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Friday’s front pages report on the twin bomb attacks at Kabul airport, which targeted people trying to flee the country after the Taliban takeover. A picture of two distraught women injured in one of the explosions featured as the main image on most front pages.

The i says with just hours left to evacuate British and Afghan civilians out of Kabul airport, the UK is already gearing up for what it says is phase 2 of the rescue mission.

BBC News says the UK will continue its operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan despite the “despicable” attack at the capital’s airport, Boris Johnson says.

The Guardian says health officials are braced for a bank holiday surge of Covid cases as about 500,000 people head to music festivals and millions more venture to the tourism hotspots.

Thursday’s front pages focus on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. The papers report on comments from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s briefing to MPs in which he said it may be “safer” for Afghans to try to escape from the country overland. There are over 10,000 people gathered at Kabul airport. 

Another story picked up by the papers is the “race” to rollout booster jabs as deaths and infections rise. The race to roll out the booster jab stems from fears that vaccine protection among the elderly could drop 50 per cent. 

Heathrow Airport has urged the US to lift its restrictions on UK travellers. The airport has also reported an improvement in passenger numbers last month.

BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a coroner has ruled. 

The Guardian says a new government campaign urging students in England to have twice-weekly Covid tests for “a more normal year” at school and college has been labelled as naive

The Guardian says the government’s planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit cut could drive 2.3 million people into debt including almost half of claimants in “red wall” battleground constituencies.

Sky News says police have found a man wanted in connection with two murders in Westminster after nearly a week-long search.