French ex-leader Sarkozy's lawyer says has requested release from jail
• Oct 21, 2025, 7:18 PM
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A lawyer for Nicolas Sarkozy said a motion had been filed for his release, moments after the former French president entered jail over a scheme to illegally fund his 2007 electoral campaign. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
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Colombia court overturns former president Uribe’s witness tampering conviction
• 12:57 AM
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A Colombian court on Tuesday overturned the witness-tampering conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe, scrapping a 12-year house arrest sentence that had drawn US criticism. Uribe, 73, was convicted in August of pressuring paramilitaries to deny link
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Lithuania's main airport suspends traffic over smugglers' balloons sightings
• 12:28 AM
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Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius Airport late Tuesday after dozens of suspected smugglers' balloons entered its airspace, the National Crisis Management Centre said. The Baltic nation is the latest in Europe to face air disruptions after recent
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