Romania court upholds jail sentence for ruling party chief

A Romanian court on Monday upheld a jail sentence for the powerful head of Romania's ruling Social Democrats, Liviu Dragnea, meaning he now has 24 hours to report to police to begin his sentence.The verdict will almost certainly remove from public life a man who is widely seen as the puppet master behind the government.Dragnea was also a key figure in his party's push for controversial judicial reforms which have led to clashes with Brussels and have overshadowed Romania's first-ever EU presiden