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UK PM Sunak to meet Ireland's Martin at British-Irish summit
UK PM Sunak to meet Ireland's Martin at British-Irish summit
by  AFP

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hosts his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin, with renewed focus on talks to end a dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland. In a sign of renewed commitment to resolving the row, Sunak will become the first UK prime minister to open the British-Irish Council summit since 2007.

Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
by  AFP

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender. The new rule, introduced this week, further squeezes women out of an ever-shrinking public space that already sees them banned from traveling without a male escort and forced to wear a hijab or burqa whenever out of the home.

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