Soldiers patrol outside Gare du Nord train station at the 2024 Summer Olympics
JOHN WIGHT meets the former British champion whose greatest battles have been fought outside of the ring
European nights, passionate supporters and a new sense of freedom await the Egyptian in Turkey, writes JAMES NALTON
FRENCH authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to keep hundreds of people they deem to be potential security threats away from the biggest event modern France has ever organised.
Minorities, largely with backgrounds in former French colonies, are often among those forbidden from leaving their neighbourhoods and required to report daily to police, their lawyers say. Some are alarmed by the sweeping use of what one described as “a terribly dangerous tool.”
Some of those now restricted in their movements, with orders that don’t require prior approval from judges, include a man who had mental health issues in the past but is now receiving treatment.
In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI