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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception

Parwana* no longer recognises her own children. Once known for her beauty in her village in Kandahar province, the 36-year-old sits on the floor of her mother’s home, rocking silently. After nine pregnancies and six miscarriages, many under pressure from her husband and in-laws, Parwana has slipped into a permanent state of confusion.

“She is lost,” says her mother, Sharifa. “They broke her with fear, pregnancies and violence.”

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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception

Parwana* no longer recognises her own children. Once known for her beauty in her village in Kandahar province, the 36-year-old sits on the floor of her mother’s home, rocking silently. After nine pregnancies and six miscarriages, many under pressure from her husband and in-laws, Parwana has slipped into a permanent state of confusion.

“She is lost,” says her mother, Sharifa. “They broke her with fear, pregnancies and violence.”

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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception

Parwana* no longer recognises her own children. Once known for her beauty in her village in Kandahar province, the 36-year-old sits on the floor of her mother’s home, rocking silently. After nine pregnancies and six miscarriages, many under pressure from her husband and in-laws, Parwana has slipped into a permanent state of confusion.

“She is lost,” says her mother, Sharifa. “They broke her with fear, pregnancies and violence.”

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Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries

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The UK could introduce a universal basic income to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said.

“Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be “some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go immediately”, Lord Stockwood said.

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Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries

• Business live – latest updates

The UK could introduce a universal basic income to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said.

“Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be “some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go immediately”, Lord Stockwood said.

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Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries

• Business live – latest updates

The UK could introduce a universal basic income to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said.

“Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be “some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go immediately”, Lord Stockwood said.

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Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

John Eric Spiby is one of four jailed for being part of gang running operation worth up to £288m

A man who won £2.4m on the national lottery helped build a multimillion pound drug empire that involved manufacturing counterfeit tablets on an industrial scale, a court has heard.

John Eric Spiby, 80, was the leader of a drugs operation worth up to £288m that centred on his “quiet, rural” home near Wigan, Bolton crown court was told.

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Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

John Eric Spiby is one of four jailed for being part of gang running operation worth up to £288m

A man who won £2.4m on the national lottery helped build a multimillion pound drug empire that involved manufacturing counterfeit tablets on an industrial scale, a court has heard.

John Eric Spiby, 80, was the leader of a drugs operation worth up to £288m that centred on his “quiet, rural” home near Wigan, Bolton crown court was told.

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Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 29 January 2026

John Eric Spiby is one of four jailed for being part of gang running operation worth up to £288m

A man who won £2.4m on the national lottery helped build a multimillion pound drug empire that involved manufacturing counterfeit tablets on an industrial scale, a court has heard.

John Eric Spiby, 80, was the leader of a drugs operation worth up to £288m that centred on his “quiet, rural” home near Wigan, Bolton crown court was told.