Hillary Clinton outlines multi-point plan to take on Isis

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on 15 December outlined a multi-point plan for how she would work to defeat Islamic State (Isis) in the United States and overseas. During a campaign stop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the former secretary of state also addressed the issue of homegrown terrorist attacks such as the San Bernardino, California massacre that left 14 people dead earlier this month. Dec 16, 2015

Costa Rica: Dramatic footage shows plastic fork removed from sea turtle’s nose

Dramatic video has emerged of a team of field biologists helping a sea turtle by removing a plastic fork from its nose at Ostional Beach in Costa Rica. Nathan Robinson, the Leatherback Trusts field director, was at the beach on 6 December with the Las Baulas research team to see the olive ridley sea turtle mass nesting event, according to the trusts communications manager Cameron McCosh. Dec 15, 2015