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LONDON (Bywire News) - Protesters waving the Afghanistan flag have been killed by the Taliban, witnesses say. Earlier today, protesters in the capital city of Kabul marched through the streets carrying flags and chanting “our flag, our identity” and tearing down Taliban flags in retaliation to the country’s takeover by the militant extremists. Yesterday, there were reports of Taliban soldiers firing at, and killing, protesters in the cities of Jalalabad, Asadabad and Khost. Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh praised the protests on Twitter:   از حرکت شجاعانه و میهن دوستانه مردم با عزت کشورم در نقاط مختلف بخاطر برافراشتن پرچم ملی برضد گروه نیابتی طالب ابراز حرمت ، حمایت و قدردانی می نمایم. شماری درین راه با عزت شهید شدندSalute those who carry the national flag & thus stand for dignity of the nation & the country. — Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 19, 2021   In Asadabad, where several people were killed, witness and protester Mohammed Salim said: "Hundreds of pe...

Britain will create a new public railway operator called Great British Railways in the biggest reform of the network in a quarter of a century, though there will be no return to the notoriously "terrible sandwiches" of the old British Rail.

The Indian Navy mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission on Tuesday for 81 missing oil workers and crew whose barge sank in heavy seas following a powerful cyclone that tore up the west coast of the country a day earlier.

LONDON - The bosses of British Airways and the UK's biggest airport, Heathrow, urged the government to go further in easing restrictions around travel on Monday, saying links to much of Europe and the United States should be opened up. Britain lifted a ban on international travel on Monday but the government has said only 12 countries are safe for quarantine-free travel so far, limiting any industry recovery. "It's clear to us that America should be on the green list," said BA CEO Sean Doyle. Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said France, Greece and Spain should also be added.   (Reporting by Sarah Young; writing by Kate Holton, editing by Paul Sandle)...

LONDON (Bywire News)- A Tory MP has denied accusations of ‘blackmailing voters’ after an official Conservative Party election leaflet used his name to tell local constituents that if they did not elect a Tory Council in the upcoming Local Elections, their area might not get government funding.In an official Tory leaflet to support a Local Election candidate in Southend, the Conservative MP for Southend West, David Amess's name was used to tell voters that “unless we have a strong Conservative Council” the government would be reluctant to “go that extra mile” for their area.The stark threat to voters - which was included at the bottom of a leaflet supporting the Tory incumbent in Southend’s Eastwood Ward, Chris Walker - read:“Unless we have a strong Conservative Council, my ability to fight for Southend is hampered as Government Ministers are reluctant to go that extra mile for an opposition controlled Local Council. I urge you to vote for Chris Walker in the Local Elections, as you vo...

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Grenfell fire inquiry show firm joked about cheating to help its flammable insulation pass safety tests.

Norfolk based Solicitor made a series of transfers from client accounts in order to prop up his struggling firm.

The killing of a student about to head to university highlights the human effects of cuts to police and rising crime in the Capital.

According to reports, a private investigator attempted to persuade the SFO to go easy on his clients.

New kid on the social media block aims to take on big tech and bring a new era of transparency to social media.

Man shot dead by police in Streatham after 'several people stabbed' in 'terror-related incident'