Norway and France launch joint police probe into diplomats’ alleged links with Epstein

Published on 04/27/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2 Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A joint investigation team (JIT) has been established between Okokrim, the Norwegian […]

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Polish influencer’s nine-day charity livestream shatters records to raise over £50 million for children with cancer

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A marathon nine-day charity livestream, broadcast from a small flat in Warsaw, has shattered fundraising records, collecting an astonishing £52 million (250 million zlotys) for children battling cancer. Local […]

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French prison guards strike over overcrowding as jails near 90,000 inmates

ByMatthieu DurandwithAFP Published on 04/27/2026 – 13:11 GMT+2•Updated 13:34 French prison guards blocked facilities across the country on Monday, with 14 of 17 prisons in the Hauts-de-France region shut down in protest at chronic overcrowding and staff shortages, in a strike called by the UFAP-UNSA union. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Guards also demonstrated at prisons in Bois-d’Arcy […]

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