In the headlines: the evacuation window is closing, against a backdrop of terrorist threats in Kabul

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Afghans evacuate Kabul via the international airport, August 24, 2021 © AP / US Marine / Sgt.

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"

 The evacuations are entering their final phase

 ", headlines the

Guardian

which indicates that the Europeans will interrupt their flights in the coming hours, at the latest tomorrow evening, pressed both by the American deadline set for August 31, but also by new "

 imminent terrorist threats

 " from Daesh against the Kabul airport where thousands of Afghans are still massing, "

 ready to do anything to flee their country at the hands of the Taliban

 ", underlines

Le Soir

.

"

 It is better to leave the airport and flee by land while trying to gain the borders of the country

 ", besides advised them Wednesday Ben Wallace the British Minister of Defense, reports the

Times

which considers that by doing so "

 the Kingdom -Uni recognizes for the first time that it will not evacuate all the Afghans who have helped the country

 ", with among them in particular still specifies the British daily"

 of the interpreters who helped the soldiers, but especially politicians and humanitarian workers

 ". "

 At least 250,000 Afghans who worked with the United States have still not been evacuated,

 " notes the

New York Times

. "

 The Germans will also leave behind people who had been promised a rescue,

 ”also regrets the columnist of the German daily

Südkurier

.

The “promises” of the Taliban in search of diplomatic recognition

The "

 true face of the Taliban will undoubtedly be revealed only when the last plane takes off from Kabul airport

 ", estimates the

Südkurier

. In the meantime, the Taliban are trying to show their white paws, still in search of diplomatic recognition. In an exclusive interview with the

New York Times

, one of the main spokespersons for Islamists Zabihulah Mujahid swears that "

 the Taliban want to forget the past

 ", that their only concern is "to

 rebuild the country

 ".

He assures that Afghans who want to leave the country will be able to do so after August 31, he also promises that women “

 will be free to leave the house unaccompanied

,” that they can quickly resume school and work.

A beautiful image of "

 tolerance

 ", which nevertheless specifies the

New York Times

is sent by the same one, Zabihulah Mujahid, who just yesterday just before this interview " 

warned Afghan women that it was safer to stay in their homes until more Taliban soldiers have been trained not to mistreat them

 ”.

From his Russian prison, Alexeï Navalny confides in the

New York Times

First interview in 7 months that the Russian opponent has been imprisoned, via a 54-page handwritten exchange, specifies the

New York Times

in which Navalny describes his conditions of detention in what he said looks like "

 a Chinese labor camp, where everyone walks online and where video cameras are hung everywhere, constant monitoring and a culture of informing

 . It is "

 psychological violence

 ", says Navalny, who recounts in particular how the prisoners are forced to "

 watch television 8 hours a day, mainly patriotic programs

 ", and how he is woken up every hour at night, as "

 prisoner likely to escape

 ”.

Despite everything, Navalny keeps "

 good morale

 ", underlines the American daily, he still considers that "

 the Putin regime is a historic accident, not a fatality

 ", and wants to believe "

 that sooner or later this error will be repaired, because it is is what the people want, a democratic Russia

 ”.

Nirvana's "naked baby" Spencer Elden sues group for "child pornography"

The naked baby who swims underwater and tries to catch a dollar bill hanging on a hook, it is the famous cover of the album "Nevermind" of Nirvana in 1991 "

 considered as one of the most great rock albums of all time,

 "says the

Washington Post,

which like many dailies around the world reports how this baby, Spencer Elden is now in his thirties and says he feels"

 more and more sore. 'comfortable with this image of him naked on an album cover

 '.

So much so that he decided to file a complaint for "

 child pornography

 ", and claims a total of just over $ 2 million from the members of the group and the administrators of the estate of Kurt Cobain.

The famous disc would have generated "

 millions of dollars

 ", underlines again the American press which specifies that Elden, on the other hand, knew "

 financial difficulties

 ".

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