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Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning – effectively closing off their last route to further education in the country. Five separate institutions across Afghanistan have also confirmed to the BBC that the Taliban had instructed them to close…

A man wanted over one of Australia’s most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, has arrived in Melbourne after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, were stabbed to death in their Melbourne house in 1977, in a case which has gripped the nation ever since. Police said suspect…

US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening “all hell to pay” if hostages held by the Palestinian group in Gaza are not released by the time he returns to the White House on 20 January. Dozens of people who were snatched during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel…

Abdulkafi, an English teacher from Aleppo, saw his father for the first time in years on Monday, days after rebels launched a major offensive and took control of the northern Syrian city from government forces. “He is 85, an old man. He never dreamed he would see me again before he died,” said Abdulkafi, who…

Jaguar has unveiled its new luxury electric concept car at a launch event in Miami, providing a first look at the firm’s next generation of vehicles. The British manufacturer was accused of abandoning its rich history last month, when as part of a rebranding campaign it released a promotional video that didn’t feature any cars.…

A deal that could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece is “close”, a former adviser to the country’s government has told the BBC. Prof Irene Stamatoudi said it “seems negotiations have gone forward” over relocating the antiquities, which were taken from Athens more than 200 years ago and are displayed in the British Museum.…

Getty Images Diego Garcia hosts a joint UK-US military base Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to the UK. The Sri Lankan Tamils are permitted to remain in the country for six months, with financial support from the Foreign Office, according to…

Karol Kalisky, Arolla Film, Slovakia A European Commission proposal could see the end of protections for wolves in Europe this week The first snow of winter has fallen in Sanmartin, a village in Romania’s eastern Carpathian mountains. Shepherd József Rácz and his sons keep 500 ewes up on the high pasture here. It’s a hard…

BBC Mohammed Zubair is a co-founder of the fact-checking website AltNews More than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading Indian fact-checker and journalist is once again back in court. On Tuesday, the Allahabad high court is due to hear his petition in…

BBC Mohammed al-Halabi is one of thousands of Palestinians living on Gaza’s beaches The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now have to live on the coastline, forced to leave their homes during the war. In recent days they have come under a new kind of assault:…