The party itself and marine Le Pen, of course they deny all this. Its going to be a long trial, a couple of months as they go through all the evidence. At the end of it, though, whats crucial and why this trial matters is that it is marine Le Pen s political future which is very much at stake. Why . Because one of the potential penalties she could suffer if shes found guilty is an ineligibility for office. She could be banned from standing for public office for a period of, say, five years. And that would mean she couldnt stand in the next president ial election in 2027. Marine Le Pen is Riding High right now in french politics. Her party did very well in the last elections. It can make or break this Sitting Government of michel barnier. Her next step is this bid for the presidency again in 2027. But if this guilty verdict, if its a guilty verdict and it ends in an ineligibility for office, that obviously means that that plan is up in smoke, and she will need urgently a plan b. We have
Would disagree and would say that this poll is neither free nor fair nor transparent. Vladimir putin does not face a major challenge. There are three other candidates on the ballot paper, but his most vocal critics, his fiercest opponents, are either in exile or in prison, which kind of helps you to win what we expect to be a landslide. There have been reports that Public Service workers have been strongly encouraged to come out today on day one of this election, to cast their votes. I mean, there are so many things to say about this election. Vladimir putin dominates the airwaves, dominates the screens, on russian television, much more than any other candidate. So it will be no surprise, i think, when he is eventually declared the winner. Here in the uk, the conservatives are under fresh pressure over ties to a party donor at the centre of a racism row. The party has refused to confirm, or deny, reports that the donor has reportedly given more money to the party, than was known public
Rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many survivors had beenin search operation. Many survivors had been in the Sea Screaming for help, others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation ,. , translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from translation they were in trouble. | some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and the boats can no longer move forward. The last boat was twofold. These pictures taken early in the week show how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at see if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. Calling for a new approach. This is an absolute calling for a new
There may be an imminent agreement for a ceasefire however temporary between how hamas and is real. They expressed hope that a deal could be reached and optimism grew but there were significant obstacles and anybody covering the story of the past few months knew that hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground and one of visual s obstacles and demands was that hamas should give a detailed list of hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement. Of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list has not been provided by hamas. There are thought to be about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be there. If you wanted to know who was still alive, there. If you wanted to know who was stillalive, he there. If you wanted to know who was still alive, he was going to be released. That has not been forthcoming so we understand it is not official, but we understand from several well pla