Trump officials tried to convince him to take threat seriously and British experts ‘oddly pessimistic’ on defeating virus, says book US officials thought their British counterparts “were out of their minds” in aiming for herd immunity as part of Boris Johnson’s initial policy on dealing with the coronavirus, according to […]
Dramatic downsizing of plans for huge customs clearance facility celebrated as ‘real result’ Controversial plans for an enormous Brexit customs clearance park in Dover with a capacity for 1,200 trucks have been dramatically downsized in a major victory for local opponents. Devastated homeowners have spent seven months fighting the plans, […]
Foreign secretary’s position ‘untenable’ after claims he made himself unavailable on holiday as Afghanistan fell Dominic Raab is facing increasing pressure to resign, including from some of his own party’s MPs, after claims he effectively disappeared for more than a week while on holiday during the collapse of Afghanistan, delegating […]
Exclusive: 125-strong team hired through outsourced contractor given informal notice they no longer have jobs More than 100 guards at the British embassy in Kabul have been told they are not eligible for UK government protection because they were hired through an outsourced contractor, the Guardian has learned. Most of […]
Supermarket chain accepts improved offer of 285p per share from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice amid bidding war Morrisons has agreed a £7bn takeover by the US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the latest round in a fierce fight for control of the country’s fourth largest supermarket chain. […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]