Marc Tarabella was in pre-trial detention, having been accused of using his influence in the European Parliament to push the interests of Qatar in exchange for cash.
gaining time and perhaps leveraging on the health status of mr cozzolino in order to somehow tarnish or complicate further a very difficult and very silent investigation across europe. so i would say this is not very fair. news of this investigation first broke back in december last year. it was a bombshell moment. months later, the case continues to fizzle, but it s become more complicated. all the while, it s a cloud hanging over the european parliament. this case is playing out in the open, before a possible trial has even begun. eu discomfort is palpable, whichever way you look. jessica parker, bbc news, in brussels. now to yemen, where delegations from saudi arabia and 0man are holding peace talks with yemen s houthi rebels aimed at reaching a ceasefire there. this isn t the first attempt but it s significant as sebastian usher from the bbc world service explains. there was a temporary
on this, no matter how squeamish it might make some people feel. so, defending the overall idea. perhaps not entirely engaging with that question of why it s tailored so personally towards rishi sunak but of course labour really at the moment trying to paint themselves as the party who are tough on crime, tough when it comes to law and order, but remember before politics, sir keir starmer was the director of public prosecutions. a conservative source saying today that they believe when he was in that role he failed to lock up some of the worst people in britain, so we may see some conservative scrutiny of his record when it comes to questions around justice. a judge in italy is set to decide whether a key suspect in the qatargate corruption scandal is to be handed over to belgium. the italian andrea cozzolino is a member of the european parliament he is accused of taking bribes from qatar and morocco, charges mr cozzolino denies. three other current and former meps