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Death of Isak Andic: judge summons his inner circle to testify

The investigating judge has summoned as witnesses the therapist, the Mango founder's daughters, his partner, the company's chief executive and several hikers and Mossos d'Esquadra officers. She has also ordered a forensic reconstruction of the fatal fall in Montserrat.

Earth News

Glowing plants alert to pests and diseases in crops

A team of Spanish researchers has created plants that glow in the dark and change colour when infected, allowing early detection of crop pests and diseases with ordinary cameras.

Europe News

Mango founder death case takes turn as judge seeks more suspects

The judge is probing whether Jonathan Andic’s associates were involved in the events around the Mango founder’s death. The defence condemns a 'premature social verdict' and insists the fall was an accident.

Europe News

Spain probe targets Socialist party payments to consultant Leire Díez

The PSOE paid Díez nearly 45,000 euros for communications work between 2015 and 2017, according to documents sent to a Madrid court, as judges probe an alleged scheme to sway cases affecting the party and the government.

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Culture news

Louvre heist of the century: New lead points to Belgium

French investigators have now shifted their sights to Belgium after a crucial analysis of suspicious phone records. An update on the extraordinary manhunt after one of the most daring art heists in history at the Paris Louvre, the world's most visited museum.

Europe News

Two minors held after 12-year-old found dead with towel around neck

Rennes's public prosecutor said a 16-year-old boy has been arrested and a girl later came forward; both are in custody as divers search the nearby Vilaine for clues.

Culture news

French star Patrick Bruel faces fresh sex abuse allegations

The singer still maintains his innocence, saying he "never sought to coerce anyone into a sexual act", while declaring that he "does not question the feelings of women."

France

Freemason lodge ‘mafia’ on trial in France over murders and hit squads

Twenty-two people, including intelligence and police officers, are on trial in France over an alleged Masonic lodge assassin squad and mafia-style crimes.

Italy

Italy probes €17-million disappearance of military aircraft parts

Italian investigators probe how thousands of vital avionics vanished from a Brindisi air force depot, amid suspicions of embezzlement and possible resale abroad.

Russia

Seven Chinese tourists drown after car falls through ice in Russia

The car went underwater after hitting a patch of thin ice. Seven Chinese tourists, including a couple with a 14-year-old boy, have died.

France

Nine suspects arrested in killing of French far-right activist in Lyon

The incident has fuelled tensions between the far right and hard left ahead of municipal elections in March and the presidential election next year.

France

France widens Epstein probe with raid on Jack Lang’s former institute

French police raid the Arab World Institute as ex-Culture Minister Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline face a probe into alleged Epstein-linked tax fraud and offshore funds.

Turkey

Turkey detains actress and seven others in major illicit drug sting

Istanbul prosecutors detained eight more people on Friday in an ongoing drug investigation targeting media figures, while releasing four high-profile suspects.

United Kingdom

Putin 'morally responsible' for UK Novichok death, inquiry finds

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with the Novichok nerve agent which was stored in a perfume bottle in an assassination attempt on double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury.

United Kingdom

'Too little, too late': UK government slammed for COVID-19 response

The inquiry found that chaos at the heart of the Conservative government and a failure to take COVID-19 seriously potentially cost 23,000 lives in England alone.

Sport

Turkey probes hundreds of football referees involved in sports betting

Turkey's football federation revealed that 371 of its 571 referees hold betting accounts, prompting the prosecutor's office to open an investigation into alleged match-fixing.