26 h. ago British couple hit with £20k hospital bill after horror moped crash in Turkey

Danielle Davies had barely begun her holiday with boyfriend Darren Webb when the accident happened and he was rushed to hospital with a bleed on the brain and many broken bones

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34 h. ago Family of British couple detained in Iran express alarm over ongoing trial

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were seized in January during a round-the-world motorbike tripThe family of a British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges have said they will keep pushing for their release for years if needed, as they express alarm over ongoing trial proceedings and the pair’s welfare.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52 and who previously split their time between Spain and England, were seized in January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling on a round-the-world motorbike trip. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago British couple are left with £20,000 hospital bill following moped crash in Turkey after insurers say they were not covered

Holidaymakers Darren Webb, 34, and Danielle Davies, 30, were rushed to hospital on the first day of their dream trip to Marmaris.

Economics

66 h. ago My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent The internet was my lifeline, a slender thread connecting me from Australia to my family in Afghanistan, bridging continents and time zones.But that bridge has crumbled. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout

Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic network in nationwide shutdown of communications to prevent ‘vice’Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday after Taliban authorities cut the fibre-optic network.The government began shutting down high-speed internet connections to some provinces earlier in the month to prevent “vice”, on the orders of the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Taliban cut internet for whole country as Afghanistan ‘dragged into abyss’

Ban blocks mobile and broadband internet services, disrupts satellite television, and affects flight operations

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3 d. ago Taliban cut internet for whole of Afghanistan amid crackdown on online ‘immorality’

Ban blocks mobile and broadband internet services, disrupts satellite television, and affects flight operations

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4 d. ago Terrifying moment British and US couples cheat death when rampaging elephant flips their safari canoes over before smashing one of the women with its trunk

The two couples - both husband and wife and said to be British - were being poled 'gondala style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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4 d. ago Newly divorced UK couples reveal what they blame for marriage breakdowns

Arguments over Brexit, transgender rights and immigration are some of the top reasons British couples have divorced, a study has revealed.

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5 d. ago Lola Young ‘doing OK’ after collapsing on stage at festival in New York

British singer thanks fans for support after incident at gig, during which she had told crowd of ‘tricky couple of days’The British singer Lola Young has said she is “doing OK” after collapsing on stage during a festival performance in New York.In footage posted on social media, the 24-year-old can be seen swaying before dropping her microphone and falling backward while singing at the All Things Go festival in the Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago George Galloway 'detained under terror law' at Gatwick airport on return from Moscow

Met Terror officers held the former-MP as he arrived at Gatwick Airport today with his wife.

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7 d. ago Elderly couple who nearly died in Taliban prison hell could return to Afghanistan

British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released from Taliban prison last week after being detained for almost eight months - however, they're not ruling out returning

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8 d. ago Britain joins the illustrious ranks of North Korea, China and Taliban

The 'Brit card' is a fresh attempt by Sir Keir Starmer to clamp down on illegal immigration, allowing the government to clearly verify a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.

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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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1 week ago British couple held in Afghanistan call their release by Taliban ‘a mystery’

After almost two decades living in Afghanistan and running education programmes for women and girls, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban and spent more than seven months in prison. Finally free, they reveal how they were chained up in grim conditions and feared they would die – either from ill health or at the hands of their captors. Arpan Rai reports

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1 week ago ‘Send your daughters or you get no aid’: the Taliban are making religious schools girls’ only option

Food handouts and employment are increasingly tied to Afghan families’ agreement to strict Islamic educationWhen the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, Nahid, 24, was midway through an economics degree. She had hoped to work in a university after she graduated.Instead, Nahid now spends her mornings at a religious school in the basement of a mosque in the western city of Herat, sitting on the floor and reciting scripture with 50 other women and girls, all dressed in black from head to toe. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elderly British couple who were held by the Taliban for nearly eight months feared they would be executed

Peter and Barbie Reynolds finally flew back to the UK at the weekend after intense diplomatic efforts led by Qatar. They were detained in ten jails but they never learned why they were arrested.

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1 week ago British couple released after detention in Afghanistan say they feared being executed

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, said it was never explained to them why they were imprisonedA British couple who were reunited with their family in the UK after being released from almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan, said they feared being executed by the Taliban.Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, who arrived at Heathrow on Saturday, said it was never explained to them why they were imprisoned in Afghanistan since their arrest in February. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British Couple Reaches London After Release from Taliban Custody Through Qatari Mediation

British Couple Reaches London After Release from Taliban Custody Through Qatari Mediation  8am.media

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1 week ago ‘We thought we would be executed’: Elderly British couple detained by Taliban say they feared for their lives in jail

Peter and Barbie Reynolds arrived back in the UK after they were freed by the Taliban on Friday

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