内容摘要：to have accounted for around 3.6% of total global annual arms exports, making the UK the seventh largest national exporter.

to have accounted for around 3.6% of total global annual arms exports, making the UK the seventh largest national exporter.

"An indictment is merely an allegation," the US Attorney's Office of the Central District of California said in a statement. "All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."In an upstairs rehearsal room at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot, a group of teenagers are practising for an upcoming show.

It is a sign of the booming activity the venue has been enjoying recently.Last autumn, audience numbers were up 70% on the year before and a new strategy from local authorities is promising a hefty investment in its building.But the scene across Oxfordshire is not always as rosy, with funding and access to affordable arts spaces sometimes proving a sticking point.

The Covid pandemic was a tough time for arts venues.They had to deal with closures, adapting to virtual performances and keeping on top of costs.

For places like Unicorn Theatre in Abingdon and the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames, this was made far harder by the high running costs of their old buildings.

"We had to pretty much shut down for over a year, and you've got to pay all the costs of running the building," said Greg Bensberg, chair of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust, which houses the Unicorn.This has not been a major point of controversy, possibly because it is

, a legal website run by law students from around the world."The US Constitution, for instance, provides that the government can seize private property for public use so long as 'just compensation' is provided," it added.

The government hopes so.University of Western Cape land expert Prof Ruth Hall told the BBC that more than 80,000 land claims remain unsettled.