More than half of the Guantanamo detainees to be transferred

More than half of the Guantanamo detainees to be transferred

The official in charge of overseeing the closure of the United States' controversial Guantanamo Bay prison facility expects more than half of the remaining detainees to be transferred within months.

He said Guantanamo's existence weakened national security, damaged relations with allies and was exorbitantly expensive.Clifford Sloan, the US Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure told the BBC that substantial progress had been made on repatriating or resettling 78 of the 149 terrorism suspects, and the case for closing the camp was compelling.

National action plan is called for

A British parliamentary committee has described the failure to tackle female genital mutilation in the UK as a 'national scandal' and is calling for a national action plan.

The politicians want vulnerable girls to be protected by court orders and medical professionals to conduct regular physical examinations of those considered at risk of what they describe as an extreme form of child abuse.

Although FGM was outlawed in Britain in 1985, only one prosecution has taken place and it is estimated that 65,000 girls across the country could be in danger of mutilation.