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UN urges Saudi Arabia to end blockade on Yemen Humanitarian flights have been refused access to Yemen, where millions of people face starvation. Saudi Arabia sealed all entry points to Yemen after Houthi rebels launched a missile attack on Riyadhʼs airport.

The United Nations on Tuesday demanded that Saudi Arabia drop its newly tightened blockade on Yemenʼs borders. Saudi Arabia shut down Yemenʼs airports, land borders and sea ports on Monday following anattempted ballistic missile attack on an international airportservicing Saudi capital Riyadh. Saudi Arabia said the complete shutdown was a temporary measure but the blockade was slammed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). "The situation is catastrophic in Yemen, it is the worst food crisis we are looking at today,seven million people are on the brink of famine,millions of people being kept alive by our humanitarian operations," a spokesman for the office, Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva.

Paradise Papers: Apple shifted billions offshore to avoid tax New relevations about Appleʼs tax avoidance strategy are making headlines as the Paradise Papers scandal unfolds further. EU finance ministers are due to discuss the issue during talks in Brussels on Tuesday. Apple has denied accusations inthe Paradise Papers investigationthat it moved its operations from Ireland to an offshore center to avoid tax. Documents cited by German newspaper Süd‐ deutsche Zeitung on Monday suggested that offshore law firm Appleby, which is based in multiple tax havens, helped the iPhone maker move billions of dollars in revenues collected in Ireland to the Channel Islands to head off increased European Union scrutiny of its tax affairs in Dublin.

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France’s Marine Le Pen stripped of parliamentary immunity over tweets A judge can now call her in for questioning over a series of tweets

The French parliament has lifted far-right leader Marine Le Penʼs immunity from prosecution.

A French parliamentary committee on Wednesday lifted National Front leader Marine Le Penʼs parliamentary immunity over her tweets of "Islamic State" (IS) violence. The decision opens the way for a judge to summon the former presidential contender, including by police force. In December 2015, Le Pen tweeted three gruesome pictures of IS crimes, including one that showed the execution of American journalist James Foley. She later deleted the post after coming under criticism, saying that she didnʼt know it was Foley in the picture. Under French law, "publishing violent images" is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($88,100).

French investigators had earlier launched a probe into the tweets but could do nothing because Le Pen had immunity. The European Parliament inMarch stripped Le Pen of her immunity for the tweets,but she got it back after being elected as a member of the French parliament in June. A

French parliamentary committee on Wednesday lifted National Front leader Marine Le Penʼs parliamentary immunity over her tweets of "Islamic State" (IS) violence. The decision opens the way for a judge to summon the former presidential contender, including by police force. In December 2015, Le Pen tweeted three gruesome pictures of IS crimes, including one that showed the execution of American journalist James Foley. She later deleted the post after coming under criticism, saying that she didnʼt know it was Foley in the picture. Under French law, "publishing violent images" is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($88,100).

French investigators had earlier launched a probe into the tweets but could do nothing because Le Pen had immunity. The European Parliament inMarch stripped Le Pen of her immunity for the tweets,but she got it back after being elected as a member of the French parliament in June.

COP23: US absence felt on first day of UN climate summit As the 23rd annual UN climate conference kicks off in Bonn, people are already jostling to fill the climate power vacuum left by a retreating United States. The small city of Bonn, Germany, was inundated with thousands of delegates today for this yearʼs UN climate summit. Over the coming two weeks, negotiators will hammer out the rule book for the Paris climate agreement reached two years ago. The VIPs will not arrive until next week for the intensive final days of the summit. But already, the politicians are gearing up for a battle between people claiming to speak for the United States. Donald Trump announced earlier this year he will pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. However, the withdrawal process takes three years, leaving the United States in as a signatory until then. President Trump is sending a small delegation to Bonn that will try to continue to shape the rules of the agreement.

Scottish parliament evacuated after suspicious package found The Scottish parliament building has been evacuated following the discovery of packages containing white powder. Parliament later announced that afternoon sessions would go ahead as planned. Scotlandʼs parliament building was evacuated on Tuesday after at least one package containing white powder was found.

A package containing white powder was sent to a Conservative Party lawmaker, a source at the parliament told Reuters news agency.

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Germany recovers from deadly Storm Herwart The second major storm to hit Germany in a month has flooded city streets and caused havoc for transport. Four people were killed when the brutal winds brought down trees in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Germany was still reeling from the aftermath ofStorm Herwarton Tuesday after days of train standstills, flooding and traffic chaos that destroyed historic buildings and caused Berlin to declare a state of emergency. In the Czech Republic and Poland, Herwart claimed the lives of four people who were struck by falling trees. On the North Sea island of Langeoog, a freight ship remained stranded on the beach after flood waters receded. The town has called in top salvage experts, who remained stumped two days after the worst of the storm. Over the weekend, the storm wrecked havoc on the nationʼs transport system.

The trains in much of northern Germany, including Hannover and Hamburg, came to a complete stop – forcing rail operator Deutsche Bahn to send thousands of passengers in cramped taxis, sometimes for hours, to destinations as far away as Berlin.

German police detain Syrian for ʼpreparingʼ explosives attack

A 19-year-old Syrian has been detained on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack in Germany.

The man was ready to carry out the attack using highly explosive materials, according to prosecutors.

A Syrian man suspected of planning a terror attack was detained in the northern German city of Schwerin, the Federal Prosecutorʼs Office said on Tuesday in a statement. The suspect, identified as 19-year-old Yamen A., was taken into police custody. Prosecutors said in a statement that the teen is "strongly suspected of having planned an Islamist-motivated attack" that involved "highly explosive" materials.

Authorities added that Yamen A. had already "concretely prepared" the attack. In July this year, the suspect made the decision to detonate an explosive device in Germany "in order to kill and injure as many people as possible," the statement read. Yamen A. then began to procure components to make an explosive device, including chemicals. It was not initially clear whether the suspect had selected a location to carry out the attack, prosecutors said. They added that there are no signs that Yamen A. was connected toany terrorist organizations.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the suspectʼs arrest prevented a "serious terror attack in Germany."

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Delhi closes schools as air pollution hits hazardous levels India:

The Indian capital is covered in a blanket of thick smog as the concentration of harmful particulate matter in the air reached hazardous levels. Local officials have asked schools to remain shut until Sunday.

Air pollution in Delhi has hit hazardous levels, prompting officials to announce on Wednesday a temporary shutdown of the education system until next week. The move came a day after doctors declared a "public health emergency" in the worldʼs most polluted city. "Delhi has become a gas chamber. Every year this happens during this part of year," its Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Twitter. As winter ap-

Donald Trump to new Fed boss: Youʼre hired!

US President Trump is turning the announcement of a new Federal Reserve head into a reality TV experience like his show The Apprentice. But is it just a distraction from other problems? Jens Korte reports from New York. US President Donald Trump is looking for a suitable candidate to take over the US Federal Reserve Bank, which is by many accounts the second most important position in America after the president. But the casting for the job is a throwback to his days on the reality TV show "The Apprentice" when he played himself, Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and businessman. In the show, he selected candidates from a group of

Australia shutters Papua New Guinea detention center Around 600 asylum seekers have refused to leave the facility, citing fears of attacks from locals. Australian lawmakers have warned of a "humanitarian emergency" when authorities in Papua New Guinea shut off the water.

Private security staff at a controversial Australian detention center in Papua New Guinea left the facility for the first time in years on Tuesday ahead of its expected closure. The facility formed an integral part ofAustraliaʼs expensive offshore detention programknown as "Sovereign Borders." However, Papua New Guineaʼs Supreme Court ruled that the facility is unconstitutional and needed to be closed. Some 600 asylum seekers residing at the facility have refused to leave, saying the alternatives provided are less secure. Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the campʼs closure would proceed, and that the asylum seekers have access to temporary residences nearby.

"All have been informed for a considerable period of time that there is safe and secure alternate accommodation where health and other services will be maintained," Dutton told Reuters news agency in an emailed statement.

proaches, a thick blanket of poisonous air particles envelops Delhi, mainly due to burning of crop stubble by farmers in the neighboring states, dust from construction sites, vehicle emissions and burning of coal and garbage. Low wind speeds and low temperatures further aggravate the problem. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has advised residents to stay indoors and avoid any physical activities. applicants who were then allowed to work for him as an "apprentice." The process was long and accompanied by as much spectacle as possible. As president, Trump is now staging what the political website The Hill mockingly called "Central Bank Apprentice." For months, Trump has been tossing out names — such as Gary Cohn, formerly the number two at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and who was seen as a favorite for the position for several months — only to drop them unceremoniously.

German job agency seeks minimum wage worker to trawl child porn photos from home

A Bavarian job ad sounded enticing until potential employees were told what it actually involved. Investigators have questioned the practise of unskilled, minimum wage workers sifting child porn collections from home.

A German business that posted job ads seeking workers to sift through troves of child pornography images came under scrutiny this week for its questionable handling of child abuse images. A data analysis business in the Bavarian city of Augsburg offered potential employees the chance to work from home in exchange for €450 ($525) a month, as part of a so-calledtax-free Minijob.

The job advertisement called for a "forensic image analyzer," according to local news outlets. Applicants needed their own computer and some computer experience. They would be given four to five days of training after which they could work from home.

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Trumpʼs Japan trip a ʼsymbolic show of solidarityʼ Donald Trumpʼs first stop in Japan on his maiden voyage to Asia as US president is an opportunity to underline Washingtonʼs alliance with Japan and reassure US allies on opposing North Korea.

An air exercise byUS bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday highlights that when US President Donald Trump arrives in Japan on Sunday, regional security will be at the top of the agenda. Trump is scheduled to begin histhree-day visit to Japan by playing a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The meeting with Abe will tee off Trumpʼs 12-day Asian tour - including stops in Seoul, Beijing, Vietnam and meetings with leaders from

Anti-Semitic Anne Frank football stickers appear in Germany Stickers displaying Anne Frank wearing football jerseys have appeared in Germany as an antiSemitic provocation by neo-Nazi fans. Dortmund and Leipzig ultra groups appear to be copying their Italian counterparts.

An anti-Semitic campaign by far-right Italian football supporters appears to have spread to Germany, after stickers featuring murdered Jewish child diarist Anne Frank wearing a Schalke 04 football jersey have appeared in social media posts and stuck up around Düsseldorf, near the cities of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, where the club Schalke is based. The fake Panini-style stickers were first reported by local blog Ruhrbarone, which published a photo of them it said had been found on the Facebook profile of a neo-Nazi active in the local far-right scene. No one has taken responsibility for creating the image, but the fact that Anne Frank is pictured wearing the jersey of Schalke 04, biggest rival of football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB), seems to corroborate Ruhrbaroneʼs speculation that the neo-Nazis are BVB supporters.

theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)in Manila. Analysts anticipate that Trump will use every opportunity to reiterate the need to ensure lasting security in the region and will highlight the threat that North Korea poses to that ambition.

During an interview with US broadcaster Fox News on Thursday, Trump warned that Japan was a "warrior nation" that, if forced to, could take matters on North Korea into its own hands.

Philippinesʼ Duterte scales back building work in South China Sea spat

The Philippine president wanted to build on disputed land at the heart of a lucrative shipping route. Pressure from China made him quickly change tack. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte halted construction work near a disputed island in theSouth China Sea, his defense minister announced on Wednesday, in a bid to weather a potential diplomatic storm with Bei-

jing. A territorial spat emerged in the Spratly Archipelago in August when Philippine soldiers brought bamboo and roofing materials to a newly formed sandbar — a partially submerged stretch of sand created by waves breaking off a beach — near the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island.

Beijing responded by sending ships to the area.

Austrian full-face veil ban comes into effect Austriaʼs prohibition of full-face coverings has officially come into force. The government said the ban helps uphold Austrian values and promotes integration despite criticism from Muslim and refugee groups. People in Austria are now banned from covering their faces in public.

The ban includes wearing the burqa, which hides the entire face, and the niqab, which leaves the eyes uncovered.

Those violating the ban could face a penalty up to €150 euros ($176). In May, Austrian lawmakersapproved a billthat outlaws wearing a full-face veil in public. The new legislation also establishes mandatory integration courses and prompts asylum-seekers to do unpaid public work.

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262/2017 • 9, November 2017 German teachersʼ association calls for €10 billion for school repairs

Billions of euros are needed to renovate Germanyʼs schools, the teachersʼ association has said. Fixing unhygienic conditions and faulty heating systems has been "scandalously" delayed, the associationʼs head said.

The German Teachersʼ Association called on the next German government to approve billions of euros to renovate dilapidated schools in the country, according to a report published Monday.

"In light of the scandalous renovation backlog at numerous schools, the [next] coalition agreement must include a comprehensive investment program for school renovations and refurbishments," the associationʼs chairman Heinz-Peter Meidinger told the German daily newspaper Bild. The association is urging a minimum commitment of €10 billion ($11.6 billion) over the next four years. The Credit Institution for Reconstruction (KfW) previously estimated the total cost of repairing Germanyʼs crumbling schools at €34 billion — far above the associationʼs request, noted Meidinger. Meidinger, who is also a principal of a school in the southern state of Bavaria, expressed shock at the learning conditions at some schools in Germany. He listed cases of schools with "leaky roofs, mice and rats in the utility ducts, intolerable hygienic conditions in the toilets, poor thermal insulation and crumbling plaster on the interior and exterior walls and a lack of regular cleaning."

The conditions were a "shame" for Germany, Meidinger added.

Climate change: World way off track on Paris accord goals

Existing national goals will only meet one-third of the Paris climate target, according to a UN report.

The study comes less than a week before the world climate conference kicks off in Bonn.

As the United Nations prepares to welcomedelegates from across the world to Bonnon Monday for the two-week COP23 climate summit, it released a stark warning today. The national pledges currently on the table by the signatory countries will only bring a third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet global climate targets. The biggest roadblock is not with national governments, says the United Nations Environment Program report. Rather, the private sector and regional governments arenʼt increasing their climate action at a rate that would help close this gap. The Paris goal is to limit global warming to at least under 2 degrees Celsius — and to 1.5 degrees if possible — in order to avoid catastrophic climate change.

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Snap shares take a dive on disappointing results Snapchat is currently getting a redesign to make it easier to use. But the new look will not make the latest earnings report from its parent company any prettier for investors who had hoped for much better results. Shares in California-based Snap were down more than 16 percent in after-hours trading after the company posted yet another quarter of disappointing growth. The firm, whichbecame popular among young smartphone users for its disappearing messages, said it logged a loss of $443.2 million (€382.6 million) in its third quarter on revenues of $207.9 million, up from $128.2 million a year ago. Analysts said Snap

Trump likely to pick Powell as new United States Fed chair Under pressure from fresh allegations against his campaign team, US President Donald Trump is preparing to announce Fed governor Jerome Powell as his choice to replace Janet Yellen at the head of the central bank. Sources familiar with the matter told the news agency Reuters on Monday that Jerome Powell was the leading candidate of the Trump administration, with the White House sayingthe US presidentwas being expected to make the official announcement on Thursday. A US Federal Reserve governor since 2012, Powell is a well-known figure among bankers and investors. He worked as a partner at Carlyle Group from 1997 to 2005 after serving briefly in the administration of George W. Bush as US Treasury Secretary. Donald Trump has been deliberating between Powell alongside current chair Janet Yellen, and John Taylor, a Stanford economist who were also on the White House short list.

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Indiaʼs domestic workers face abuse without legal protection Indiaʼs labor ministry is currently preparing legislation to provide social security for domestic workers. But rights groups say more legal protection against mistreatment is necessary. Stories ofwealthy families in India physically abusing and mistreating young women employed as domestic workers in metropolitan areas are becoming more common in India. In a high-profile case last July, a 26-year-old domestic worker from Bangladesh lodged a compliant with Indian police saying she had been beaten up and held captive by her employers at a home located in the upscale gated community of Noida, a suburb of New Delhi. She was freed after friends and family gathered in protest outside the apartment complex where she was being held.

Her employers accused her of theft, but it was later discovered that she had not been paid for two months. The case is indicative of a larger trend of domestic workers in India being mistreated.

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needed to show stronger growth to keep pace in the rapidly evolving social media sector dominated by Facebook.

The company added 4.5 million daily users in the third quarter to 178 million, amounting to 3-percent growth — too little to impress investors. Snap does not report monthly user figures. CEO Evan Spiegel (picured above) said Snapchatneeded to grow its user base beyond 13-to-34-year-olds in the US, France, the UK and Australia. "This includes Android users, people older than 34 andrest-ofworld markets," he said in a statement.

The Trabant, the iconic East German car, turns 60

On November 7, 1957, the first "Trabi" rolled off the line. Thousands of them crossed from East to West Germany in 1989, two years before its production was halted. Explore the history of the car thatʼs now cult.

The "running cardboard," the "plastic bomber" or the "Saxon Porsche" — those are just some of the many nicknames that have been given to the Trabant. And thereʼs a grain of truth to every joke: The car, which was produced in Zwickau, Saxony, was made of a hard plastic known as Duroplast, made from recycled materials including pressed cotton fibers, synthetic resins and rags from the Soviet Union. Metal was in short supply in the GDR, so the Trabiʼs carmaker used the raw materials that were available at that time — at least the car couldnʼt rust completely... Although there were plans for further development — and East German engineers even came up with prototypes — GDR leaders halted the production of new, enhanced models. Inevitably, the East German car industry could not keep up with the West, so the Trabi was condemned to remain the dirty, noisy exhaust blower weʼve known to this day.

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Plastic is junk food for coral Coral behaves unexpectedly when it comes to consuming plastic

Coral behaves unexpectedly when it comes to consuming plastic. Although itʼs well known that they do swallow microplastic particles, what is really strange is that they seem to actually like it.

Take a moment and try to imagine being a piece of coral. How does it feel to be sitting there, below the oceanʼs surface, swinging gently in a soft warm current, in a colorful and vivid environment (letʼs pretend everythingʼs still fine down there). You have fish passing by, a boat crosses over your head, maybe a diver drops down and starts to explore your underwater hood.

Now, letʼs get a little bit more realistic. From the boat, and maybe from the diver, pieces of plastic

garbage tumble down into your neighborhood. Over time this happens more often, more frequently.

Slowly the plastic starts to break down into smaller, later very tiny pieces. What would you do? Because you are a coral you would probably start to swallow some of those tiny pieces of plastic, just like the species around you do. But now something really strange happens.

You actually start to like the taste of those plastic bits. Not of all of them, but some.

Self-driving bus starts first route in Germany German railway company Deutsche Bahn has introduced an autonomous bus to drive passengers along a pre-programmed route in Bavaria. In case of an emergency, a human driver can take control with a joystick.

The electric vehicle delivered its first passengers on Wednesday in Bad Birnach, Bavaria, starting on its eightminute route from the townʼs hot springs to the central area and the railway station. The EZ10 bus has six places to sit and can take in a further six standing passengers, and the ride is free of charge. Itʼs the first time a self-driving bus has been incorporated in Germanyʼs public transport system. Among the first group to ride the self-driving bus was Richard Lutz, the head of the German railway giant Deutsche Bahn (DB), the company behind the pilot project. "Weʼve just driven, completely autonomously, into a new era of transport," he said in a statement after the first trip. The bus was developed by the French start-up EasyMile. It is equipped with sensors which can detect obstacles and activate brakes.The vehicle moves along a pre-programmed route with its speed initially limited to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) per hour on a road with a 30 kph speed limit. Also, the bus is not yet capable of avoiding obstacles on its own.

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Teachers for AI — can robots create more jobs than they retire?

While headway in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry has many worried about potential jobs losses, others see this as a perfect opportunity to nurture an economy that is completely human-based.

Workers can spend anywhere from 5 minutes to 40 hours a week going through simple tasks on a smartphone, making AI all over the world more intelligent and efficient. By building platforms and crowd sourcing a large supply of workers, the companies that train AI were smart to realize the data needed could be processed by anyone with steady access to the internet. From this developed companies like Clickwork, Neurala,

and Alegion Inc., which utilize "human taggers" to push AI education.

With over a million "clickworkers" signed up, thereʼs an estimated 100,000 people logged on at this very moment, sifting through droves of information and lending a human touch to robot training. "Staring at security cameras or an airport scanner, remote-controlling a robot, driving trucks up and down a mine did not exist as jobs until recently," says Massimiliano Versace, CEO of Neurala, "and will probably not exist as jobs occupying a full-time human as they are today. Humans were created to do much more complicated and elevated tasks than watching videos 24/7."

Tamás Széll - the most well known gastro hero in Hungary, who proved to the world that Hungarian chefs are also artists of the “Culinarium” – will introduce the mysteries of fine dining at the Martin Day Wine Festival of Danubius Hotel, accompanied by the golden trio of the chefs from Gerbeaud, Gundel and Gellért, with plenty of wine and foaming beer, posing a drinking challenge to everyone. All that between November 9 and12. Further information:borfesztivalgellert.hu

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New Hungarian film Aurora Borealis now screens in Budapest Becoming a mother is a miraculous time in a woman’s life. However, there are certain scenarios when the arrival of a newcomer is not entirely wonderful news. The new motion picture by eminent Hungarian director Márta Mészáros, Aurora Borealis, tells a touching tale, taking viewers back in time in Hungary and leaving them reaching for the Kleenex.

The story has two timelines. One transports viewers back to a western Hungarian village in 1953, where a descendant of an aristocratic family, Ákos, falls for a village girl, Mari. They try to escape to Austria together, but unfortunately with no success, and after being harassed by soldiers, Mari has to start a new life alone and pregnant in occupied Vienna. The other storyline is in the present, unfolding the events through the recollections of old Mari, now a pensioner living in her old village.

One day she gets a letter from Russia and falls into a coma. Her daughter Olga, a lawyer living alone in Vienna, comes back to care for her. Suspecting something about her mother’s past isn’t quite right, she starts investigating. This is only a fraction of the story, as anything else would be a major spoiler. However, even the trailer foretells that Olga’s dad might not be who she thinks after all.

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Player power boosted by new FIFA contract rules

A new "wide-ranging" agreement between FIFA and FIFPro aimed at protecting the rights of professional players was announced on Monday.

Sports Player power boosted by new FIFA contract rules A new "wideranging" agreement between FIFA and FIFPro aimed at protecting the rights of professional players was announced on Monday. World football governing body FIFA and players union FIFPro have reached an agreement on a "wide-ranging six-year cooperation" aimed at improving the rights of professional players. New rules will ease dispute resolution between clubs and players in the instances of wages not being paid or players being banned from training with team-mates. There will also be a review of the transfer system and the "health and safety of the players will be addressed, in particular in relation to the international match calendar".

Werder Bremen dismiss coach Alexander Nouri

Athletics doping: IOC confident over Russia doping reform plans International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach believes Russia will resolve its doping issues and field athletes at next yearʼs Rio Games.

Russia was provisionally suspendedfrom world athletics after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report alleged "state-sponsored doping". Bach met with his Russian Olympic Committee counterpart Alexander Zhukov to discuss the report. He said he was "confident" in the measures put forward by the ROC. Council members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Friday voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned. As it stands, Russian athletes may not enter international competitions, including the World Athletic Series and Rio Olympics, which begin on 5 August next year.

Russia will also not be entitled to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Kazan. "We are confident that the initiatives being proposed by the ROC, with the responsible international organisations - Wada and the IAAF - will ensure compliance as soon as possible in order to provide participation of the clean Russian athletes at the Olympic Games," said IOC president Bach.

Jose Mourinho says tax fraud case is ʼclosedʼ He had been accused of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities of millions of euros between 2011 and 2012

Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has said that he has settled his tax fraud case in Spain.

Jose Mourinho has said his tax fraud case is now "closed" after he paid the money he owned to the Spanish tax authorities dating back to his time in charge of Real Madrid. The current Manchester United coach made the statement outside of a courthouse on the outskirts of Madrid, where he appeared briefly before a judge on Friday morning to answer questions regarding accusations of tax fraud. The 54-year-old Mourinho had been accused by Spanish prosecutors of defrauding the countyʼs tax authorities of €3.3 million ($3.8 million) in unpaid

taxes between 2011 and 2012. The money in question concerned revenues from image rights, not his salary from Real Madrid. Leaving the tribunal in Pozuelo de Alarcon in the northwest of the Spanish capital in the company of his lawyers, Mourinho said: "Itʼs simple. I left Spain in 2013 with the information and conviction that my situation with the tax authorities was perfectly legal. Then I was informed that an investigation was opened and they told me that in order to regularize my situation I had to pay a certain amount of money."

Sports Lewis Hamilton avoided tax on private jet Bundesliga club Werder Bremen have sacked head coach Alexander Nouri.

The widely expected move comes with the team yet to have won a league match this season and follows a 3-0 defeat at home to Augsburg.

Werder Bremen announced the dismissal of head coach Alexander Nouri in a statement posted on their website on Monday. In the statement, sporting director Frank Baumann thanked Nouri for his work at the club. "Alex took on a very tough task last season and successfully accomplished it. We want to thank him for that," Baumann said.

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Paradise Papers reveal the F1 world champion’s advisers set up an offshore scheme through which he received €3.75 million in questionable VAT refunds.

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton avoided paying tax on his €19m private jet, according to documents released as part of theParadise Papers. The 32-year old was given a €3.75m VAT refund when importing the Bombadier Challenger 605 to the Isle of Man in 2013. According to reports, accountancy firm EY and Appleby helped Hamilton and dozens of other wealthy clients to set-up phony

leasing businesses through which they rented their own jets. The scheme is being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs. "As a global sportsman who pays tax in a large number of countries, Lewis relies upon a team of professional advisers who manage his affairs.” The statement read. "Those advisers have assured Lewis that everything is above board and the matter is now in the hands of his lawyers."Hamilton’s representatives have denied any wrongdoing, claiming that a tax consultancy reviewed the structure and found it to be lawful.