Day: 24 August 2021

The Economist says if the propagandists of the Taliban had scripted the collapse of America’s 20-year mission to reshape Afghanistan, they could not have come up with more harrowing images. As insurgents swept into Kabul.

The Guardian says for Donald Trump, the former US president, beating the drum of “America first” was something of an obsession. “The future doesn’t belong to the globalists,” he once told the UN. “The future belongs to patriots.”

The New York Times says Taliban fighters brandished Kalashnikovs and shook their fists in the air after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, defying American warnings that if they did not hand over Osama Bin Laden, their country would be bombed to smithereens.

The heavy rainfall behind deadly flooding in Europe in July was made more likely by climate change, scientists say.

The Metro says popular fast food restaurant McDonald’s is struggling with supply issues and is currently unable to serve milkshakes in all of its UK restaurants.

The i says hopeful UK travellers are already changing their plans ahead of this week’s expected travel update amid speculation that Jamaica and Morocco could be added to the red list. 

The Guardian says planting trees without plastic tree guards should be standard practice, a UK study has found, as leading conservation charities and landowners seek sustainable alternatives to reduce plastic waste.

Taliban told Iran to continue exports of petroleum products which the latter had paused over safety concerns.

The Metro says during the grand finale of Love Island 2021, Liam and Millie were crowned the winners of the ITV series, with Chloe and Toby finishing as the runners-up.

The i says the zoom call opens to a black screen. A soft, low voice comes through. The person at the other end (we will call him Aziz) is in Afghanistan.