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"Without the electricity, Isaac would die. That's no exaggeration. So I have to pay, no matter what the cost."

With his long black hair flowing beneath a traditional cap and over his masked face, a Taliban guard, machine gun in hand, indicated I should follow the doctor.  

Sir Salman Rushdie suffered "life-changing" injuries when he was stabbed, but has been "able to say a few words" and retains his "usual feisty and defiant sense of humour", his son has said.

A popular walrus in the Norwegian capital has been put down by authorities due to fears she posed a risk to people.

Thousands of people are being forced to travel tens or even hundreds of miles to access mental health treatment on the NHS - because beds are not available locally.

At least 41 people have been killed in a fire at a church a few miles from Egypt's capital, Cairo.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 60-year-old man died at the scene of a fight in east London.

A man drove his car into a barricade near the US Capitol building in Washington DC and fired shots into the air before killing himself, police said.

At least one person is dead and dozens more are injured after an explosion ripped through a large market in Armenia.

Sir Keir Starmer is tomorrow expected to call for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn as households across the UK feel the pinch amid the cost of living crisis.