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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]