BREAKING NEWS: US Department of State will issue ‘do not travel’ advisory for 80% of countries due to COVID-19 risk The U.S. Department of State announced it will be issuing ‘Level 4: Do Not Travel’ advisories for 80% of countries In a statement on Monday, officials recommended that Americans ‘reconsider all travel abroad’ Level 4 is … Read more
At last we are to get out of Afghanistan, a country to which we should never have sent a single soldier. I am still full of fury at the shallow and ignorant politicians of all the main parties who sent young men and women into that futile war, to die or to be maimed, for absolutely … Read more
President Biden has announced that all remaining American troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11, exactly 20 years after the attack on the World Trade Centre that started it all. The 750 British soldiers still in the country will follow. So job done, then? I’m afraid not. The Taliban — crazed extremists against whom Western … Read more
I’m speaking to you today from the Roosevelt – the Treaty Room in the White House. The same spot where, on October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military had begun strikes on terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. It was just weeks – just weeks after the terrorist … Read more
‘We will pay with our blood’: Afghan translators warn withdrawal of British troops from their homeland could put them at risk from an emboldened Taliban UK followed US and Nato allies in a commitment to leave country by September But men who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with forces fear they’ll be ‘left behind’ Taliban swears to take … Read more
President Joe Biden has decided to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after al Qaeda’s attacks triggered America’s longest war, but several months after a May 1 deadline negotiated by the Trump administration. The decision on a deadline to remove the final 2,500 U.S. forces would finally … Read more
Kym Marsh has revealed that lockdown has been a blessing to her as she’s been able to spend more quality time with her army officer boyfriend. The former Coronation Street star, 44, explained how Parachute Regiment major Scott Ratcliff, 32, had been serving in Afghanistan when he was sent back home amid Covid-19 restrictions. And … Read more
Dan Walker to step down as presenter of Football Focus at the end of the season, after 12 years at the helm… but will continue to present BBC Breakfast and will cover the Tokyo Olympics Dan Walker will step down as presenter of Football Focus after 12 years on show By Ollie Lewis For Mailonline … Read more
We were lying along a thin tree line by a ditch, having just come under accurate machine gun fire for the first time that day. It was a little after 10.30am and hot. Very hot, certainly, by the standards of Derby, Nottingham and Worcester, where the recruiting officers had welcomed the soldiers beside me. Not … Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal set to star in Combat Control about late war hero John Chapman who sacrificed his life during a mission in Afghanistan By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 15:55 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 16:08 GMT, 20 March 2021 Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in military drama Combat Control. The 40-year-old actor will portray … Read more