Panic buying as Vietnamese city prepares for lockdown; UK also reports 49 further deathsPCR Covid test firm with links to UK Labour accused of failuresUK scientists look at halving boosters to save vaccine for rest of the worldTrump booed after telling…
Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August
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…
Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island, packing high winds and heavy rain
Biden says storm has ‘potential for widespread consequences’Inland rainfall seen as major threat in north-east statesTropical Storm Henri made landfall in Rhode Island on Sunday, packing high winds and heavy rains that were projected to leave devastati…
‘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
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Labour says PPE orders must not go to Xinjiang firms that use forced workers
Exclusive: Emily Thornberry appeals to Sajid Javid to tackle issue of forced labour in Chinese provinceLabour has written to the health secretary, Sajid Javid, urging him to ensure a new £5bn contract for NHS protective equipment including gowns and ma…
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…
Stefan Löfven steps down as Sweden’s PM after seven years
Leader of Social Democratic party recently became first Swedish leader ever to lose a motion in parliamentStefan Löfven said on Sunday that he will step down as Swedish prime minister and head of the Social Democratic party in November, after seven yea…
The weekend’s best photos: open-water swimming and an onboard birth
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Sturgeon urges Raab to assist Scottish Sikh man allegedly tortured in India
First minister raises ‘deep concerns’ about case of Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned for four years awaiting trialNicola Sturgeon has written to the embattled foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, urging him to intervene in the case of a Scottish…