PAKISTAN: The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan today appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defence lawyer said.

Mr Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and violation of marriage law. 

SLOVAKIA: Slovakia’s president said today that she will challenge at the Constitutional Court an amendment to the country’s penal code that eliminates the office of the special prosecutor dealing with major crime and corruption.

President Zuzana Caputova said she was also asking Slovakia’s top court to freeze the legislation, which was approved by lawmakers loyal to populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, until it decides on her complaint. 

POLAND: Poland’s prime minister said today that his country will upgrade the wall on its border with Belarus to keep refugees out.

Donald Tusk also said that Poland and Finland both see the need for changes in the European Union’s asylum legislation, which he called “inadequate” in the face of the current migration challenges and threats posed by an alleged Russian and Belarusian policy pushing border crossings.

ITALY: An accident at a supermarket building site in the Italian city of Florence today killed at least one worker and left four others missing, officials said.

The accident happened when a reinforced concrete beam toppled over a slab of a prefabricated building, which then collapsed. 

Local authorities said rescue teams were searching for the missing and that they feared the death toll could rise further.