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Taliban say women's rights are protected despite bans

The Taliban issued a message on International Women's Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the UN condemned ongoing employment and education bans.

Fernandes steps up to bury Arsenal's fragile title hopes

The chorus was about winning the league at Old Trafford.

England unleash attack to keep Six Nations hope alive

Perhaps it will not be a French fait accompli on Super Saturday.

'Peaky Blinders' devastate Russians with drone attacks

Ukrainians fight in caps with motto 'To Find and Destroy'

Russian activist fears Trump influence on US asylum bid

Valeriia Razheva faces jail if she is forced to return to Russia

Labour could shut planning bodies to speed up building

Ministers could slash the number of official bodies that get a say in planning decisions in a drive to cut red tape.

Farage faces witch hunt claim in Reform civil war

Nigel Farage has been forced to defend his leadership of Reform as the party descends into further civil war over the suspension of MP Rupert Lowe.

Ukrainians blame 'traitor' Trump for battlefield losses

On the ground, Ukrainians are acutely aware of the repercussions of Donald Trump's hardline decision to cut aid and access to military intelligence in the wake of his fateful White House row with Volodymyr Zelensky.

'Had I not pushed for a test, it would have been stage 4'

Paul Campbell had to fight for his cancer diagnosis as fears grow of a two-tier NHS that is based upon patient ethnicity.

BBC needs more workingclass voices, new chair says

The newly appointed chair of the BBC has called for the broadcaster to hire more “Northern working-class” voices as he suggested there was a lack of diversity of thought.

Hottest day of year so far but winter set to bite back

High of 20C but warning of another Beast from East on way

Keeler could be cleared 60 years after Profumo scandal

A top barrister has issued a new plea for the reputation of Christine Keeler, the model at the heart of Britain's most notorious sex scandal, to be cleared.

No 'chainsaw reforms' for civil service, says minister

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden has insisted that he will \"not take a chainsaw to the civil service\" as fears grow of an Elon Musk-style cost-cutting exercise.

Tottenham fightback gives Ange much-needed respite

Son Heung-min’s 84th-minute penalty rescued a point for Tottenham from two goals down in an entertaining 2-2 draw with Bournemouth.

Starmer 'must use Trump threat to fix Brexit damage'

Michael Heseltine urges PM to set up alternative defence structures with Germany and France in case Nato fails

Whippet named Miuccia wins Crufts best in show

A whippet called Miuccia has been crowned best in show at Crufts 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham.

Disquiet over Brute Squad tactic that won it for France

There is an exchange in Rob Reiner's seminal comedy classic The Princess Bride that came to mind while watching France's dismantling of Ireland.

Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House

The US Secret Service shot an armed man directly outside the White House grounds, the agency announced yesterday.

Ill health and loneliness are 'lasting' effects of Covid five years after first lockdown

New figures suggest people's experiences of poor health and loneliness have not improved five years on from the first Covid19 lockdown.

Government rebukes Israel over Gaza electricity threat

The government has accused Israel of risking a breach of international law after it cut off electricity supplies to Gaza.

Ukraine 'may not survive anyway', warns Trump

Donald Trump leaned into his personal feud with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday.

New Canadian PM Carney vows to fight US trade war

Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, has vowed to take on Donald Trump and urged his country to unite in a defiant acceptance speech during a fierce trade war with the United States.

Israeli tourist is one of two women gang-raped in India

An Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator were gangraped and a man was killed during an attack in southern India.

Dozen injured as three men open gunfire in Toronto pub

A dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what police called a reckless act of violence by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning.

Inside the spy ring waging Putin's war on British soil

Mark Hollingsworth looks at the origins of the Bulgarian freelance spy ring and how even the suburbs of Norfolk are now not immune from the sinister spying of Putin’s agents

Canada is on a war footing as the US becomes its enemy

America is no longer a member of the free world. That is the almost unbearable truth that has been revealed over the past two months.

Scotland survive fightback to beat beleaguered Wales

Tom Jordan and Blair Kinghorn both scored doubles in Scotland’s five-try 35-29 victory over Wales at Murrayfield as the visitors went down to a 16th consecutive Test defeat and a 10th straight loss in the Six Nations.

Pro-Palestine activist comes down from Elizabeth Tower

A man who scaled the clock tower of Big Ben yesterday morning came down just after midnight today, having spent hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag on the Elizabeth Tower. Pictures from the scene showed the man being lifted to the ground in a cherry picker.

Phillips told not to apply for job 'as she was pregnant'

Jess Phillips has revealed she was told not to apply for a job because she was pregnant.

More than 1,000 claimants die waiting for their benefits

More than 1,000 sick and disabled benefit claimants died while waiting to receive vital payments last year, The Independent can reveal, laying bare the crisis in the welfare system.