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Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

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Bride blames best friend after ‘awful’ groom called off their wedding: ‘I’m now being blamed for ruining her marriage’

‘Sounds like you helped her dodge a bullet’

The Independent UK

‘Dating apps encourage us to play the field — and we’re morally bankrupt as a result’

Our dating columnist Lucy Holden on whether apps have created a ‘casual zone’ that’s making us all behave badly

Evening Standard

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How Clean Break puts the plight of women in the criminal justice system on stage - ‘There’s so much damage’

For four decades, the theatre company has kept the subject of women in prison on the cultural radar, with its new play tackling addiction and the criminal justice system in a working-class Pakistani family

Evening Standard

How refugees leading city walking tours helps increase their sense of belonging – new research

Worldwide, one person becomes forcibly displaced every three seconds. The thinktank the Institute for Economics and Peace estimates that the climate change crisis alone will account for 1.2 billion people having to migrate by 2050. That will only add to the major geopolitical shifts and conflicts that have led to…

The Conversation

Jim Fitton: Safety fears mount for geologist jailed in Iraq as Truss is urged to intervene

The 66-year-old is being moved to a general population prison earlier than expected

Evening Standard

Safety fears mount for geologist jailed in Iraq as Truss is urged to intervene

Jim Fitton, 66, is being moved to a general population prison earlier than expected.

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GMB fans slam Richard Madeley for 'distressing' tearful daughter of jailed geologist

The daughter of Jim Fitton, handed a 15-year sentence in Iraq after collecting fragments during archaeology tour, burst into tears on Good Morning Britain

Daily Mirror

‘The goal is to get a wave’: absent Queen fails to deter jubilee service crowds

Royal fans ‘a bit sad’ not to see monarch but relish the atmosphere outside St Paul’s thanksgiving event

The Guardian - UK

Postcard from Cannes #8: Making ends meet

Besides love stories, one of the recurring themes in films shown at Cannes this year is overcoming economic hardship, by any means possible. Two films in the main competition show very different families, from Iran and South Korea, who come up with ingenious and precarious plans to make ends meet.

Radio France Internationale

Leila’s Brothers review – one woman, five misogynistic parasites in fierce Iranian drama

Iran’s Saeed Roustayi puts the spotlight on a woman driven to distraction by the indolent, incompetent patriarchy

The Guardian - UK

A Tourist’s Nightmare: British Geologist To Be Tried In Iraqi Court Over Broken Shards Of Pottery

The family of a Brit facing the death penalty in Iraq for collecting “souvenirs” during a geology tour say they are “incredibly worried” ahead of his next trial taking place on May 22.

Zenger

Retired Brit facing death penalty for 'stealing artefacts' to stand trial in Iraq

Father-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, was arrested and slung in an Iraqi jail after trying to take home 12 stones and pieces of broken pottery from an archaeology trip

Daily Mirror

British Man Found with Ancient Shards Could Be Tried in Iraq

A retired British geologist accused by Iraq of collecting small archaeological fragments had no criminal intent, his family said, expressing hopes the charges - potentially punishable by death - could be avoided. Jim Fitton, 66, was arrested last month at Baghdad airport after Iraqi customs officials found him and a…

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The Independent UK

British man found with ancient shards could be tried in Iraq

The family of a British citizen who could face trial in Iraq after being found in possession of small archaeological fragments is insisting he had no criminal intent

The Independent UK

Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid death penalty fears

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton has received more than 97,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched.

The Guardian - UK

Family of British geologist facing death penalty in Iraq urge UK to intervene

Retiree Jim Fitton, 66, was detained when airport security found ‘valueless’ pottery shards in luggage

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to help geologist at risk of death penalty in Iraq

Jim Fitton, 66, has been detained over smuggling allegations.

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Wales Online

Disabled girl, 9, has KFC trip 'ruined' after restaurant refused to turn music off

Leila becomes stressed by loud noises, such as the music

Daily Record

Autistic tot's KFC trip ruined after they refuse to turn off music

A grandmother was left feeling 'distraught' after a day out to the fast food joint with her granddaughter was ruined.

Daily Mirror

Anger as disabled girl 'left screaming' after KFC refused to turn off loud music

Anne Deegan Hunt, from Southport, Merseyside, said she was left 'distraught' when a KFC manager refused to turn off the loud music which left her autistic granddaughter screaming

Manchester Evening News

Disabled girl's KFC trip 'ruined' after claims restaurant refused to turn music off

Anne was forced to leave the fast-food chain after the manager refused to turn off the music without even coming out to check what was going on

Liverpool Echo

Disabled girl's KFC trip 'ruined' after restaurant refused to turn music off

Anne was left with no other choice than to leave the popular fast food chain

The Guardian - US

‘You’re my star’: high points of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings

From a friend’s charming stories to a senator’s heartfelt backing, here are some non-enraging moments from the Senate

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson: Photographer shares story behind Supreme Court hearing daughter photo

‘It gave me chills when I saw this look that her daughter gave her,’ Sarahbeth Maney told the New York Times about the now-viral photo

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