Defiant Tory MEP loses party whip

A senior Tory MEP has had the whip withdrawn after defying orders on the party's first day of work with its new "anti-federalist" group.

Edward McMillan-Scott, who used to lead the Tory MEPs group, decided to stand as a vice president in Strasbourg.

But the Tories have joined a new group in the European Parliament, whose official candidate was a Polish MEP.

Mr McMillan-Scott, who opposed the Tory decision to leave the main centre-right EPP group, was successful in his bid.

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Chechnya ambush leaves four dead

Two police officers and two soldiers have been killed in a gun battle with militants in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, officials say.

They were ambushed in the Vedenskiy district late on Tuesday by up to 15 gunmen, who later fled, they added. Six other security personnel were injured.

Later, a court bailiff and a relative were killed in neighbouring Ingushetia.

Violence in the North Caucasus since Saturday has left 10 security personnel and 23 militants dead, officials say.

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