35 h. ago Rescuers chip away debris with hand tools to save those trapped in Indonesia school collapse

Rescuers wearing hard hats crawled into tight passages of concrete rubble, chipping away debris with hand tools to try to reach survivors days after they were trapped in Monday’s collapse of an Islamic school’s prayer hall in Indonesia

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49 h. ago Meghan Markle's dad 'trapped after earthquake' as plea issued by half

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines late on Tuesday night, but as rescuers get to work saving those trapped under the rubble, one victim has some very royal connections

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55 h. ago Indonesia school collapse: Rescuers race to save 91 children still trapped under rubble

Three students are confirmed dead and 26 remain hospitalised with head injuries and broken bones

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63 h. ago Indonesia school collapse: 91 missing and three dead as rescuers search rubble for second day

Desperate search for more than 90 missing after building collapses while students held prayers at school in SidoarjoParents and rescuers in Indonesia were desperately searching for dozens of teenage boys believed to be trapped, a day after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school which has already left three dead, authorities said.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Philippines hit by major 6.8 earthquake with tsunami fears as buildings left shaking

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3 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: three dead and over 90 missing as rescue effort continues

Instability of building in East Java town hampers search but 99 boys and school staff known to have survivedParents were desperately searching for scores of missing teenage boys feared trapped under huge piles of concrete on Tuesday after a building at an Islamic boarding school collapsed in Indonesia.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing at Al Khoziny school after the collapse as pupils held late-afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Three dead and dozens trapped under rubble after Indonesia school collapse

Rescuers said they spotted corpses under the rubble but were focused on saving those who were still alive

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3 d. ago Photos from the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia

A building at an Islamic school in Indonesia collapsed onto praying students, injuring dozens and burying more in the rubble. Rescuers were digging into the unstable debris to find survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java town of Sidoarjo.

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3 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: one dead, 65 buried under rubble as rescuers race to find survivors

Death toll expected to rise as instability of building in East Java town hampers rescue efforts At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later.Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair

Many Afghan women and girls can no longer communicate or study online after the internet is cut off in 12 provincesLast week, 17-year-old Marjaneh* sat at her computer, waiting for her nightly online English lessons to begin. At 7pm, the scheduled start time, her laptop screen stayed black. The family’s wifi, like the wireless internet across her neighbourhood, had gone and with it, her only chance to continue her education.“These online classes were my only source of hope,” says Marjaneh, speaking from Afghanistan through a crackling phone connection. “I thought, when they [Taliban] closed schools at least they wouldn’t cut the internet, but now that has been taken away too.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Can’t work, sing, travel, study: All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

Afghan women cannot be heard in public, even if it is to offer prayers, and have been banned from schools, workplaces, salons, gyms and national parks under the current Taliban rule. Arpan Rai reports

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2 w. ago Satellite images show Afghanistan earthquake left 40,000 truckloads of debris in its wake

UN agency says aid workers ‘racing against time’ to remove rubble from mountainous region

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3 w. ago ‘I was lost but football gave me strength’: Afghan women refugees on their fight for recognition

Exiles from the Taliban in England and Australia are using the sport to battle prejudice and give a voice to women and girls in Afghanistan“I felt quite lost,” says the goalkeeper Elaha Safdari. “I didn’t know anyone, but little by little football gave me the strength and power to start again, to start from zero, to build, to keep going and to keep pushing myself forward.”It is four years since a 17-year-old Safdari arrived in England, part of the Afghanistan women’s development team evacuated first to Pakistan then to the UK after the US withdrawal of troops and the concession of power to the Taliban. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Indonesian rescuers search for missing people as floods recede

Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for survivors of devastating flash floods that struck two provinces in Indonesia a day earlier

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3 w. ago The Spin | ‘I pray no one lives a life like mine’: Afghan women dream of freedom and cricket

Women’s rights have disappeared under the Taliban and more must be done to support athletes in exileSixteen-year-old Fawzia (a pseudonym) is writing to the Guardian from her home in Afghanistan. It is her home and also her prison. She doesn’t leave it much these days.But she does have a bat, and a ball, and spends her days training with her four sisters in the small garden and the courtyard of her house. Sometimes, when the Taliban are in the street outside, they train in the basement, so no one can hear the sound of young women having fun. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Afghan women left under earthquake rubble by rescuers because of 'no touch' Taliban rule

Just over a week after a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, hundreds of women remain trapped under the rubble as rescuers 'refuse to touch them' due to the Taliban's rule

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says Reform WILL deport Afghan women back to the Taliban if they arrive in Britain via small boats

The Reform UK leader has promised to deport 600,000 migrants over five years if his party wins power at the next general election.

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3 w. ago Taliban left Afghan women 'to die under rubble' following huge earthquakes as strict religious code meant men couldn't touch them, reports claim

The first major quake struck just after midnight on Monday at a depth of only six miles, killing more than 2,200 people, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble.

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4 w. ago ‘All I have left is this cloth’: Afghan earthquake survivors still waiting for help

Villagers near epicentre of devastation in Kunar province say they have been left without adequate food, tents or medical help as harsh terrain and loss of foreign aid hamper Taliban’s relief effortsIn the shattered houses of Wadeer village in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake that has killed more than 2,200 people say they are still waiting for the most basic help: food and shelter.The 6.0-magnitude quake, which struck eastern Afghanistan – and has been followed by two further earthquakes including one overnight – also injured more than 3,600, according to Taliban officials. The district of Nurgal, in the west of Kunar province, where the village of Wadeer lies, was the epicentre of the devastation, with 1,000 people confirmed dead and 2,500 injured. More than 5,700 homes were destroyed. Continue reading...

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