The American withdrawal from Afghanistan, a potential levy on disposable nappies and holiday updates are splashed across the front pages on Tuesday.
The Guardian says there has been “chaos and bloodshed” as the last US flight left Kabul, with the i reporting tens of thousands of people who worked with Western forces “fear retribution by the Taliban after being left behind”.
Guardian front page, Tuesday 31 August 2021: Chaos and bloodshed as last US flight leaves Kabul pic.twitter.com/M3tVOpnQS2
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 30, 2021
Tuesday’s front page: Fury and fear as last flights leave Kabul#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/FwPB4RgXZ3 pic.twitter.com/epC5FtC7Zg
— i newspaper (@theipaper) August 30, 2021
Metro features a photograph of an Afghan man weeping as it reports the remaining American troops left just a minute before midnight in Kabul.
Tuesday’s front page (updated):
THE LAST FLIGHT#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/Ets4ZOGM0B
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) August 30, 2021
The “dark, uncertain future now facing Afghanistan” is covered by The Independent, while The Sun carries a “chillingly symbolic snap” of Taliban militants near a bobby’s helmet and state trooper’s hat inside the former British police training facility in Kabul.
Tomorrow’s @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/sU5ae7d92y
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) August 30, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: Chilling picture shows Taliban extremists posing in ex-Brit HQ as the West leaves Afghanistan in their hands https://t.co/3k2hDdePYO pic.twitter.com/uWmYs0uopp
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 30, 2021
The Times reports the “special relationship was under strain” following Pentagon leaks which claimed the US kept a gate open at Kabul airport, despite knowing there was a high risk of attack, to assist the British evacuation.
TIMES: Pentagon leaks blame UK for bombing deaths #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DOggnH2sWZ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 30, 2021
The head of the Royal Air Force tells The Daily Telegraph his force are prepared to launch fresh air strikes against the so-called “Islamic State” in Afghanistan.
?️The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘RAF ready to launch fresh IS strikes in Afghanistan’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 30, 2021
Meanwhile, “champion of the elderly” Lord Foulkes has warned Chancellor Rishi Sunak ditching the triple lock would be a betrayal of pensioners, according to the Daily Express.
EXPRESS: Don’t ‘double cross’ us over triple lock #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Nxs22a3rrH
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 30, 2021
A Whitehall source has told the Daily Mail the Government may introduce a levy on disposable nappies to tackle the country’s “landfill crisis”.
Tuesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/9lYdQCGvhx
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) August 30, 2021
“We do love to be beside our seaside” declares the Daily Mirror as it reports “staycation” inquiries are up by 74%.
Tomorrow’s front page: We do love to be beside our seaside https://t.co/n2dzBcLGXz #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Xi3MTjJUdK
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) August 30, 2021
Staying on holidays and the Financial Times says surging coronavirus infections and hospitalisations in the US have prompted an “EU threat to reimpose travel restrictions”.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, for Tuesday 31 August pic.twitter.com/SgWQzlYYeW
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 30, 2021
And the Daily Star reports technology billionaire Elon Musk’s £7.25 billion global broadband service, run with 1,700 satellites, “is being knocked out by pesky pigeons mistaking the dishes for bird baths”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Pigeon poo blocks Musk sat dishes https://t.co/DDhcDdlsZl#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/hnoUy2RiYQ
— Daily Star (@dailystar) August 30, 2021
