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Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment

Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months

An elderly British couple taken captive by the Taliban have been interrogated 29 times since they were imprisoned more than two months ago, and still have “absolutely no idea” why they have been incarcerated, their daughter has said.

No charges have been brought against Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife, Barbie, 75, who ran school training programmes and were arrested alongside an American friend, Faye Hall, as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

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Prince Harry makes unannounced visit to wounded veterans in Ukraine

Visit came after prince spent two days at the high court appealing the government’s decision to strip him of security protection

Prince Harry has visited amputees and wounded military personnel at an orthopaedic clinic in Ukraine, after spending two days at the high court in London appealing against the government’s decision to strip him of his security protection while he is in the UK.

The prince, 40, met with wounded veterans at the Superhumans Centre in Lviv, which treats and rehabilitates injured military personnel and civilians, including children, affected by the war.

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‘Stop Brexit Man’ apologises in court for ‘intimidating’ Tory staffers with music

Steve Bray, who regularly protests by playing songs outside parliament, is in court after allegedly flouting a police ban

On a traffic island in Westminster, he played a song called Brexit Tragedy to the tune of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, serenading MPs with the words: “We all live in a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy, a Brexit tragedy.”

Now, the anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray has apologised after hearing in court that his music made Suella Braverman’s chief of staff feel “exhausted”, “intimidated” and “harassed”.

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© Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

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