Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor

At least six people have been killed after armed clashes broke out in the Lebanese capital Beirut, amid growing tension over the investigation into last year’s port explosion. 

Afghanistan is at a make or break moment, the UN secretary general has warned, as he declared that failing to save the country’s economy from collapse would mean “the world will pay a heavy price”. 

Taiwan’s president has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if China tries to take over the island, as Beijing ramps up its military harassment towards the territory. 

Dozens of female footballers and their families have managed to escape from Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan, including one group who’d been in hiding after their homes were burned down and some relatives were captured by the Taliban. But there are entire communities left behind who are now living in fear, like the Hazara…

Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear. 

After 9/11 the Americans invaded Afghanistan and easily overthrew the Taliban, who had harboured Al Qaeda, that carried out the attacks. But after that nothing was easy. 

Thirteen Britons have managed to fly out of Afghanistan onboard the first international flight to leave Kabul since western forces pulled out.

International leaders have condemned the make-up of Afghanistan’s interim government, as the Taliban appointed a number of hardliners to the all-male cabinet, including one minister on the FBI’s most wanted list.  

The Taliban have named an interim government with a prime minister who is on a UN terror watchlist and an interior minister with a $10 million bounty on his head.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban says it has taken control of the Panjshir Valley, the last bastion of opposition resisting Taliban rule.

We spoke to the man who has become the public face of the Taliban in Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. We asked him why, in the light of all these urgent problems, three weeks after entering Kabul, they still haven’t formed a government?

The Taliban came into Kabul three weeks ago, but there is still no government. The economy has juddered to a halt, nobody is getting salaries and many things have closed. People are just desperate for money and work. There is drought, hunger, Covid and poverty, as well as all the issues with women’s rights and…

The Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Massoud says he is ready to talk with the Taliban and negotiate a settlement to end fighting in the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul.

Heavy fighting has been taking place in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley where militia fighters claim they’re holding out against Taliban forces overnight, amid premature rumours that the Taliban had captured the territory.

Warning: This report contains distressing images.