The UK's top diplomat was strongly encouraged to discuss with his Afghan counterpart measures that would allow Afghans to board flights without passports or visas in order to exit the country rapidly as the Taliban* marched on Kabul on Friday.

The matter regarding the app was reportedly brought to the attention of the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock shortly before his resignation, but it wasn't until a month later that his successor Sajid Javid announced that the app would be updated.

The Taliban’s* rapid takeover of power in Afghanistan on Sunday has prompted the world’s influencers to share concerns for the Afghan people, who have seen US and NATO troops depart the country in recent weeks. The Sussexes couldn’t stay silent on the issue.

Despite repeated allegations from Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre that she was sex trafficked to Prince Andrew by the financier and his close associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the age of 17, the Queen’s son has remained adamant that he has “no recollection” of ever meeting the girl.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Labour party leader Keir Starmer called on the House of Commons on Wednesday to improve the mental health support services for servicemen returning from Afghanistan and other hot spots.

Scotland’s key landmark was purportedly “seized” on Tuesday by a group of some 20 to 30 people, who entered the castle, refusing to pay a ticket fee.

In June, UK politician Matt Hancock announced he was resigning as the country's health secretary over reports that he was having an extramarital affair with a close aide.

The UK Parliament is being recalled from summer recess for Wednesday’s debate on a response to the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban capitalized on the withdrawal of US and NATO troops to carry out a lightning-fast advance. As the Islamist militant group entered the capital Kabul, Western nations stepped up evacuations from the country.

LONDON (Sputnik) - The UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted a military aircraft identified as Russia's Su-24 in international airspace over the Black Sea off the coast of Romania.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved powers over healthcare, among other issues, and drew up their own rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic independently from the Westminster government.

The figures were in contrast to findings of a London School of Economics (LSE) study released at the weekend, in which one in 16 businesses surveyed said they expected to fold in the next quarter — coinciding with the end of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak's furlough scheme.

Geronimo's supporters have vowed to physically block any attempt by authorities to take the alpaca, named after the famous Chiricahua Apache war leader who evaded capture by the US Army for years, away for execution.

Last Thursday, before the Taliban* seized power in Afghanistan, London announced that it would send about 600 troops to Kabul to facilitate the evacuation of British nationals and Afghans working for the UK.

Responding to the criticism of his tweet, Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman, told the Daily Express his message pointed to a "catastrophic failure of leadership" by Boris Johnson regarding Afghanistan.

On Monday, it emerged that both Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were on holiday at the same time just a few hours before the Taliban captured the Afghan capital Kabul.

The Duke of Sussex was speaking in his capacity as founder of the Invictus Games Foundation for injured veterans, having spent ten years in the British Army himself and serving two frontline deployments to Afghanistan during the two-decade operation.

Some of the American companies seeking to expand their portfolio have already pledged to respect the arrangements that the British defence firms reached with London prior to the purchase.

Metal beams have been placed under the planks at some hospitals for extra support — more than 200 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn alone — while Hinchingbrooke Hospital has banned patients weighing over 19 stone (120 kg) from being treated on certain wards.

The lawyer has represented the infamous London woman in her legal bid to overturn the British government's ban on her returning to the UK from Syria, where she travelled as a teenager to marry a member of the Islamic State terror group and bear him three children, all of whom died.

In late May, the World Health Organisation called for another 20 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed to African nations in the next six weeks, stressing that "Africa needs vaccines now".