Report of 'mass sexual assault' by refugees in Germany 'baseless': police
A widely-reported, inflammatory news story about a "rioting sex mob" of immigrants assaulting women on New Years Eve in Frankfurt has been exposed as a hoax.
Nick Miller is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
A widely-reported, inflammatory news story about a "rioting sex mob" of immigrants assaulting women on New Years Eve in Frankfurt has been exposed as a hoax.
Rolf Harris faces a new trial on three charges of indecent assault, after a jury last week failed to reach a verdict.
This was driving support for anti-establishment, populist, nationalist and far-right politicians, such as the National Front's Marine Le Pen.
Some call him the French Obama, even the French Kevin Rudd. Emmanuel Macron, the independent running for the French presidency and polling well, is likely to become increasingly visible and viable.
"Lawyers love lies and truth - but you know there's all shades of grey in this one."
However the 86-year-old Australian entertainer still could face a retrial on four other counts of groping four different teenagers.
Harris was given a small ray of hope on Tuesday morning, when the jury found him not guilty on one – alternative – charge of assaulting the 12 year-old.
The jury deciding Rolf Harris's guilt on seven charges of groping young women and girls has been told they may return majority verdicts.
Usually you don't care to see how the sausages are made. But in the case of the vote on the Brexit trigger, it was all about the stuffing.
A jury has begun deliberating whether Rolf Harris groped seven women
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