Former Australian PM wants Boris Johnson to make 'ambitious pledge' to support girls at Kenyan summit The former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has called for Britain to return its aid budget to pre-cuts levels as soon as possible. Gillard, who now campaigns for education in lower-incom . . .

Man who took turn steering boat 'because he didn't want to die' freed, with case opening way for others to appeal their sentences An asylum seeker jailed on smuggling charges for helping to steer a boat filled with migrants from France to England has had his conviction overturned at a retrial afte . . .

Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blasts Latifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at Kabul's Sayed Al-Shuhada school for the past three years. When Latifa transferred to Sayed Al-Shuhada, the two girls were . . .