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Spain

Euroviews. The trial of Catalan leaders casts a long shadow over the EU | View

Leaders of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum are facing a combined total of 217 years in prison for inciting rebellion. Defending their rights is in the self-interest of Europe if it wants to remain a leading force for democracy.

USA

Autograph hunter dismissed from jury in El Chapo trial

A potential juror has been dismissed by the judge in the El Chapo trial after asking the defendant for his autograph.

Germany

Former Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial in juvenile court

A 94-year-old former Nazi guard goes on trial today in Germany. Charged with aiding and abetting the murder of several hundred concentration camp prisoners during the Second World War, he faces 15 years in prison. As he was under 21 at the time, the former SS guard will be tried in a juvenile court.

Business

Bayer shares plunge over weedkiller trial

Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 percent on Monday, losing about €12 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay €250 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of US lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer.

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USA

New York's "killer nanny" gets life

Yoselyn Ortega's insanity plea fails to impress jury as she is given life without parole for 2012 double infanticide in Manhattan.

Greece

Spanish aid workers on trial for people smuggling in Greece acquitted of charges

Three Spanish firefighters accused of people smuggling in Greece have been acquitted of all charges.

United Kingdom

Parsons Green jury sees CCTV footage of explosion

The trial of teenager Ahmed Hassan continues.

Denmark

Madsen trial begins in Copenhagen

Danish Inventor stands accused of murdering journalist Kim Wall in home-made submarine, then violating her body before dismembering it and throwing it into the sea.

USA

New York bomber, Ahmad Rahimi, sentenced to life in prison

The man convicted of the 2016 New York bombings is handed two life sentences.

Turkey

Iran sanctions-busting trial

Turkish-Iranian gold-trader gives evidence in an Iran sanctions-busting trial in New York

Cambodia

Cambodian court dissolves main opposition party

Prime Minister Hun Sen now looks set to extend more than three decades in power in elections next year

Sport

FIFA OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION

A court in New York has found two South-American football officials have been found guilty of corruption

Germany

German pharmacist: an ice-cold killer?

A German pharmacist from the city of Bottrop has gone on trial, accused of diluting the medication of 1,000 cancer patients

Pakistan

Former Pakistan PM attends anti-corruption trial

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif attended an anti-corruption trial on Friday ordered by the country's Supreme Court when it removed him from office earlier this year.

Spain

Spain's state prosecutor asks judge to issue European arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont.

Catalonia crisis: The Spanish state prosecutor has requested an European arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont after he failed to appear at a court

USA

Judge orders man to write 144 'nice things' about his girlfriend

“For every nasty thing you said about her, you’re going to write a nice thing”

USA

Tiger Woods avoids jail, pleads guilty to reckless driving

The golf legend, who was found asleep at the wheel with the engine running, will spend a year on probation.

Turkey

Terror charges: Turkish court orders release of eight activists

A court in Turkey releases eight activists – among them foreign nationals – while they are tried on terror charges.

Turkey

Human rights activists go on trial in Turkey

Eleven human rights activists including the local heads of Amnesty Internationl face 15 years on terrorism charges.

Malaysia

Kim Jong Nam murder suspects wheeled around crime scene

The two women say they thought they were carrying out a prank for a reality show when they approached the North Korean leader's half-brother at Kuala Lumpur's international airport last February.