Exclusive: Whitehall and security sources worry they will not be able to continue emergency evacuations Afghanistan live news: latest updates Britain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul international airport within days, putting it at risk of closure and raising concerns over the emergency airlift of thousands of people […]
Month: August 2021
‘If there’s American citizens left [after 31 August], we’re gonna stay till we get them all out,’ says Biden; ‘There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country,’ says Taliban official Afghan ex-president in talks with Taliban over transfer of power […]
Former PM Theresa May says country ‘may once again become a breeding ground for terrorism’ Afghanistan live news: latest updates Boris Johnson faced a wall of fury from all wings of the Conservative party over the UK’s conduct in Afghanistan, with 11 former cabinet ministers among the dozens of MPs […]
Analysis: PM fails to make convincing defence of foreign policy amid criticism from across the Commons Afghanistan latest updates – live Other leaders have had the luxury of being able to deliver an uninterrupted televised address. But Boris Johnson had to justify the ignominious retreat from Afghanistan in front of […]
Researchers say implications for transmission remain unclear but reaching herd immunity even more challenging Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Fully vaccinated adults can harbour virus levels as high as unvaccinated people if infected with the Delta variant, according to a sweeping analysis of UK data, which […]
Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised under new scheme criticised as unambitious • The resettlement plans explained Afghanistan crisis: live updates Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised in a new UK resettlement scheme for 20,000 Afghan refugees, Boris Johnson will announce, acknowledging that those who helped […]
Reports of unrest at Taliban checkpoints around Kabul airport; Pentagon investigating how civilians were killed as they clung to aircraft. Follow the latest updates Taliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’ Pakistan divided over success of Taliban in Afghanistan Afghan who guarded UK embassy fears […]
Analysis: The stunning US defeat has left Afghans and Americans distraught and confused but some gains may not be easily erased Afghanistan crisis: live updates On 1 October 2001, three weeks after the 9/11 attacks and six days before the bombing of Afghanistan began, there was a small protest march […]
TOLO News sent female reporters home on Sunday for safety reasons but many have returned to work Afghanistan crisis: live updates On Tuesday an unprecedented discussion took place on an Afghanistan television channel: a female presenter interviewed a Taliban spokesperson about the group’s plans for the country, days after insurgents […]
Exclusive: Jake Davison seen pacing around convenience store for more than five minutes on day before attack Police increasingly believe that anti-women propaganda may have fuelled anger in the Plymouth gunman before his attack, with his links to the “incel” movement a main strand of their investigation. Jake Davison, 22, […]