The life of a 79-year-old British man imprisoned along with his wife by the Taliban is in serious danger, his family have warned. Peter Reynolds and his wife, Barbie, 75, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province. Their daughter, Sarah Entwistle, said … Read more
When the doors closed on two art shows in the Sussex town of Lewes last weekend, a record number of people had crossed the threshold of Southover House to look at works by Picasso and Grayson Perry. For 18 months, the former council office building has housed a pop-up outpost of Charleston, the former home … Read more
Last July, Nigeria’s third-most powerful man gave a rare apology on the floor of the senate which he heads. Godswill Akpabio had chastised his colleague Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for speaking out of turn, saying: “We are not in a nightclub”. But after receiving what he said was a deluge of insulting text messages from Nigerians, he … Read more
Fifty-one people have been killed and about 100 more injured in a massive fire that broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kočani, the interior minister has told a press conference. The blaze began at around 2.35am on Sunday morning during a concert by a local pop group, according to the … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Deadly fire may have been caused by the use of pyrotechnics – interior minister North Macedonian interior minister, Panche Toshkovski, has been speaking to journalists at a press conference following the deadly nightclub fire. The concert, attended by as many as … Read more
The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has been accused of “fuelling division” and “dog-whistling”, after residents of a Lismore street were allegedly attacked and terrorised in the early hours of Saturday morning. The alleged incidents were labelled “vigilante attacks” by a NSW state MP, who has urged the premier to “call for calm and … Read more
Monetary policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic will be considering how seriously to take Donald Trump’s threats of an all-out trade war as they give their verdict on the path of interest rates this week. The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, will examine the prospect of a “Trumpcession” brought on by tariffs that … Read more
Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and its surrounding streets are not short of monuments. In a 30-minute round trip, visitors can rub the nose of Greyfriars Bobby, spit on the Heart of Midlothian and touch David Hume’s toe, all thought to bring good luck. On the way, they might stop for a selfie with Wojtek the Bear, … Read more
Criminals who have reoffended or broken probation restrictions are being re-released from prisons early on the government’s direction under new measures to ease overcrowding. Justice sources say jails are hurtling towards another capacity crisis despite Labour’s ongoing early release scheme and attempts to shift more offenders into open prisons. Last month, officials were instructed to … Read more
A high-achieving academic has been threatened with deportation from the UK because the Home Office says she has spent too many days conducting her research requiring access to historic Indian archives stored in India. Manikarnika Dutta, 37, a historian, conducted the research as part of her academic commitments to the University of Oxford, which involved … Read more