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Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces personnel patrol along a road in Rah-e Tang of Panjshir province on August 29, 2021. - Panjshir -- famous for its natural defences never penetrated by Soviet forces or the Taliban in earlier conflicts -- remains the last major holdout of anti-Taliban forces led by Ahmad Massoud, son of the famed Mujahideen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP)

100 countries cite Taliban vow to allow continued departures

The Taliban has assured 100 countries that it will continue to allow foreigners and Afghans with foreign travel papers to leave the country "in a safe and orderly manner
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A member of Border Force staff (L) assists an Afghan refugee on her arrival on an evacuation flight from Afghanistan, at Heathrow Airport, London on August 26, 2021. - A terrorist threat against Kabul airport is "very serious" and "imminent", Britain's armed forces minister James Heappey said on August 26, 2021, as the UK was planning 11 flights out of Kabul airport in the next 24 hours. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski / POOL / AFP)

Anger after UK embassy ‘left Afghan staff details’ in Kabul

UK politicians on Friday slammed British diplomats for reportedly leaving Afghan staff's contact details on the ground as they evacuated the Kabul embassy compound, now guarded by the Taliban.
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Fire and exhaust from the 32 rocket engine nozzles power a Soyuz-2.1b launcher off the ground at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos

Russian rocket launches 34 new UK satellites

A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 24, 2019 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing at a court in Moscow. - EU foreign ministers will discuss the case of Alexei Navalny when they hold talks on April 19, 2021, Germany said, as fears grew of the hunger-striking Kremlin critic's deteriorating health while he is being held in a Russian penal colony. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

UK, US sanction seven more Russians for Navalny poisoning

Britain and the United States sanctioned seven Russian officials on the first anniversary Friday of the near fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, which the West blames on Moscow.
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Police activity at the scene following the terror attack in Streatham High Road, south London by Sudesh Amman, 20, who was shot dead by armed police following what police declared as a terrorist-related incident.

UK knife attack by terror convict could have been stopped: jury

A man released early from a prison sentence for terror offences who was shot dead by police after going on a stabbing spree was lawfully killed, an inquest jury said Friday.
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FILE PHOTO: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey holds the new 50 pound note, which features Alan Turing, next to Turing's statue at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Britain, June 21, 2021. Picture taken June 21, 2021. Joe Giddens/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

UK inflation slows but expected to rise again

Britain's annual inflation rate slowed sharply last month as clothing retailers slashed prices in the pandemic-hit sector, official data showed Wednesday, but economists warned it will likely rise again.
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks with previously furloughed staff at the London Wonderground comedy and music festival venue in London, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)

UK economy rebounds in second quarter as lockdown eases

Britain's economy rebounded 4.8 percent in the second quarter as the government began relaxing lockdown restrictions, official data showed Thursday.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 03, 2019 Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York (L) arrives for the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Bangkok on the sidelines of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. - Britain's Prince Andrew was sued in a New York court on August 9, 2021 for alleged sexual abuse of a woman who says she was "lent out" for underage sex by late US financier Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

UK police to review Prince Andrew allegations

Britain's most senior police officer on Thursday said detectives will re-examine allegations against Prince Andrew due to the US civil suit against him for alleged sexual abuse.
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his face mask before boarding the vessel Alba at Fraserburgh Harbour, Aberdeenshire on August 5, 2021, on his way to the Moray Offshore Windfarm East on the second day of his two-day visit to Scotland. (Photo by Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP)

UK’s Johnson under fire over ‘crass’ coal closure quip

Opposition leaders on Friday condemned Prime Minister Boris Johnson as "crass and offensive" for joking that former leader Margaret Thatcher's coal mine closures had given Britain a head start in fighting climate
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Britain's Sky Brown reacts during the women's park final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo on August 04, 2021. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

Horror plunge made me stronger, says record-breaking Olympian Brown, 13

Skateboarder Sky Brown, 13, said a life-threatening accident only made her stronger as she became Britain's youngest Olympic medallist on Wednesday -- and set her sights on doubling up with surfing in
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