If you think he’s a hero, why won’t you save him?

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( May 16, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Defence minister refuses to give lifeline to Afghan veteran who faces deportation to Rwanda]( [Defence minister]( James Heappey has refused to give a lifeline to an [Afghan]( war hero who served alongside British forces and is facing deportation to [Rwanda](. The minister, who was questioned about the veteran’s case in the House of Commons, said that the former airman would not qualify “in principle” for the Ministry of Defence’s Afghan resettlement scheme. [The Afghan pilot flew combat missions against the Taliban](, and came to the UK on a small boat after he says he was unable to find a safe and legal route to apply for asylum here. The Independent is calling for the pilot to be given a safe haven in the UK, and [has been supported in its campaign by a string of UK generals](, the former head of the Royal Navy, former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, and [music legend Sting.](   2 / [Sunak vows to help Zelensky build ‘jets coalition’ – but without British warplanes]( Ukrainian president spoke to the PM about his desire for American F-16s used by other Nato members 3 /[Suella Braverman warns Tories against ‘devouring ourselves’ with infighting]( Home secretary warns Tories against ‘devouring ourselves through fratricide’ – buts stirs controversy with comments on racism and trans rights 4 /[Voter ID is ‘gerrymandering’ which backfired on Tories, says Rees-Mogg]( Elderly Tory voters didn’t have ID for local elections, says ex-cabinet minister 5 / [Harry biography author denies having ‘vested interest’, phone hacking trial told]( Omid Scobie is a co-author of the biography Finding Freedom about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex THE BIG QUESTION What is the new WhatsApp feature to protect ‘your most intimate conversations’? [WhatsApp]( has announced a new feature that it says will “protect your most intimate conversations”. Chat Lock will allow users of the messaging app to take a chat thread from their inbox and put it in a new folder that can only be accessed by a password or biometric information, such as a fingerprint. [Meta](, the company’s owner, on Monday, said this would keep users’ conversations behind “one more layer of security” and has already started rolling it out. The content of messages in notifications will also be automatically hidden, the tech behemoth said. In a press release, Meta said: “We believe this feature will be great for people who share their phones from time to time with a family member, or in moments where someone else is holding your phone at the exact moment an extra-special chat arrives. 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