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French prosecutors on Monday, December 16, sought jail terms of between one and 16 years for eight people on trial over the 2020 beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist radical that shocked France. The harshest sentence was reserved for a defendant accused of joining a terrorist enterprise helping to prepare the murder of Samuel Paty, after the teacher showed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class. Charges of “complicity in terrorist murder” against two of the men on trial were dropped. Prosecutors told the court that Naïm Boudaoud, 22, and Azim Epsirkhanov, 23, a Russian of Chechen origin,…

The Cinémathèque française, Paris, February 15, 2013. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP There was no screening as planned of Last Tango in Paris (1972), by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci (1941-2018), on Sunday, December 15, at La Cinémathèque Française. The cinema establishment in Paris, which had scheduled it as part of a retrospective devoted to American actor Marlon Brando (1924-2004), canceled the screening the night before. The lack of mediation around the film, which shows a rape scene shot without the consent of actress Maria Schneider (1952-2011), had provoked protests all week from film personalities and feminist associations. “In a bid to calm spirits…

The solidity of the majority that has supported Pedro Sánchez in the last year will undergo a new test this Tuesday. The left’s proposal to limit temporary rentals of homes and rooms returns to the plenary session of Congress this Tuesday, after having caused an uncomfortable episode for the Government last September, when Junts decided at the last minute to vote against it and force its rejection. The text has been retouched to attract the support of Carles Puigdemont’s party, which has not anticipated its position, although it has shown itself willing to allow its processing if it is respectful…

The businessman in the plot expands the names of members of the Sánchez Government and politicians who, according to his testimony, contacted the corrupt network. Read Reyes Maroto joins the "influence peddling": five designated ministers and Ábalos "spoke with Armengol directly"

The leadership bodies of the SPD as well as the CDU and CSU decide on the drafts of their election programs. The Green Party leadership presents its draft election program. Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: After the vote of confidence – Germany in the election campaign – Video

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Three-year rescue plan for seal with 'plastic collar' ends in tragedy in Llandudno The seal was found with serious injuries to its neck https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/three-year-rescue-plan-seal-30598461

TikTok petitioned the US Supreme Court to halt a law mandating its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest or close the app by January 19. This appeal coincided with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s meeting with President-elect Trump, who expressed interest in reviewing the app despite the law signed by President Biden. TikTok asks US Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban popular app

  TikTok on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to temporarily block a federal law requiring its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a ban. The divest-or-ban law is set to go into effect on January 19 and could see the app banned from one of its biggest markets. President Joe Biden signed the law in April in a bid to address TikTok’s potential national security risks, including its ties to China. The US Justice Department said TikTok poses a national security threat because it has sensitive data about US users. TikTok argues law is unconstitutional TikTok has argued the new law would infringe on…

Teenager kills at least two people at Wisconsin school as another school shooting shook American society on Monday evening. According to initial reports, the shooter killed two people at a school in Madison, the capital of the Midwestern state of Wisconsin. Then he turned his weapon on himself. The number of victims was initially stated to be at least four, though later reduced to two, leaving six injured. Motive remains unknown at this time. Teenager kills at least two people at Wisconsin school Little has been released on the identity of the victims, but one of them was a teacher…