Russia offered bounty to kill UK soldiers
Moscow accused of trying to give money to the Taliban as part of its campaign to destabilise America and its allies The Russian intelligence unit behind the attempted murder in… »
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Home Office unlawfully imprisoned asylum seekers, supreme court rules
Thousands of people, including survivors of torture and trafficking, likely to be entitled to compensation The Home Office “falsely imprisoned” many asylum seekers who are now entitled to damages for… »
Thousands of asylum seekers may be due damages after court ruling
Supreme court finds Home Office unlawfully imprisoned people before removals The Home Office “falsely imprisoned” many asylum seekers who are now entitled to damages for their loss of liberty at… »
Republicans and Democrats denounce Trump’s shock Taliban talks revelation
Amy Klobuchar: ‘This isn’t a gameshow. These are terrorists’ Liz Cheney says Taliban should never visit Camp David Donald Trump’s shock announcement that he had canceled secret peace talks with… »
Donald Trump says he was due to host Taliban at Camp David
President says he cancelled secret peace talks with insurgents and the Afghan president after Kabul attack killed 12 including US soldier Donald Trump has said that he cancelled secret peace… »
Kabul attack: nearly 100 injured in Taliban bombing, say officials
Car explodes by police station as violence continues despite looming US-Taliban pact A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, wounding at least… »
Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, believed dead – reports
US reported to have had a hand in death of heir to al-Qaida ‘sometime in past two years’ Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza, who was trying to lead an al-Qaida… »
‘The Great Hack’: Netflix doc unpacks Cambridge Analytica, Trump, Brexit and democracy’s death
It’s perhaps not for nothing that The Great Hack – the new Netflix documentary about the connections between Cambridge Analytica, the US election and Brexit, out on July 23 –… »
British Museum to return Buddhist heads looted in Afghan war
Stolen artefacts likely removed by Taliban will go on display before being sent to Kabul Fourth-century Buddhist terracotta heads probably hacked off by the Taliban and found stuffed in poorly… »
Man granted visa to see son collect doctorate says he is ‘in a dream’
Home Office initially refused to grant visa to Scottish Refugee Council chief executive’s father The 79-year-old father of the chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council has said he felt… »
US-Taliban talks offer glimmer of hope on path to Afghan peace
Insurgents demonstrate their commitment by naming top commander as chief negotiator Taliban and US negotiators have reportedly agreed parts of a potential peace deal a day after the Afghan insurgents… »
Exclusive: party prompts anger from Corbyn allies as it attempts to draw line under allegations Labour and antisemitism: how party became embroiled in crisis Labour is poised to make a… »
The UK government has confirmed a widely expected U-turn related to “high risk” 5G vendors linked to the Chinese state — attributing the policy shift to the US recently imposing… »
