The Guardian says President Joe Biden is expected to decide within 24 hours whether to extend the 31 August Afghanistan withdrawal deadline.
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The i says UK ministers are unable to publicly state in the strongest terms what they think about President Biden’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan.