内容摘要：The family later moved to Kyiv, where Starykova studied at the renowned Glière Music College - but she always intended to move back to her hometown.

The family later moved to Kyiv, where Starykova studied at the renowned Glière Music College - but she always intended to move back to her hometown.

James was not involved in Bannon's case, but brought a lawsuit against Trump for civil fraud and won a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him.Bannon also faced federal charges over the wall campaign after he was indicted by a federal grand jury, but the prosecution came to a halt after Trump pardoned him in the final hours of his first White House term.

Some of his co-conspirators, who did not receive pardons, were ultimately sentenced to prison.The president's pardon authority applies only to federal matters, and charges in the current case were filed by in a New York State court in September 2022.Bannon, a former investment banker, was the driving force behind the right-wing Breitbart News website before serving in the Trump White House as chief strategist.

His influence was discernible in key decisions such as the mid-2017 US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.He left the post in August 2017 and returned to Breitbart. He stepped down from that post after he was quoted in a book criticising Trump and one of his sons.

At the time Trump said: "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind".

He also served four months in a federal prison in 2024 after being found guilty in 2022 of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before the committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.The Gambling Commission tells us it “is investigating the possibility of offences concerning the date of the election. This is an ongoing investigation.”

We now know there was an unusual surge of betting on a July election just before Rishi Sunak confirmed just that.Data given to the BBC by Smarkets betting exchange shows odds shortened dramatically on the afternoon of the 21 May, the day before the election was announced.

Separately, a study of Betfair betting odds byfound several thousand pounds were wagered the day before the 22 May announcement.