80 m. ago ‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest

The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeoverIt was nearly dark on 19 January 2022 when the knocking began. At first soft, then insistent, the sound echoed through the flat in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Zarmina Paryani and her sisters froze. They had known this day was coming.“We always knew the risks of protesting and we were prepared to die on the streets,” the 26-year-old activist told the Guardian. “But I never imagined they would come for us like that – in the middle of the night, breaking into our home.” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Russell Grant's horoscopes as Leo told to keep pushing through

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5 h. ago Why I'm terrified of my teenage daughters. They're blonde, high

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I am terrified of my teenage daughters, Beatrice and Florence.

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6 h. ago Kate Winslet reveals her 'first intimate experiences' as a teen were with women

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has revealed that some of her earliest intimate experiences as a teenager were with women while appearing on the Team Deakins podcast.

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10 h. ago Football fans told to snitch on fellow supporters in crackdown slammed as 'woke nonsense'

Football fans have been told to ditch bad language after supporters found posters on their seats at one Football League game that urged fans to snitch on foul-mouthed fans

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10 h. ago I’m slammed for wearing miniskirts with ‘those legs’ trolls compare them to ‘tree trunks’ and call them ‘stumpy’

A BODY positive influencer has shared her unbothered response to online trolls. After being criticised for showing off her legs, the TikToker posed in a stylish miniskirt. TikTok user @charwinspear posted a video clapping back to haters who told her to cover up her legs. The North West-based influencer regularly uses her platform to shed...

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11 h. ago Archie Gray heads Spurs to victory at Crystal Palace to ease pressure on Frank

Eighteen months can be a very long time in football – especially if you are still a teenager. After a mixed start to life in north London, Archie Gray could not have picked a better occasion to score his first Tottenham goal since joining from Leeds in the summer of 2024 than his 60th appearance. With Thomas Frank already showing signs of not being the first Spurs manager to have been overwhelmed by expectations after a run of just one win in their previous eight Premier League matches, Gray’s scrappy header in the first half ensured that a topsy-turvy year ended with a victory that lifts his side to within one point of Crystal Palace in the table.Of the 20 goals that Oliver Glasner’s side have conceded this season in the league, 12 have come from set-pieces and Palace have now failed to win any of their last five matches as a packed schedule has finally caught up with them. But this was all about Gray as the 19-year-old midfielder who left the pitch to a standing ovation and big hu...

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12 h. ago Two pensioners in their 80s are killed in house fire in Ireland

Gardai told the Daily Mail that investigations are ongoing, adding that the scene is 'currently preserved for technical examination'.

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12 h. ago Oklahoma man doing target practice in back yard charged in fatal shooting of neighbor

Cody Adams, 33, charged with manslaughter after neighbor blocks away was killed as he was firing at a drink canA man in Oklahoma is facing a manslaughter charge after he allegedly shot a woman several blocks from his home while firing a gun he got himself for Christmas at an energy drink can in his back yard.As told in court documents reviewed by NBC News, the death of Sandra Phelps at the hands of Cody Wayne Adams illustrates how deadly the consequences can be when those engaging in the US’s prevalent gun culture do so unsafely. Adams’s back yard was not equipped to stop bullets from leaving the property and striking unsuspecting people in the surrounding area, according to authorities. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Paramedic, 31, dealt devastating blow as surgeons reveal return of incurable cancer

Abbie Tutchings, 31, from Normanby, was told by medics that the cancer which she thought she had beaten had returned

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13 h. ago Widow who watched husband with MND take own life in Swiss clinic backs assisted dying bill after being diagnosed with same disease

Barbara Shooter, 69, was told she has incurable MND less than three years after her railway executive husband, Adrian, 74, died of the disease in December 2022.

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13 h. ago Fury as mountains of Christmas rubbish pile up on the streets of Birmingham after nearly 12 months of bin strikes

ENRAGED residents in Birmingham have been left "ashamed" and "depressed" by the state of their roads amid the ongoing bin strike. As rats roam the litter-strewn streets and bins overflow with rubbish in the wake of Christmas, locals have told of their deep frustration with the continued dispute. Shocking photos now show mountains of festive...

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14 h. ago London fire chiefs’ urgent warning over candles after four homes gutted at Christmas

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Arnold told of ‘devastation’ of families being left homeless with possessions destroyed

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14 h. ago Fire at Wetherspoons pub forces terrified drinkers and diners to flee

Punters were forced to evacuate after a blaze at a JD Wetherspoons pub

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14 h. ago Barcelona star claims he was 'told not to score' by club due to transfer clause

Barcelona asked one of their star players not to score as they attempted to manage their spiralling finances and wanted to avoid an outlay of cash near the end of a season

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14 h. ago Adam Peaty's 'heartbroken' mother looks downcast as she is seen for the first time since her son got married without her

Adam Peaty' dad Mark has been pictured the day after his son's wedding to Holly Ramsay as he enjoyed a dog walk near their family home in Staffordshire. 

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15 h. ago Texas dad helped rescue his kidnapped teenage daughter by tracking her mobile phone, police say

A 23-year-old man was arrested after the girl, 15, was found in a pick-up truck in a wooded area two miles away

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15 h. ago Inmate on the run after Christmas prison break was jailed for county lines drug dealing

Mahad Elmi is being hunted by police after setting up a drug dealing operation using a teenager to sell crack and heroin trafficked from London to Cardiff

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16 h. ago Market Drayton Wetherspoons fire forces punters to flee as blaze breaks out

A massive blaze broke out at the Wetherspoons pub, The Hippodrome, in Market Drayton, Shropshire, with diners and drinkers forced to flee before firefighters tackled the blaze

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17 h. ago Man, 26, who thought he just 'had the flu' dies after tragic diagnosis

Kieran Shingler's girlfriend told him to go to A&E after he lost his appetite and a Covid test came back negative - then doctors saw something shocking on his CT scan

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