Times Front Page 23rd of August 2021
The Times writes that Britain will step up the mass evacuation of British and Afghan citizens from Afghanistan on Monday under plans to fly up to 6,000 people out of the country this week.
The Times writes that Britain will step up the mass evacuation of British and Afghan citizens from Afghanistan on Monday under plans to fly up to 6,000 people out of the country this week.
The Mirror writes that the parents of a woman left brain damaged by nurse Beverley Allitt fear the killer may soon be freed on parole.
Britain is pressing Joe Biden to extend next Tuesday’s Afghanistan withdrawal deadline as the prime minister prepares to lead world crisis talks, the Daily Express writes.
Boris Johnson will personally ask Joe Biden for a delay to the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and will put the US leader on the spot in front of world leaders at an emergency G7 meeting on Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph writes.
The Daily Mail writes that Boris Johnson will plead with Joe Biden to delay the US withdrawal from Afghanistan amid fears mercy flights will be halted within 48 hours.
The Guardian reports that Number 10 says Boris Johnson will plead with Joe Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August at the G7 leaders summit.
Forecasters are predicting a 12-day sizzler from today, with a 27C (80.6F) end to August after weeks of washout, the Daily Star writes.
Metro reports that a British paratrooper seen cradling a baby amid the mayhem at Kabul airport has said the iconic image shows what soldiers are doing “on a daily basis” to help families flee the Taliban.
The i reports that a former national security adviser has echoed Tony Blair’s swipe at “imbecilic” US exit strategy amid calls to end the deadline for flying out foreign nationals and Afghans as chaos continues.
The Financial Times reports that Boris Johnson will host crisis talks on Afghanistan with world leaders, as Britain presses the US to extend the evacuation timetable amid “harrowing scenes” and deaths at Kabul airport.