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The Guardian view on the Afghan evacuation: a governmental disaster and human tragedy | Editorial

A damning report by the Commons foreign affairs committee exposes the full scale of failure by ministers and officialsThe excoriating parliamentary report on Britain’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan is such a lengthy catalogue of failure t…

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Boris Johnson did prioritise animal charity for Afghan evacuation, MPs told

Second whistleblower suggests to committee that top civil servants lied to cover up episodeA second whistleblower has gone public to say it was “widespread knowledge” in government that Boris Johnson ordered the prioritisation of an animal charity base…

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Whistleblower on UK’s Afghan evacuation: main accusations

Civil servants scrambling to save Afghans were ‘appalled by our chaotic system’ and animals were put above humansWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationFresh questions about Dominic Raab’s role in debacleHow Afghan reporter was left…

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Cross-Whitehall unit set up to counter false coronavirus claims

DCMS-based unit aims to identify disinformation about virus and establish its scopeA special cross-Whitehall unit has been set up to counter coronavirus-related disinformation, including from Russia and China, working closely with social media companie…

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