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T roops are preparing for a final push on evacuations from Afghanistan as more than 1,000 people eligible to flee were set to be left behind. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday night that only those UK nationals and Afghans who had already been processed would now be…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned said time is running out for the evacuation effort in Kabul as the operation was strained by a warning that a lethal terror attack could be launched within hours. The Prime Minister said today that the “overwhelming majority” of eligible people have now been evacuated…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for help in ensuring clubs release players for international duty in red-list countries. September sees the first international break of the 2021/22 season, but clubs in England and Spain have said they are not going to…

Everyone is to blame for the catastrophe in Afghanistan, except the people who started it. Yes, Joe Biden screwed up by rushing out so chaotically. Yes, Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab failed to make adequate and timely provisions for the evacuation of vulnerable people. But there is a frantic determination…

Today’s big question PM expected to put Joe Biden ‘on the spot’ tomorrow to extend deadline for Kabul evacuationBoris Johnson will use an emergency virtual G7 summit of world leaders tomorrow to urge Joe Biden to extend a deadline for American troops leaving Afghanistan. The prime minister will appeal to…

A Taliban spokesman on Monday warned of "consequences" should the US and its allies seek to continue evacuations from Afghanistan beyond President Joe Biden’s August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops, as aid workers said they were unable to deliver medical supplies to Afghanistan due to restrictions at Kabul airport. Read our live updates…

Britain was the second-largest supplier of troops to Afghanistan, and the United States’ rapid withdrawal from the country has left some embittered. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at left, speaking to an aide as President Emmanuel Macron of France, center, speaks with President Biden at a NATO meeting in June.Credit...Pool photo…

The Prime Minister defended the Foreign Secretary amid the criticism building around Raab enjoying a summer holiday in Greece at the same time the Taliban took over Afghanistan. He said he “absolutely” had confidence in Raab when Mr Johnson was grilled by broadcasters about the situation in Afghanistan on Friday.…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would work with the Taliban if necessary after the militants capture of Afghanistan, and defended his foreign minister who has come under fire for his handling of the situation. "What I want to assure people is that our political and diplomatic efforts…

Boris Johnson holds a virtual Freedom Day press conference from self-isolation. Video / 10 Downing Street It has been a month since the UK's controversial Freedom Day when the Boris Johnson-led Conservative government threw open the doors despite thousands of daily cases and 4000 scientists urging them not to. Driven…