PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end o…
‘We lost everything’: Afghan wheelchair basketball team captain speaks out
Nilofar Bayat begins rebuilding her life in Spain after days of fear for her life under Taliban ruleWhen the Taliban entered Kabul, Nilofar Bayat, the captain of Afghanistan’s female national wheelchair basketball team, knew she had to get out.“There w…
Ben Jennings on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan – cartoon
Continue reading…
Suing your way to the stars
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! I’m back from a very fun and rehabilitative couple weeks away from my phone, my Twitter account and the news cycle. That said, I actually really missed writing this newsletter, and while Greg did a fantastic job while I was out, I won’t be handing over […]
Afghans face economic ruin as prices rise and cash runs low
Experts warn of hyperinflation and growing poverty, with money transfers from abroad suspended Afghanistan is facing a potentially catastrophic perfect storm of bank closures and shortages of hard currency on top of the suspension of money transfers by…
Taliban claim they have changed … but all the signs suggest it’s only for show
As regime talks of tolerance, reports emerge of beatings, house searches and attacks on women The first time the Taliban took Kabul, 25 years ago they tortured and killed former President Mohammad Najibullah, dragged his body behind a truck through the…
If only Dominic Raab had watched Iron Man | Stewart Lee
The foreign secretary was in good company in woefully misjudging the Taliban threatMany of the excitable characters who impulsively phone talk radio stations without having thought through their contradictory positions are rightly horrified by footage …
Afghans face catastrophe without urgent aid, UN warns
As deaths are reported in crush at Kabul airport, Keir Starmer leads calls for Dominic Raab to resign over UK’s ‘complacent’ responseAfghanistan is facing an “absolute catastrophe” involving widespread hunger, homelessness and economic collapse unless …
When power thrives on unspoken fear, bravery is in saying ‘I am afraid’ | Nick Cohen
Admitting cowardice is a subversive act within cultures that demand lip serviceMost of us aren’t brave. We wouldn’t protest in the streets of Kabul as armed and triumphant clerical reactionaries fingered their guns. I am hardly breaking news when I say…
This Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok questioned over biometric data collection
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices […]