The MP for Esher and Walton says the UK government will use “every last remaining hour “ to get everyone it can back from Afghanistan.

The guardian newspaper is reporting that British soldiers will leave Kabul within “24 to 36 hours” because of the way the operation is scaled down.

Yesterday the US president rejected calls to extend Tuesday’s deadline to withdraw personnel.

Dominic Raab was on holiday as the Taliban took control- he’s admitted he’d rather have been here