Elevenses: What Did You Expect From Joe Biden?
From the newsletter: The new president's America looks a lot like the old one's.
Whitehall bigwigs were all on holiday as Kabul fell
Top civil servants at the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence are all on leave.
Fleeing Taliban, desperate Afghan mothers toss babies over barbed wire fences
British officers in Kabul have described the "awful" scenes at the city's airport.
Maskless Tories show how ‘issue has been politicised’, expert says
Professor Peter Openshaw said maskless Tories in the House showed how the issue has been politicised.
‘Shame on him’: Afghan interpreter condemns Dominic Raab
The foreign secretary declined to call his Afghan counterpart while on holiday in Crete.
Tory peer claimed UK’s ‘enemies’ emboldened by ‘caving in’ to BLM
In an emergency debate on Afghanistan, Lord Robathan said the UK had caved in to "ignorant left-wing activists".
UK’s biggest bosses earn more in year than key workers do in a lifetime
Britain's FTSE-100 bosses earned 86 times the average employee’s wage last year.
MPs should ‘lead by example’ by wearing masks in Parliament
Government guidance says face coverings are recommended in crowded and enclosed spaces.
‘Feels like defeat’: Tom Tugendhat delivers powerful Afghanistan speech
The Tory MP, who served in Afghanistan, was given a round of applause by MPs after his emotive intervention.