France's Marine Le Pen loses EU immunity over IS atrocity tweets

The European Parliament on Thursday lifted French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution over her tweeting of images of Islamic State atrocities.The move paves the way for France to pursue a case against the far right National Front leader, after prosecutors launched a probe in 2015 over the graphic pictures, which included the decapitated body of US journalist James Foley."The result is clear, a big majority is in favour of the lifting of immunity," acting pa