Antony Blinken thanks Qatar and Taliban for facilitating flight that he says shows US commitment to help citizens and others who assisted US A flight carrying more than 100 international passengers out of Kabul has landed in Doha, the first such civilian flight since the chaotic evacuation of 124,000 foreigners […]
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Party under pressure to set out alternative after condemning PM’s plan to increase NI contributions Labour is considering taxing wealth more heavily to raise funds in order to tackle the social care crisis, Keir Starmer has confirmed, as his party comes under pressure to set out its own costed plan. […]
21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Mercury prize, awarded to the year’s most outstanding British album, for her debut Collapsed in Sunbeams. Presenting the award at the ceremony in London on Thursday night, judge Annie MacManus said: “We chose […]
Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposals Boris Johnson has won the backing of MPs for his controversial health and social care plan, amid a growing backlash from experts and professionals who warned it will fail to fix the urgent crisis in the care […]
Briton defeats Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 Raducanu just the fourth qualifier to reach a major semi For all that Emma Raducanu has achieved and how far she has come over only a few fleeting weeks as a full-time professional, one of the opportunities she was still waiting for […]
Border Force is being trained on ‘turn-around’ tactics but France warns plan could endanger lives Priti Patel is preparing to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel despite warnings from the French authorities that it could endanger lives. Border Force staff are being trained to employ “turn-around” tactics […]
Group signs open letter criticising decision to extend Cressida Dick’s term in office by two years Victims of police incompetence and malpractice, including Doreen Lawrence and the brother of murdered private eye Daniel Morgan, have called for the replacement of the Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick. In a scathing open […]
Rallies in Afghanistan have already been broken up violently, now ‘severe consequences’ are threatened for demonstrators The Taliban has moved to tighten its crackdown on escalating protests against its rule, banning any demonstrations that do not have official approval for both the gathering itself and for any slogans that might […]
MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his political reputation on attempting to fix the […]
Police claim plans for end-to-end encryption will stop officers being able to access ‘incisive intelligence’ Facebook’s plans to allow encrypted messaging across all its platforms could prevent the detection of up to 20m child abuse images every year, a senior investigating officer has claimed. Rob Jones, the director of threat […]