British forces going back to Afghanistan is "not on the cards", Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told Sky News.

The Taliban has declared that the war in Afghanistan is over after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul.

A heavily armed guard lifted the enormous hotel security boom and we emerged into a Kabul that was suddenly very different.

The first flight carrying British nationals as part of an operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan has arrived in the UK.

People who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus no longer have to isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive.

Algerian authorities have detained 36 people after the mob killing and burning of a man wrongly accused of starting wildfires.

Asda and National Express are among a number of firms set to offer rewards to young people getting a COVID jab.

Scenes of chaos have been seen at Kabul's airport as hundreds of desperate Afghans, foreign diplomats and officials attempt to flee the country.

Three and a half weeks ago I had breakfast with the Afghan national security advisor in his five-star hotel on London's Park Lane.

The UK and the US are facing criticism over their handling of the deepening crisis in Afghanistan.