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Insistence that he did not personally intervened to assist an animal charity during the afghanistan evacuation last august. borisjohnson authorised animals under the care of the charity nowzad to be evacuated from kabul, according to written evidence produced by a former foreign office official. the charity, run by pen farthing, appealed for help to fly out as the taliban seized control of the afghan capital last year. the foreign office document, seen by a committee of mps investigating the evacuation, says the prime minister intervened to rescue the charity's staff and animals. mrjohnson has...

The prime minister did order the evacuation of the charity's team and its pets. well, let's get more on all of that from nick eardley, who is still at westminster for us. nick, as i said, another headache for the prime minister, a little complicated, taking us back to those dramatic events in kabul last summer, but explained the significance of what the foreign affairs select committee have produced today.— affairs select committee have produced today. affairs select committee have roduced toda . ., , ., ., produced today. people at home will remember the _ produced today. people at home wil...

In a military coup. these were the scenes in tehran after iran booked their place in the world cup finals. they recorded a i—nil victrory over iraq at the azadi stadium in the capital — securring their place in qatar with three games to spare. it will be iran's sixth appearance in the finals — and the third in succession. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has rejected claims he personally authorised the airlift of animals to the uk, following the fall of kabul to the taliban. it comes after emails from officials suggested he'd intervened to help pen farthing's charity in afghanistan. ...

Straight about events. cats and dogs. yes. this is the animal charity in afghanistan, run by a guy called pen farthing, who got a lot of publicity during the evacuation from kabul and he wanted government help and in the end, they got a private plane to get their animals out, which was basically one of the last planes to leave kabul and all the government did for that is give it clearance to land and take off and then some of pen farthing's colleagues got evacuated. and then, a few months ago, there was a suggestion that maybe the prime minister or the prime minister's wife had intervened in t...

A second email, sent between foreign office officials in the afternoon of the same day, repeats the point. this is important because when asked back in december whether he did intervene, borisjohnson said this. the select committee heard from an official who said the response to the situation was chaotic, and suggested that you yourself intervene to try and get the nowzad animals out and they got priority over some afghan people. did you intervene in that way?— intervene in that way? that's complete _ intervene in that way? that's complete nonsense. - intervene in that way? that's complete n...