普京总统在俄罗斯最引人注目的政治对手Alexei Navalny正面临着新的刑事控诉，他是莫斯科市长，负责选举的事，目前已经因为挪用公款而要执行缓期五年的判刑。现在他和他的兄弟都被起诉犯了洗钱罪。Alexei Navalny却一直坚持认为这些针对他的控诉是政治煽动行为。

World News from the BBC

这是BBC的国际新闻。

The Supreme Court in Argentina has ruled that a controversial media bill passed four years ago is constitutional clearing the way for the breakup of large media groups. Argentina's biggest broadcasting and newspaper company Clarin had appealed against the law starting a bitter dispute with the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Following the ruling, Clarin's share prices fell sharply.

阿根廷最高法院裁定一项在四天前提出的有争议的媒体法案是符合宪法的，为大型媒体集团的解体扫清了道路。阿根廷最大的广播和报纸发行公司Clarin已经上诉反对该项法律，开始了与Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner总统领导下的政府一番激烈的争议。在裁定公布以后，Clarin的股票价格迅速下跌。

The president of France, Francois Hollande says four French hostages seized by Islamist militants in Niger more than three years ago have been released.

法国总统Francois Hollande表示，四名被伊斯兰激进主义分子挟持的法国人质，在尼日尔待了超过三年后，已经被释放了。