Airbus said it had uncovered inaccuracies in its filings to US regulators over arms technology sales, drawing the US for the first time into a scandal over alleged misconduct at Europe’s largest aerospace firm.

A former US House speaker has been jailed for 15 months in a bribery case that centred on accusations that he sexually abused at least four students when he was a school wrestling coach.

The head of organising the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been extradited to the United States in the Fifa bribery case.

Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer has said he and others took bribes for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, in a testimony published by the United States Department of Justice.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust in a retrial on corruption charges.