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Boasting Taliban share images of repaired military vehicles left by the West

EXCLUSIVE: Photographs shared by the official Ministry of National Defence, Afghanistan, showed line upon line of military vehicles the regime said were now ready for use.

Sickening leaked Russian spy emails show Putin planned 'total cleansing' of Ukraine

The country's intelligence service was to inflict "house-to-house terror", the leaked FSB email shows.

Woman, 70s, dies after crash involving car and lorry

No other injuries have been reported.

Rayner's attack on Sunak backfires as Labour's own policy would 'leave us all poorer'

EXCLUSIVE: Labour's tax policy has been criticised after Angela Rayner launched an attack on Rishi Sunak following the publication of his tax returns.

Food cargo theft, including 200,000 Creme Eggs, hits £700m

Food cargo theft has risen to around £700million in just over a decade.

Matt Hancock is caught asking for an eye-watering £10,000-A-DAY fee

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock and ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were apparently duped into offering their services for £10,000-a-day by campaign group Led by Donkeys.

'Shocked' father demands answers after his wheelchair user son 'was turned away from restaurant'

Brian Kelly, 61, claims The Bombay Cottage in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, refused to seat the family because they had not informed them that his son, Declan, 30, is a wheelchair user.

What the papers say – March 26

A wide variety of stories feature across Sunday’s front pages.

London ULEZ vandals told to 'keep up the good work' following latest attack near Sutton as TfL warns every incident is referred to police

The vandalism of cameras is intensifying but Transport for London says they are being treated as crimes

Masked gunman goes on daylight rampage near £42,000-a-year public school Eton

Police near Eton college are on the hunt for the suspected "gunman" who is believed to have worn a facemask similar to those used during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Liz Truss criticised for ‘stunning lack of humility’ over reported peerage plans

Liz Truss has been accused of showing a “stunning lack of humility” following reports that she plans in effect to create a peer for every 10 days she spent in office. The former prime minister is reported to have nominated at least four new members of the House of Lords, despite being forced from office after only 49 days, following a disastrous mini-budget. The names on her resignation honours list include a Conservative donor and a former...

Nicola Sturgeon takes driving lessons at age 52 after relying on chauffeur as First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon is in the "early stages" of learning to drive as she prepares to stand aside as Scottish First Minister. The outgoing SNP leader described the move as being "part and parcel of the next phase of life". It comes as she prepares to leave office after more than eight years at the helm of the Scottish Government. Friend Ricky Bell said ...

Boris Johnson news – latest: Ex-PM already planning ‘worst-case’ scenario by-election

Boris Johnson news – latest: Ex-PM already planning ‘worst-case’ scenario by-election - Labour expected to win an Uxbridge fight but allies say Boris Johnson ‘will be ready’

Prince William set to assume new role which will see him travel world

Prince William's trip to Poland last week to thank British troops on the border of Ukraine was a key staging post as he embraces his new position on the world stage, sources say.

Do YOU know the meaning of this road sign that is baffling motorists and cyclists?

This road sign was first introduced to Britain nearly eight years ago. It reads 'no right turn except in two stages', but do you know what it actually indicates?

Man who ‘committed senseless’ murder at Ealing pub convicted

Man who ‘committed senseless’ murder at Ealing pub convicted -

Russian ‘storm' troops say ‘blocking units' stopped them retreating from being slaughtered

In a video posted online by a group of Russian soldiers they call their orders ‘criminal' and complain of suffering ‘very, very substantial losses' on the frontline.

Body found in search for camper, 24, who disappeared five days ago

Adam Perkins, 24, was last seen at around 8pm on March 20, after he left his home in Sheffield.

Amir Khan tells Sadiq Khan to 'pull his finger out and do something' about London crime after gunpoint robbery

The boxer was the victim of a robbery when thieves targeted his watch

Super-tanker anchored off Yemen’s coast ‘may explode at any moment,’ says UN

Super-tanker anchored off Yemen’s coast ‘may explode at any moment,’ says UN - The FSO Safer, which contains more than a million barrels of oil, was abandoned in 2015 during the Yemen civil war and is now starting to fall apart

Stephen Bear 'moved to isolation wing for vulnerable prisoners' as he serves 21 months

He was reportedly put on suicide watch recently.

Pension age 'could rise to 72 by 2050s'

Government sources signalled a long-awaited report from Tory peer Baroness Neville-Rolfe (pictured) would propose the pension age rises to 68 from 2042 - two years earlier than expected

DAN HODGES: It doesn't matter if Harman dons her executioner's cap - it's over for Boris

DAN HODGES: The Parliamentary Conservative Party has had enough of Boris. They're tired of his self-serving dissembling. He should just go.

Why is there a major crackdown on migrants happening in the UK?

Woman who left her AirPods on a flight tracked them down to an airport worker's HOME

A woman who left her AirPods on a flight and was told she couldn't retrieve them has revealed she tracked them down to an air steward's home.

Highland cows attacked by off-leash dog in 'distressing' incident at Scots park

A Glasgow Council spokesman said they would report the "shocking" incident that likely caused "significant distress" to the Highland cattle to local police.

Boris accused of 'stabbing UK fishermen in back' with industry 'just about finished'

Boris Johnson had promised the UK would "take back control" of its waters after Brexit, but a former MEP has has claimed the former Prime Minister broke that promise.

Woman 'so upset' after 'annoyed neighbour' leaves note on mother-in-law's car

Some of the most common disputes between neighbours are over noise, street parking and pets.

Lebanon has two times of day amid daylight savings dispute

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20, instead of entering daylight savings time on the last weekend of March as is usually

The Abandoned Wreck Of This Dictator's Yacht Has Become An Eerie Attraction

Saddam Hussein's abandoned yacht and other extraordinary shipwrecks from around the world...

‘Lost £58,812!' WASPI woman furious at state pension age change - ‘robbed!'

A WASPI woman has argued she feels "robbed" by a decision to increase the state pension age when speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk.

Xi Jinping 'sends cold chill down Putin's spine', experts claim

Russia's poor performance on the battlefield has led to new opportunities for a 'particularly assertive' China, which already enjoys substantial economic ties with the republics through its Belt and Road Initiative.

‘Bored' asylum seekers say living in £6.8m taxpayer funded hotels is like ‘living in jail'

Nearly 400 hotels are now being used to accommodate more than 51,000 migrants hoping to claim asylum in the UK.

Woman accused of ‘making a scene’ at sister’s wedding over bride's ‘humiliating’ speech

A woman has shared how her sister who got married "humiliated" her when it was time for the bride to give a speech at the wedding reception. In a post to Reddit's "Am I the A**hole?" forum, the woman gave a backstory as to what led to the fall out with her sibling. She explained how her 24-year-old sister got married in a "very well planned out" we...

Jonathan Majors arrested on assault charge in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, authorities said. New York City police said that Majors, star of the recently released “Creed III" and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. Police responded around 11 a.m. to a 911 call inside an apartment in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. “The victim...

BBC repeated same programme 11 times in a month after axing prestigious show

The BBC has been forced to defend itself after airing the same programme multiple times in the space of just one month.

Major Russian offensive 'stalled' by extreme attrition and Wagner chaos

Russian battle plans are likely to switch to defending the small gains that the Kremlin has managed to secure in months of bitter fighting, according to the Ministry of Defence.

Protests erupt in NYC — not for Trump but for 'The Joker'

NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of protesters gathered at the courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their embattled hero. Police kept watch as passions flared and voices roared. Squad cars and television trucks encircled the commotion. It’s a scene New York City authorities have been bracing for as prosecutors consider an indictment against former President Donald Trump, who has invited followers to rally on his behalf. But on Saturday, it was just...

Woman passenger asks train station staff to check on 'unwell man' - only to be told it was a statue

Emma Obank (pictured) was on a train passing through Woking, Surrey, when she saw the 'man'. She contacted South Western Railway and they told her it was a statue.

Afghan pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in small boat facing deportation to Rwanda

Afghan pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in small boat facing deportation to Rwanda - Air force lieutenant says he is one of many Afghan forces personnel ‘forgotten’ by coalition forces after the fall of Kabul

Royal Mail warns of new postal delays across UK today - full list of postcodes affected

Royal Mail has updated its website this morning, March 25, to announce fresh postal delays across the country. Here are the postcodes affected.

Ukrainian troops target Russians with 'highly capable thermal scopes' in new footage

New footage shows a Ukrainian sniper hunting down targets using advanced thermal imaging technology capable of zooming up to 1,800 metres.

Homeless man guilty of murdering 'kind-hearted' pensioner who took him in

Allan Scott burned Patricia Holland's body on a bonfire in her garden.

London drug dealers making £13,000 a week from crack and heroin named and shamed as they're taken down in raid

The drug network brought in thousands each week

Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously

By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, sending a warning to NATO over its military support for Ukraine and escalating a standoff with the West. Although not unexpected and while Putin said the move would not violate nuclear non-proliferation promises, it is one of the Russia's most pronounced nuclear

CCTV shows moment brave members of public tackled armed robber to the ground

Police have hailed the bravery of three members of the public who tackled a masked attacker during an armed robbery at a shop.

How one man's war against a £100 private parking fine could invalidate EVERY ticket sent by an ANPR camera

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence Carnie (pictured), 58, was slapped with a £100 ticket for a '22-hour' stay at a car park in Dartford, Kent in June - but he claims it was actually two half-hour stays on consecutive days.

Violence hits Mykonos over efforts to preserve ancient heritage

Under the cover of darkness in an Athens side street earlier this month, Manolis Psarros, an archaeologist, was attacked as he walked towards his car. It was 8.30pm, later than usual for the state employee to return home from his office in a neoclassical culture ministry building beneath the Acropolis. “There was a general strike the next day and I needed to get through my files on Mykonos,” said Psarros, who oversees development on the Cycladic...

Family pays tribute after teenager found dead near railway lines

Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found unresponsive in Weymouth.

Honduras cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan

Taiwan confirmed the loss of another of its diplomatic allies on Sunday, accusing Beijing of coercion and “flashy promises” in enticing Honduras away from Taipei. The move leaves Taipei with just 13 official allies, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, and also including the Vatican. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and countries...