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Sunak considering exemptions to Rwanda bill for some Afghans

Lords also press ministers to allow independent Rwanda monitoring as deportation bill returns to CommonsUK politics – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s government is considering concessions on the Rwanda deportation bill to allow exemptions for Afghans who s…

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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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Raab’s negligence over Kabul is now clear. If he had any honour, he’d quit | Simon Tisdall

Official cables confirm that the former foreign secretary could have foreseen the chaos of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He didn’t resign then. But he should nowDominic Raab is a clever man, but not perhaps a wise or especially honourable one. Chronic m…

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UK borders bill could criminalise Afghan refugees, UN representative warns

Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor tells MPs proposed legislation could end up punishing those fleeing Taliban if travelling by illegal routesThe UN’s refugee chief in London has said the introduction of the new nationality and borders bill could criminalise Afgha…

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UK troops could not have remained in Afghanistan, PM tells MPs

PM says military defence of Afghanistan was not possible in absence of ‘American might’ Afghanistan live news: latest updatesBoris Johnson has faced anger from MPs about the UK’s failure to prepare for the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, as he made th…

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