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A Tokyo court on Monday handed jail sentences to a US father-son duo who helped smuggle former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in an audio equipment case. Former US special forces operative Michael Taylor was jailed for two years and his son Peter given a sentence of 20 months over their role in the flight. IMAGES
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson discusses Julian Assange's "appalling" prison conditions, saying the Wikileaks founder is being held in solitary confinement at Belmarsh prison in southeast London. Hrafnsson was speaking outside a court on Thursday where Assange said he would oppose extradition to the United States as the legal process began, a day after he was jailed for breaching his bail conditions in a former case. SOUNDBITE
The arctic cold of Swedish Lapland is an essential destination for all new CUPRA models launched on the market to ensure maximum performance through extreme testing. The latest to take to the frozen tracks of Northern Europe was the CUPRA Tavascan, with a world-class driver at the wheel - ABT CUPRA Formula E driver Lucas di Grassi. The CUPRA ambassador experienced first-hand the sensations and emotions delivered by CUPRA’s 100% electric SUV on icy surfaces and snowy tracks in Lapland.
Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves leaves a prison near Barcelona after posting the one-million-euro bail set by a court to ensure his release pending appeal. The 40-year-old has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 on suspicion of raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022. IMAGES
Journalists gather outside a Spanish jail ahead of Ex-Brazil international footballer Dani Alves expected release pending an appeal against his rape conviction in exchange for posting bail of one million euros. His expected release comes following a ruling by a Barcelona court, which came a day after his lawyer requested his release on the grounds that he had already served a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence in pre-trial detention following his arrest in January 2023. IMAGES OF THE PRISON
A military helicopter carrying former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who spent 16 years in a US jail, arrives in Colombia's capital. Regarded as one of the most powerful warlords of the 1990s and early 21st century, Mancuso has pledged to tell the truth about his links to politicians and businesspeople in the South American country. IMAGES