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British PM To Visit Israel To Mark 75th Anniversary

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to visit Israel this year to mark the country's 75th birthday

Zenger

The Hebburn mum who took on British Coal over choking fumes and poisonous puddles - and won

Jennie's David and Goliath battle dominated her life for decades

Chronicle Live

Mum took on British Coal and WON in battle over choking fumes and poisonous puddles

Jennie Shearan, a housewife who moved to South Tyneside with her young family in 1953, devoted incalculable hours campaigning for her local British Coal plant to stop polluting the area with emissions such as sulphur dioxide

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Iran slams EU Parliament for proposal to brand Revolutionary Guard as terrorists

Tehran reacted angrily after the European Parliament called on Thursday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation. The parliamentary motion blames the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

Radio France Internationale

EU assembly wants special court for Russia's war in Ukraine

The European Union’s parliament calls on the member states to back the creation of a special court to judge on any war crime of agression by Russia in Ukraine

The Independent UK

EU assembly wants Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list

The European Parliament has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests

The Independent UK

Iran slams EU parliament for urging terror label on Guards

Tehran (AFP) - Iran condemned Thursday a European Parliament call to blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, which would pave the way for sanctions against the powerful military force.

AFP

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Israeli-Turkish Ties Continue Despite Concerns Over Hamas Terrrorism

Turkey remains the main lifeline for the Palestinian terrorist organization where Hamas has operated there and have taken lives.

Zenger

EU lawmakers push to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as 'terrorist' organisation

Iran warned the European Union on Thursday against listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to blacklist the powerful force over its role in the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

France 24

Iran warns EU not to list Revolutionary Guards as terrorist entity

Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" if it designated the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after the European Parliament called on the EU and its member states to do so.

Reuters

Former EU lawmaker's tax accountant arrested in Italy over EU graft scandal

The tax consultant of a former EU lawmaker at the centre of a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament has been arrested in Italy, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Suspected ringleader in EU graft probe cuts deal for lighter sentence

The alleged ringleader of a European Union cash-for-influence corruption scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco has decided to reveal information about the affair in exchange for a lighter sentence, Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday.

France 24

Key suspect in EU graft scandal cuts deal with prosecutors

Brussels (AFP) - A key suspect in a spreading EU graft scandal, former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, has cut a deal to divulge information about countries involved and bribes made, Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday.

AFP

Suspect in EU graft probe to cooperate with Belgian authorities - prosecutor

Belgium's federal prosecutor said on Tuesday that former Italian member of the European Parliament Pier Antonio Panzeri agreed to work with Belgian authorities over a cash-for-influence corruption scandal in exchange for a reduced sentence.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Key EU corruption suspect makes deal to earn leniency

Belgian prosecutors say the alleged ringleader of a European Union cash-for-influence corruption scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco has decided to reveal information about the affair in exchange for a lighter sentence

AFP

EU ombudsman urges parliament 'culture change' over graft scandal

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The EU's ombudsman on Monday said a graft scandal roiling the European Parliament must bring a cultural shift in the bloc's legislative system, to avoid similar alleged misdeeds happening in future.

Reuters

EU assembly starts review of immunity of two MEPs over graft scandal

The European Parliament began a month-long procedure on Monday to waive the immunity from prosecution of two lawmakers who Belgian investigators want to question over a cash-for-influence corruption scandal.

AFP

EU parliament chief vows to tackle corruption in its ranks

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The head of the European Parliament vowed Monday to impose new rules to tackle foreign corruption after MEPs were caught up in a graft scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco.

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Italy agrees to transfer suspect in EU graft scandal to Belgium

An Italian court on Monday agreed to hand over to the Belgian authorities a second woman suspected of involvement in a Qatar graft scandal that has rocked the European Parliament.

Reuters

Germany joins battle against EU ban on financial product commission

Banning commission-based sales of financial products from banks and insurers would be a "serious setback" to the European Union's capital market and limit choice for consumers, Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has said.

The Independent UK

Scandal-hit EU political group starts damage limitation work

The major political group embroiled in a massive European Union corruption scandal will seek this week to insulate itself from further fallout in the cash-for-influence affair linked to Qatar and Morocco

AFP

EU parliament chief to unveil reforms amid graft scandal

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The president of the European Parliament will seek Monday to get ahead of a graft scandal that has rocked the legislature, by officially unveiling a series of reforms to clean up the multinational assembly.

France 24

EU regulation of big tech: Is free speech at risk?

"The bird is freed," tech billionaire Elon Musk wrote upon acquiring Twitter in October of last year. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton shot back: "In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules." That early exchange exposed two starkly different views of social media: a haven of free speech, as Musk…

The Independent UK

Scandal-hit EU assembly set to move on anti-corruption plan

A European Parliament official says President Roberta Metsola wants to clamp down on the activities of former lawmakers and lobbyists in response to a major corruption scandal

Al Jazeera

Refugee aid workers to go on trial in Greece

Lesbos trial involving 24 aid workers could have a chilling effect on humanitarian efforts in Europe, critics say.

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