A court in Japan has sentenced a US marine to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa last year. Lance Cpl Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked the woman in her 20s, choking her from behind and attempting sexual intercourse, the court ruled. The case is one of a...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Global Witness The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campaigners and shared with the BBC, appear to show how nickel mining has stripped forests and polluted waters in one of the most...
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Federico Cabello/Getty Images The UN Ocean conference has been heralded a success, with more countries ratifying a key treaty to protect marine life and more progress on curbing plastics and illegal fishing in our seas. Nearly 200 countries came together in Nice, France...
Military bosses are set to spend £250m on new accommodation for Royal Marine recruits at a Devon base. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the money would be spent at the Lympstone Commando Training Centre over the next couple of years. Along with the new accommodation, the MoD added there would also be a review...
A new study has found that a mix of different types of tiny plastic particles (microplastics) is more harmful to a small marine creature than just one type of plastic. The creature, called Acartia tonsa, is important because it is part of the ocean’s food chain, said researchers from the universities of Exeter and Plymouth,...
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a “political decision” at a rally in Paris on Sunday. “I won’t give up,” she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower. She was on Monday...
Le Pen is barred from running for public office after being found guilty of embezzlement. Read full article at source...
“Incredible.” That was the single word uttered under her breath by Marine Le Pen as she stormed out of a Paris courtroom this morning. She left the court early – just before hearing that she was barred from running for office for five years after being found guilty of embezzlement of EU funds – almost...
Progressives warn the ruling could backfire if too many people see it as an attempt to preemptively subvert democracy. The far-right French politician Marine Le Pen was convicted on embezzlement charges by a national court on Monday, sentenced to four years in prison and barred from seeking elected office for at least five years —...
France’s Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party. The judge has not yet said what the sentence will be. Prosecutors last year said Le Pen’s punishment should be not just a €300,000 (£250,000) fine and prison term, but also ineligibility from running for...
Lisa Young BBC News, South West Historic Royal Palaces YW Barry Gray served in the Royal Marines for 26 years before he was appointed a Beefeater A former Royal Marine from Devon has been appointed as a Yeoman Warder (YW) at the Tower of London. Barry Gray, who has been living in Yelverton, was a...