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It has been a month since the UK's controversial Freedom Day when the Boris Johnson-led Conservative government threw open the doors despite thousands of daily cases and 4000 scientists urging them not to.
Driven by high vaccination rates, rules were cast aside in favour of reigniting the economy. Sports stadiums reopened to maximum capacity, as did nightclubs. Mandatory mask rules were left behind, too.
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Read more: What happened after UK dropped all Covid-19 restrictions
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An Adelaide man who downloaded a video of the Christchurch mosque attack "out of curiosity" has been spared a conviction because it could harm his prospects of employment.
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Read more: Adelaide man pleads guilty to downloading Christchurch mosque attack video
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A firefight outside Kabul's international airport killed an Afghan soldier, highlighting the perils of evacuation efforts even as the Taliban warned any attempt by US troops to delay their withdrawal to give people more time to flee would “provoke a reaction.”
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Read more: Taliban insist on 'red line' pullout date for foreign troops in Afghanistan
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An interpreter who worked for the New Zealand Defence Force in Afghanistan says time to leave is running out, with reports of the Taliban going door-to-door looking for those who worked with the government.
Basir Ahmad is in hiding in Kabul. He and 34 others from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) have been promised a flight out.
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Read more: Taliban searching door-to-door for Afghans who worked for New Zealand - interpreter
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The New Zealand Defence Force has been assisting in the evacuation of New Zealand citizens and their families from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan.
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Australia ran four flights into Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday night, evacuating more than 300 people, including Australians, Afghan visa holders, New Zealanders, US and British citizens, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.
The news came after the United States and Germany told their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands tried to flee almost a week after Taliban Islamists took control.
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Taliban fighters have reportedly set a woman on fire for "bad cooking" as others are allegedly being forced into sex slavery.
A respected former Afghan judge and activist Najla Ayoubi has described her experience in the capital saying she had to "flee" for her life after promoting women's rights.
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President Joe Biden says he stands "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and rejected broad criticism of the chaotic withdrawal that is posing a crisis for him.
Biden blamed the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on Afghan political leaders who fled the country and the unwillingness of the Afghan army to fight the militant group. He has also blamed his predecessor, former president Donald Trump, for empowering the Taliban and leaving them "in the strongest position militarily since 2001."
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Read more: Biden defiant over Afghanistan decision
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