British police said late Thursday that former prince Andrew had “been released under investigation” after being arrested and held for hours on suspicion of misconduct while he was a trade envoy. “We can also confirm that our searches in Norfolk have now concluded,” Thames Valley Police said in a short statement, in apparent reference to […]
Continue ReadingJustice can be slow… and then suddenly, it’s swift. Two months to the day after the US justice department first started releasing the Epstein Files the arrest of King Charles’ brother: Andrew had already been stripped of his titles over allegations of relations with sex trafficked minors. Now he’s accused of leaking state secrets to the […]
Continue ReadingShocking photographs depicting Nazi soldiers’ executions of Greek resistance fighters during World War II have been discovered on the online auction platform eBay. The never-before-seen images, which show the victims both before and after their brutal executions, have sparked strong reactions in Greece, whose authorities have claimed them back and declared them a national heritage.
Continue ReadingUK police on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III’s younger brother, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Thames Valley Police earlier said it was “assessing” reports that the former prince sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.
Continue ReadingUkrainian officials will boycott the Paralympic Winter Games, Kyiv said on Wednesday, after the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flag. The EU’s sports commissioner Glenn Micallef said he would also skip the opening ceremony. FRANCE 24’s Camille Corcoran reports.
Continue ReadingSpeaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Scott Craig, Senior Communications Officer at the IFRC, explains that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine ‘it’s the worst it’s ever been’ and organisations working on the ground in Ukraine face a funding challenge as ‘international support for humanitarian funding in Ukraine is dwindling’.
Continue ReadingCall it speed dating diplomacy. In Geneva, real estate magnate Steve Witkoff playing lead U-S negotiator with Iran in one room while in another acting as broker for the hard bargaining between Russia and Ukraine. We’ll ask how the Ukranians feel about it, especially when the mediator’s boss piles on fresh pressure on them. And […]
Continue ReadingGisèle Pelicot, the French woman whose husband was convicted of inviting dozens of men to rape her unconscious body, has released her memoir, recounting the horrors she endured and why she chose to go public in a trial that shocked the world. Released in 22 languages worldwide, “A Hymn to Life” sends a message of hope to victims […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian and Russian negotiators wrapped up a first day of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday with no sign of a breakthrough. The nearly four-year war, Europe’s deadliest since World War II, grinds on as both sides signalled that they remain far apart on key issues like territory.
Continue ReadingRussia’s delegation to the latest round of US-brokered peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Geneva is once again being led by ultraconservative historian and presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky – a man who rewrote Russia’s history textbooks to justify Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.
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