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Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania in March last year. Photograph: Inquam Photos\/Eduard Vinatoru\/Reuters<\/p>\n
His older brother \u2013 identified by media as Tristan Tate<\/strong> \u2013 was also indicted for alleged complicity and seeking to pervert the course of justice.<\/p>\n A press release issued by DIICOT<\/a>, Romania\u2019s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, outlines a number of alleged offence<\/strong>s including alleged sexual exploitation of a minor who was moved to Luton, UK, for the purposes of online pornography.<\/p>\n The press release also includes allegations of attempts to pervert the course of justice by seeking to stop another victim from reporting it to the police.<\/p>\n The two men are not named in the press release,<\/strong> but the authorities said it was part of an investigation into two British citizens, aged 38 and 39 and members of the same family. National news agency Agerpress<\/a>, Antena3<\/a> and Digi24<\/a> all identified them as the Tate brothers.<\/p>\n As part of the investigation, the prosecutors also requested that four of their luxury cars \u2013 worth \u20ac825,000 \u2013 are confiscated as part of the probe.<\/p>\n The Tate brothers also face separate proceedings in the US and in the UK.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Bardella vows to stop France being a \u2018gateway\u2019 for small boats to UK<\/p>\n In the UK, Jordan Bardella,<\/strong> the president of the French far-right, anti-immigration National Rally and member of the European Parliament, is at the Reform UK conference, where he has delivered a speech.<\/p>\n Jordan Bardella, president of National Rally, speaks during the Reform UK\u2019s annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. He said that if his party wins the next French general election, France will no longer be a route for migrants seeking to reach the UK, a remark that was met with rapturous applause.<\/p>\n \u201cDear friends here in Birmingham, I make you this promise. If the French people bring us to power in 2027 in a few months, with the Rassemblement National [National Rally] and Marine le Pen, our government will do everything in its power to ensure that France is no longer the gateway for illegal migration into the United Kingdom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n My colleague Andrew Sparrow<\/strong> has more on Bardella\u2019s speech:<\/p>\n double quotation markThere is laughter in the room as Jordan Bardella describes the historical relationship between France and its neighbour as \u201cturbulent\u201d, which is somewhat the understatement. He describes, however, \u201ca true friendship\u201d between the two peoples at the most decisive moment of history, which draws warm applause.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For more updates, follow our UK politics blog here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.50 EDT<\/p>\n Serbians targeted with spyware in country\u2019s \u2018largest documented wave of surveillance\u2019 Global technology reporter<\/p>\n Meanwhile, it emerged that at least 14 people from across Serbian civil society were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year<\/strong> in what the digital rights group Share Foundation said was the largest documented \u200bwave of such infection in Serbia to date.<\/p>\n A student protest movement has been raging in opposition to Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s government since 2024. Photograph: Darko Vojinovi\u0107\/AP<\/p>\n The wave of spyware infections was discovered in August<\/strong> after Apple notified people in 110 \u2060countries that they had probably been victims \u2060of mercenary spyware.<\/p>\n The Citizen Lab, which carries out forensic analyses of spyware attacks, released an analysis on Wednesday<\/strong> showing that at least one of the Serbians had been targeted with the NSO Group\u2019s Pegasus spyware, which would have given<\/a> the attacker \u201ctotal access to the device\u201d.<\/p>\n Share said those targeted included members of a Serbian student movement that has been a thorn in the side of the government of Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107<\/strong> since 2024. Coalescing out of countrywide protests that followed the collapse of a train station that winter, it is one of the largest student movements in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vu\u010di\u0107 has been in power for more than a decade,<\/strong> during which time critics have said he has overseen a hollowing-out of institutions while steering the country closer to Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is no evidence that Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s government was the entity that targeted the student<\/strong> with the Pegasus spyware. However, other spyware used against the students, including a software called NoviSpy, has been previously connected to Serbian authorities.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>EU enlargement commissioner calls off Serbia visit over Mladi\u0107’s ‘glorification’<\/p>\n EU\u2019s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos has called off her planned visit to Serbia in protest at what she called \u201cthe glorification surrounding the death\u201d of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107.<\/strong><\/p>\n A banner reading \u201cRatko Mladi\u0107, Serbian Hero\u201d is displayed on a footbridge over a motorway as a convoy carrying the body of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107 passes through Belgrade, Serbia. Photograph: Pedja Milosavljevic\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Mladi\u0107<\/strong>, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, will be commemorated at a public event in Belgrade on Saturday<\/strong> afternoon before his burial on Monday.<\/p>\n Upon landing in Belgrade last night, Mladi\u0107\u2019s coffin was wrapped in the national flag and Serbian army soldiers carried his body from the plane<\/strong> to a van for transport to the military hospital, AP reported.<\/p>\n In a strongly worded statement, Kos, a Slovenian diplomat and politician, said:<\/p>\n \u201cRatko Mladi\u0107 was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The return of his remains to Belgrade reminds Europe of the darkest pages in our recent history.<\/strong><\/p>\n The glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built.<\/strong> That path requires confronting the past, genuine reconciliation and respecting the victims of war crimes.<\/p>\n The values that underpin our common future are not negotiable.<\/strong> In this context, I have decided not to proceed with my planned visit to Serbia at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.17 EDT<\/p>\n Minorities fear first far-right win in German state election in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt<\/p>\n Polls have suggested that the election on Sunday could yield Germany\u2019s first-ever state government led by the far-right Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland (AfD), <\/strong>shattering a postwar taboo and leaving minorities\u2019 fate in the hands of a party that has promised to launch deportations \u201cfrom day one\u201d.<\/p>\n Delegates vote during the federal congress of Generation Germany, the youth organisation of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. Photograph: Jens Schluter\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Polls suggest the state\u2019s AfD, whose antisemitic, anti-Islam and anti-migrant discourse has contributed to authorities classifying the party<\/a> as \u201cfirmly rightwing extremist\u201d, is poised to win<\/strong> the most votes.<\/p>\n A strong showing in the election could allow it to govern Saxony-Anhalt,<\/strong> turning the eastern state into Germany\u2019s first testing ground for the AfD\u2019s long-running hostility towards migrants, including refugees, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n As the Bible study session wrapped up, leaving worshippers to mingle over cake and coffee, Fatemeh<\/strong>, 44, fought back tears as the conversation turned to Sunday\u2019s state election in Saxony-Anhalt.<\/p>\n \u201cI worry about it every day,\u201d<\/strong> she said. \u201cI can\u2019t stop thinking about my son and what might happen to us.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Germany investigates new grid sabotage attempt, days from crucial state election<\/p>\n In other news from Germany, the country is investigating another attempt to short-circuit an electricity grid transformer south of D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong>, after two similar incidents earlier this week.<\/p>\n Police \u200breceived a letter claiming responsibility for the incident in Dormagen as well as vandalism at a substation in nearby Bergheim that \u2060took 4,200 megawatts in generating capacity offline on Tuesday, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n The latest incident comes just days before a closely watched election takes place in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt,<\/strong> where the far-right, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany (AfD) could win power for the first time.<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s interior ministry said it was \u201cno coincidence\u201d that such \u201chybrid attacks\u201d were happening on the eve of the election.<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/a>Volkswagen to cut further 50,000 jobs as it ends row with union over revival plan<\/p>\n Patrick Daly<\/strong>, <\/strong>Lisa O\u2019Carroll<\/strong> <\/strong>and <\/strong>Mark Sweney<\/strong><\/p>\n The car company Volkswagen has approved controversial plans to shed 100,000 jobs in a battle for survival as it faces fierce competition from Chinese rivals.<\/strong><\/p>\n A Volkswagen factory in Hanover, Germany. Photograph: Christopher Neundorf\/EPA<\/p>\n After the latest round of talks this week, the company announced a further 50,000 job cuts and agreed a staggered end to current production at four German plants: Emden, Zwickau, Hanover and the Audi site in Neckarsulm<\/strong> between 2031 to 2034. There are no specific plans beyond that.<\/p>\n The agreement<\/a> came as a surprise<\/strong> after a meeting of shareholders, unions, and state representatives on the supervisory board in what was seen as a considerable test for the German carmaker\u2019s chief executive, Oliver Blume.<\/strong><\/p>\n He had gone as far as to arrange an emergency meeting if the package was rejected in preparation for a potential showdown with unions.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a strong signal for the future,\u201d<\/strong> said Blume, who now has a mandate for what the company previously called the \u201cmost strategically profound transformation programme\u201d in the history of the VW group.<\/p>\n He was booed last month by staff during a tour of the company\u2019s headquarters in Wolfsburg,<\/strong> northern Germany<\/a>, as part of a dialogue about the need to address the company\u2019s financial challenges.<\/p>\n IG Metall, the company\u2019s biggest staff union and representative on the supervisory board, said concessions had been made on both sides to avert \u201ca dangerous escalation of the conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n Chief among these was a stay of execution for four plants threatened with closure in exchange for an agreement on staff reductions. The deal includes a sweeping cost-cutting plan to cut a further 50,000 positions by 2030, bringing the total job losses in the pipeline to 100,000.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Meloni marks milestone as her government becomes longest-serving in history, surpassing Berlusconi’s record in Rome<\/p>\n Giorgia Meloni is celebrating her government becoming the longest-serving since the history of the Italian Republic, although she cautioned that \u201cstability is not a record to flaunt\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni at Chigi Palace government office in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Meloni, leader of the far-right Brother of Italy, and her coalition allies will mark the milestone with a festival-style rally in the southern Italian city of Bari<\/strong> on Friday. About 10,000 people will be bussed in from across Italy and Meloni will deliver a speech, essentially launching her campaign ahead of general elections next year.<\/p>\n In a message on social media, Meloni said she welcomed the longevity record \u201cwith gratitude and a strong sense of responsibility\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n She added:<\/p>\n \u201cBecause stability is not a record to flaunt, but a condition that enables a nation to plan, make decisions, keep its commitments and command respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Meloni came to power in October 2022, becoming Italy\u2019s first female prime minister. Her government has so far lasted 1,413 days \u2013 beating by a day the late Silvio Berlusconi\u2019s second administration<\/strong> between June 2021 and April 2005.<\/p>\n Her government has been buoyed by a strong parliamentary majority<\/strong> while Meloni has earned respect overseas after jettisoning her previous hardline rhetoric in favour of cultivating a more moderate, pragmatic image.<\/strong> Still, some of her domestic policies, such as restricting LGBTQ+ rights<\/a> and vigorously expanding law and order regulations<\/a>, show her old instincts remain.<\/p>\n But she is now being challenged on the far-right by a former army general, Roberto Vannacci,<\/strong> who in the space of a few months has drawn defectors from all three of the main ruling coalition parties, as well a significant portion of their electorate.<\/p>\n Former Italian general Roberto Vannacci delivers his speech in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Remo Casilli\/Reuters<\/p>\n Stability is a major achievement,<\/strong> especially in a country like Italy where governments easily collapse, but with internal infighting beneath the surface, Meloni\u2019s passage towards a second mandate is much less guaranteed<\/strong> than it was a few months ago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Romanian lawyer for the Tates say will examine indictment, clients reject allegations<\/p>\n A Romanian lawyer for the Tate brothers responded to the latest move by the Romanian prosecutors <\/strong>(10:38<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cWe will examine every aspect of (the \u200cindictment)<\/strong> with the same level of scrutiny and we will challenge any evidential, procedural or legal deficiencies through the appropriate judicial process,\u201d a Romanian lawyer for the Tates, Eugen Vidineac<\/strong>, said in a statement quoted by Reuters.<\/p>\n \u201cOur clients continue to reject the allegations against them.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n Share<\/a>US negotiators could visit Ukraine on 6 September – reports<\/p>\n Discussions \u2060on US negotiators going to \u2060Ukraine \u2060are ongoing, \u200band the teams \u2060have spoken about 6 September \u2060as a \u200bpossible \u200cdate, \u200c<\/strong>a source \u200cfamiliar with the matter said, as reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n Russian news agency TASS reported \u200cearlier that US negotiators Steve Witkoff \u200b<\/strong>and Jared Kushner<\/strong> would visit \u2060Russia and Ukraine \u200bon Saturday \u200band \u200bSunday.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Air Tanzania suspends flights to Moscow amid Ukrainian warnings<\/p>\n Back to Ukraine<\/a> and Russia, Air Tanzania is the first airline to suspend flights to Moscow, attributing the decision to \u201ca routine risk assessment of the operating environment along the route.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n In a post on Facebook<\/a>, the airline said it was \u201ctemporarily\u201d suspending flights to Moscow, insisting that \u201csafety considerations always take precedence over commercial ones.\u201d<\/p>\n The move comes after repeated warning from Ukraine that Russian airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines <\/strong>because of increased military activity, with Kyiv formally notifying the International Civil Aviation Organization of its concerns.<\/p>\n A rapid escalation of Ukrainian military capability in the past few months has allowed Ukraine\u2019s forces to strike at targets around Moscow, St Petersburg and other locations deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Today\u2019s announcement regarding the Tate brothers is the latest in a series of developments in their legal cases in Romania.<\/strong><\/p>\n Romanian investigative journalist Andrei Popoviciu<\/strong> wrote for the Guardian last year that \u201chow we handle [Tate] will reveal what kind of country we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf Romania\u2019s justice system wants to maintain any credibility, it must remain independent \u2013 not just from Washington, but from any external or political influence. Judges, prosecutors and lawmakers must take the allegations against the Tates seriously, and the government must be independent, not least for the sake of the Tates\u2019 alleged victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For what it\u2019s worth, the brothers have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.43 EDT<\/p>\n Romanian prosecutors indict British man identified as Andrew Tate for number of alleged crimes<\/p>\n A British man \u2013 identified by local media as controversial manosphere influencer Andrew Tate \u2013 was formally indicted by Romanian authorities on Friday for a number of alleged crimes, including trafficking minors, money laundering, and sexual offences.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania in March last year. Photograph: Inquam Photos\/Eduard Vinatoru\/Reuters<\/p>\n His older brother \u2013 identified by media as Tristan Tate<\/strong> \u2013 was also indicted for alleged complicity and seeking to pervert the course of justice.<\/p>\n A press release issued by DIICOT<\/a>, Romania\u2019s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, outlines a number of alleged offence<\/strong>s including alleged sexual exploitation of a minor who was moved to Luton, UK, for the purposes of online pornography.<\/p>\n The press release also includes allegations of attempts to pervert the course of justice by seeking to stop another victim from reporting it to the police.<\/p>\n The two men are not named in the press release,<\/strong> but the authorities said it was part of an investigation into two British citizens, aged 38 and 39 and members of the same family. National news agency Agerpress<\/a>, Antena3<\/a> and Digi24<\/a> all identified them as the Tate brothers.<\/p>\n As part of the investigation, the prosecutors also requested that four of their luxury cars \u2013 worth \u20ac825,000 \u2013 are confiscated as part of the probe.<\/p>\n The Tate brothers also face separate proceedings in the US and in the UK.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Morning opening: Russia keeps targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities Russia keeps targeting Ukraine\u2019s energy facilities in its latest round of overnight attacks, part of an ongoing attempt to cripple the country\u2019s power grid ahead of winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper<\/strong> said that one was died and at least five were injured in the attack.<\/p>\n
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