Day: 24 August 2021

The Guardian says President Joe Biden is expected to decide within 24 hours whether to extend the 31 August Afghanistan withdrawal deadline.

The Guardian says West Ham are making it impossible to view last season’s exploits as a fluke. They are no longer a soft touch with David Moyes in charge.

The i says anticipation and excitement has swept through ParalympicsGB’s camp as athletes prepare to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which opens on Tuesday.

The Metro says Katie Price has spoken out after allegedly being assaulted in an ‘unprovoked’ attack that left her with facial injuries. 

The Metro reports Joe Biden is coming under mounting pressure to extend the US departure, amid what it describes as the “Taliban’s red line” for Western forces to leave the country.

Palestinians say the balloons aim to pressure Israel to ease its blockade on the besieged territory.

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.