Political obituaries for France’s Marine Le Pen dominate many of Tuesday’s front pages, with the Financial Times reporting that her hopes for higher office are now “shattered” by the five-year ban she’s received after being convicted of embezzling EU funds. Barring a successful appeal, this knocks the far-right politician out of the running for the…

An Asian small-clawed otter – credit, Rajeev Chaudhary, supplied to IUCN Though officially classified as vulnerable, no credible sighting of the Asian short-clawed otter, the smallest species of its kind, has been made in almost 200 years. So when forestry officials in Nepal found an injured, juvenile otter at the confluence of two major rivers…

Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Primark chief executive Paul Marchant Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about “his behaviour towards her in a social environment”. Associated British Foods (ABF), which owns Primark, said following an investigation by external lawyers, Mr Marchant “acknowledged his error of judgement…

SWNS A 13-year-old girl has been invited to join the Mensa society after getting the maximum score on the IQ test—higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Sofia Kot Arcuri has been accepted into the club after achieving 162, the highest possible score for a girl of her age. Proud mom Cecylia Kot Arcuri said…

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have agreed “productive negotiations” about an economic deal between the UK and US will “continue at pace”, Downing Street has said, ahead of a looming deadline on US tariffs. The Sunday night phone call between the pair comes after sources at No 10 said the government was prepared to…

Getty Images for Unsplash+ Researchers at the National Cancer Research Centre in Spain (CNIO) have discovered a mechanism that is triggered just minutes after acute liver damage occurs—and it could lead to treatments for those with severe liver problems. The avenues for future treatments of liver damage include a diet enriched with the amino acid…

Getty Images Richard Chamberlain, the actor best known for his role in the 1960s medical drama Dr Kildare and leading role in Shogun, has died aged 90, his publicist has confirmed to the BBC. Chamberlain earned the title “king of the mini-series” for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds. He died late…

Happy 80th Birthday to Eric Clapton, the blues-rock musician, singer, and songwriter that Rolling Stone magazine named the second greatest guitar player of all time. The British rocker was a founding member of the Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, and Cream, and produced huge hits like Layla, Crossroads, and Let It Rain. He survived heroin…

Women in England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said. Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics but ministers say getting it over the counter is more of a “postcode lottery”. Some women have to…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune auroral activity, with green splotches showing auroral activity alongside white clouds (released by NASA/ESA/CSA/ STScI/Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin, Leigh Fletcher, and Stefanie Milam, NASA-GSFC) NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system. “In the past,…