Month: August 2021

Civilians in Afghanistan face a “deadly and dangerous” situation amid concerns that the capital Kabul could fall to the Taliban within 90 days, a former foreign secretary has said. David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, warned the West not to take its eyes off Afghanistan as the Taliban‘s forces continue to make gains
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Half a million teenagers are going to receive their GCSE results later today. Grades are going to be based on teacher assessments, and a report has warned that some parents may call for the exams to be scrapped permanently if more top grades are awarded. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has congratulated “hard-working” students ahead of
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The UK has recorded 29,612 new COVID-19 cases and 104 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to the latest government figures. The figures compare to 23,510 infections and 146 coronavirus-related fatalities reported on Tuesday – the highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths since 12 March, when 175 were recorded. Last Wednesday, there
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Love Island received almost 25,000 complaints over Friday’s episode, which featured more fallout from the contestants’ time during the Casa Amor week of the show. Latest Ofcom figures showed 24,763 complaints were made about the episode, which focussed heavily on the relationship breakdown of Teddy Soares and Faye Winter. It featured Winter’s expletive-laden outburst at
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Apple has settled a lawsuit against a security company called Corellium that makes virtual iPhones which it accused of intellectual property infringements. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 in a bid to force Corellium to shut down its virtual iOS software that allowed security researchers to detect flaws exposing iPhones and iPads to hackers. Although
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An undercover surveillance officer has described the split-second decision to open fire on the Streatham terror attacker in a busy shopping street. The officer, referred to only as BX75, told an inquest he expected to see Sudesh Amman cutting people’s heads off and saw him running along Streatham High Street towards him. Amman, 20, from
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