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- A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef
- White House backtracks after Biden appears to say US would defend Taiwan against China
- ‘I don’t hold back’: Merkel to meet Putin in farewell Kremlin visit
- Tiny New Zealand airport that tells Māori love story in running for global design award
- Sydney faces curfew and longer lockdown as Australia’s Delta outbreak grows
- Trump team thought UK officials ‘out of their minds’ aiming for herd immunity, book says
- Britney Spears under investigation for alleged battery
- OnlyFans to ban adult material after pressure from payment processors
- Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol surrenders after long standoff
- Investigators seek clues after California family found dead on hiking trail
- New Zealand national lockdown extended as Covid outbreak spreads to Wellington
- UK approves rollout of ‘first of its kind’ Covid antibody treatment
- Coronavirus live news: Israel to start booster shots for over 40s; UK approves new Covid treatment
- Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise
- Outkast’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
- Jude Law: ‘I remember being told not to get above myself. Such appalling British advice’
- A new start after 60: ‘I became a trapeze artist at 65’
- Experience: I made friends with my doppelganger
- From The Fly to Casino Royale: the remakes that outshine the originals
- ‘I wouldn’t take my kids to this’: Star Wars’ Phil Tippett on his hellish animation Mad God
- Relative of Deutsche Welle journalist killed by Taliban
- Sexting, lies and unveiled selfies: the Egyptian film exploring the hidden lives of teenage girls
- ‘They call us bewitched’: the DRC performers turning trash into art – photo essay
- ‘Move heaven and earth’: pressure on Biden to speed up visas for Afghans who helped US
- Meng Wanzhou: ‘princess of Huawei’ who became the face of a high-stakes dispute
- Embrace Communist rule, China tells Tibet on 70th anniversary of invasion
- Facing a hospitals crisis, Gladys Berejiklian is finally getting tough on Covid | Anne Davies
- As I walk around Kabul, the streets are empty of women
- ‘No one comes here any more’: the human cost as Covid wipes out tourism
- Delaying US exit a month could have meant peace in Afghanistan, says negotiator
- Africa’s park tourism crash is a wake-up call. Can we find new ways to finance conservation? | Peter Muiruri
- Afghans need our help – there must be no empty seats on New Zealand’s rescue mission | Golriz Ghahraman
- UK wrestles with effects of Taliban rule on terror, drugs and aid
- Are Covid booster jabs necessary?
- From the archive: Cuomo’s demise – Politics Weekly Extra
- Children passed over the walls of Kabul airport amid evacuation chaos – video
- My escape from Afghanistan on a US military plane: 'It was total chaos' – video
| A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:01 PM PDT Report launched with youth activists including Greta Thunberg paints 'unimaginably dire' picture Almost half the world's 2.2 billion children are already at "extremely high risk" from the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution, according to a report from Unicef. The UN agency's head called the situation "unimaginably dire". Nearly every child around the world was at risk from at least one of these impacts today, including heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease, drought, and air pollution, the report said. But 1 billion children live in 33 countries facing three or four impacts simultaneously. The countries include India, Nigeria and the Philippines, and much of sub-Saharan Africa. Continue reading... |
| White House backtracks after Biden appears to say US would defend Taiwan against China Posted: 19 Aug 2021 07:29 PM PDT Administration official plays down president's comment comparing Taiwan commitments to those in Nato, saying US policy has not shifted A senior Biden administration official said US policy on Taiwan had not changed after President Joe Biden appeared to suggest the US would defend the island if it were attacked, a deviation from a long-held US position of "strategic ambiguity". In an interview aired by ABC News on Thursday, Biden was asked about the effects of the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and responses in Chinese media telling Taiwan this showed Washington could not be relied on to come to its defence. Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t hold back’: Merkel to meet Putin in farewell Kremlin visit Posted: 19 Aug 2021 08:30 PM PDT The end of one of Europe's most complex political relationships is likely to focus on Ukraine Angela Merkel's "farewell visit" to the Kremlin on Friday will mark the end of one of Europe's oldest and most complex political relationships, a tense 15-year tug-of-war between Europe's elder statesperson and the bloc's chief antagonist in Vladimir Putin. Though deeply strained, their relationship never snapped. The German chancellor was reportedly distrustful of the former KGB officer from his first appearance in 2001 before the Bundestag, where he wooed MPs in fluent German as he called for unity against international terrorism. Continue reading... |
| Tiny New Zealand airport that tells Māori love story in running for global design award Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:56 PM PDT Regional hub in New Plymouth – built on land seized from Māori in 1960 – is up against the likes of New York's LaGuardia for Unesco's Prix Versailles A tiny regional airport in New Zealand that weaves a Māori story of love and longing into its architecture is in the running for a prestigious design award, up against international heavyweights including New York's LaGuardia. Unesco's Prix Versailles recognises architecture that fosters a better interaction between economy and culture, and includes a range of categories from airports to shopping malls. The finalists for the airport category include the New York LaGuardia upgrade, Berlin's Brandenburg airport and international airports in Athens, Kazakhstan and the Philippines. Continue reading... |
| Sydney faces curfew and longer lockdown as Australia’s Delta outbreak grows Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT City's western reaches, already in lockdown, will have a curfew imposed from Monday after huge rise in coronavirus cases Sydney's coronavirus lockdown is being extended for another month, with large swathes of the city facing curfew from Monday, as authorities battle a Delta outbreak that has seen record case numbers this week. New South Wales reported 642 new local cases and four deaths on Friday, prompting premier Gladys Berejiklian to require masks to be worn outdoors throughout the state at all times except when exercising. Continue reading... |
| Trump team thought UK officials ‘out of their minds’ aiming for herd immunity, book says Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:50 AM PDT Trump officials tried to convince him to take threat seriously and British experts 'oddly pessimistic' on defeating virus, says book US officials thought their British counterparts "were out of their minds" in aiming for herd immunity as part of Boris Johnson's initial policy on dealing with the coronavirus, according to a new book about the global response to the pandemic. As the scale of the threat became increasingly clear in January and February 2020, officials in Donald Trump's administration were trying to convince him to take the threat seriously, despite personal reassurances he had been given by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, that it was under control. Continue reading... |
| Britney Spears under investigation for alleged battery Posted: 20 Aug 2021 12:41 AM PDT Singer's lawyer rejects accusation from staff member after police attended her home on Monday night Britney Spears is under investigation for alleged battery after a staff member at her home accused the singer of striking her, US authorities have said. Police officers attended Spears's home in southern California after the staff member reported the dispute on Monday night, the Ventura county sheriff's office said. No one was injured. Continue reading... |
| OnlyFans to ban adult material after pressure from payment processors Posted: 19 Aug 2021 01:10 PM PDT Subscriber-only website synonymous with pornography will now focus on more mainstream content OnlyFans, the subscriber-only website synonymous with pornography, has announced it will ban adult material from the site after pressure from its payment processors. The company will continue to allow some posts containing nudity but "any content containing sexually-explicit conduct" will be banned, with the site instead focusing on more mainstream content. Continue reading... |
| Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol surrenders after long standoff Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:16 PM PDT
A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the US Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hours-long standoff on Thursday that prompted a large police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area. Related: Investigators seek clues after California family found dead on hiking trail Continue reading... |
| Investigators seek clues after California family found dead on hiking trail Posted: 19 Aug 2021 03:50 PM PDT Deaths of couple, their daughter and their dog remain unexplained, says sheriff's office Investigators were searching for clues in the unexplained deaths of a California couple, their baby and the family dog in a remote area of the Sierra national forest. John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter, Muji, and their dog were found dead on a hiking trail in Mariposa county. A family friend had reported them missing Monday evening. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand national lockdown extended as Covid outbreak spreads to Wellington Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:10 PM PDT Total case numbers grow to 31, including three in Wellington, as Jacinda Ardern urges public to stay vigilant The whole of New Zealand will remain in lockdown until midnight Tuesday, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, as the country's coronavirus outbreak grew to 31 people and spread to Wellington. The first case in the outbreak emerged in Auckland on Tuesday, prompting the government to put the entire country into a level-4 lockdown – the highest level of restrictions. Genome sequencing has linked the cluster to a returnee from Australia. Continue reading... |
| UK approves rollout of ‘first of its kind’ Covid antibody treatment Posted: 20 Aug 2021 01:38 AM PDT Ronapreve can be used to treat symptoms of acute infection after successful clinical trials The medicines regulator has approved use of the first treatment in the UK using artificial antibodies to prevent and fight Covid-19. The health secretary, Sajid Javid, said approval of the first drug designed specifically for coronavirus in the country is "fantastic news" and he hoped it could be rolled out for patients on the NHS as soon as possible. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Israel to start booster shots for over 40s; UK approves new Covid treatment Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:54 AM PDT Israelis aged 40 and over to receive booster shots starting this weekend; Ronapreve found to lower hospitalisation or mortality by 70%
An AstraZeneca executive said the prospect of offering a new treatment to prevent Covid-19 could position the British drugmaker as a supplier of both vaccines and drugs which guard against the infectious disease. The remarks by executive Mene Pangalos this morning, after antibody drug AZD7442 was shown to prevent COVID-19 in a trial, came after another leading executive, Ruud Dobber, said last month that different options were being explored for the vaccine operations, which stem from a collaboration with Oxford University.
Two months into New South Wales's Delta outbreak, the premier has toughened and extended greater Sydney's lockdown and introduced a curfew in the western suburbs, declaring "it is time for all of us to bunker down and take this as seriously as we can". NSW health authorities reported 644 local Covid cases and four deaths on Friday. Gladys Berejiklian said two factors were behind the new restrictions, including a state-wide mask mandate and expanded police powers – surging case numbers and compliance breaches. Continue reading... |
| Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise Posted: 19 Aug 2021 11:47 PM PDT The iPhone maker had previously planned to ask staff to go back in October for three days a week Apple Inc is delaying its return to corporate offices from October until January at the earliest because of rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about new variants. The iPhone maker told staff in a memo that it would confirm the reopening plans one month before employees were required to return to the office, according to Bloomberg News. Continue reading... |
| Outkast’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! Posted: 19 Aug 2021 11:00 PM PDT As their classic second album ATLiens turns 25, we look back at the best from a duo who turned rap into a psychedelic, progressive playground The title seems to refer to Outkast's refusal to be constrained by musical boundaries and expectations as much as to the social struggles detailed in its lyrics: Liberation more or less abandons rapping entirely. Instead, there are vocals – from Erykah Badu and Cee-Lo Green, among others – and a defiant message: "You have a choice to be who you wants to be." Continue reading... |
| Jude Law: ‘I remember being told not to get above myself. Such appalling British advice’ Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT In Sean Durkin's new film The Nest, Law plays an 80s broker whose financial deals destroy his marriage. He and the director talk about making his character likable – and how US can-do culture changed class-ridden Britain
It wasn't. Not even for an actor like Law, who has been in healthy demand on both sides of the Atlantic ever since. But it was one of the first times that the US felt like a real place to him, rather than a distant fantasy. "The memory as a kid was always, we were waiting for what happened in America," says Law. "So, you know, films were always shown in America first. I remember hearing about Indiana Jones or the next Star Wars, and you'd see pictures on the news of people queuing for the cinema in the States and you'd think: 'Well, when are we gonna get it?' There was always this sense of it being ahead. They did a phenomenal job of selling us this lifestyle that just seemed so other and glamorous and cool." Continue reading... |
| A new start after 60: ‘I became a trapeze artist at 65’ Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Nikki Kenward had a troubled childhood with little opportunity for play. But in her 60s she entered the world of the circus, where 'anything goes and anything is possible' When Nikki Kenward was 30, she thought it was time to stop dancing. As a single parent, performance schedules were unforgiving. And, besides, that was the age at which dancers tended to retire. Now, at 67, she has taken up circus. The circus performer Katy Kartwheel lived nearby in Buckinghamshire. "I saw on Facebook that she was offering classes. I thought: 'Classes in aerial in Marlow! That looks fun.' So I emailed her and said: 'Would you take a woman in her 60s?' She said: 'Great! Come along!'" Continue reading... |
| Experience: I made friends with my doppelganger Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:00 AM PDT We had never met – yet we looked almost identical and had similar life stories. Now we do poetry readings together in matching jumpers My wife, Marion, and I moved to Braintree in 2013 to be near our daughter and grandchildren, and I was struck by how friendly some of the locals were. Strangers would often wave as I passed them in the street. Some of them would also say, "Hello, John!" My name's Neil, but I let it pass. On one occasion we were in a cafe when a man came over and said, "You're John Jemison, aren't you?" Continue reading... |
| From The Fly to Casino Royale: the remakes that outshine the originals Posted: 20 Aug 2021 01:00 AM PDT Second time's a charm with these cinematic updates, featuring a revitalised Bond, a well-earned Oscar win and a gory B-movie rework • Modern Toss on movie remakes This classic tale of an ingenue whose career is aided by an older man whose own star is fading has been remade no less than three times. Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson's 1976 rock incarnation might be the best-known version but, most importantly, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 2018 film has the biggest tunes. Continue reading... |
| ‘I wouldn’t take my kids to this’: Star Wars’ Phil Tippett on his hellish animation Mad God Posted: 20 Aug 2021 12:00 AM PDT The leading visual effects designer, whose credits include Star Wars and Jurassic Park, has spent three decades directing his gruesome animated fable You definitely know Phil Tippett's work even if you don't know his name. The 3D chess game in Star Wars, the AT-ATs and Tauntauns in Empire Strikes Back, ED-209 in Robocop, the bugs from Starship Troopers and the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park are just some of the creations Tippett has brought to life. One of Hollywood's leading visual effects designers since the 1970s, Tippett has just spent three decades directing his first feature film: Mad God, a gruesome animated fable wherein a mysterious spy must infiltrate the lower depths on a dangerous mission. It starts with one of the shirtier quotes from Leviticus, the Bible's angriest book, before plummeting to the depths of a gory, dripping underworld. Think Dante via Ren and Stimpy, or Pasolini with stop motion animation. Mad God might be animation, but it's not kids' stuff. Tippett has just premiered it at the Locarno film festival, where he he sat next to a family. "Mum and dad and a couple of little kids, so I said to them: 'I wouldn't take my kids to this.' They got up to leave a few minutes later. The mum said I was right. And I said, 'It gets worse.'" Indeed, it does. Continue reading... |
| Relative of Deutsche Welle journalist killed by Taliban Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:33 AM PDT German broadcaster urges government to support Afghans working with western media Taliban fighters trying to track down western-affiliated journalists allegedly shot dead a family member of an editor working for Deutsche Welle and seriously injured another, the German public broadcaster has said. The state-owned broadcaster said the Taliban had carried out house-to-house searches in western Afghanistan to try to find the journalist, who had already relocated to Germany. Continue reading... |
| Sexting, lies and unveiled selfies: the Egyptian film exploring the hidden lives of teenage girls Posted: 19 Aug 2021 08:06 AM PDT Ayten Amin's Souad is a razor-sharp portrayal of sisterhood and sexual awakening that is rarely represented on screen When the Egyptian director Ayten Amin was 10 years old, a classmate's sister killed herself. The news gripped the school. But, in a society where suicide is a sin, no one talked about it; instead, they mourned the girl as though she had died mysteriously, or in an accident. "When I was shooting my first film, it suddenly hit me," Amin says over a video call from her home in Cairo. "How did my classmate feel back then? How did she grow up knowing what happened, but with no one talking about it?" In her new film, Souad, Amin explores precisely this: the hidden lives of teenage girls in Egypt. It follows the title character (played by Bassant Ahmed) and Rabab (Basmala Elghaiesh), sisters of 19 and 13 living in Zagazig, a small city 40 miles north of Cairo in the Nile delta. To her family and friends, Souad is as religious as she is studious – but she lives a different life online. She has virtual relationships with men and becomes enthralled by the glamorous-seeming Ahmed (Hussein Ghanem), an influencer from the fashionable Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Their relationship begins to sour when Souad stands up Ahmed for a real-life date; it gets steadily worse as a cycle of sexts and arguments sets in. Then tragedy strikes. Continue reading... |
| ‘They call us bewitched’: the DRC performers turning trash into art – photo essay Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:01 PM PDT Dolls found in rubbish dumps, radio parts and discarded flip-flops are among items used to create surreal costumes by a Kinshasa collective highlighting political and environmental issues As a child, Shaka Fumu Kabaka witnessed the atrocities that took place during the six-day war between Ugandan and Rwandan forces in his home town of Kisangani in June 2000. "It was not even our war, but a war between two foreign armies," he said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Move heaven and earth’: pressure on Biden to speed up visas for Afghans who helped US Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:30 PM PDT Members of Congress warn that those who aided US military are in grave danger as they wait for evacuations and paperwork For the two decades the US waged war in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of Afghans worked with American forces at great risk to themselves and their families. A small fraction of those translators, drivers and other workers were promised pathways to special visas to leave the country and relocate to the US in return for their service. But now, after a hasty US military departure and an even faster takeover by the Taliban, thousands of applicants to these programs and other refugees find themselves in limbo with an unclear timeline on when their applications will be processed and serious questions about their safety while they wait. Continue reading... |
| Meng Wanzhou: ‘princess of Huawei’ who became the face of a high-stakes dispute Posted: 19 Aug 2021 07:58 AM PDT The executive's case has sent China's relations with the US and Canada plummeting with accusations of political arrests and 'hostage diplomacy' Until she was detained at Vancouver airport in December 2018, Meng Wanzhou was not a household name. But the 49-year-old Huawei executive has now become the face of a high-stakes trilateral dispute between China, Canada and the US. Related: Meng Wanzhou extradition case wraps up but verdict will take months Continue reading... |
| Embrace Communist rule, China tells Tibet on 70th anniversary of invasion Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:38 AM PDT Politburo official makes remarks at Tibetan palace amid crackdown on practice of non-Han religions All Tibetans should embrace Communist party rule and share the "cultural symbols and images of the Chinese nation", a senior Chinese official has said at an event celebrating 70 years since the People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet. Wang Yang, a member of the politburo standing committee, China's most powerful political body, made the remarks during a lavish ceremony in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the sacred home of Tibet's traditional Buddhist leaders. Continue reading... |
| Facing a hospitals crisis, Gladys Berejiklian is finally getting tough on Covid | Anne Davies Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:53 AM PDT The NSW premier's inclination has always been to limit restrictions, but as the Delta outbreak worsens that's had to change
In New South Wales's desperate battle to stop its hospital system being overwhelmed and curb case numbers Gladys Berejiklian has been forced to adopt measures she only last week said were unnecessary. Here are a few numbers to contemplate. This Friday: 470 people in hospital, 80 people in intensive care and 27 who require ventilation. Continue reading... |
| As I walk around Kabul, the streets are empty of women Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:36 AM PDT A few days ago the capital was full of women going about their business. Now, the few that remain walk fast and full of fear Four days after the quick and unexpected invasion of Kabul by the Taliban, the streets of the Afghan capital are almost entirely devoid of women. The few women who are on the streets are wearing the traditional blue burqa, Islamic garb that, while customary in Afghanistan, was not used as widely in Kabul until now. Many women are dressed in the long black clothes commonly worn in the Middle East and Arab nations. Continue reading... |
| ‘No one comes here any more’: the human cost as Covid wipes out tourism Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:12 AM PDT From Bolivia's Lake Titicaca to wildlife tourism in Nepal, we find out how the crisis has affected people in four travel hotspots – and whether or not they want the tourists to return In March last year, it was predicted that the global travel shutdown would cause international arrivals to plummet by 20 to 30% by the end of 2020. Six weeks later, the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) revised their warning: international arrivals could fall by up to 80% – equating to a billion fewer tourists and the worst crisis in the history of the industry. Continue reading... |
| Delaying US exit a month could have meant peace in Afghanistan, says negotiator Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:17 AM PDT Biden's hasty withdrawal removed leverage in talks with Taliban, says first female vice-president of Afghan parliament Fawzia Koofi Joe Biden delaying the exit of American forces from Afghanistan by just a month could have made a significant difference to the outcome of continuing peace talks with the Taliban leadership, according to one of the negotiators. Fawzia Koofi, an Afghan politician and women's rights activist, said the chaotic withdrawal undermined all leverage that the US and the Afghan government had had with the Taliban at the talks in Qatar. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT As Covid continues to curb visits to see our iconic wildlife, now is the time to move away from western-led funding models That African governments have failed to mobilise funds to conserve their vast protected areas is not in doubt. Countries were just about managing to pay basic salaries to rangers who barely had enough to put fuel in their patrol vehicles. Covid has exacerbated this already dire situation, with the loss of income from foreign tourism. The continent has more than 8,500 protected areas, described by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as government-led national parks, areas jointly governed by state agencies, communities, privately owned wildlife reserves, and public-private partnerships between governments, companies and NGOs. Included too, are what the IUCN calls "indigenous peoples and communities conserved territories and areas". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:45 PM PDT History judges uninterested bystanders harshly. New Zealand must commit to saving more Afghans from the Taliban regime What is unfolding now in Afghanistan is a moment that Afghans can't turn away from. It will mean separated families, death, torture and sexual slavery – women, the rainbow community, journalists and human rights defenders will be most zealously targeted. At this critical moment, they have hope of rescue. But in Aotearoa New Zealand, our government is at risk of letting this hope slip away. History judges uninterested bystanders harshly. It isn't like us to be one of those. This week our government announced we would send a New Zealand defence force (NZDF) vessel to bring a limited category of people back from Kabul. On Thursday one of our air force Hercules planes left for Afghanistan, and I acknowledge the risks our defence force personnel are taking in this time of Covid-19 to save the lives of people who have helped us. Continue reading... |
| UK wrestles with effects of Taliban rule on terror, drugs and aid Posted: 19 Aug 2021 10:46 AM PDT Analysis: whether Britain should recognise Afghanistan's new regime, and how soon, is a fraught question for officials With the Taliban now firmly in control of most of Afghanistan, British government figures have been wrestling with what that means for everything from counter-terrorism to the drugs trade and aid. How soon should Britain's battlefield foes be recognised as the de facto rulers of Afghanistan? What attitude should the UK take to the burgeoning resistance coalescing around former Afghan government figures as the threat of renewed civil war looms? Continue reading... |
| Are Covid booster jabs necessary? Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:38 AM PDT Evidence about efficacy of additional dose of vaccine is unclear as some raise moral argument Many rich countries are considering offering people an additional coronavirus vaccine dose. But are these booster shots necessary? Continue reading... |
| From the archive: Cuomo’s demise – Politics Weekly Extra Posted: 19 Aug 2021 09:00 PM PDT A week after Andrew Cuomo resigned as the governor of the state of New York, Jonathan Freedland revisits a conversation he had with Alexis Grenell back in March. The pair discuss how Cuomo rose to the top, and then fell spectacularly from grace. Continue reading... |
| Children passed over the walls of Kabul airport amid evacuation chaos – video Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:08 AM PDT Footage shows desperate crowds passing children to US soldiers in the hope of getting them to safety at Kabul international airport. Taliban forces have set up checkpoints outside the airport, raising fears that even people with the correct documents needed to leave Afghanistan may not get through to their evacuation flights
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| My escape from Afghanistan on a US military plane: 'It was total chaos' – video Posted: 19 Aug 2021 05:15 AM PDT Hundreds of people on the runway, women and children screaming, and gunshots lighting up the sky: Afghan journalist Ramin Rahman spoke to the Guardian about his chaotic escape from Hamid Karzai international airport the day the Taliban took Kabul. Rahman, 27, left Kabul fearing for his life. As 'a progressive, outspoken journalist with tattoos' – he is basically the antithesis of what the Taliban stand for. He described several hours of uncertainty and panic, running with hundreds of others towards US aircraft, and the agonising wait before the plane took off from Afghanistan Continue reading... |
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