ABC News • 14th August 2022

'Don't forget about us,' Afghan women say, 1 year after Taliban's return to power

Women rights in Afghanistan are being reversed while violence is increasing.One year after the fall of Kabul, life for Afghanistan's women continues to worsen amid rising violence and the regression of human rights."Don’t forget about us," one Afghan woman, who asked us to call her Atefeh, told ABC News.On Aug. 15, 2021, two weeks before the U.S. military was to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban entered Kabul and captured the capital as the culmination of a weeklong offensive...

ABC News • 21st October 2022

Who will be the UK's next prime minister? Here are the potential candidates

LONDON -- Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday after only 45 days in office, making her the shortest-serving U.K. prime minister in history.

Her resignation follows weeks of political and economic turmoil after her government introduced a "mini-budget" that sent financial markets into crisis and cratered the value of the Great British Pound.

As a result, members of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, the ruling group that sets out leadership contest rules, have introduced immed

The i Paper • 13th September 2023

New JFK assassination theory explained as witness questions whether shooter acted alone

Former Secret Service Agent reveals new details about JFK's assassination 59 years later calling into question lone gunman theory A fresh claim by an 88-year-old former secret service agent who was with President John F. Kennedy on the day he was assassinated has cast new light on the story.


Paul Landis, who was with the motorcade when JFK was shot, has written a book about that day that reveals he took a bullet from the car after the shooting and placed it on the former p...

The i Paper • 15th September 2023

What the Nasa report tells us about UFOs as extraterrestrial life not ruled out

Nasa has released a long awaited report into the existence of UFOs in which it refused to rule out the existence of life beyond earth Nasa’s much anticipated year-long study into UFOs has revived speculation over whether aliens exist.The space agency commissioned a 33-page report into unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, led by an independent team of 16 scientists and experts, including retired astronaut Scott Kelly, the first American to spend nearly a year in space.Th...

The Telegraph • 11th April 2024

Pret refunds subscribers over app chaos

Pret A Manger has been forced to refund subscribers who have been unable to use its app since it introduced a crackdown on subscription sharing.The Telegraph reported this week that some subscribers to “Club Pret”, which allows a customer to order up to five barista-made drinks a day for a monthly fee of £30, were experiencing technical issues with the app and were unable to claim their free drinks.Subscribers must now use the Pret app in order to claim the free drinks rather than accessing thei...

The Telegraph • 11th November 2025

Storm Kathleen clean-up begins as beach huts are lifted back to the coast

Businesses ‘overwhelmed’ by support as residents flock to clear away debris from double-blow of storms Kathleen and Pierrick

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The Telegraph • 12th April 2024

Netflix sponsors Bridgerton-themed garden at Chelsea Flower Show

Netflix will debut at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a Bridgerton-inspired garden as the charity tries to broaden the event’s appeal and bring in a younger audience.The streaming service will sponsor a “secretive and secluded space” inspired by Penelope Featherington, a central character in the new series of Bridgerton being broadcast six days before the event starts.It is the first time a streaming service has backed a garden at the show, which has turned to new sponsorship sources in recent...

The Telegraph • 21st April 2024

Countryside cut off as rural 3G shut down

An initiative funded by the Government and industry to boost 4G capacity in the countryside, called the Shared Rural Network, has stalled, with Vodafone, O2 and Three all seeking a two-year extension to the first stage.Victoria Vyvyan, the president of the Country and Land Business Association, said network operators have a responsibility to provide access to ensure communities stay connected.“Where 4G isn’t available, 3G must remain or rural communities will be victims of the worst kind of digi...

The Telegraph • 10th April 2024

Hoarder’s 10-year fly-tipping battle with council costs taxpayers £43,000

A landowner with a hoarding problem has cost taxpayers more than £40,000 following a 10-year fly-tipping battle with his local council.Langley Beck appeared in court on Friday for failing to remove piles of rubbish and broken cars from his 14-hectare plot of land at Boxley Woods, Kent.He had been ordered to clear the waste by Maidstone Borough Council in 2021 and now faces an unlimited financial fine for not doing so.But Beck arrived at the hearing at Maidstone Crown Court without legal represen...

The Telegraph • 9th April 2024

Amol Rajan: I’m going to start pronouncing the letter H properly now

The broadcaster said that in the next series, which starts in the summer, he would start saying “aitch”, despite the Oxford English Dictionary declaring that “haitch” is a commonly used variant.The BBC pronunciation unit says that “aitch” is the standard British English pronunciation across the United Kingdom and that “haitch” is standard across Ireland and is considered a possible British variant. The unit does not say which is correct.Rajan is not alone in his pronunciation, as other regular B...

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The Telegraph • 8th April 2024

Glaxo boss at centre of family feud over death of retired vice-admiral

The boss of the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is at the centre of a bitter family war over the death of a retired vice-admiral.Sir Robert Walmsley, 81, died in August 2022 after falling down a flight of stairs at a house in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was on holiday with his second wife, Lady Alexandra Walmsley, 53.His three children – Dame Emma Walmsley, the chief executive of GSK, Victoria Walmsley, a therapist, and James Walmsley, a barrister – are said to have never warmed to th...

The i Paper • 14th September 2023

Map shows destruction as debate rages over Libya flood death toll

Confusion is mounting over the confirmed number of dead in Libya's worst flood-hit city of Derna as figures from officials differ The devastating situation on the ground in Libya after catastrophic flooding has resulted in some debate over the total number of confirmed dead.Last Sunday, two dams in the mountains above Derna burst, sending 7-metre (23ft) high waves down the Wadi Derna river and through the city centre, sweeping away buildings, streets and people into the Medit...

The i Paper • 12th September 2023

How to support survivors of Morocco's catastrophic earthquake

The disaster has killed and injured thousands, leaving many displaced and in need of urgent assistance Survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday have criticised the government’s delay in accepting international aid as many struggle to find supplies and shelter.


The death toll has exceeded 2,900, with more than 5,000 people injured and widespread damage to homes and historic buildings.


Many countries have offered support, including France, German...

The Independent • 11th September 2023

Race against time to find survivors of Morocco earthquake as death toll nears 2,700

Rescuers face a race against time to find survivors of the deadly earthquake in Morocco, with international search and rescue personnel arriving to help the search almost 72 hours after the disaster.The earthquake, Morocco’s deadliest in more than six decades, has claimed the lives of nearly 2,700 people and a similar number of wounded, many of them seriously. Search teams from Britain, Spain and Qatar have joined efforts to find people buried under the rubble, including in some of the remote vi...

ABC News • 28th August 2022

Additional Reporting: US can learn from Latin America's abortion laws post Roe v. Wade, experts say

Fabiana*, 24, was pregnant with her second child in Rio de Janeiro, and, like thousands of other Brazilian women, knew she could not rely on the health care system."It was just too much for me," she told ABC News. "I just couldn't handle that. I don't want to become like many women with many kids."Her mother worked as a maid for a wealthy family who offered to pay for a doctor, but, not wanting to incur any debt, she said she instead found a cheaper option where she could buy abortion medication...