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PC Sharon Beshenivsky was killed while on duty in Bradford in 2005. Picture: West Yorkshire Police/PA Wire

Man extradited from Pakistan charged with murder of PC in 2005

The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Internally displaced girls walk beside the flood waters near a makeshift camp in the flood-hit area of Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province, months after Pakistan was hit with devastating flooding. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scottish funding boost for girls' education in flood-hit Pakistan

Afghan boys sit outside newly built houses constructed by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in Barmal district, Paktika province, following humanitarian work. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

UNHCR calls for funding to support millions of Afghan refugees

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Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf (left) walks down after taking the oath as a civilian president at the presidential palace in Islamabad. Picture: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and climate activist Vanessa Nakate at a COP26 event in Glasgow last year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Flood affected children attend makeshift school organized by Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, in Sukkur, Pakista. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Millions of Pakistan children miss school after floods

A truck carries local residents while driving to safer ground last month away from the rising waters in Numan Community of Adamawa State in North East Nigeria.

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Women carrying firewood walk past a carcass of a cow in Loiyangalani, Kenya, amid this year's prolonged drought (Picture: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images)

Every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

Anti-fracking groups from around Scotland gather to demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Why the UK cannot afford to waste time or money on 'reckless' fracking quest

Flood-affected people sit along with their relief supplies being distributed by the International Federation of Red Cross in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province.

At least 528 children killed in Pakistan floods, charity warns

UN chief appeals to world to help flood-hit Pakistan

Workers of 'Saylani welfare trust' cook food for flood-affected people in Hyderabad in Sindh province. Monsoon rains have submerged a third of Pakistan, claiming at least 1,190 lives since June and unleashing powerful floods that have washed away swathes of vital crops and damaged or destroyed more than a million homes.

Tens of thousands of people suffering from diseases after Pakistan floods

Oxford University student Israr Khan, who also studied law at Aberdeen University between 2016 and 2020, returned to his native Pakistan to visit in August and plans to come back to the UK in October. He saw a man drown in Pakistan as a result of catastrophic floods. Picture: Israr Khan/PA Wire

Law student who saw man drown in Pakistan floods highlights need for aid

Graeme McMeekin: If we come together we can send a lifeline to Pakistan

With a third of Pakistan said to be under water, a man and a youth use a satellite dish to move children across a flooded area (Picture: Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)

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Government officials and security personnel load relief food bags into a government helicopter for flood affected people in Saidu Sharif, the capital of Swat valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 30, 2022.Photo by Abdul Majeed via Getty Images

UN seeks £136m of emergency aid for victims of Pakistan floods

Children shelter from the rain under a plastic sheet near their collapsed house in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, after heavy monsoon rainfalls caused major flooding across much of Pakistan (Picture: Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)

Antonio Guterres: As climate catastrophe hits Pakistan, your country may be next

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Lubna Kerr: Why do you need to know where I am really from?

Fateh Ali (left), a travelling salesman on the Isle of Arran in the 1940s and 50s, with his brother Yaqub (right). PIC: Tariq Ali/Contributed.

Tracing Fateh Ali, a travelling salesman on the Isle of Arran

A still image from a video released by Al-Qaedas media arm as-Sahab and obtained on September 11, 2012 courtesy of the Site Intelligence Group shows al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video, speaking from an undisclosed location on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

US kills Al-Qaeda leader in drone strike

Wing Commander Gordon Henderson, originally from Dunfermline, is believed to have died on a mountaineering expedition to Broad Peak, Pakistan. PIC: RAF.

Scottish airman missing on mountain expedition in Pakistan presumed dead

A wet bulb thermometer next to a normal thermometer.

Wet bulb temperature and why it is an important alternative way to measure heat

A severe earthquake shook four districts of Paktika province, killing and injuring hundreds

At least 255 dead after magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Afghanistan

New Edinburgh Punjabi restaurant Mera Lahore has opened near Leith Walk

New Punjabi restaurant opens in Edinburgh

This photograph shows a view of a school destroyed as a result of fight not far from the center of Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, located some 50 km from Ukrainian-Russian border, on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Sergey BOBOK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian news agency appears to accidentally publish article claiming victory

Tabassum Niamat, Community engagement manager, The Pollokshields Trust. Picture: John Devlin/JPIMedia

Kenmure Street: 'No one is illegal. We all belong' - Dani Garavelli

Afghans crowd the tarmac of Kabul airport on 16 August, 2021, trying to flee the country after the Taliban took control PIC: AFP via Getty Images

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Parachinar is a small town, the capital of Kurram District in Pakistan. Picture: Muhammad Daud Khan

Valley that provides water for local Pakistan towns is drying up

Scotland qualified for the second phase of the T20 World Cup for the first time.

Scotland's World Cup journey may be over - but there's so much more left in tank

Kyle Coetzer of Scotland is bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman of Afghanistan.

'Scottish cricket needs to be bold and brave'

Josh Davey of Scotland in bowling action.

Davey licking his lips at prospect of tough Scots clashes

Scotland's players celebrate after the dismissal of Oman's captain Zeeshan Maqsood.

Cricket giants lie in wait as Scotland make history at T20 World Cup

The shortage of HGV drivers has impacted on food and fuel supply chains. Picture: Getty

Surge in interest in HGV vacancies from India and Pakistan

Policemen stand guard outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi after New Zealand postponed a series of one-day international (ODI) cricket matches against Pakistan over security concerns. Now England have followed suit. (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan anger as England cancel October tour citing security concerns

More than 20 countries are expected to come off the red list after this week’s review (Photo: Getty Images)

All the green, amber and red list travel changes expected this week

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A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport

Who are IS-K and what was the motivation behind Kabul airport atrocity?

Soldiers from the Black Watch lower the Union flag in Afghanistan (Picture: Ministry of Defence)

The huge costs of Britain’s rushed exit from Afghanistan – Tim Willasey-Wilsey

An outbreak of the coronavirus in England's one-day international squad forced the players and coaches into isolation on Tuesday.

England to name entirely new squad to face Pakistan after Covid outbreak

Glasgow Southside candidate Derek Jackson. Picture: Gina Davidson

Nazi-style salutes at Glasgow count condemned by Humza Yousaf

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Ghur (5796 m), Biafo Glacier, Panmah Mustagh, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan PIC: Colin Prior

Book review: The Karakoram - Ice Mountains of Pakistan, by Colin Prior

Saisal Faisal is currently stranded in Lahore, Pakistan with his wife and their three children.

Family stranded in Pakistan unable to pay mandatory hotel quarantine fee

Saisal Faisal is currently stranded in Lahore, Pakistan with his wife and their three children.

Family stranded in Pakistan unable to pay mandatory hotel quarantine fee

KS is the second-highest mountain peak in the world, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Eilidh Leheny, 10, has enamel hypoplasia, meaning the enamel on her teeth is very thin.

Edinburgh 10-year-old calls for more awareness of dental condition

A displaced woman gets her ration of maize at a camp for people displaced by flash floods in Bangula, southern Malawi, in 2019 (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland will not cast aside its values and cut international aid –Jenny Gilruth

Azhar Ali of Pakistan edges behind giving James Anderson his 600th Test wicket during day five of the third Test at the Ageas Bowl. Picture: Alastair Grant/Pool via Getty Images

England’s James Anderson joins exclusive 600-wicket club

Poor weather could force James anderson to wait longer before reaching his milestone. Picture: PA.

Coach counts on James Anderson to clinch England win and make history

Pakistan’s Azhar Ali plays the ball to leg during his impressive century on day three. Picture: Alastair Grant/PA Wire

England frustrated as umpires prevent Pakistan follow on

England batsman Zak Crawley raises his bat after passing three figures on his way to a score of 171 not out at stumps at the Ageas Bowl. Picture: Mike Hewitt/NMC Pool/PA Wire

Zak Crawley’s dream century puts England in control

Joe Root, left, and Chris Broad make their way to the nets at the Ageas Bowl as they prepare for the start of the third Test. Picture: PA.

Joe Root urges his players to ‘seize the moment’ as England bid for series victo...

People hold national flags as they gather during Independence Day celebrations in Karachi (Getty Images)

What is Pakistan Independence Day? How people are celebrating the 74th anniversa...

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