Queen Victoria learned Urdu, she wanted her mango and she stood by Abdul Karim. It sounds like a fantasy, but it isn’t.” Victoria and Abdul is being shown on BBC2 on Saturday 11 April at 9.15pm.

In a major crackdown on international migrant smuggling, the U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Abdul Karim Conteh, a Sierra Leonean national, along with several of his associates.

The culture of Britain's Romany Gypsies is "at risk of being lost", according to the founder of a community group. Charmaine Abdul-Karim started Pride of Romany in Nantwich, Cheshire, in 2022 as ...