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Silent screaming - suicides and meds blight French prisons

Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December

Belgium

High security in Brussels as terror suspects appear in court

Judges have ordered that the seven men continue to be detained while investigators gather evidence

My Europe Series

Italy leads way on prison reform but system in crisis

Italy is showing the world how to reform prisons, and has passed into law an impressive and widely-praised reform package. But the money to implement it is sorely lacking, and in the meantime most of

World News

Terror suspects in court in Brussels amid Abdeslam nuclear claims

Security is extra tight in Brussels on Thursday with several suspects appearing in front of a judge, as investigations progress into the deadly

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Argentina

Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner says court case is 'political persecution'

Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has refused to testify in court over claims of state fraud when she was in office

Portugal

Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal and looks likely to serve jail term in Italy

Former CIA operative Sabrina de Sousa has lost her appeal in Portugal’s supreme court against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for

Germany

First NYE sexual assault case comes to trial in Germany

The first sexual assault case relating to a string of alleged attacks on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany has come to trial. A 33-year-old Moroccan

World News

Ex-top Spanish banker Mario Conde detained in money-laundering probe

He was once a high-flying Spanish banker. But disgraced Mario Conde, formerly in prison for embezzlement, has now been rearrested on suspicion of

France

Gay hairdressers can legally be called "faggots" in France

Industrial tribunal in Paris rules the word is insulting but not discriminatory

Sport

Kento Momota admits to gambling at an illegal casino

Japanese badminton sensation Kento Momota is set to miss the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after admitting to gambling at an illegal casino. The World

Venezuela

Tensions escalate in Venezuela as Maduro vows to block law passed by opposition

In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has told supporters he will block an amnesty law recently passed by opposition MPs. The law aims to free

World News

Anger in Egypt court as Mubarak retrial postponed again

The retrial of Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak on charges related to the killing of protesters has been postponed for the third time – because

Germany

Questions raised about German secret service links in neo-Nazi murder case

What did the secret service know? That is the shock question raised by the German press on Thursday as the trial of the lone surviving suspect in a

France

France passes divisive law criminalising customers rather than sex workers

Prostitute clients in France to face 1500 euro fine if caught Law aimed as protecting exploited women Critics say it will push sex workers further

Switzerland

Police raid Uefa offices in 'Panama Papers' probe

Swiss police have raided the offices of European football's governing body Uefa.

World News

Fined for buying sex: French parliament votes to punish prostitutes' clients

Following a final vote in parliament on Wednesday, France has become the latest European country to punish prostitutes’ clients who will face a 1,500

France

France: Le Pen fined 30,000 euros for latest 'gas chamber' remark

The former leader of France’s far-right Front National, Jean Marie Le-Pen, was fined 30,000 euros on Wednesday for repeating his claim that the Nazi

World News

War crimes prosecutors to appeal acquittal of Seselj

Last week’s shock acquittal of Serbian ultra-nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj is to be appealed by prosecutors at the International Criminal

USA

Porsche exonerated in Paul Walker, Roger Rodas crash

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Porsche was responsible for crash that killed fast and furious actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas.

South Africa

ANC rallies to save Zuma from impeachment in South Africa

South Africa's scandal-ridden President Jacob Zuma has survived an impeachment vote