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Sara Sharif’s grandfather vows to keep her siblings in Pakistan as vigil held for murdered girl
Sara Sharif’s grandfather said he will fight to keep her siblings in Pakistan, calling it the “safest place for them”, as a vigil was held for the murdered 10-year-old in Surrey.
Muhammad Sharif said he would appeal to the high court in Pakistan to stop Sara’s five siblings from being …
Antoine Dupont orchestrates Toulouse’s Champions Cup thrashing of Exeter
Another lop-sided pool game and a further reminder of life’s fluctuating fortunes. Five years ago Exeter were beating Toulouse en route to winning the Champions Cup and putting the seal on one of English team sport’s great Cinderella tales. These days the gap between the teams is such a yawning …
MPs fear government too trusting of China in wake of alleged spy scandal
MPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as some consider naming the alleged
spy who used his relationship with Prince Andrew
to get access to the heart of the British establishmentMinisters will come under pressure this week to set a timeline …
Man dies after falling from balcony at Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham
A man has died after falling from a balcony at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham, police said.
The incident occurred at the city centre site at about 9pm on Friday, just as the complex was about to close. The centre was closed after emergency services were dispatched to the …
All eyes on Prince Andrew after alleged Chinese spy controversy
The royal family’s Christmas Day walk from Sandringham House to St Mary Magdalene church in Norfolk is a longstanding tradition. But it has also become a barometer of internal pressures.
So, all eyes will be on whether the Duke of York is among family members walking alongside the king and …
Schools reopen in Damascus as celebrations over Bashar al-Assad fleeing Syria continue
Damascus appeared to be adjusting to a new normality a week after Islamist-led rebels
forced president Bashar al-Assad to flee the country
, with schools and universities reopening on the first day of the working week.Ali Allaham, the dean of Damascus University’s arts faculty, told AFP that …
UK to provide £50m of emergency aid for vulnerable Syrians
The UK has announced £50m of humanitarian aid for vulnerable Syrians across the Middle East after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGOs to people in the country, in addition to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, the Foreign Office said …
Alaa Abd el-Fattah: mother on hunger strike takes protest to Westminster
A woman on hunger strike to secure the release of her son, the British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah, is to protest outside the Foreign Office each day to remind diplomats of his plight.
Laila Soueif is on the 77th day of a hunger strike in which she drinks only tea …
Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte
At least several hundred people are feared to have been killed after the worst cyclone in almost a century ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing houses apart and pounding the impoverished archipelago’s already weak infrastructure.
Rescuers have been dispatched to the islands, …
British inaction helped prolong Assad’s rule | Letters
The Guardian view on the fall of Assad: a tumultuous, fragile hope in Syria, 8 December
), the downfall of Bashar al-Assad is welcome, but it is more than a decade overdue. The scenes we have witnessed this week could have taken place in 2013, …