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UK police chief suspended over Hillsborough football tragedy

The head of the British police force accused of covering up failings that led to the death of 96 fans at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989

Belgium

Salah Abdeslam 'as bright as an empty ashtray', says his lawyer

“He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray, he is abysmally vacuous.” That was the stinging character assassination of Salah Abdeslam, the man

United Kingdom

Police chief suspended after UK football tragedy inquest findings

The chief constable of Britain’s South Yorkshire Police service has been suspended one day after a jury found that police failures were to blame for

France

Extradited Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam appears before French judges

Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has appeared before judges in the French capital after being extradited from Belgium earlier today.

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World News

'Hillsborough' relatives call for police resignations

Hillsborough verdict – “victims unlawfully killed” Police failings were to blame Relatives call for senior officers to quit Criminal prosecutions

Norway

Norway to appeal Breivik human rights ruling

The Norwegian state says it does not agree that prison conditions for mass killer Anders Breivik violate his human rights. The country’s justice

United Kingdom

Hillsborough inquest jury says 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed

An inquest into Britain’s worst sporting disaster has ruled that police failures were to blame for the “unlawful killing” of 96 Liverpool football

France

Dutch "horror dentist" jailed for mutilating many mouths in France

A Dutchman known as the “horror dentist” for mutilating the mouths of more than 100 patients has been sentenced to eight years in France. Jacobus

Luxembourg

Tax leaks trial begins in Luxembourg

The trial has begun of a French journalist and two former staff of accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers who are accused of leaking details of

Papua New Guinea

Australian offshore detention of asylum seekers 'illegal' rules court

Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Australia’s practice of detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal and must stop. Under

United Kingdom

Hillsborough 96 were unlawfully killed, jury decides

A inquest jury has concluded that 96 football fans who died at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence

Egypt

Egypt: Court delays latest Mursi verdict

An Egyptian court has delayed its verdict in the latest trial against former President Mohamed Mursi. It is three years since Mursi of the Muslim

Turkey

Turkey: Protests over 'freedom of speech' trials

Demonstrators in Turkey have denounced two ‘freedom of speech’ cases being heard at the same court in Istanbul on Friday. They gathered outside the

USA

Volkswagen reaches deal over emissions scandal for drivers in United States

Volkswagen has reached a deal to compensate drivers in the United States over its emissions scandal. The final details will be announced in June.

Germany

Volkswagen agrees to compensate US owners of rigged diesel vehicles

The settlement would give US consumers the choice: having Volkswagen buy back the rigged cars or repair them.

World

Syria is an example of UN Security Council's failure, says OHCHR chief

Defending human rights “He is the UN High Commisssioner for Human rights. A tremendous responsibility in such troubled times. In the midst of the

Germany

VW nears deal with US authorities over diesel emissions cheating - reports

Volkswagen has reportedly reached a deal with US authorities to buy back up to half a million cars that cheated diesel emissions tests.

Norway

Killer Anders Breivik's human rights have been breached, court rules

Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case over his prison treatment. He is serving 21 years for murdering 77 people. The

Business Series

Moscow wins Yukos ruling

A Dutch court has annulled an international tribunal's award of $50 billion (44 billion euros) in compensation to shareholders of defunct Russian oil giant Yukos.

Norway

Mass killer Breivik wins court case over 'inhuman' prison conditions

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case against the Norwegian state, in which he claimed his human rights were