Intelligence chief seeks assurances over Afghan helpers and that country will not become terrorist base One of the UK’s most senior intelligence chiefs has held talks with Taliban leaders to negotiate safe passage out of Afghanistan for British nationals and Afghans who worked with UK forces, and to seek assurances […]
Data comes as No 10 vows to press on with plan to make vaccination a condition of entry for nightclubs Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Imposing vaccine passports is likely to make hesitant people even more reluctant to get Covid jabs, research involving more than 16,000 […]
Party seeking to cut 90 jobs but union ballots suggest making them compulsory would spark action Labour staff have put Keir Starmer on notice that any move to make compulsory redundancies as part of a drastic cost-cutting drive is likely to result in strike action. David Evans, the party’s general […]
Analysis of NHS careers raises fears that treatment will suffer unless ‘old boys’ networks’ are dismantled Black surgeons are far less likely to be promoted than their white colleagues, according to analysis of NHS medics’ careers in England. Black men who were junior surgeons in 2010 were 27% less likely […]
17-year-old accused of being an “actress paid by the government” after urging young people to get vaccinated Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A 17-year-old in hospital with coronavirus has said she has been targeted by anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists on social media after urging young people […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]