Palestinians say the balloons aim to pressure Israel to ease its blockade on the besieged territory.
Day: 24 August 2021
The i says the UK and US are on a “collision course” with the Taliban. Britain does not want to set a date for the last RAF flight out of Kabul and will attempt to negotiate with the Taliban.
The Guardian reports on the scramble to get people out of Afghanistan following a Taliban warning that foreign forces staying beyond the end of August would be crossing a “red line”.
The Guardian says three people have died and two drivers have been arrested after a serious collision involving a lorry, a minibus and a car on the M25 in Essex. A fourth person is in hospital.
France24 says authorities in Nice opened an investigation into the ugly incidents which led to the abandonment of the weekend Ligue 1 match between the home side and Marseille.
Sky News says a person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no-fly list has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach.
VOA says the US has evacuated 7,400 people from Kabul in the past 24 hours, as officials confront what Antony Blinken described as an “incredibly volatile situation at the airport”.
TRT World says Tunisia’s President Kais Saied extended the suspension of parliament, after last month dismissing his prime minister and assuming executive authority.
Aljazeera says Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel.
The Daily Mirror reports the arrest of a man on suspicion of assaulting former model and TV personality Katie Price in a ‘home bust-up’.
The Daily Mail headline says “Get out in seven days… or else.” As a person was cleared to board the RAF plane before checks in mid-air revealed they were barred.
The Daily Express highlights a suggestion from the Taliban that there will be “consequences” if international forces stay in the country.
The Japanese government frantically started administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in order to add a much-needed impetus to the flailing Japan…