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A thin-stretched welcome for Britain’s new Afghan arrivals
At a volunteer association near Heathrow, hundreds of refugees are arriving daily needing provisions and support
Sasha Mistlin
28, Aug, 2021 @5:49 PM
Taliban surround Kabul airport with extra forces after attack
New checkpoints guarded by fighters are blocking all routes to airport, almost sealing off the site
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
28, Aug, 2021 @3:51 PM
Unvaccinated teacher infected half their students with Covid, CDC finds
Teacher read to class without a mask despite Covid symptoms and infected 26 people at California elementary school
Jessica Glenza
28, Aug, 2021 @3:45 PM
Ex-marine Pen Farthing and animals cleared for Afghanistan evacuation
MoD says founder of Kabul shelter has passed security at airport but does not mention charity staff and families
Jane Clinton
28, Aug, 2021 @1:43 PM
Afghan who arrived in UK at 14 ‘left in limbo’ under Home Office policy
Block on decisions on Afghan protection claims discovered by asylum seeker’s lawyer
Diane Taylor
28, Aug, 2021 @1:03 PM
Ending evacuation from Afghanistan is ‘heartbreaking’, UK armed forces chief says
Nick Carter highlights challenging judgments that have had to be made on the ground in Kabul
Sasha Mistlin
28, Aug, 2021 @9:58 AM
‘I feel helpless, useless and hopeless’: diary of an Afghan evacuee
Student, English teacher and journalist Mursal Rasa Jamili, 23, was evacuated to the UK from Kabul with her two sisters
Mursal Rasa Jamili
28, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM
UK councils say they are ‘ready to assist’ Afghan refugees but lack housing
Government urged to provide more funds so new arrivals can access accommodation and other support
Diane Taylor
28, Aug, 2021 @6:00 AM
New Zealand reports 82 new Covid cases as outbreak worsens despite nationwide lockdown
All new cases are in Auckland, with 62 within the Pacific community
Guardian staff and wires
28, Aug, 2021 @3:11 AM
Biden ‘will not be seeking resignations’ – as it happened
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Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Nadeem Badshah , Caroline Davies ,Lucy Campbell and Robyn Vinter
27, Aug, 2021 @11:30 PM
Delta variant doubles risk of hospitalisation, new study finds
Outbreak of Delta Covid cases likely to put strain on health services in areas with low vaccination rates, experts say
Natalie Grover Science correspondent
27, Aug, 2021 @10:30 PM
Pentagon warns of further attacks as Biden condemned over Afghan pullout
Biden’s popularity has waned, but polls show most Americans want out of Afghanistan even if terrorist groups rebound
Ed Pilkington in New York and Joan E Greve and Julian Borger in Washington
27, Aug, 2021 @8:53 PM
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