Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph - a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Tuesday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Security suspect escaped to UK from Kabul
A suspect on the UK's no-fly watchlist made it to Britain from Afghanistan after being allowed to board an evacuation flight at Kabul airport, it emerged on Monday night.
The individual was one of five people on the watchlist of potential threats to national security who attempted to enter Britain from Afghanistan under the cover of the mission to rescue Afghans fleeing the Taliban. Read the full story.
2. Extinction Rebellion take advantage of court ruling to bring central London streets to standstill
Extinction Rebellion protesters brought roads in central London to a halt on Monday, emboldened by a recent Supreme Court ruling in favour of demonstrators.
Hundreds of activists from the climate change group gathered in the capital at the start of two weeks of action aimed at persuading the Government to stop new investment in fossil fuels. Read the full story.
3. Six in 10 care homes will be forced to sack staff over Covid vaccination
Six in 10 care homes say they will be forced to sack members of staff who are refusing to get vaccinated ahead of the government deadline, The Telegraph understands.
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has ordered all care home staff to receive their first dose of a Covid vaccine by Sep 16 so they are fully vaccinated by the time regulations come into force on Nov 11. Read the full story.
4. US ban on UK travellers could stay in place until November, airlines fear
The US could maintain its ban on UK travellers until Thanksgiving on November 25, airlines fear, in a further blow to US-UK relations.
A major airline is this week expected to postpone plans to launch scheduled services from London to New York in September until November amid concerns that there are no signs of any imminent lifting of the ban. Read the full story.
5. We will always feel guilt over five-year-old Afghan refugee’s death, says top civil servant
A top civil servant in charge of housing Afghan refugees has said she and her team will feel guilty for the rest of their lives over the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a hotel window last week.
In an emotional public defence of her staff, Emma Haddad said they had been left heartbroken by the death of Mohammed Munib Majeedi, the son of a Kabul embassy worker who fell from a ninth-floor window at the Sheffield hotel where his family was being temporarily housed. Read the full story.
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