Insurgents control more than two-thirds of the country and are closing in on Kabul The Taliban’s seemingly unstoppable advance across Afghanistan continued on Friday, as insurgents took control of four more provincial capitals, having on Thursday seized Kandahar and Herat, the second and third-largest cities. With Afghan government forces in […]
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Oxford Vaccine Group and Gavi say western leaders must not ‘reject their responsibility to the rest of humanity’ We shouldn’t be giving Covid boosters while millions wait for first dose See all our coronavirus coverage Many more people around the world will die of Covid if western political leaders “reject […]
Jake Davison had licence revoked in December but it was restored after he attended anger management course A gunman who killed his mother and four passersby, including a three-year-old girl, had his firearms licence revoked in December, but police reinstated it last month after he attended an anger management course. […]
The singer-songwriter known for songs such as Love at the Five and Dime and From a Distance has died with a cause unknown Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer known for her literary songwriting, has died at age 68. Her management confirmed her death in a statement on Friday afternoon, […]
Anonymous artist posts Instagram video charting his coastal tour in an ageing camper van Banksy has confirmed that he is indeed the author of a number of works that have appeared recently in seaside towns on the UK east coast. An Instagram video clip, just over three minutes long called […]
Police confirm deaths and say gunman is believed to have shot himself during the serious firearms incident Six people, including a child, have died after a gunman repeatedly opened fire in Plymouth, police have confirmed. The atrocity is being classed as a domestic incident and is not thought to be […]
Pentagon aims to send in 3,000 soldiers to ‘aid reduction’ of nationals and Afghans with visas The US and UK have scrambled reinforcements to Kabul to help evacuate their diplomats, soldiers and citizens as well as thousands of Afghans who have worked with them, as the Taliban advance towards the […]
Ujah was part of Team GB’s 4x100m relay team in Tokyo 27-year-old and team face being stripped of medals The British sprinter CJ Ujah has been provisionally suspended for an anti‑doping rule violation after testing positive for two banned substances after winning a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at […]
Opposition figure, lawyers and former envoy among latest detained in six cities a year after disputed presidential poll Belarusian authorities have detained more than 20 people in the latest wave of arrests, continuing their sweeping crackdown on dissent a year after a disputed presidential election, human rights activists say. Belarus […]
About $33m in frozen coins yet to be returned as still-unidentified hacker claims attack was carried out ‘for fun’ to ‘expose the vulnerability’ of platform Hackers behind one of the biggest-ever digital coin heists have now returned nearly all of the $610m-plus they stole, the cryptocurrency platform targeted this week […]