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La Scala Premiere - Milan

Milan, Piazza della Scala, On the occasion of the premiere at La Scala of "A Lady Macbeth in the Mtsensk District" by Dmitry Shostakovich for the 2025-2026 season, a demonstration "The ceasefire is a Zionist lie, the genocide and ethnic cleansing continue. Let's bring solidarity to the center of Milan!" With CUB, the Palestinian Association in Italy (API), in a separate area, the CIGL demonstration and some musicians from the Teatro alla Scala will play "Choir of Jewish Slaves, Va Pensiero" , on December 7, 2025 in Milan, Italy. Photo by Francesco EnriquezFotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Scala Premiere - Milan

Milan, Piazza della Scala, On the occasion of the premiere at La Scala of "A Lady Macbeth in the Mtsensk District" by Dmitry Shostakovich. for the 2025-2026 season, Presidium 'The ceasefire is a Zionist lie, genocide and ethnic cleansing continue. Let's bring solidarity to the center of Milan!' " With CUB, Association of Palestinians in Italy (API), in a separate part the CIGL presidium and some musicians of the Teatro alla Scala play , on December 7, 2025 in Milan, Italy. Photo by Francesco EnriquezFotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saffron Harvesting in The Village of Vamenan - Iran

Women separate saffron stigmas (threads) from flower petals as a boy writes his homework in a house in the village of Vamenan in Golestan Province, Iran, on October 23, 2023. Vamenan is known as the “red gold hub” of the province due to its saffron cultivation. Nearly 400 hectares of saffron are cultivated in this village. In 1993, Mohammad Ahmadi, the village's cleric resident, was the first person to plant saffron bulbs in Vamenan. By encouraging the people, he transformed the village and the region's economy. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saffron Harvesting in The Village of Vamenan - Iran

People separate saffron stigmas (threads) from flower petals in a house in the village of Vamenan in Golestan Province, Iran, on October 23, 2023. Vamenan is known as the “red gold hub” of the province due to its saffron cultivation. Nearly 400 hectares of saffron are cultivated in this village. In 1993, Mohammad Ahmadi, the village's cleric resident, was the first person to plant saffron bulbs in Vamenan. By encouraging the people, he transformed the village and the region's economy. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saffron Harvesting in The Village of Vamenan - Iran

People separate saffron stigmas (threads) from flower petals in a house in the village of Vamenan in Golestan Province, Iran, on October 23, 2023. Vamenan is known as the “red gold hub” of the province due to its saffron cultivation. Nearly 400 hectares of saffron are cultivated in this village. In 1993, Mohammad Ahmadi, the village's cleric resident, was the first person to plant saffron bulbs in Vamenan. By encouraging the people, he transformed the village and the region's economy. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Maritime Patrol Rescues Dog After It Falls Into River in Jiangsu

On November 10, 2025, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, a video captured a small dog struggling in a river after slipping from a boat. The footage showed the anxious boat owner attempting two separate rescues but failing each time as the dog drifted farther away. A maritime patrol vessel happened to be navigating nearby and quickly noticed the distress. The crew immediately maneuvered closer and used equipment to bring the frightened dog safely aboard.

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NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251029Anders Adlercreutz, Minister for Nordic Cooperation Finland, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M), Thorgerdur Katrín gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs Iceland, Åsmund Grøver Aukrust, Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Norway. The Nordic colleagues and Peters are meeting within the framework of the informal foreign and security policy cooperation (N5). They also have a separate meeting where Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Stockholm, Sweden 29 October 2025.Photo: Claudio Bresciani / TT / Code 10090

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NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251029Anders Adlercreutz, Minister for Nordic Cooperation Finland, Thorgerdur Katrín gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs Iceland, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (M), New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters, Åsmund Grøver Aukrust, Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Norway and Lotte Machon, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Denmark. The Nordic colleagues and Peters walk outside Rosenbad. They meet within the framework of the informal foreign and security policy cooperation (N5). They also have a separate meeting where Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Stockholm, Sweden 29 October 2025Photo: Claudio Bresciani / TT / Code 10090

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NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251029Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) receives New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters on the occasion of the Nordic colleagues meeting within the framework of the informal foreign and security policy cooperation (N5). They also have a separate meeting where Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Stockholm, Sweden 29 October 2025.Photo: Claudio Bresciani / TT / Code 10090

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NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251029New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M). Stenergard is receiving Peters on the occasion of the Nordic colleagues meeting within the framework of the informal foreign and security policy cooperation (N5). They also have a separate meeting where Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Stockholm, Sweden 29 October 2025.Photo: Claudio Bresciani / TT / Code 10090

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Australia: ‘March for Australia’ Rallies Held Across Country 2

Crowds gathered across Australia on Sunday, October 19, for the “March for Australia” rallies, protesting what organizers called “mass immigration.” In Melbourne, two officers were hospitalized after attempting to separate anti-immigration demonstrators from a counter “United Against Racism” protest.

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Australia: ‘March for Australia’ Rallies Held Across Country

Crowds gathered across Australia on Sunday, October 19, for the “March for Australia” rallies, protesting what organizers called “mass immigration.” In Melbourne, two officers were hospitalized after attempting to separate anti-immigration demonstrators from a counter “United Against Racism” protest.

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM