UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days agoAfghan asylum approvals plunge as UK denies women fleeing Taliban, analysis warns
The UK has significantly reduced asylum grants for Afghan women, dropping from 96% to 34% since Labour took office.
Aly, an Afghan national, lives in hiding in Pakistan. ALY: I can say that in these months we got older more than 10 or 20 years. HADID: Like he and his wife have aged 20 years. He asks we not use his full name. He's at risk of deportation to Afghanistan, where he fears he'll be harmed or killed. He was a translator in Afghanistan from 2018 to 2021 and was in the pipeline to enter the U.S. ALY: Doors are closing day by day.
Sarah Beckstrom, one of the national guard troops shot in Washington DC on Wednesday, has died, Donald Trump said on Thursday. Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we're talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person She's just passed away. She's no longer with us, Trump said in his first live remarks since the shooting. Beckstrom, 20, was one of two members of the national guards shot near the White House in a targeted attack.