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      Syrian refugee Abu Ayman dreams of peace but fears deportation from UK. Ashraf Helmi/The National
      Play45:35:17
      Syrian refugee, 64, fights to remain in UK after an arduous journey

      The baker from Ghouta fled Syria after military attacks killed relatives

      UKAugust 19, 2021
      Syrian migrant recounts harrowing Channel crossing from Calais to Dover
      Play45:35:17
      Syrian migrant recounts harrowing Channel crossing from Calais to Dover

      Syrian migrant Abu Mazen, 64, made the perilous journey across the English Channel from Calais to Dover and now faces possible deportation by Britain’s Home Office.

      SyriaAugust 19, 2021
      Former interpreters for the British and other allied forces in Afghanistan gathered at Parliament Square, London, to protest.
      Play32:59:22
      Exiled Afghans bring their fears to UK's recalled parliament

      Former interpreters protest outside Parliament as MPs hold urgent debate on Afghanistan

      UKAugust 18, 2021
      Afghan interpreters' protest calls on UK parliament to help save loved ones back home
      Play32:59:22
      Afghan interpreters' protest calls on UK parliament to help save loved ones back home

      Former Afghan interpreters who worked alongside the British Army in Afghanistan are calling on the UK government to help protect loved ones back home, who now face reprisals by the Taliban.

      UKAugust 18, 2021
      Afghan former interpreter's plea: Please don't leave my family behind
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      Afghan former interpreter's plea: Please don't leave my family behind

      An ex-interpreter for the British Army, now seeking asylum in France, is calling on the UK government to help save his family in Kabul from reprisals by the Taliban.

      WorldAugust 17, 2021
      Syrian husband and wife find new calling as cheesemakers in northern England
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      Syrian husband and wife find new calling as cheesemakers in northern England

      Razan and her husband Raghid are marking ten years since they found a new calling as cheesemakers, after fleeing the horrors of the Syrian war.

      SyriaAugust 17, 2021
      Man kills five in shooting spree in south-west England
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      Man kills five in shooting spree in south-west England

      Forensics teams in the UK are gathering evidence at the scene of a mass shooting in Plymouth, south-west England.

      UKAugust 13, 2021
      Tourists forced out of water at Spanish beach after shark appears along shoreline
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      Tourists forced out of water at Spanish beach after shark appears along shoreline

      A disoriented female blue shark was stranded off the coastline of Benidorm's Western Beach, as tourists watched on.

      WorldAugust 13, 2021
      Messi waves to PSG fans for first time after arriving in Paris
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      Messi waves to PSG fans for first time after arriving in Paris

      Lionel Messi waved to chanting fans from the window of the Paris airport where he arrived on to finalise his transfer to soccer club Paris Saint-Germain.

      FootballAugust 10, 2021
      Downpours cause flooding on UAE's east coast
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      Downpours cause flooding on UAE's east coast

      Isolated flooding has hit the UAE’s east coast as heavy rain continued over the weekend.

      UAEAugust 07, 2021
      Residents flee as flames reach Athens suburb
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      Residents flee as flames reach Athens suburb

      Flames swept through a town on the outskirts of Athens, with local assisting firefighters in tackling the blaze, as wildfires burned across Greece.

      WorldAugust 07, 2021
      Lithuania spat with Belarus leaves Iraqi migrants stranded
      Play20:24:10
      Lithuania spat with Belarus leaves Iraqi migrants stranded

      Iraqi migrants are finding themselves stuck in the middle of a dispute between Lithuania and neighbouring Belarus, with neither country willing to host them.

      IraqAugust 07, 2021
      Sao Paulo's glass-floor lookout puts fear of heights to the test
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      Sao Paulo's glass-floor lookout puts fear of heights to the test

      One of the biggest cities in the world now boasts a birds-eye view of its Brazilian concrete jungle. Sao Paulo's tallest building, the Mirante do Vale, now features a glass-floor on its 42nd level that is putting a fear of heights to the test.

      WorldAugust 05, 2021
      50-year-old power station towers in UK blown up in controlled demolition
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      50-year-old power station towers in UK blown up in controlled demolition

      Four large cooling towers were demolished at a former power plant in North Yorkshire, England.

      UKAugust 04, 2021
      Two dead after passenger trains collide in Czech Republic
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      Two dead after passenger trains collide in Czech Republic

      Two passenger trains collided in the southwest of the Czech Republic, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of passengers.

      WorldAugust 04, 2021
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