Congressman jailed for sex texts to girl, 15

Clinton’s private computer server.

Weiner, 53, dropped his head into his hand and wept as the sentence was announced by Judge Denise Cote in a New York federal courtroom.

He said nothing as he left the courthouse and must surrender to prison officials by November 6.

Admitting “I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse”, Weiner pled guilty in May to transferring obscene material to a minor, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for illicit contact with a North Carolina teenager.

He sought to be spared from prison, tearfully telling Judge Cote that he had been “a very sick man for a very long time”.

Weiner, weeping as he read from a written statement, said he had reached “rock bottom” with his crime.

Assistant US attorney Amanda Kramer had urged Weiner get a significant prison sentence to end his “tragic cycle” of sexting. FRENCH truck drivers have staged road blockades near fuel depots across the country in protest over President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to labour laws.

Two major unions, CGT and FO, called a nationwide protest because they fear the new rules Mr Macron formally signed last week will lead to a deterioration in working conditions and make it easier for firms to sack workers.

Fuel storage facilities in south-western France, in Normandy, near the southern city of Marseille and in the Paris region were blocked for several hours yesterday, but police intervened and allowed access in many places.

Government spokesman Christophe Castaner called on French drivers not to rush to petrol stations to avoid fuel shortages.

Protesters also

Protest is held at Chateauneuf-La Mede refinery.

organised an operation to slow traffic on a major highway in northern France near the Belgian border.

The transport ministry said in a statement the situation had returned to normal at noon.

“There’s free access to almost all fuel depots,” the ministry said. “As a consequence, petrol stations are being supplied normally.”

Mr Macron said the labour law changes are essential to reviving the French and European economies.

The measures aim to make it easier for firms to hire and fire, simplify negotiations between employers and employees, and reduce the power of national collective bargaining. They are to be ratified by parliament and implemented this year. AUSTRALIA is to create its own space agency to increase its share of the billion dollar space economy.

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday the agency would be part of Australia’s development of an innovation and science economy.

“It’s a small agency to coordinate and lead,” Mr Turnbull said. “The space sector, of course, is one of enormous potential.”

Acting minister for industry, innovation and science Michaelia Cash said the agency’s charter would be developed by the end of March.

She said: “The global space industry is growing rapidly and it’s crucial Australia is part of this growth.

“A national space agency will ensure we have a strategic long-term plan that supports the development and application of space technologies and