In the headlines: the Afghan crisis turns into a catastrophic scenario for Joe Biden
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US President Joe Biden leaves his press conference after the double explosion that sounded near Kabul airport on August 26, 2021. © AP / Evan Vucci
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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While the bloody photos of the carnage yesterday at Kabul airport, which left around 100 dead including 13 American soldiers, are displayed everywhere on the front page, editorial writers around the world are unanimously commenting
on
"
Joe Biden's nightmare
", as the headline
Die Welt
, "
the worst case scenario
", writes
Le Temps
, a phrase widely used in the European press which notes that it is "
the deadliest day for the American army since 2011
". The American press is of course also in shock. "
Joe Biden must face a tragedy he vowed to avoid,
" headlines The
New York Times
which recalls that the withdrawal from Afghanistan was precisely motivated by the president's determination not to “
sacrifice even one additional member of the army
”.
"
Biden is struggling to cope with the most explosive crisis of his presidency,
" judges the
Washington Post,
for whom the death of American soldiers "
threatens to undermine his credentials as an experienced and competent world leader
". "
His plan for an orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan had already sunk into chaos when the Taliban ousted the Afghan government within days
," adds the
Post
, which explains that the worst is yet to come with possible new attacks ISIS before August 31. "
The Islamist fighters have already shown that they will strike us wherever they can
", asserts the columnist of the daily for whom "
leaving Afghanistan will unfortunately not diminish their will to attack us
”.
A heavy blow to the new Taliban power
This is "
the first hard blow for the Taliban - after having conquered the country at lightning speed in just 4 months
", underlines
Le Soir
and who, barely reinstalled in power, are thus destabilized by what is their
"worst enemy. , the Islamic State of Khorasan, an offshoot of Daesh
”, explains the
Times
,“
extremist jihadists who think that the Taliban are too soft
”.
The Islamic State group in Afghanistan "
has become infamous for its videos of macabre executions, and its attacks on civilians and the use of extreme violence
", underlines the
Wall Street Journal
for its part
.
"
The atrocity at Kabul airport gives a glimpse of the chaos to come in Afghanistan,
" worries the
Guardian
for whom, after the departure of the Americans, the Afghan population will have to suffer both from obscurantism the Taliban but also “
terrorist violence
” from ISIS.
Covid and Brexit: shortages are increasing in the United Kingdom
Often empty shelves in large retailers, "no
more bread at Co-op, but also no more milk shakes at Mac Donald's, shortage of chicken at Nando's
", which had to close about fifty restaurants, explains The
Guardian
"
The UK's supply chain shortage is spreading due to lack of qualified staff
".
In particular, truck drivers, as Brexit makes it difficult for workers from the European Union to enter the United Kingdom.
And the British bosses to sound "
the alarm bell
", underlines the daily, and ask the government "
to relax immigration rules as quickly as possible
", failing which they warn "
the Christmas holidays could be canceled
" , due to shortages of stock.
The gold medals of the recent Tokyo Olympics are already crumbling
These are not chocolate medals, but real gold medals that look strangely flaky. The case was exposed by the Chinese state daily
Global Times
and is reported today in the British and Australian press; after two Chinese athletes posted pictures of their gold medals that strangely appear to be "
crumbling
".
Outcry on Chinese social networks, with Internet users calling for "
the replacement of medals
", while the
Global Times
questions the quality of Japanese medals "
made from recycled electronic devices, in particular phones
";
it was a Tokyo bias that wanted to focus on “
sustainable and green
” Games
.
Response from the Organizing Committee of the Japanese Olympic Games which specifies that "
it is the protective film and not the metal which begins to deteriorate on the medals
", "
which is inevitable if you tamper with the medal too much
".
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