3 d. 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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3 d. 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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5 d. ago Heartbreak as body of missing student, 19, found on Christmas Day

Tom Dingle, 19, from Wigan, vanished in the early hours of Saturday, December 13, and was last spotted in Lancashire walking alone in the middle of the night

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7 d. ago Manchester Arena plotter’s alleged prison attack sparks call for US

Report recommends adoption of US-style punishment and rewards for most dangerous inmatesA long-awaited report that examined how the Manchester Arena plotter was able to carry out an alleged violent attack on prison officers has recommended a new punishment and rewards system for the most dangerous inmates, similar to that used in a US Supermax jail.David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, is facing demands to publish the report, which looks into why Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for life for helping his brother carry out the 2017 bombing, was able to target staff at HMP Frankland with boiling oil and homemade weapons in a planned ambush. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tragedy as man found dead on popular UK beach in middle of the night

A MAN in his 50s was tragically found dead on a popular UK beach in the middle of the night. Dorset Police were called to Bournemouth beach shortly after midnight on Saturday. Officers found a man in need of medical attention in the area of Pier Approach. Despite the best efforts of paramedics he was...

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8 d. ago Afghan asylum seeker who raped vulnerable teenager in park is jailed for nine years over 'shocking and violent' attack

Rapulla Ahmadze approached the victim in Murray, Scotland in August last year after making 'intimidating remarks'.

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8 d. ago Asylum seeker who raped teen in 'shocking and violent' park attack learns fate

Rapualla Ahmadze, from Afghanistan, carried out the attack in Cooper Park, Elgin during August last year, after approaching the girl and making 'intimidating remarks'

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8 d. ago Tyler West gets emotional as he reveals he attempted suicide after witnessing a murder at the age of 14 which still haunts him to this day

The TV presenter, 29, recalled how that day 'changed my world forever' as the violent attack led to 'PTSD that I just couldn't get rid of,' and 'clouds of dark thoughts' that he lives with 'every single day'.

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8 d. ago Man jumped from capsizing narrowboat as it was swallowed by canal 'sinkhole' in middle of the night

The banks of Llangollen Canal collapsed at around 4am yesterday morning and water flooded out, pulling a huge 160ft wide chunk of canal bed with it and taking two boats down into the hole left behind.

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1 week ago Student claims Uber driver 'left him for dead' after violent road rage attack

Dale Williams was allegedly attacked by two men after trying to defuse a road rage dispute between his Uber driver and another motorist, and thought I'm going to die here'

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1 week ago Strava fires manager following arrest after violent restaurant attack goes viral

Tech firm distances itself from staffer following alcohol‑fuelled altercation in San Francisco

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1 week ago Fitness tech giant fires employee after violent restaurant attack goes viral

Tech firm distances itself from staffer following alcohol‑fuelled altercation in San Francisco

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1 week ago Perth crime: Man, 21, hospitalised after being ambushed by three men in violent attack

Police are appealing to anyone with information about the attack or dashcam footage.

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1 week ago Violent thug jailed for horror attack in Edinburgh that left man seriously injured

Damien May, 58, was jailed for two years at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago The real reason you wake up at 4am — and how to prevent it from happening again

Many Brits are often confused as to why they wake up in the middle of the night, but now one expert has unveiled why it occurs, especially around 4am, and what we can do to sleep through the whole night.

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2 w. ago Cruise ship carrying Brits in 'Russian spy hijacking' fear: Vessel 'is secretly bugged to allow remote control'

Investigators are probing whether Moscow spies were behind the attempted hijacking of a cruise ship that was carrying British tourists, potentially with a view of launching a violent attack.

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2 w. ago World's loneliest killer whale dies 33 years after being rescued as a calf

Kshamenk, was known as the loneliest killer whale in the whale, after his mate died in captivity back in 2000 - park officials said the orca died due to cardiorespiratory arrest

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2 w. ago Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive householdIn 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in their school playground: “It’s your turn, Doctor.” The graffiti was a thinly veiled threat that Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, a London-trained ophthalmologist, would be next in the line of Arab dictators toppled by the then raging Arab spring.It took 14 years, during which 620,000 were killed and nearly 14 million displaced, but eventually the doctor’s turn came and Assad was deposed, fleeing to Moscow in the middle of the night. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Here they come again! Small boat migrants set out for UK once more after 28

Footage taken in the middle of the night shows a packed boat full of over 100 migrants leaving France, and some swimming to make the leaving vessel.

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2 w. ago Prehistoric sea monster bigger than a killer whale may have terrorised rivers too

The mosasaur may have occupied a similar niche to modern-day saltwater crocodiles

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