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Aerial footage of Cumbria floods Flood-stricken parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more rain after an "unprecedented" deluge swamped homes and brought down bridges. Forecasters predict Saturday will bring 15mm (0.5in)...
RAF helicopter crews have been working to rescue people from flooded homes and swollen rivers in the worst-affected areas of Cumbria. This footage shows one crew from RAF Chivenor having to abandon the evacuation of one home...
Jenny Uglow follows the careers of five artists whose lives were defined by the first world war The friendships made in early youth, writes David Boyd Haycock, are more open and intense than any others. In the heady student...
Sher Mohammed Akhundzada the former governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province has revealed he turned thousands of his followers over to the Taliban after he was sacked from the job under pressure from British officials.
Updated on 20 November 2009 By Channel 4 News When a British couple began blogging from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, they did not know their dream trip across the Indian Ocean would turn into a hostage crisis. Here is a...
The US Navy says it has delivered four new Mil Mi-17 helicopters to the Afghan National Army Air Corps in Kabul, representing the “first new helicopters Afghanistan has ever received”. To be used for combat airlift, logistical...
LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice. Giles Paxman, the British ambassador to Spain, offered an official apology at the Spanish...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday. "If international forces leave, you can choose a time --...
November 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Jim Sciutto: A Tiny Town Salutes Its Fallen ABC's Senior Foreign Correspondent Jim Sciutto reports: Today, the tiny British town of Wootton Bassett reached a sad milestone: the 100th...
Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local...
