NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.
#AFGHANISTAN: Fresh fighting was reported between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, even as the hardline Islamists finalise a new government that will set the tone for their rule.
#RED LIST: Indonesia’s Komodo dragons were listed as “endangered” in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with extinction.
#BREXIT: The UK’s Brexit minister David Frost said Britain will not sweep away the Northern Ireland Protocol as he warned conflict over the deal risks creating “cold mistrust” with the European Union.
#NEW ZEALAND: The ISIS-inspired radical responsible for a supermarket knife rampage in New Zealand was watched for five years and jailed for three before authorities exhausted all avenues to keep him detained, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed.
A driver in Scotland escaped with minor injuries after a bicycle smashed through her windscreen when it came free from another vehicle on a motorway.
The bike is believed to have come loose from a vehicle travelling on the opposite carriageway.
Images released by Police Scotland show the handlebars smashed through the driver’s side of the windscreen above the steering wheel.
The bike’s wheel was sticking out from a hole in the windscreen.
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