is working against consumer interests despite urging the supreme court to avoid handing a “windfall” to borrowers harmed in the motor finance commission scandal.

Reeves has been under pressure from lenders and lobby groups, who have warned that a massive compensation …

This was a reminder. For all of England’s obvious pedigree – power with the bat, high pace with the ball, trophies already in the cabinet – Brendon McCullum has a bit of work to do. A white-ball setup that has had a difficult couple of years were swept aside by …

Economic growth is more important to the UK government than net zero, Rachel Reeves has said, dropping a heavy hint that she intends to shrug off climate concerns and reaffirm her backing for a third runway at Heathrow.

The chancellor is expected to give her firm support to the expansion …

A senior Iranian politician has appealed to Donald Trump to begin new negotiations with Tehran over its civil nuclear programme, saying: “I hope that this time around, [Trump 2.0] will be more serious, more focused, more realistic.”

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s vice-president for strategic affairs, pointed out that the returning …