UK to deploy 600 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate Britons

The UK is sending military personnel to help evacuate Britons from Afghanistan as the security situation in the country rapidly deteriorates.

Fighting rages, cities lost, families on the streets: Twenty years on, back at the scene of a crisis happening all over again

Flies swarm around the mouths and faces of little children, women in burkas huddle in the dust sheltering from the sun praying for food to be donated; homes lost, their possessions now a small...

UK to deploy 600 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate Britons

The UK is sending military personnel to help evacuate Britons from Afghanistan as the security situation in the country rapidly deteriorates.

Serial fraudster Mark Acklom refuses to leave cell for start of Spanish extradition bid

Jailed fraudster Mark Acklom has refused to leave his UK prison cell to be arrested and taken to court for the start of a Spanish extradition bid.

Jabs prevent over 84,000 deaths in England – as COVID cases up in most regions and age groups

Coronavirus case rates have risen in most regions of England and among almost all age groups, latest figures from Public Health England (PHE) show.

Team GB bronze medal-winning twins ‘thrilled’ with GCSE results as they celebrate more success

Twins, who won bronze in the gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics, celebrated another success after receiving their GCSE results on Thursday.

Team GB silver medallist suspended for suspected doping violation

Team GB 4x100m relay silver medallist CJ Ujah has been suspended for a suspected doping violation.

Taliban take Afghanistan’s third-largest city as they push towards Kabul

The Taliban have captured Herat - Afghanistan's third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul.