Boris Johnson fails to persuade Joe Biden to extend Afghan evacuation deadline

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The grueling nearly two-decade long U.S. intervention in Afghanistan officially ended yesterday, but Joe Biden today was still trying to justify how it came to a chaotic conclusion.

Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has resumed his summer break which was interrupted by the fall of Kabul but Downing Street has insisted the Prime Minister is “continuing to work”.As the last British troops left Kabul on Sunday, Boris Johnson left London with his family for Somerset in the west of England .Despite being away from Downing Street No 10 officials insisted he was still at work.The Prime Minister’s Official

President Joe Biden, facing the worst day of his presidency, mourned the loss of U.S. servicemen and civilians killed in a deadly attack outside the Kabul airport, but he vowed that the Afghanistan evacuation mission would continue.

Johnson to up the number of refugees resettled in the UK while emphasising that Scotland is “committed to playing our part” in an expanded programme. In a letter published while the PM was engaged in an emergency session of the G7 nations, Sturgeon said she required urgent information on how many Afghan civilians, especially women, girls and others in need of refuge, will be protected.

Linda Norgrove Foundation has issued a public appeal for Boris Johnson to get two of its staff members, who are sisters, out of the Taliban-controlled capital. The two women are in hiding in the city with their families and despite cross-party pressure from MPs over the past week the UK Foreign Office has not contacted them for evacuation.

an Blackford MP, the SNP Westminster leader, said that it would be “unacceptable” for parliament to remain in recess for another fortnight, while UK armed forces and personnel were putting their lives on the line at Kabul. Johnson faced a hostile reception from across a packed House of Commons last week when MPs were recalled for a one-off session to debate the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.

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Prime Minister to phone Biden to extend the exit date as former PM Tony Blair said the UK had a “moral obligation” to stay on and complete the evacuation.

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Prime Minister ducked and dived his way through piercing questions from MPs as he waffled his way through an opening statement in a day-long debate on Afghanistan. The Prime Minister had few answers or explanations for the UK’s lack of co-ordinated response to the sudden Taliban takeover at the end of a 20 year war which claimed the lives of 457 British troops and thousands of Afghan civilians.

Commons debate this morning to explain Britain’s role in the unfolding catastrophe in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister will kick off a five hour debate to which MPs have been recalled by announcing the UK will resettle 20,000 vulnerable people.

Ron Perlman has a request for Joe Biden. On Tuesday, the 71-year-old actor took to Twitter to share a video message in which he directly addressed the president, who he called his "friend." "I've been tossing and turning all night giving this a great deal of thought, and there is one way you can save the day here," Perlman said.

Facing the first foreign policy fiasco of his administration so far, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and the world today on the situation in Afghanistan and the return of the horrific Taliban to power.

President Joe Biden has addressed the situation in Afghanistan in a new speech on Monday (August 16).

Prime Minister will hold the meeting this afternoon as a struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continues. Johnson' s spokesman said the UK will continue the evacuation effort for "as long as we are able to do so and as long as it is safe to do so".

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