French authorities issue preliminary charges against Telegram chief
Allegations against Russian-born Pavel Durov include that his platform is being used for child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking.
Allegations against Russian-born Pavel Durov include that his platform is being used for child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking.
Pavel Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday.
Durov faces claims his platform is being used to sell child abuse material and drug trafficking, prosecutors said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the arrest was not a political move but part of an independent investigation.
Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia’s overnight and early-morning attack on his country as ‘vile’.
At least three people were reported killed in the barrage, which appeared to target energy infrastructure.
The 39-year-old is the subject of an arrest warrant based on allegations that his platform has been used for money laundering and drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, a Reuters journalist is missing after Russian fire struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine where a team from the news agency were staying.
The prime minister met President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Ukraine’s peace formula.
Ukraine is making gains in Kursk but continues to lose ground in its eastern Donetsk region.
The attack comes as Kyiv continues its offensive in the Kursk region where it has taken territory and prisoners.
Kyiv’s incursion into the Kursk region is changing the war’s trajectory but Russia’s push in eastern Ukraine is poised to claim another key centre.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Joseph Hegarty, who died in a quad bike accident on Friday.
Sir Keir Starmer was speaking in Belfast.
Pro-Kremlin military bloggers acknowledged the destruction of the first bridge on the Seim River near the town of Glushkovo