FRANCE: A court sentenced Rwandan former doctor Eugene Rwamucyo today to 27 years in prison for crimes related to the 1994 genocide in his country.

Mr Rwamucyo was found guilty of complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity and of conspiring to prepare for the crimes by spreading false propaganda and covering up evidence of mass murder.

He denied any wrongdoing and his lawyers say he intends to appeal against the sentence.

GERMANY: The government ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in Germany today in retaliation for Monday’s execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd on terrorism charges.

The decision to close the consulates in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich leaves the Islamic republic with only its embassy in Berlin.

MANUFACTURING: Troubled car-maker Stellantis reported a 27 per cent plunge in net revenues during the third quarter today.

The world’s fourth-largest automotive firm reported net revenues of €33 billion (around £27bn) in the three months ending on September 30, down from €45bn (£38bn) in the same period a year earlier.

RUSSIA: A gas explosion in a block of flats in the southern city of Cherkessk killed five people and injured another four today.

The blast occurred early in the morning in the city in the Karachay-Cherkessia region, which borders Georgia, about 800 miles south of Moscow. The explosion severely damaged the two upper floor of a five-storey residential building, local emergency officials said.

A criminal probe has been opened into suspected safety violations.