Guardian

The Guardian leads with the deaths of seven people during chaos at Kabul’s international airport as people try to escape the incoming Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

The West’s 20-year mission to Afghanistan collapsed in a single dramatic day as Taliban gunmen poured into Kabul to seize control of the country, The Guardian reports.

Police are due to face an investigation over their dealings with a gunman who shot his mother and four passersby in Plymouth, The Guardian reports.

The Guardian also leading with UK and US troops being sent to hasten the evacuation of diplomats, soldiers and citizens from Afghanistan.

The Guardian splashes on its investigation into rising levels of child poverty, abuse and neglect during the pandemic

The gap between private and state school A-level grades has grown to its widest in the modern era, The Guardian reports.

Scientists have warned human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now “irreversible”, says The Guardian.

Scientists say the extreme weather seen around the world in recent months is just a foretaste of what can be expected if global heating takes place, according to The Guardian. 

The Guardian leads with news that the prime minister failed to isolate during a tour of Scotland, despite a member of his team testing positive for COVID-19 during the trip.

The Guardian leads with the government being forced to fund hundreds of extra university places on medical and dental courses in England amid grade inflation caused by the cancelling of exams.