Abandoned by the UK

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( June 05, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /[Afghans with Taliban targets on their backs denied sanctuary]( [Afghans]( who worked for the [British army]( are being denied sanctuary in the UK despite being at risk of [execution by the Taliban](, an Independent investigation has found. Mechanics, labourers and chefs are among those who have been rejected by the Ministry of Defence’s [Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap) scheme](, set up for those who helped British forces during the war. They live in fear for their lives and, despite the threat of persecution by the Taliban because of their work for the British army’s Labour Support Unit, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) argues they do not qualify for the scheme because they were not in frontline roles. Colleagues and family members say these Afghans are at particular risk of reprisal attacks by local Taliban because they were recruited locally. The latest refusals come as [The Independent is campaigning]( for Afghans who worked alongside British armed forces to be given safe haven in the UK, after [we revealed that an Afghan air force veteran in the UK]( was threatened with removal to Rwanda. One MP said the [government’s treatment of Afghan citizens who worked with British forces](was a “catalogue of continued failure”, while charities called on the MoD to grant them refuge, saying they were “crucial to the UK’s mission”.   2 / [Sunak WhatsApp ‘mistake’ has given Boris an opportunity, warns ex-No 10 chief]( Former PM ‘enjoying making life more awkward for Sunak’, says senior Tory Lord Barwell 3 / [Universal basic income to be trialled in England for first time]( Two areas have been selected to pilot the policy 4 / [‘Baffled’ Jeremy Clarkson hits out at Phillip Schofield ‘witch hunt’]( ‘It seems to me he is only guilty of being what he said he was: gay,’ Jeremy Clarkson says 5 /[Bournemouth beach victim, 17, was talented young chef]( Joe Abbess was ‘kind and generous, loving and caring, hardworking and funny’ THE BIG QUESTION [Phone-hacking to the Home Office: What legal claims is Harry involved in?]( The [Duke of Sussex]( is due to be cross-examined in the High Court this week as hearings get under way in his case against the publisher of the Daily Mirror over the alleged unlawful gathering of information. Prince Harry is suing [Mirror Group Newspapers]( for damages, claiming journalists carried out or authorised phone-hacking, “blagging” or gaining information by deception and the use of private investigators for unlawful activities. Even though he and his wife Meghan moved to California more than three years ago, he remains mired in several legal battles making their way through the British courts. Most of the cases relate to alleged intrusion and illegality by the media – behaviour that Harry recently said he [now views as his “life’s work”]( to curtail. Others have involved the provision of police protection for him and Meghan – and whether they should still be given the same degree of security as senior royals in the UK after they stepped back from their duties. 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