Reuters cites police sources saying the fugitive inmate, Mohamed Amra, is a 30-year-old drug dealer from northern France.
One of the sources said Amra is suspected of ordering a murder in Marseille, and has ties to the city’s powerful “Blacks” gang.
"So far 2 prison guards shot dead, 2 in critical condition after being ambushed by heavily armed men
The escaped prisoner has been named by French media as Mohamed Amra, 30
A huge man hunt involving hundreds of officers has been announced"
The cornerstone of Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy should not apply in Northern Ireland because it undermines human rights protections guaranteed in the region under post-Brexit arrangements, a high court judge has ruled.
Parts of the UK’s Illegal Migration Act were also incompatible...
"Mbappe, 25, announced the decision in a video released on his social media accounts.
"I’ve always said that I would speak with you when the time comes," Mbappe said.
"It's my last year at Paris St-Germain. I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks."
Time for that...
The government has formally triggered a crisis measure to ease prison overcrowding by using police cells to house inmates.
The confirmation of Operation Safeguard by the Ministry of Justice follows a decision to consider releasing some prisoners 70 days before their sentences were due to end.
Keir Starmer will promise to rip up the government’s Rwanda scheme and divert £75m to fund hundreds of new specialist officers to tackle people-smuggling with new counter-terror powers.