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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jane Perrone

What we're up to today

Lots happening today: President Chirac is expected to reshuffle his government after ministers failed to persuade the French to back the EU constitution. Sunday's resounding non has put Europe's political classes in a panic. Things are likely to get even stickier if the Dutch also reject the treaty tomorrow as expected. We'll have all the latest.

In Russian, meanwhile, the Yukos oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sentenced to nine years in jail after being found guilty of six charges including tax evasion. Observers regard the verdict as politically motivated and linked to his opposition to President Putin. We'll try and make sense of it all.

Bob Geldof is also unveiling the line up for the follow-up concert to Live Aid, timed to coincide with the G8 summit and highlight global poverty. We'll be reviewing the line up and challenging you to test your knowledge of the 1985 concerts with our Live Aid quiz.

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