France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed accusations the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi funded his 2007 election campaign as a web of lies that were making his life a “living hell” and had cost him reelection in 2012.

The former leader of the centre-Right Republicans said there was “no physical evidence to prove the claims" that he had received £42 million in illegal funding from the Libyan regime. He was charged on Wednesday after two days of questioning in police custody.

He defended his innocence in a statement to investigating magistrates, a copy of which Le Figaro published in its entirety.

"I stand accused without any tangible evidence through comments made by Mr Gaddafi, his son, his nephew, his cousin, his spokesman, his former prime minister," said Mr Sarkozy.

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"I’ve been living the hell of this slander since March 11, 2011," when the allegations first emerged, said the ex-president, who was due to be interviewed live on a prime time news programme on Thursday evening.

Mr Sarkozy, 63, has been placed under what is known as formal investigation in France for passive corruption, illegal electoral campaign funding, and – most damning of all – concealing Libyan public funds.

He gave the Libyan leader a red-carpet reception in Paris in late 2007 but their relations soon soured and Mr Sarkozy put France in the forefront of the NATO-led airstrikes that helped rebel fighters topple the Gaddafi regime in 2011 and led to the dictator’s death.

In his court statement, Mr Sarkozy lashed out at Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine, who claims to have delivered three cash-stuffed suitcases from Libya in 2006 and 2007, when Mr Sarkozy was preparing his first run for president.

Mr Takieddine, after Sarkozy was charged on Wednesday night, said: "I’m not the liar here."

Mr Sarkozy said he had “paid a heavy price for this affair.”

“Put it this way: I lost the presidential election of 2012 by 1.5 percentage points. The controversy initiated by Gaddafi and his henchmen cost me that 1.5 percent," he wrote.

Mr Sarkozy, who was nicknamed the "bling bling president" by many due to his flashy style, is not the first ex-head of state to be charged in France.

His predecessor Jacques Chirac was given a two-year suspended sentence in 2011 for embezzlement and misuse of public funds during his time as mayor of Paris.

Mr Sarkozy is already charged in two separate cases, one relating to overspending on his failed 2012 campaign and another for alleged influence peddling.

A German far-Right activist was arrested in Hungary on Wednesday on suspicion of illegally selling guns over the internet, marketing them as “migrant deterrents”.

Mario Rönsch was held on a European extradition warrant issued by his native Germany. He has been on the run from the German authorities since 2016.

He is accused of running a website called Migrant Deterrent, which sold more than €100,000 (£87,000) worth of unlicensed weapons to customers in countries across Europe under the slogan: “Simple, fast and discreet: that’s the mantra of Migrant Deterrent”.

Although most of the weapons were gas-powered, which meant they were legal in Germany, they were sold without the necessary licenses.

Customers were also supplied with banned lethal ammunition, possession of which is punishable by up to five years in prison.

The website portrayed migrants as potential rapists and marketed the weapons as a “defence against ficki-ficki specialists”, employing a racially pejorative term used to imply that migrant men harass women for sex. 

The guns were also advertised as “opinion enhancers against rogue leftists”.

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Mr Rönsch is also accused of running a Facebook page and a website on which he published fake news targeting migrants and Muslims under the names Anonynous.Kollectiv and a Anonymousnews.ru.

He is accused of encouraging people to buy weapons for use against migrants in a post in which he wrote: “If you do not want to put up with the fact that your city is a lawless playground for asylum-seekers, if you want to protect your women and keep your pedestrian zones accessible, then act now!”

The 33-year-old was apprehended in a dawn raid in Budapest, where he is believed to have been living and running his websites and business from since 2016, when he disappeared after prosecutors began investigating his activities. 

Customers from a dozen European countries are believed to have purchased illegal weapons from his website.

Products offered included “deluxe precision rifles” and “hard rubber bullets that hit the target and make every attacker look old”.

Although the weapons are controlled and in some cases banned in Germany and other Western European countries, they are freely available in Hungary. 

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Susan Wettley, the lead German prosecutor on the case, described the scale of the arms sales as “frightening” and said the website had sold weapons to “seemingly irreproachable citizens”.

Mr Rönsch will be held in Hungary pending hearings over a possible extradition to Germany. 

Vikings lock up 10th straight win over MSU Moorhead on Wednesday night

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Augustana won their 10th consecutive dual against MSU Moorhead with a 25-16 victory on Wednesday night. The Vikings rebounded nicely from a Friday-night loss, winning seven of the 10 bouts to improve to 12-5 on the season, 5-2 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference duals. The Dragons drop to 6-9 on the year with a 3-4 mark in the NSIC.

Augustana opened the dual in control, winning two bouts before the Dragons drew even on a defensive pin. TJ North showed off his new No. 3 national ranking with a 3-0 decision and Morgan Engbrecht handled his opponent easily with a 9-3 victory to put the Vikings up 6-0.

In just his second bout of the season, Jeremiah Peterson was pinned after holding a 4-1 lead late in the first period, tying the match at 6-6. Peterson was on top trying to turn Connor MacGregor to score back points, but MacGregor held off Peterson’s attempt and pinned the Viking 141-pounder at the 2:40 mark.

Quick to answer, Shawn Hatlestad recorded his fastest pin of the season, taking down MSUM’s Garrett Hoffner just 56 seconds into the 149-pound bout. Adding on and falling just short of a major decision, Bradyn Neises pushed the Viking lead to 15-6 with a 9-2 decision at 157 pounds.

Parker Swanson tallied his third major decision of the season, shutting out Shawn Porter 10-0 to give the Vikings their third consecutive bout win and a 19-6 lead. MSU Moorhead responded with a major decision win at 174 pounds, but the Vikings would quickly assume control again.

Sean Derry kept his dual and Division II record spotless with a four-takedown performance, earning a 10-4 decision to give the Vikings a 22-10 lead. Fifth-ranked Jayd Docken secured the Augustana victory with a 5-2 win, surrendering a late second-period takedown but tallying two of his own and adding riding time to expand the Viking lead to 25-10.

The Vikings would leave the 285-pound class open, handing MSU Moorhead six more points, but the victory was achieved by a 25-16 margin.

MSUM will host Mary at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Nemzek Fieldhouse. It will be Senior Day for MSUM with MacGregor and Matt Lewellen being honored that day.

The Vikings close the regular season with a trip to No. 6 Upper Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 16. The season finale dual is set to begin at 2 p.m. in Fayette, Iowa.

Augustana 25, MSU-Moorhead 16
125 TJ North, AUSD, dec. Blake Bosch, MSM, 3-0
133 Morgan Engbrecht, AUSD, dec. Shane Novak, MSM, 9-3
141 Connor MacGregor, MSM, pinned Jacob Anderson, AUSD, 2:40
149 Shawn Hatlestad, AUSD, pinned Garrett Hoffner, MSM, 0:57
157 Bradyn Neises, AUSD, dec. Daniel Murakami, MSM, 9-2
165 Parker Swanson, AUSD, maj. dec. Shawn Porter, MSM, 10-0
174 Conner Monk, MSM, maj. dec. Thomas Davies, AUSD, 11-2
184 Sean Derry, AUSD, dec. Matthew Lewellen, MSM, 10-4
197 Jayd Docken, AUSD, dec. Tyler Schlosser, MSM, 5-2
285 Gerad Fugleberg, MSM, forf.

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Viewership for this week’s episode of RAW goes up slightly. This week’s show was able to generate an average of 3.105 million viewers. This is up 1.6% from last week’s 3.055 million viewers. This week’s show featured the Second Chance Fatal 5 Way Match as the main event with Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Apollo Crews. This week’s show also featured John Cena in the opening segment and Sasha Banks facing Bayley.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 3.262 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 3.161 million), the second hour drew 3.216 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 3.212 million) and the final hour drew 2.837 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 2.793 million).
RAW was #1 for the night in viewership this week. RAW was also #1 for the night in the 18-49 demographic, for the second week in a row.

Below are the viewership numbers of RAW for the rest of 2018:
January 1st Episode: 2.865 million viewers
January 8th Episode: 2.766 million viewers
January 15th Episode: 3.250 million viewers

January 22nd Episode: 4.530 million viewers (RAW 25)
January 29th Episode: 3.395 million viewers (Royal Rumble Fallout Show)
February 5th Episode: 3.055 million viewers

February 12th Episode: 3.105 million viewers

Despite his limited schedule with the company, Brock Lesnar is perhaps one of the biggest stars currently under contract to WWE at the moment. Lesnar has been the Universal Champion ever since he won the title at WrestleMania last year and he will go into WrestleMania this year as the champion as well. With Lesnar’s WWE contract expiring very soon, some have dpci keyed that he could be leaving after WrestleMania in April in order to begin another run at an MMA career in UFC. A new report from the Wrestling Obsever states that WWE is currently working on getting Lesnar to re-sign with them, but Triple H may now be the one working on convincing Lesnar to stay.
The Mixed Match Challenge continues to be a fun and enjoyable show every Tuesday night after Smackdown concludes for the night. Last night’s show saw the team known as the “Robe Warriors,” consisting of Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair, defeat the team of Nia Jax and Apollo. Now that the first round of the tournament has concluded, WWE has announced the quarterfinal matches for the show. Next week’s show will see Finn Balor and Sasha Banks return to face The Miz and Asuka. Later episodes will feature matches between Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair vs. Rusev and Lana, as well as Jimmy Uso and Naomi vs. Brian Strowman and Alexa Bliss. Catch the show every Tuesday night at 10pm ET on Facebook Watch.
One of the most popular and dynamic tag teams outside of WWE these days continues to be the Young Bucks. Although Matt and Nick Jackson may be one of the most  polarizing teams in the business, one cannot deny the tremendous amount of success that they have both had despite never being officially under contract with WWE. However, it looks like the Bucks are hopeful that they will be able to face the current Smackdown Tag Team Champions at some point. Following a recent conference call in which the Usos praised the Young Bucks, Matt Jackson sent out a tweet stating that he also has respect for the brother and he even teased a possible match between each other in the future.

The feeling is mutual. Would love to wrestle @WWEUsos. https://t.co/oli2wep35w
— The Young Bucks (@MattJackson13) February 20, 2018

The quarterfinals of WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge kicked off last night as WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz & Asuka defeated Finn Balor & Sasha Banks.
The Miz & Asuka will now go on to Week 10 to face the winners of the match between SmackDown Tag Team Champion Jimmy Uso & Naomi taking on Braun Strowman & RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss and this match will take place next Tuesday night.
Live viewership for last night’s episode of Mixed Match Challenge peaked at 62,200 viewers on Facebook Watch. This is the lowest viewership of the season, down a bit from the 62,400 from Week 3, which saw Braun Strowman & RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss defeat Sami Zayn & Becky Lynch. Below is the announcement for next week’s match:

 

NEXT WEEK: @BraunStrowman & @AlexaBliss_WWE take on the husband-and-wife duo of Jimmy @WWEUsos & @NaomiWWE in the second round of the @WWE Mixed Match Challenge! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/qJzCkt7jXD
— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018

WWE RAW – March 5th Episode:
– Asuka vs. Nia Jax (Opening Contest) = Winner: Asuka

The streak lives to see another day. @WWEAsuka #RAW pic.twitter.com/TTEtt8qiyo
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) (Non-Title Match) (If The Revival wins, they will get a title shot for the RAW Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania) = Winners: The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro)

They ARE The BAR… and they will NOT be facing #TheRevival in New Orleans. #WrestleMania #RAW @WWESheamus @WWECesaro pic.twitter.com/oGgBCH73xn
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– John Cena vs. Goldust = Winner: John Cena

Momentum is on @JohnCena‘s side as his Road to #WrestleMania takes him through #WWEFastlane THIS SUNDAY! #RAW pic.twitter.com/cuJOAxcAsV
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– Bayley vs. Absolution Member Mandy Rose = Winner: Bayley

#Absolution caused chaos in the wake of @itsBayleyWWE‘s victory, but @SashaBanksWWE wasn’t about to sit and watch it happen! #RAW pic.twitter.com/npFuCkq4Z9
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– Braun Strowman vs. Elias (Symphony of Destruction Match) (Falls Count Anywhere Rules) = Winner: Braun Strowman

A Monster Among MUSIC prevails in the first-ever #SymphonyOfDestruction Match! @BraunStrowman #RAW pic.twitter.com/1HG556Wn7B
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– Bray Wyatt vs. Rhyno = Winner: Bray Wyatt

.@WWEBrayWyatt takes down The #ManBeast @Rhyno313 in quick and devastating fashion! @HeathSlaterOMRB #RAW pic.twitter.com/1BaLk090s2
— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

– Finn Balor & Seth Rollins vs. The Miz & The Miztourage (Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas) (Main Event) = Winners: Finn Balor & Seth Rollins

A game of one-upmanship leaves @WWERollins and @FinnBalor looking a little like THIS after tonight’s #HandicapMatch… #RAW pic.twitter.com/sFyh5ESh3o
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) March 6, 2018

WWE SmackDown Live – March 6th Episode:
– Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton (Opening Contest) = Winner: Jinder Mahal

NOBODY kicks out of the #Khallas!@JinderMahal DEFEATS @RandyOrton just days before #TheViper challenges @REALBobbyRoode for the #USTitle. #SDLive #WWEFastlane pic.twitter.com/eRCyjac7lf
— WWE (@WWE) March 7, 2018

– Becky Lynch vs. Carmella = Winner: Becky Lynch

.@BeckyLynchWWE got @CarmellaWWE trending and TAPPING as the #IrishLassKicker gets the win with the #DisArmHer! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/KcZjIGzKJw
— WWE (@WWE) March 7, 2018

– WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler (Non-Title Match) (Main Event) = Winner: No Contest

Sorry, @HEELZiggler and @AJStylesOrg…
Your match just got interrupted by The #KevinAndSamiShow! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/Tuk6Zv6IP1
— WWE (@WWE) March 7, 2018

– WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin (Non-Title Match) (Fatal Five Way Match) (Main Event) = Winner: Sami Zayn

WHAT ABOUT THE PLAN?!?!@SamiZayns pins his BEST FRIEND @FightOwensFight to pick up the victory in the #Fatal5Way bout! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/uQTLHsZYtf
— WWE (@WWE) March 7, 2018

It was previously reported that Shane McMahon announced last night on SmackDown Live that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from his job as SmackDown Commissioner but before leaving, Shane made Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens for WrestleMania 34.
SmackDown ended with Sami and Owens destroying Shane in the ring and then the backstage area, adding to the speculation on Shane adding himself to the match at WrestleMania 34 to make it either a Triple Threat or perhaps a 2-on-1 Handicap Match with Owens and Sami teaming up.
Shane was selling the attack on SmackDown in a big way as the show ended on last night. Paramedics tended to Shane and prepared to take him away on a stretcher as he gasped for air. WWE announced on their website that Shane suffered a laryngeal contusion, trapezius and rhomboid strains. WWE also noted that Shane was taken to a local medical facility and they expect to have more updates in the next 24 hours on the injuries, which are likely just part of the storylines.

Below is WWE’s full announcement on Shane’s condition:
Shane McMahon suffers several injuries while being attacked by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn on SmackDown LIVE
After announcing he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from his role as SmackDown LIVE Commissioner, Shane McMahon was brutally attacked by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, whom he had just placed into a match against each other at WrestleMania. McMahon suffered several injuries during the attack, WWE.com can confirm.
“He sustained a laryngeal contusion when the steel chair was wrapped around his head and thrown into the turnbuckle,” WWE medical staff said.

KO & Zayn continued the onslaught by dragging McMahon to the back and powerbombing him onto a metal rack, resulting in further injuries.
“He was then thrown onto the metal rack, which resulted in trapezius and rhomboid strains,” medical staff continued.
McMahon is currently being evaluated to make sure his airway is not compromised. Further updates on McMahon’s status are expected in the next 24 hours. Stick with WWE.com for more details as they become available.

According to Bill Bhatti of The Dirty Sheets, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson is completely wrong about The Undertaker and his role at WrestleMania 34. 
Bhatti insists not only will The Undertaker appear at WrestleMania, which Johnson did report, but that he will in fact wrestle John Cena. Johnson’s report said The Undertaker would appear and have some sort of confrontation with Cena, but would not be able to wrestle. 
Here is a link to The Dirty Sheets report:

https://dirtysheets.net/2018/04/03/exclusive-mike-johnson-completely-wrong-about-undertaker-vs-cena/