45 m. ago Brit pensioners in Taliban jail chained to 'killers and demon

Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 76, have been being held in Pul-e-Charkhi maximum-security prison in Kabul since February. Peter has now spoken about their horrific ordeal

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1 hour ago Son of British couple held hostage by the Taliban issues urgent plea to Donald Trump and reveals captives' conditions in jail

The son of British couple Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, who are being held hostage by the Taliban has urgently pleaded to Donald Trump for help.

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1 hour ago Son of British couple detained by Taliban call on US to help secure their release

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested by Taliban officials on in February when they were returning to their home in Bamyan

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2 h. ago Australian MMA coach detained in US prison nightmare amid Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

In a post on social media, Subotic who has coached the Australian national MMA side, said he had been locked in an isolation room for three hours before he was taken to prison.

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2 h. ago The reason killer mum of baby Callum who dumped his body in a woodland AVOIDED jail

This is the reason confessed baby killer Joanne Sharkey, 55, (pictured), who suffocated her own newborn but was only caught almost three decades later, has avoided prison.

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3 h. ago Brit pensioners locked up in Taliban jail chained to 'killers, rapists and man possessed by demon'

Peter Reynolds, 79, and partner Barbie, 76, were arrested near their home in Afghanistan in February and held without charge, as they suffer hell conditions with hardened prisoners

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3 h. ago Revealed: The Indian gang feud on the streets of Shrewsbury that led to the murder of a DPD driver in a cartel style execution

Aurman Singh, 23, was ambushed in broad daylight by eight men armed with an axe, a hockey stick, a knife, a golf club and a shovel on August 21, 2023 in Shrewsbury.

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6 h. ago Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are still held by Russia with uncertain hope of release

In its 3-year-old war, Russia has detained what human rights activists say are thousands of Ukrainian civilians and has charged them with various crimes

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12 h. ago David Lammy says ‘deeply concerning’ two MPs refused entry to Israel

Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were detained by Israeli authorities, the Foreign Secretary said.

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12 h. ago UK foreign secretary criticises Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry

David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK. Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, both flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to reports. The foreign secretary, David Lammy, said in a statement on Saturday: “It is unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities. “I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government th...

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12 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil says his arrest was part of ‘Columbia’s repression playbook’

Green-card holder and activist led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting Trump effort to deport himMahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now resisting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, has accused the university of laying “the groundwork for my abduction” and called on the student body to continue demonstrations and protests.Khalil, a green-card holder who is in custody in Louisiana as his case moves through the courts, was detained on 8 March. The Trump administration is seeking to deport him under a provision in federal immigration law that permits the state department to deport non-citizens considered to be a threat to US foreign policy. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago My friend left me for dead and then mocked me when I was in hospital... she's a waste of space and deserves PRISON

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Becky Williams was 'left for dead' by her friend after a drunken car crash left her with a fractured skull - and says she should be in jail.

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18 h. ago Married school dinner lady 'brought teen pupil back to family home for sex acts'

Amy Nicole Wiggington, 41, is being held in jail after police seized her for allegedly taking a teen student back to her home in Alabama and sleeping with him on two occasions

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18 h. ago Taxpayers are shelling out £688 a night for every prisoner being kept in a police cell because of jail overcrowding

A one-night stay for two in the plush accommodation - ranked the 'number one best value' five-star hotel on TripAdvisor - will set the lucky guests back a cool £665 tonight.

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21 h. ago Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say

Temporary protected status lets people stay when it’s not safe for them to go home, but Ice is arresting them anywayVenezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say.They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government from keeping them behind bars. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Woman detained in US for 3 weeks under new travel rules says she was 'naive'

Rebecca Burke, 28, was trying to cross from Canada to the USA but did not have the right visa

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22 h. ago British backpacker detained in US says she was ‘naive’ about border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, who was held in a US detention facility for 19 days said she was ‘naive to think that what was going at the border wouldn’t affect me’.

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23 h. ago Protests break out in India over new bill that would change Muslim land endowments

Indian opposition leaders say legislation violates multiple fundamental rights of citizens

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24 h. ago Boy killed on UK street after having throat slashed as man appears in court

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The victim died later in hospital from his injury. Franco was charged overnight and detained custody ahead of this morning's appearance

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24 h. ago I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do itJust before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom.Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and f...

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