Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla (California) was forcibly removed and tackled by law enforcement officers while at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, sparking outrage. Video of the incident that circulated on social media showed Padilla attempting to ask Noem a question when multiple men began grabbing and shoving him....
A cherry tree at the entrance of a popular park is in poor health and will unfortunately have to be removed. The cherry tree which stands just outside the gates of King George V Playing Fields in Topsham Road, has been identified as high risk to people and properties. Tree experts have identified significant crown...
A Devon landowner has been ordered to move an unauthorised concrete barrier dividing two housing estates in Okehampton. West Devon Borough Council issued an enforcement notice for the site at Kellands Lane – dubbed “the Berlin wall” by some residents. The council said the structure was put up suddenly on 15 April, and was causing...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Getty Images The decision, which cannot be appealed, could end the Tidjane Thiam’s ambition to run for president Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader has been removed from the electoral roll by the judiciary which says he is ineligible to run in October’s presidential election. Tidjane Thiam renounced his French citizenship...
The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. President Donald Trump ordered the existing facility in Cuba be expanded to hold 30,000 migrants shortly after taking office in January. However, only a small number were ever actually...
South Korea’s constitutional court has unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol. There were tears of joy and sadness amongst pro-Yoon and anti-Yoon supporters, who had taken to the streets ahead of the verdict. In his first remarks after the verdict, Yoon says he is “truly sorry” for failing to live...
PA Media The transfer of fuel from the Stena Immaculate is expected to take place over the weekend More than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel are to be removed from the oil tanker involved in a crash with a cargo ship in the North Sea. The US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and the Portuguese-flagged Solong collided...
A suspected unexploded ordnance found on a high street in Devon has been safely removed, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was found in a property on Sidmouth High Street on Monday at about 15:35 GMT. Officers put up a 100m (328ft) cordon around the area, said police. The force said the...
