The Marinera is in the Moray First as it is restocked with food and water for crew Politics
The Marinera was seized by US forces in the North Atlantic last week. Events
The vessel, known for transporting Venezuelan crude oil, has been escorted into Scots waters. Events
Labour MP Graeme Downie says it was right to aid America in taking out the Marinera tanker, including by offering military planes use of a Scottish airport. Events
US special forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela for sanctions violations, launching the operation from Wick John O'Groats airport in northern Scotland with RAF support Events
Donald Trump has declared that the US intends to seize control of Venezuela. Events
NHS Fife is facing a rare “level four” intervention over the way it handled freedom of information requests relating to the Sandie Peggie case Events
The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump’s penJudicial opinions allowing the government to suppress speech in the name of national security rarely stand the test of time. But time has been unusually unkind to the US supreme court decision that upheld the law banning TikTok, the short-form video platform. The court issued its ruling less than a year ago, but it is already obvious that the deference the court gave to the government’s national security arguments was spectacularly misplaced. The principal effect of the court’s ruling has been to give our own government enormous power over the policies of a speech platform used by tens of millions of Americans every day – a result that is an affront to the first amendment and a national security risk in its own right.Congress passed the TikTok ban in 2023 citing concerns that the Chinese government might be able to access information about TikTok’s American users or co... Events
