Appeal against Lockerbie bomber’s conviction fails
The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has lost an appeal againsthis late father’s conviction.
The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travellingfrom London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain’slargest terrorist atrocity.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Megrahi wasfound guilty in 2001 of mass murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of27 years – the only person convicted of the attack.
A third appeal against hisconviction was heard in November at the High Court in Edinburgh, before apanel of five judges sitting as the Court of Appeal.
Euronews spoke to Admiral Fabio Agostini, head of the EU mission to enforce the Libyan arms embargo in the Mediterranean Sea, who said that more autonomy must be given to the war-torn country.
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The Prime Minister has said it is "unlikely" he will be tuning in to the Harry and Meghan interview with Oprah Winfrey, and will instead be "focusing on the vaccine rollout".Speaking on a visit to a vaccination centre in Brent in north London, Boris Johnson told broadcasters: “Of course I’m interested in all sorts of stuff in the news around the world.“I think it is quite late our time, so I’ll probably miss it.”Pushed on whether he would record the interview, he said: “I think it unlikely. We are focusing on the vaccine rollout and economic recovery.”
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The Prime Minister said the Government had tried to give NHS staff “as much as we can” after recommending a 1% pay rise.Speaking on a visit to a vaccination centre in Brent in north London, Boris Johnson said: “I’m massively grateful to all NHS staff and indeed to social care workers who have been heroic throughout the pandemic.“What we have done is try to give them as much as we can at the present time.“The independent pay review body will obviously look at what we’ve proposed and come back.“Don’t forget that there has been a public sector pay freeze, we’re in pretty tough times.“We’ve tried to give the NHS as much as we possibly can and that means, in addition to the £140 billion of annual money, we’ve got another £62 billion we’ve found to help support the NHS throughout the crisis.“My gratitude is overwhelming and I’m so grateful particularly to the nurses, and thankfully we are seeing more nurses now in our amazing NHS – there are 10,000 more nurses this year than there were last year.”
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Police investigating the “totally out of character” disappearance of a woman missing since Wednesday evening have released a CCTV image of her.Sarah Everard, 33, left a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, at around 9pm and began walking home to Brixton, said Scotland Yard.
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