Posted by The Guardian | Aug 25, 2021 | Afghanistan, The Guardian, World News |
Dominic Raab says numbers depend on ‘the window’ of opportunity; ‘we are determined to complete this mission’, says US President; reports emerge that US has started to take some of the 6,000 troops out of...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 25, 2021 | Afghanistan, Joe Biden, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, US foreign policy, US news, World News |
US president acknowledges that completing airlift by 31 August depends on Taliban continuing to cooperate Joe Biden has rejected the pleas of domestic and international allies to keep troops in Afghanistan for evacuation efforts...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 24, 2021 | Coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Nicola Sturgeon confirms judge-led, human rights-based inquiry to begin by end of yearCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScotland will establish its own judge-led public inquiry into the handling...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 24, 2021 | Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Taliban, The Guardian, UK news, US foreign policy, US news |
Exclusive: small window for RAF flights evacuating those at risk after Johnson fails to convince Biden to extend deadlineAfghanistan latest news – liveBritain’s evacuation from Kabul is expected to end within...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 24, 2021 | Banking, Barclays, Business, Climate change, Energy, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Fossil fuel divestment, Fossil fuels, HMRC, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, Wales |
Activists earlier blocked Whitehall in protest against HMRC and Barclays over funding of fossil fuel industriesEnvironmentalist protesters have blocked another main junction in London’s West End, calling for “crisis...
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