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An elderly British couple have been freed from months of detention in Afghanistan. Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, have been released by the Taliban, the Foreign Office confirmed. The ...

Sir Richard Moore used an outgoing speech to say the Russian president is ‘stringing us along’ amid faltering efforts to broker a truce.

A source close to the pair is seeking to mediate behind the scenes to salvage the future of the as-yet unnamed political venture, it is understood.