Mr Harris asked that everything is done to ensure the release of Ms Heraty and other hostages, including a three-year-old child.

The Russian Foreign Ministry linked the decision to efforts by the US and its allies to develop intermediate-range weapons.

The Ghanaian midfielder, 32, has been charged with five counts of rape against two women as well as a charge of sexual assault against a third woman.

The national living wage could rise by as much as 65p an hour next year, an advisory body has estimated, as the terms of its annual review of wage rates were published. Ministers are determined to ...

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