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US: President Joe Biden has pardoned potentially thousands of former soldiers convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.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