The US and Britain’s dogged pursuit of reform and regime change made the return of the Taliban almost inevitableWhen rising British casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq started to raise public doubts 15 years ago, a new mantra began to be heard: Iraq was…
UK news media repeat call to evacuate Afghan journalists
PM and foreign secretary asked to rapidly ensure safety of those who worked for British mediaOpen letter urges Boris Johnson to make good on promiseBritish media organisations have again urged the government to evacuate Afghan journalists and translato…
Spain prosecutors launch inquiry into mystery fish deaths
Hundreds of dead fish have appeared along shores of one of Europe’s largest saltwater lagoonsProsecutors in the southern Spanish region of Murcia have launched an investigation after hundreds of dead fish began washing up along the shores of one of Eur…
Tories rebuke Boris Johnson over ‘catastrophic’ Afghanistan failure
Former PM Theresa May says country ‘may once again become a breeding ground for terrorism’Afghanistan live news: latest updatesBoris Johnson faced a wall of fury from all wings of the Conservative party over the UK’s conduct in Afghanistan, with 11 for…
Britney Spears’ case has shown why guardianship laws need to change | Nina A Kohn
Assigning someone the legal power to make decisions for a vulnerable adult should always be a last resortAround the world, fans of pop star Britney Spears celebrated her father’s announcement last week that he would resign as her conservator. This deve…
Prince Andrew a ‘person of interest’ in Epstein investigation
Source says investigators want to speak to Duke of York as part of their inquiry into possible co-conspiratorsThe Duke of York is considered a “person of interest” in the US investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxw…
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: life term sought for alleged mastermind
Malta’s attorney general formally lays charges against businessman Yorgen Fenech over journalist killingMalta’s attorney general has called for a life sentence for the businessman Yorgen Fenech for allegedly masterminding the murder of the journalist D…
The plight of women helped justify war in Afghanistan. Now they have been abandoned | Samira Shackle
Female doctors, journalists, police officers and politicians face acute danger from the TalibanIt was one of the worst phone calls I’ve ever received: a friend in Kabul calling on Sunday afternoon to say that armed men had just visited her house. Her v…
Recycled pianos and pet hyenas: Wednesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
What could Taliban rule mean for Afghanistan? – video explainer
Afghanistan’s government collapsed as the Taliban militant group took control of all of the country’s major cities in only nine days, including Kabul, the capital of more than 4 million people.The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Emma Grah…