Browsing: The Guardian

The Guardian says a booster jab of Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable people is not a luxury but a good way to protect them, the World Health Organization has said.

The Guardian says Sarah Storey eclipsed all competition to win her second gold medal of Tokyo 2020 in the C5 time trial on Tuesday morning.

The Guardian says UK business confidence has hit a four-year high, thanks to growing optimism about the post-Covid recovery

The Guardian says there was “chaos” as the US withdrew, with the Pentagon investigating reports of civilian casualties from a drone strike targeting a suicide bomber in Kabul.

The Guardian says communities along the US Gulf coast are braced for a potentially significant hurricane over the weekend

The Guardian says the UK has stopped taking people into Kabul airport to remove them from Afghanistan, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace has said.

The Guardian says New Zealand will remain in a full lockdown until midnight on Tuesday, with regions south of Auckland moving to level 3

The Guardian says a 37-year-old man has been charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with intent at three supermarkets in west London.

The Guardian says hundreds of Britons have offered to host Afghan refugees in their homes since the UK government started evacuation flights after the fall of Kabul.

The Guardian reports the explosions took place among frantic crowds trying to leave Afghanistan. It says one of the bombs was near a hotel where the British embassy is based

The Guardian says When Gavin Newsom was first elected governor of California in 2018, he captured a greater share of the vote than any other Democrat in state history

The Guardian says after all that, it took only eight words for Harry Kane to confirm the news most Tottenham supporters had been desperately hoping to hear

The Guardian says Pep Guardiola has said he plans to leave Manchester City when his current contract runs out in 2023

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 growing numbers of British children are unhappy with their lives, with many worrying about school, friends and how they look, a report reveals.

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.

Afghans who want to flee to Britain may be better off heading to the border instead of awaiting RAF evacuation, according to The Guardian.

The Guardian says two members of US Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the chaotic evacuation, stunning State Department and military personnel

The Guardian says everyone knew that Charlie Watts’s heart was always in jazz. Even when he grew his hair long and put on hippie garb with the Rolling Stones

The Guardian says Official statistics show Covid is claiming 100 lives a day on average across the UK.

The Guardian says Paris Saint-Germain are considering a €160m bid from Real Madrid for Kylian Mbappé, with the France forward hoping to seal a move to the Spanish giants.

The Guardian says Britain’s evacuation from Kabul is expected to end within “24 to 36 hours”, potentially abandoning thousands of Afghans.

The Guardian says thousands of Afghans could potentially be abandoned if the UK operations end as expected in 24 to 36 hours.

The Guardian says Kathy Hochul, the first woman to become governor of New York state, will make her debut speech from the executive mansion in Albany on Tuesday

The Guardian says Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the US, has died in Minnesota. He was 38.