Secretary of state to bereaved father: ‘I’m deeply sorry’Adviser: US will help people leave after deadlineAfghanistan – live coverageThe White House on Sunday reasserted its promise to capture or kill the perpetrators of the deadly attacks on Kabul air…
Hurricane Ida becomes category 4 storm as New Orleans braces for impact
Gridlock as residents flee while others prepare at homeStorm forecast to hit on Sunday, anniversary of KatrinaAs Hurricane Ida barrelled towards the Louisiana coast, residents braced for a storm of potentially historic proportions due to arrive on the …
Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies of Covid-19
Marc Bernier was hospitalized three weeks agoStation and friends pay tribute to hostUnvaccinated teacher infected half her students, CDC findsA conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr…
Porcelain seized by Nazis goes up for auction in New York
Prized collection smuggled out of Vienna by Jewish couple in 1930s expected to fetch more than $2mA collection of prized Meissen porcelain smuggled out of Vienna after its Jewish owners were forced to flee the Nazis and later procured for Hitler before…
I watched the bombs fall to unleash the 9/11 wars. Two decades later, they grind on | Jason Burke
Listening to Joe Biden’s words as the US left Afghanistan was to hear echoes of George W Bush from 2001. Is this a crisis destined to repeat itself?Many who heard President Biden’s pledge to exact revenge for the killing of 13 US Marines in an Islamic …
California: mother fights off mountain lion with bare hands to save 5-year-old son
The mountain lion, which dragged the boy across his front lawn, was later killed by wildlife officersA mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy in southern California has been shot and killed by a wildlife officer, authorities say.The 65-pound (30k…
The Observer view on the resurgence of the Taliban | Observer editorial
Afghanistan has humbled the US and empowered its enemies. Now the west must engage with its new rulers to avert an even bigger threatAfghanistan is a tragedy, a parable and a cautionary tale for our age. As the last, desperate evacuees scramble aboard …
‘Pivotal day’: firefighters battle to head off Caldor blaze ahead of gusty winds
Two weeks in, huge fire is only 19% containedNearly 90 blazes burning across US westWildfires threaten way of life in California mountain townsFirefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a huge California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tah…
Sirhan Sirhan: six Kennedy children condemn decision to grant killer parole
Two children of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy support California decision which may be reversedSix children of Robert F Kennedy have condemned the decision to grant parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the man who shot and killed the New York senator as he…
‘Rebranding’ Prince Andrew? Now there’s a real mission impossible | Hadley Freeman
The task of making the prince even vaguely palatable to the public has been called ‘the rebranding job from hell’. But I’ve got a few ideasHistory is unfolding all around us. Tragedies are occurring every day. So I was very taken with a recent article …