Biden confirms end of 20-year military presence; US secretary of state says support for Taliban ‘will have to be earned’; Taliban fire guns into the air in Kabul in celebration Chaos and bloodshed as last US flight leaves Kabul Afghanistan: what can refugees do now that UK evacuation is over? […]
Month: August 2021
Corrinne and Brett Giles live in Donegal and Derry counties due to ‘borderline unconstitutional’ application of immigration rule A South African doctor and her British husband are living on either side of the Irish border because of what one MP called a “borderline unconstitutional” application of post-Brexit immigration rules. Corrinne […]
Hospitality staff in areas such as Cornwall and Lake District suffer barrage of complaints from angry and impatient visitors It was supposed to be the summer to rekindle the joy of the great British holiday, with demand for 2022 domestic breaks already rising. But hospitality staff in many tourist hotspots […]
Crews using airboats and helicopters conduct search and rescue missions after at least two people killed Hurricane Ida’s rampage through Louisiana – in pictures More than 1 million homes and businesses remained without power in and around New Orleans on Monday as residents and authorities began to assess “catastrophic” damage […]
Cal Fire chief warns of ‘fire activity that we have never seen before’ as fleeing residents clog roads Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate the tourist town of South Lake Tahoe as the raging Caldor fire draws closer, prompting chaotic scenes and clogged roads as residents rush to […]
Many British citizens stuck at Kabul airport after all UK troops left, as tensions and violence intensify Afghanistan – live updates Boris Johnson and other world leaders have received assurances from the Taliban that foreign nationals and those with authorisation to exit Afghanistan will be free to leave, as tensions […]
Gen Lord Richard Dannatt says ‘unfathomable’ why issue of those who helped British forces was not addressed earlier Afghanistan – live updates A former head of the British Army has said it is “unfathomable” that the UK government appeared to have been “asleep on watch” when it came to ensuring […]
Critically injured baby among those stranded after mother had been cleared to evacuate and was stopped from returning for him Afghanistan: live updates Relatives of Afghans caught in the Kabul airport blast have begged the British government to help bring loved ones including a critically injured baby to the UK. […]
Farthing expresses ‘mixed emotions’ as animal rescue charity confirms staff left behind in Afghanistan Afghanistan – live updates A former Royal Marine whose campaign to secure the evacuation of his Kabul animal shelter divided opinion in Britain has told of his “mixed emotions” after arriving in Heathrow onboard a chartered […]
Sheriffs say person killed by falling tree in Prairieville as city of New Orleans falls back on power generators after network fails Report: New Orleans loses power as category 4 storm hits 3.49am BST 3.40am BST Though many left Louisiana’s capital city for safer locations ahead of Hurricane Ida, others […]