so where did his wealth come from? some of it comes from this company in sweden, a company fined almost $1 billion for bribery. telia was prosecuted over a corrupt telecoms deal. the firm paid $220 million to an offshore company secretly controlled by gulnara karimova, the daughter of the then president of uzbekistan. the american authorities described it as a $220 million bribe. we have obtained documents showing how mr amersi was involved in the deal. in one e mail, a telia boss writes. i do not want to be involved in the day to day negotiations, so maybe you could handle it. mr amersi reponds. sure, i agree. and here s mr amersi s invoice for his part in project uzbekistan. he got a success fee of $500,000 for his work. mr amersi s lawyers said the offshore company had been vetted
winter s ashes tour in australia will be made this week when the sport s governing body, the ecb, meets. the players were told about conditions for the trip last night. there have been concerns over whether their families can travel with them, quarantine arrangements and any potential bubble they may have to live in. australia has some of the strictest covid 19 protocols in the world, a situation complicated by the fact its different states have their own regulations. the first test is due to begin on 8 december. meanwhile, many of england s t20 squad will be in the mix for a potential ashes place. they re getting ready to head to the middle east, ahead of the format s world cup later this month. tymal mills who won t be involved in the test team feels the players won t be distracted by the off field discussions. i would like to think not. nobody in this team is young and naive and will get caught up in those things, i wouldn t have thought. they are well versed in what is going on a
the person accused of the indecent exposure was a police officer. lucy manning, there. the brexit minister, lord frost, has renewed his threat to suspend part of the brexit deal affecting northern ireland. the northern ireland protocol was designed to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland but has meant new checks on some products travelling from great britain. but lord frost told the conservative conference in manchester that the arrangements agreed with the eu have begun to come apart even more quickly than we feared . the northern ireland protocol is not working and needs to change. yes, we agreed the protocol in that difficult autumn two years ago, we knew we were taking a risk, but a worthy one in the cause of peace and the cause of protecting the good friday agreement. it was the right thing to do. it ended a constitutional crisis and meant our country could leave the eu, whole, free, and with real choices. of course, we wanted to negotiate something better. if it had not
but i ve got no doubt that the guys will come together whenever we get together officially. and we will be fully focused on the world cup. claudio ranieri is at watford s training ground to discuss becoming their new manager, after they sacked xisco munoz afterjust ten months. watford have won two of their opening seven premier league games and sit in 15th. ranieri is understood to be the owners first choice. he, of course, won the premier league with leicester city in 2016. but the 69 year old was sacked the following season, and has since had short spells with nantes, fulham, roma and sampdoria. tyson fury could be set to return to the fight in the uk again after this weekend s heavyweight showdown with deontay wilder. that s according to his co promoter frank warren. wbc champ fury hasn t fought in britain since 2018 after signing a deal to stage his fights in america, competing there four times. fury is due to take on wilder this saturday night in las vegas. the third time they ve
so where did his wealth come from? some of it comes from this company in sweden, a company fined almost $1 billion for bribery. telia was prosecuted over a corrupt telecoms deal. the firm paid $220 million to an offshore company secretly controlled by gulnara karimova, the daughter of the then president of uzbekistan. the american authorities described it as a $220 million bribe. we have obtained documents showing how mr amersi was involved in the deal. in one e mail, a telia boss writes. i do not want to be involved in the day to day negotiations, so maybe you could handle it. mr amersi reponds. sure, i agree. and here s mr amersi s invoice for his part in project uzbekistan. he got a success fee of $500,000 for his work. mr amersi s lawyers said the offshore company had been vetted and approved by telia, and that its involvement did not