Hunger rife as 90 per cent of Afghan families lack food, aid agencies warn

Humanitarian groups said the country’s outlook is bleak, and the situation will deteriorate without urgent international assistance Hunger rife as

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Valentine’s Day 2022: Ancient symbols, gory origins and the most unique gestures of love

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Ghost village emerges from the deep as drought empties reservoir

The village of Aceredo was flooded in 1992 when a Portuguese hydroelectric plant closed its floodgates Ghost village emerges from

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Wales to keep self-isolation rules in place as further Covid restrictions are lifted

Mark Drakeford said that after ‘careful consideration’ the self-isolation rules will remain in place ‘for the time being’ Wales to

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Pictured: Taliban police recruits displaying their skills at passing out ceremony

Newly trained officers are put through their paces during a graduation parade at the Abu Dujana Training centre in Kandahar,

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Catholic priest showed sexual abuse victim a corpse to intimidate him into silence

Survivors tell of being shown dead bodies and made to clean out coffins by ‘Australasia’s worst sexual offender’ Catholic priest

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UK ‘past the point’ where Covid jabs for children will make a difference, expert says

Prof Paul Hunter’s comments come as the JCVI prepare to make a decision on increasing the vaccine roll-out later this

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Travel restrictions Q&A: Your questions on testing and Covid passes answered

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Adele joins culture wars at gender-neutral Brit Awards 2022 as she says: ‘I love being a woman’

Star wore a diamond ring on her left hand, prompting speculation that she may be engaged to sports agent Rich

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Boris Johnson reshuffles his Cabinet ministers: who’s in and who’s out?

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