President defends shots as millions worldwide are unvaccinated: US has ‘provided more to the rest of the world than all the rest of the world combined’Joe Biden has said that he and first lady Jill Biden plan on getting a booster shot and is comfortabl…
Taliban have not changed, says Biden as US military evacuations reach 7,000 – live
Three senators test positive for Covid-19 and urge vaccinationsPresident sits down with ABC News to defend decision to withdrawUSCP: active bomb threat investigation’ occurring at the CapitolPoll: most Americans say Afghanistan war was not worthwhileDe…
The UK must answer for a litany of strategic failings in Afghanistan | Letters
The UK should never have joined the US invasion, writes Dr Taj Hargey, and its reputation is being stained by America’s unilateral retreat. Plus letters from Jonathan Worthington and Sandra KhadhouriIn Wednesday’s revelatory parliamentary debates there…
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s foreign policy: a lethal vacuum | Editorial
Parochial complacency define the prime minister’s view of the world, leaving him unequal to the crisis in AfghanistanThe prime minister told parliament on Wednesday that Britain was prepared for the fall of Kabul and also that it could not have been f…
Texas governor Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid – live
Governor fought to maintain ban against local mask mandatesBiden’s speech on Afghanistan was resolute, but lacked contritionWhite House: 11,000 ‘self-identified’ US citizens still to be evacuatedImage shows 640 people fleeing Kabul in packed US militar…
Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the TalibanUS politics – live coverageA defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out …
US troops to stay until Americans and eligible Afghans evacuated, says Biden
US president makes televised address and warns Taliban of ‘devastating’ response to any attempt to attack operationJoe Biden has said that US troops in Kabul would stay long enough to evacuate American citizens and eligible Afghan allies, and warned th…
Gordon Brown hits out at EU’s ‘neocolonial approach’ to Covid vaccine supplies
Former UK prime minister calls on western leaders to convene summit to address Africa’s vaccine deficitGordon Brown: the world is making billions of Covid vaccine doses, so why is Africa not getting them?Gordon Brown has accused the EU of adopting a “n…
Afghanistan will be seen as Joe Biden’s defeat. And it may come back to haunt him
The American public will not be in a forgiving mood if al-Qaida rises again following US withdrawal and the Taliban advanceWhat will it take for Joe Biden to admit he is disastrously wrong about Afghanistan? The US leader struck a defiant pose last wee…
The Observer view on the fall of Afghanistan | Observer editorial
The Taliban’s rapid advance is chilling but a united response can still avert catastropheThe fall of Afghanistan to fundamentalist Taliban forces is a disaster foretold. Although the capital, Kabul, remains in government hands, the scale and speed of t…