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Heavily pregnant Afghan women eligible to come to UK stuck in Pakistan

People who worked for or were affiliated with the British Council may lose babies as government delays relocation to UKPregnant Afghan women who are eligible for resettlement in the UK have been told their babies may not survive unless they are urgentl…

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Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise

Those who risked their lives helping British government face a ‘toxic combination of incompetence and indifference’Afghan nationals who were promised resettlement to the UK nearly a year ago are facing torture and death while they wait for a response f…

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Chinese diplomat involved in violence at Manchester consulate, MP says

Footage shows figure believed to be Zheng Xiyuan kicking down poster and pulling pro-democracy protester’s hairOne of China’s most senior diplomats in the UK was involved in the violence against pro-democracy protesters at the Manchester consulate, a B…

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Boris Johnson accused of intelligence tipoff that led to British Sikh’s alleged torture in India

Labour raises questions in the Commons over Johnson’s alleged actions as foreign secretary in the case of activist Jagtar Singh JohalLabour has accused Boris Johnson of authorising the sharing of intelligence that led to the imprisonment and alleged to…

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Foreign Office admits multiple errors in UK’s exit from Afghanistan

Officials say they can not provide hope of resettlement for Afghans who worked for UK civilian schemesThe UK Foreign Office has admitted a catalogue of errors over its handling of Britain’s exit from Afghanistan, but has shut the door on many Afghans w…

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‘If you look at the bigger picture of change, aid has been close to irrelevant’

Stefan Dercon, former UK government adviser, discusses his new book – and his belief that wealthy elites, rather than foreign cash, rescue countries from povertyA former government economist has said that aid is “close to irrelevant” in solving the pro…

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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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