2021-08-25
Daily Star Front Page 25th of August 2021
The Daily Star leads with the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died in London earlier on Tuesday.
The Daily Star leads with the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died in London earlier on Tuesday.
The evacuation effort in Kabul will go down to the last moment, the prime minister says on the front of the Daily Express.
The Times reports that the last British evacuation flight from Kabul is expected to leave on Thursday or Friday to ensure there is time for the 1,000 UK troops to get out of the Afghan city.
The Daily Mail reports that Britain has just 48 hours to get thousands of Afghans out of Kabul after the Taliban rejected a deadline extension request.
UK troops are expected to leave Kabul within 24 to 36 hours, according to a report on the front of The Guardian.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling on the Taliban to allow safe passage for foreigners and Afghans trying to leave Kabul – that’s on the front of The Daily Telegraph.
Metro leads with US President Joe Biden snubbing Boris Johnson’s request to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond next week’s deadline.
The Financial Times reports on the increasingly chaotic effort to evacuate thousands of foreigners and Afghans from Afghanistan.