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The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected illegal financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election. The office told The Associated Press that the judicial probe opened on July 2nd…

Bank transfers made by influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were “entirely orthodox”, their lawyer has said. Martin Evans KC told Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday that it was to be expected that a number of payments would be…

Newly elected lawmakers have arrived at France’s lower house of parliament for talks aimed at forming a government after a chaotic election result left the legislature split among left, centre and far-right parties. President Emmanuel Macron has asked his Prime…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally at his golf club near Miami on Tuesday, with just days left before he must select a running mate to take the stage with him at the party’s national convention…

Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright died from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach, according to his death certificate. Veteran BBC radio broadcaster Wright, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK, died at the age of…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he expected US president Joe Biden to remain in the race for the White House despite growing calls within Mr Biden’s Democratic Party for him to step aside for a younger nominee. Mr Trump,…

Leaders across Europe have expressed relief but also some concern over the results of the snap election in France which left a key EU country facing the prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis. Relief, because the far-right National…

Hundreds of new MPs descended on Westminster on Monday for their first day in their new jobs, to be met with a blizzard of briefings and tours. Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II lay in state before her funeral, was…

Hamas has warned that Israel’s expanding military operations in Gaza City and the displacement of thousands of residents could have “disastrous repercussions” for talks aimed at a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages. The militant group said in a…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he expects the upcoming Nato summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his country’s air defences against Russia, hours after a Russian missile attack killed at least 31 people and wounded 154 others in…