President biden remains committed to a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by August 31st, so time is running out for the thousands of people who are still hoping to leave. The hard deadline is only days away. In recent days, the Evacuation Effort has ramped up. Planes out of the country are now reportedly leaving every a0 minutes. But its increasingly hard for afghan nationals, even those who have permits, to make it to the airport. Thats because the the taliban has said afghans should not head to the airport. Heres One British National whos stuck In Kabul. Getting to the airport is extremely difficult if not impossible. Thousands of people at the foregates of Kabul Airport, and someone with young children and elderly parents. Theres no way for us to get to the gates. And i know people who have attempted to three or four times and have gone back home. In spite of the challenges, the biden administration is emphasising the successes of the Evacuation Effort. Heres a tweet from t
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers wIll be brIngIng us tomorrow. WIth me are Author And JournalIst YasmIn AlIbhaI Brown and henry zeffman, ChIef PolItIcal correspondent at the tImes. Hello correspondent at the tImes. AgaIn. A quIck look at PrInt Hello agaIn. A quIck look at the prInt pages. 0n the Front Page of the tImes, Its maIn headlIne Is the uk to admIt 20,000 afghans. BorIsjohnson wIll offer those fleeIng the talIban a safe legal route. SImIlarly, the guardIan leads wIth the latest announcement of How BrItaIn Is set to take In 20,000 afghans fleeIng the talIban. The PrIme MInIster saId brItaIn owed a debt of gratItude to all those who have worked wIth us to make AfghanIstan A Better Place over the last 20 years. BIg hearted brItaIn to take 20,000 refugees thats what the DaIly Express leads wIth women, chIldren and relIgIous mInorItIes are set to be top of the lIst. 0n the front of the daIly mIrror, It also has how afghans wIll be able to settle In the uk.
Control of afghanIstans capItal, wIth a dramatIc pIcture of HelIcopters AIr lIftIng us EmbassY Staff to safetY. The FInancIal TImes wrItes that washIngtons two decade MIlItarY Project ended In chaos as AfghanIstans PresIdent fled the countrY. The daIlY telegraph saYs thousands of brItons and amerIcans are scramblIng to flee the countrY after IslamIst forces walked Into kabul vIrtuallY unopposed. The sun also leads wIth the escape from kabul, addIng that the TalIbans LIghtnIng OffensIve surprIsed the uk and the us. The I wrItes that the talIban Is back In power 20 Years after beIng overthrown bY us and brItIsh forces. And The GuardIan adds that the mIlItant group started the daY so confIdent of vIctorY that Its fIghters surrounded the capItal, then ordered them to staY outsIde the cItY and waIt. Lets start. All the Front Pages prettY much have somethIng of these momentous events that we have been watchIng unfold over the last few daYs, culmInatIng In the fall of kabul todaY. PotentIallY
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are lucy Beresford And Alsojoe twyman. Welcome to both of you. Lets take a look at the Front Pages. The metro leads on the un climate report, which it calls the starkest alert yet over the threat of human led Climate Change and a Code Red for humanity. The financial times also leads on the report, which warns the world is likely to be 1. 5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels injust 20 years if drastic action is not taken. The i quotes the climate Change Expert Lord stern, who tells the prime Minister And Chancellor to Ramp Up British efforts and be more active in affecting change. The guardian quotes some of the scientists involved in the report, who say the global Climate Crisis is inevitable, unprecedented and irreversible. The Daily Mail also features the story and uses the same picture featured on a number of Front Pages of a victim of the greek wildfires. It also covers another story