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World in brief: June 26, 2024
In this frame taken from video Police stop activists dumping red paint on Rome's Spanish Steps as they protest against violence against women, in Rome, June 26, 2024

US: President Joe Biden has pardoned potentially thousands of former soldiers convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.

Mr Biden’s action, which he said today was “righting an historic wrong,” pardons service members who were convicted under a 1951 law which was rewritten in 2013 to prohibit only forcible acts.

Those covered will be able to apply to recover lost pay and benefits.

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