Impasse leaves Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks mired in uncertainty | Taliban News

Post published:October 28, 2025
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Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding.Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mired in uncertainty after the pair reportedly failed to find a breakthrough during three days of negotiations in Istanbul.State media in each country blamed the other on Tuesday for the lack of agreement on a long-term truce in Turkiye. The talks were…

Sandi Toksvig probes Iron Age Dorset murder for TV series

Post published:October 28, 2025
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Bournemouth UniversitySandi Toksvig worked with university researchers at an Iron Age site in rural DorsetTV personality Sandi Toksvig has been helping to unravel a 2,000-year-old murder mystery as part of a new TV series.The presenter filmed with Bournemouth University researchers and students at an archaeological dig near Winterborne Kingston in Dorset where an Iron Age settlement and cemetery was excavated.During the episode of the Channel 4 show, called Hidden Wonders, researchers discovered the skeleton of a teenage girl…

Gambling addiction in the armed forces

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Alastair Fee,File on 4 Investigates and Jim Booth,ProducerGetty ImagesThe Ministry of Defence says it has support at "every level" of the armed servicesUp to 15 hours a day, placing bets 10 times his wage. A serving member of the armed forces has told File on 4 Investigates that a gambling problem is easy to hide in the military.Paul, not his real name, started gambling illegally at 16 at the bookies but it was in the forces he says…

Memorial to LGBT veterans means ‘no more shame’

Post published:October 27, 2025
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Georgina BarnesSouth WestRuth BirchRuth Birch and Julia Currey, shown 22 years apart, met each other in the armyA woman who had to hide her relationship with her now-wife has described a new memorial recognising lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military personnel as a "significant piece of history".The sculpture, named An Opened Letter, was unveiled by King Charles III to commemorate LGBT+ veterans affected by the ban of same-sex couples in the armed forces until 2000.Ruth Birch, from Truro…

Man jailed over three-hour garage rooftop standoff in Cornwall

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Devon and Cornwall PoliceLawry Alison threatened to blow up police and the garageA man who threatened to set fire to a petrol station and climbed on its roof, sparking a major emergency service response, has been jailed for 27 months.Lawry Alison, 24, from Polstain Road in Threemilestone, Cornwall, climbed on the roof of Biscovey Garage in St Blazey Gate, near St Austell, on 15 September. While there, he damaged cabling and antennas and made racial comments to members…

Men crash stolen taxi into parked and moving cars in Bideford

Post published:October 27, 2025
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Police have arrested a man in his 30s after two men stole the taxi they had hired and drove it into parked and moving cars.Devon and Cornwall Police said the white Ford Mondeo taxi driver had picked up the men from Westward Ho! and driven them to the Geneva Court of Bideford at about 16:15 GMT on Sunday.The men promised payment and went in to a house and, when the taxi driver knocked on the door a little…

What’s in the Thai-Cambodia peace agreement and can it hold? | Border Disputes News

Post published:October 27, 2025
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United States President Donald Trump has kicked off his weeklong, high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, by presiding over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia.Trump had flown to Malaysia to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where he also signed separate trade deals on Sunday with Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as well as agreements on critical minerals with Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.The highlight of…

UK journalist Sami Hamdi detained in US amid pro-Israel lobby pressure | Censorship News

Post published:October 26, 2025
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British political commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi has been detained by federal authorities in the United States in what a US Muslim civil rights group has called an “abduction”.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned Hamdi’s detention at San Francisco airport on Sunday as “a blatant affront to free speech”, attributing his arrest to his criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHamdi, a frequent critic of US and Israeli policy, had addressed…

Bob Dylan | Through The Open Window – BS Vol 18

Post published:October 26, 2025
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Bob Dylan: Through The Open Window – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18 1956-63 (Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings) CD | LP | DL Released on 31 October 2025 PRE-ORDER HERE Through The Open Window is the latest chapter in Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, this time covering the period 1956-63. Serving as a perfect accompaniment to the recent Dylan biopic which covered the period 1961-65, this is another vast collection of songs from the archives which oversees his transformation from…

Israeli settlers and soldiers attack annual Palestinian olive harvest | Occupied East Jerusalem

Post published:October 26, 2025
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NewsFeedFor the second week, Palestinian farmers are being blocked, harassed and arrested as they try to undertake the annual olive harvest on their own lands. Israeli soldier and settler violence in the occupied West Bank has surged since the war on Gaza began in October 2023.Published On 26 Oct 202526 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

Devon and Cornwall police history gem to be digitalised

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Office of the Police and Crime CommissionerThe items are said to be a glimpse into the historical archivesA collection of thousands of artefacts, documents and photographs charting local policing history is in the process of being digitalised for future generations.The little-known collection of police memorabilia, believed to be the biggest of its kind in the UK, offers a glimpse into the history of policing in Devon and Cornwall.The display is owned and funded by the Office of the…

Israeli settlers attack more Palestinians as olive harvest violence surges | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Israeli settlers have attacked several Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank, as a wave of violence targeting residents harvesting their olive trees intensifies.At least three Palestinians were injured on Saturday after settlers attacked farmers in the village of Deir Nidham, northwest of Ramallah, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMujahid Tamimi, a local resident and activist, was quoted by Wafa as saying settlers assaulted the farmers near the village’s western entrance,…