カテゴリー: Boris Johnson
Fears Chevening scholarship students blocked by Foreign Office could become targets of TalibanTaliban enter Kabul – live updatesBoris Johnson has promised that the government will try to help 35 Afghan students get visas to travel to the UK, after they…
Prime minister to summon MPs back to Westminster from summer break to discuss UK response• Taliban enter Kabul – live updatesBoris Johnson will recall parliament this week to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Downing Street sources have confirmed.T…
The Taliban’s rapid advance is chilling but a united response can still avert catastropheThe fall of Afghanistan to fundamentalist Taliban forces is a disaster foretold. Although the capital, Kabul, remains in government hands, the scale and speed of t…
Mazar-i-Sharif was a government stronghold and its loss leaves only Kabul and another city unconqueredThe Taliban captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s fourth-largest city and the government’s last major stronghold in the north on Saturday, as they ti…
As women and children lose out on programmes that could change their lives, Britain’s reputation has been diminishedBukola Onyishi was delighted when she found out that the British government was going to help her realise a dream in one of the poorest …
Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that started the ‘war on terror’. Speaking in the Commons, the pri…
Labour says ‘washing hands’ of conflict now will lead to bloodier war and wider Taliban controlBoris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years a…
PM says he is ‘apprehensive’ and situation is ‘fraught with risks’ as Taliban make advancesBoris Johnson has admitted he is “apprehensive” about the future of Afghanistan as he confirmed that the UK government would mark the end of a 20-year deployment…
Country may place UK on no-fly list if cases explode, as PM says countries are making ‘different choices’ on deaths from coronavirusNew Zealand has dismissed suggestions it should follow in Britain’s footsteps to “live with” Covid-19, saying the level …
World leaders issue joint statement promising action on vaccines, China and global corporate taxAs the G7 finishes in Cornwall, here are some of the issues they pledged to act on in their Carbis Bay declaration. Continue reading…
Analysis: can the west confront Beijing on trade and human rights and cooperate on the climate crisis?• G7 summit: latest news and reactionIn an extra-secure, 90-minute session, with the phones and wifi cut off, all designed to block any eavesdropping …
Labor’s Penny Wong says it’s disappointing the Australian prime minister did not secure a private meeting with the US presidentScott Morrison has met with Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 summit and agreed to work closely on challenges in the incre…
Scheme is part of wider push for G7 leaders to question China on human rights, Taiwan and Covid-19The G7 group of rich nations has agreed plans to set up an alternative to China’s belt and road initiative as part of a broad push back against Beijing co…
The UK last hosted the G7 in 2013 but progress on David Cameron’s grand plans has been woefulThe last time the UK chaired a summit of the G7, or the G8 as it was in 2013, David Cameron was in an ebullient mood as he held a closing press conference in g…
No 10 and health secretary deny politics was involved in decision to wait before toughening travel rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA public inquiry must examine whether Boris Johnson’s decision to delay adding India to …