The former US military commander in Iraq and Afghanistan and director of the CIA, David Petraeus, has been fined $100,000 (92,000 euros) and sentenced to two years of probation for mishandling classified information.

The 62-year-old retired general apologised to the court in North Carolina after pleading guilty under a plea deal.

The fine was raised from the $40,000 that had been recommended, the judge noting that it needed to be higher to be punitive.

US Magistrate Judge David Keesler said …
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