17 h. ago Shocking moment British woman forces plane to divert to Crete after shoving stewardess and screaming at passengers after row sparked by someone kicking the back of her seat

Witnesses have described how the 38-year-old scratched the brave cabin crew worker, leaving her bleeding, while hurling abuse and threatening other travellers.

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31 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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36 h. ago Family of couple detained in Iran call on ministers to ‘secure urgent release’

Lindsay and Craig Foreman deny espionage charges after they were arrested in January.

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60 h. ago Moment rocks come crashing down on Ibiza hotel in front of screaming British tourists, injuring three people and trapping others as party island is hit by intense storm

Four people were trapped following the landslide at the four-star Vibra Tropical Garden Apartments, a short walk from Figueretas beach.

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62 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...

Technology

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

Politics

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 British stag do force Ryanair flight to land in France and brawl with police in front of terrified passengers before being arrested 

As the flight took off, the group immediately began drinking duty-free booze and 'engaging in loud, inappropriate conversations all within earshot of young children seated nearby'.

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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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6 d. ago Family of UK couple detained in Iran say health deteriorating in prison

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a motorcycle tour around the world and were later charged with espionage.

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7 d. ago The £42m cocaine smugglers: Undercover footage captures moment two Scots working for a Colombian cartel unload huge drug haul on British beach

Their plan would come crashing down when they were intercepted in the pub car park by National Crime Agency officers who discovered 524 kilos of cocaine in the back of a hire van last May.

Economics

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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8 d. ago Emotional Davina McCall reunites bus driver with long lost daughter he was unable to adopt after 50 years

Told by authorities that he was unable to adopt his own child as a single man, a young father saw his world and family torn apart.

Transport

8 d. ago Moment British murderer is finally arrested in Spain after huge manhunt

He's been on the run for 17 months after stabbing his roommate to death, but has now finally been caught

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8 d. ago Shocking moment British tourists watch as migrants stream into Spanish resort

Joseph was enjoying his morning coffee on his balcony when he noticed a small black dinghy full of around 10 to 15 migrants dock at the sandy seashore at around 6am.

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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...

Society

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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