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Wearing of face masks compulsory at three major airports

While passengers are encouraged to bring their own masks and gloves, equipment will be provided for those arriving without in the early stages of the trial scheme.




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Police officer bodyslams a woman in an Alabama Walmart 'for refusing to wear a face mask'

A woman in Birmingham, Alabama, was slammed onto the floor of a Walmart store for allegedly not wearing a face mask




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Woman whose flight was diverted after going into labour 10 weeks early is back in UK with son

Lauren McLean gave birth to Oscar in the most traumatic circumstances at the beginning of March and her ordeal only ended when they flew back home to Birmingham at the end of April.




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Trump says peace talks are 'dead' and America is clobbering Taliban like never before

'They did something that they sure as hell shouldn't have done,' Trump told reporters at the White House. He said he ordered the Pentagon to hit the Taliban 'harder than we've hit them in over ten years.'




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Taliban vows to keep fighting and says Donald Trump will 'regret' ending Afghanistan peace talks 

The Taliban (alleged member, right) vowed to keep fighting US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday adding that US President Donald Trump (left) would 'regret' abandoning recent peace talks.




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At least 30 civilians are killed after US-backed drone strike against ISIS targets farmers

Forty others were injured in the Wednesday night air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, with U.S. air support, in the Nangarhar province.




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Former soldier Jordan Wylie rows solo across the world's most dangerous body of water

Jordan Wylie, one of the stars of C4's Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, rowed across the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti to Yemen, on a gruelling journey that took him over 13 hours.




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Brother of Sandy Hook victim calls out Joe Biden for 'factual inaccuracy'

JT Lewis, whose six-year-old brother Jesse was one of the 26 people killed in the Connecticut mass shooting, eviscerated the 2020 hopeful for making the claim in a new video released earlier this week.




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Love Island Australia's new hunk - soldier-turned-model Aaron Deacon Shaw

Four ladies were left single on Thursday's recoupling Love Island Australia after The Bomb Squad.




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Donald Trump presents Medal of Honor to Green Beret who faced 'hail of bullets'

The president presented the Medal of Honor to Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams of Texas for his heroism protecting comrades during a battle in Afghanistan in 2008.




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Meghan Markle shares five-year-old throwback snaps which show her on tour with troops

The Duchess of Sussex, 38, took to the Sussex Royal Instagram account on Monday night to share the post - which shows her on a tour and visiting troops in Europe.




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UK government and Army are accused of covering up war crimes

An investigation has spoken to 11 British detectives who said that they have found evidence of war crimes as insiders say soldiers should have been prosecuted for the killings.




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RAF officer is accused of trying to choke his Squadron Leader pilot girlfriend to death

Timothy Barry, 31, flew into a fit of rage and attacked Sarah Seddon, 31, at their home in Cuxham, Oxfordshire after she said she wanted to end their relationship on January 14 last year.




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Marine E accused of murdering Taliban fighter reveals his identity

British marine Sam Deen (pictured), who up until now has been known only as Marine E, has spoken for the first time on the mental toll of being court martialled over the killing in 2011.




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Sydney mother, Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto to face Malaysia court over death sentence

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 55, from Sydney will appear at Malaysia's Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday to learn if she will be hanged after she was caught trafficking more than one kilogram of ice.




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teacher arrives home after spending three years being held captive by the Taliban in the Middle East

Timothy Weeks, 50, and his American colleague, Kevin King, 63, were released as part of a prisoner swap deal last week.




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Teacher held hostage by Taliban for three years reveals US Navy SEALS tried SIX times to rescue him 

Australian Timothy Weeks was abducted along with American colleague Kevin King by Taliban fighters outside Kabul's American University in 2016. They were released in a prisoner swap last month.




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White House confirms Trump will NOT participate in Wednesday's impeachment hearing

The president, pictured main with his son Barron and inset, waved and gave supporters a thumbs up as the first family headed back to Washington D.C. on Sunday.




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Afro-Caribbean soldier wins racism claim against British Army

Sergeant Randy Date was baffled when he received a scathing review for a course taught by a black colleague at Colchester's Military Corrective Training Centre in Essex.




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Corporal sacked from British army after £15,000 flight fraud

Corporal Audrey Urbina, pictured, was today dismissed from the British Army and ordered to serve nine months detention after she was found guilty of fraud at a military tribunal in Wiltshire.




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Influencers are increasingly visiting dangerous places as extreme travel firm sees bookings rise 30%

UK-based Lupine Travel, which specialises in extreme excursions, offers trips to destinations such as Afghanistan and Syria as well as North Korea. Many of its customers are influencers.




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Man sues Yale University for $110m following rape acquittal

Saifullah Khan, a native of Afghanistan, filed the lawsuit against Yale on Friday as he accused the university of denying him an education.




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Veterans blame cancer on Uzbek base where black goo oozed from the ground

Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, was a former Soviet air base just a few hundred miles from the Afghanistan border, and became a key hub in the early fight against the Taliban in 2001.




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Pension scam sanctioned in Whitehall could cost military veterans up to £50,000 each

Although some are still suffering trauma from tours of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland, members of the armed forces now face working into their eighties after losing nest eggs worth up to £50,000.




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Pagan soldier, 34, is first to serve with a beard because his beliefs say it's sacred and masculine

Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Hopper of the Nevada Army National Guard is serving in Afghanistan and has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs.




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Soldiers sent to tackle bushfire-ravaged towns just WEEKS after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

Two battle groups from the army's 7th Combat Brigade left Brisbane's Gallipoli Barracks early on Tuesday, ready to man bulldozers and chainsaws to help devastated communities .




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PICTURED: Two US soldiers, 21 and 29, who were killed in Taliban roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt Ian P McLaughlin, 29, and Pfc Miguel Villalon, 21, were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday.




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Former Royal Marine has cheated death 10 times, including stabbing and a faulty parachute

Wes Grant was shot at by the Taliban in Afghanistan, survived a stroke, was nearly killed while parachuting, and also survived being set alight. He now lives in Plymouth with his wife and children.




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John Bolton slams ex-boss Trump for 'Obama-style' peace deal with Taliban winding down Afghan war

John Bolton was fired as national security adviser by the president this past September after the two butted heads over key foreign policy issues like Iran, North Korea, and Afghanistan.




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Up to 1,100 British troops in Afghanistan could be home within just over a year after peace deal

The deal was signed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.




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Two pilots are awarded DFCS after flying 'Spooky' Hercules gunship for NINE hours to hold back ISIS

The aircrew of the AC-130U gunship 'Spooky 41' with Hurlburt Field's 4th Special Operations Squadron from Florida were honored at the military facility in Fort Walton Beach on Monday.




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At least 27 killed and dozens wounded after gunmen attack Shi'ite leader's memorial in Afghanistan 

Gunmen have shot and killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan's capital at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack.




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Australian soldier accused of executing Afghan man stood down pending investigation

The disturbing footage appeared to show an Australian soldier 'execute' a man as he cowered in a field  in the village of Deh Jawz-e Hasanza, in Afghanistan.




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How George W. Bush rejected diplomacy with the Taliban to launch Afghanistan invasion after 9/11

A new documentary about George W. Bush sheds new light on the events after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which turned Bush into a wartime president.




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Inside Cate Blanchett's $3million beachfront holiday home in Vanuatu

Cate Blanchett has listed her luxury island retreat 'Matanara' for sale.




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Troian Bellisario oozes glamour in black dress at Where'd You Go, Bernadette screening

When you're in a movie with two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, it's important to stand out. And stand out Troian Bellisario did, and then some, in New York on Monday evening.




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Australian actress Cate Blanchett reveals the moment she was confused for model Kate Upton

Australian actress Cate Blanchett has revealed the moment she was innocently mistaken for American model Kate Upton.




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Max Factor: Cate Blanchett's makeup artist Liz Kelsh shares her holy grail mascara

Celebrity makeup artist Liz Kelsh has multiple different 'bags' - like the 'Cate' and the 'Nicole' - to house all of the products she uses on her star clients.




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Cate Blanchett exudes elegance in velvet blazer and black trousers as she attends Christmas concert

The actress, 50, looked nothing short of sensational as she arrived at the Fayre of St James Christmas Carol Concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly, London on Tuesday.




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Cate Blanchett looks stylish in a brown blazer and a black top at Berlin International Film Festival

The actress, 50, took part in the Talents Table Talk: Places Like Home event at the Berlin International Film Festival on Monday.




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Actress Cate Blanchett says feminist conversation 'hasn't changed since 1971'

Oscar winner Cate Blachett is about to star as 1970s anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly on Foxtel's new mini-series, Mrs America. 




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British Grand Prix to be pushed back next year to avoid clash with Wimbledon and Euro 2020 finals 

Silverstone revealed the date on Thursday in an email to fans. It means the race will sidestep the finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley and the Wimbledon men's singles final.




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Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka 'face off' in putting green dispute over slow play

The row over Bryson DeChambeau's slow play took another turn on Sunday after he and Brooks Koepka exchanged a face-to-face meeting over the matter on a practice green.




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PGA star John Daly defends Donald Trump against accusations that he cheats at golf

John Daly is defending Donald Trump against accusations that he cheats at golf after the two played at the President's club in New Jersey. Daly did say ex-President Bill Clinton cheats.




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Thieves use keyless hack to steal a £90,000 Tesla in under 30 seconds

The footage was caught on a Ring doorbell camera at the property in London. Thieves gained access to the supercar by using a relay system and key jamming techniques.




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Ilhan Omar fires back at Jerry Nadler after the senior Democrat accused her of anti-Semitism 

Omar's remarks on Friday appeared to be in response to Nadler's tweet accusing both the 'Squad' members and President Donald Trump of spreading anti-Semitism in political discourse.




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Incredible superyachts and their amazing features

When the super-rich take to the open sea, they do it in style. They climb aboard outrageous superyachts with eye-popping features. Some of these boats are available through SuperYachtsMonaco.




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Former Ryder Cup player Brian Barnes, who famously beat Jack Nicklaus twice in one day, dies aged 74

Brian Barnes, who famously beat Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in the Ryder Cup, has died at the age of 74.




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Once it had tobacconists and ironmongers. Today it has vape shops and coffee bars

Britain's high streets once boasted a cornucopia of independent shops where you could buy everything from starched white collars to a butchered half pig.These pictures reveal they are long gone.




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Food bank volunteer is sent flying out of the back of a van as thieves steal it

Lewis Wood and Mark Scott, 21 and 30, stole the parked vehicle from New Bridge Street, Newcastle on a routine parcel drop. Both have now been jailed for six months and eight weeks, respectively.