Boris Johnson’s long-awaited appeal to Joe Biden to extend his deadline for grace flights from Kabul amid strained US-UK relations made headlines on Monday.
The Prime Minister will plead with US President Joe Biden tomorrow at the virtual summit of G7 leaders to leave US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August to facilitate evacuations, The Guardian reports.
Guardian front page, Monday August 23, 2021: No 10 appeal to Biden after Taliban show of force pic.twitter.com/EsynNKI7Ed
– The guardian (@gardien) August 22, 2021
And the I says tensions are growing between Britain and the United States over how long Mr Biden plans to leave his troops at the airport.
I: Rift grows with US on Afghan withdrawal #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KHVxpriNG8
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 22, 2021
The Daily mail tells a similar story and adds that fears that mercy flights from Kabul will be interrupted within 48 hours.
Monday @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/3EM39gKwSg
– Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) August 22, 2021
The Daily Express also leads on this increasingly tense issue, under the title “Time is running out for trapped British”.
EXPRESS: Time is running out for trapped British #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/sQI6V2jsX7
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 22, 2021
Corn The temperature said Britain’s deadline for humanitarian flights had been extended and that there would be a “mass airlift” to evacuate 6,000 Britons and Afghans from the “chaos of Kabul”.
TIMES: Mass airlift to evacuate 6,000 from Kabul chaos #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/reyotu62oU
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 22, 2021
The daily telegraph Also says Mr Johnson will “push Biden” on withdrawal from Afghanistan, while also signaling the urgency of Covid may mean flu shots will not be effective this winter.
Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
“Johnson will push Biden to withdraw from Afghanistan”#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the homepage newsletter https://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/pgRJZh8O5F
– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 22, 2021
The Financial Time picks up on another geopolitical aspect of the US-led pullout under the headline “Johnson Hosts Crisis Talks As Role Emerges for China and Russia.”
FT United Kingdom:@BorisJohnsonhosts crisis talks as role emerges for China, Russia #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ILPfWXE1PC
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 22, 2021
And Metro focuses on the British paratrooper shown holding a baby in an iconic Kabul airport image, which says “I was just doing my duty”.
Tomorrow’s newspaper tonight
I WAS JUST DOING MY HOMEWORK
Corporal pictured with baby at airport says image sums up what happens every day#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/291945nuAl
– Metro (@MetroUK) August 22, 2021
In other news, the Daily Mirror Says the family of a woman damaged to her left brain by Beverley Allitt fear the “murder nurse” will soon be released from prison on parole.
Tomorrow’s headline: We’re worried Angel of Death will be released in a few weeks #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/9tsnFIKJnj pic.twitter.com/Iyjy43H4KR
– The mirror (@DailyMirror) August 22, 2021
And the Star of the day leads on forecasts of a new heat wave for Britain.
Of tomorrow @dailystar #cover page:
– Staying feeling: 12 day heatwave begins now – 700 mile wide “drop of hot air” saves summerhttps: //t.co/4M609JhaG2 pic.twitter.com/KVGMJBOAY4
– Star of the day (@dailystar) August 22, 2021