Staying in Afghanistan was not an option, says US President Joe Biden, after the last troops withdrew as planned - despite earlier calls from world leaders to extend deadline day. "I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit," Mr Biden says, defending the pull-out as the Taliban - ousted 20 years ago by US-led forces - celebrate what they describe as a victory. In his national address, the US president praised troops for evacuating more than 120,000 people, but questions remain over those desperate to flee but have been left behind.
The US is promising to bring back those remaining 200 people as is the UK, which revealed it is in talks with the Taliban to ensure those eligible can leave safely. There are understood to be up to 250 people still in Afghanistan and any further Afghans evacuated who worked for the British military and UK government will - like those who have already fled - be entitled to move to the country permanently. These latest developments come as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab faces questions by the Foreign Affairs Committee over his handling of the UK's withdrawal later. However, the UK had no part in the decision to end foreign involvement in Afghanistan. That was made by Mr Biden, who tried to reframe US foreign policy as depending less on military deployments and more on diplomacy and international cooperation, says our North America reporter Anthony Zurcher.

A "game-changing" injection to reduce cholesterol could soon be offered on the NHS in England and Wales to save thousands of lives. It’s called inclisiran, it’s administered twice-a-year and, though expensive, can lower cholesterol - or bad fat – when other drugs haven’t been that effective. It’s going to be offered to people who have already had a stroke or heart attack and are not responding to other cholesterol-lowering treatments, says health watchdog NICE. It's hoped it will reduce the risk of further life threatening illnesses. This rollout will "save lives and enable hundreds of thousands of people to benefit from this revolutionary treatment", says Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of the NHS, as "heart disease is still one of the major killer conditions".

We often hear about wildlife facing extinction but it appears thousands of species of trees are also under the same threat. According to a new report, 17,500 types of trees in the world - that’s at least 30% - are at risk from disappearing in the wild through deforestation, logging and climate change. It’s twice the number of threatened mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles combined and some trees you most probably will have heard of like oaks and magnolias. Some 142 species have already vanished and 442 are on the verge of extinction. For a healthy world, we need tree species diversity, says Sara Oldfield, from the Global Tree Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. "We need to urgently scale-up conservation action," she adds.

The aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan appears on many of the front pages including the Daily Telegraph. The paper splashes on President Joe Biden saying the US is "no longer the world’s policeman" as he declared the end of an era of "America remaking nations". The Daily Mail focuses on the UK holding talks with the Taliban in order to get its nationals and eligible Afghans out. And the Times leads with a piece from its correspondent in Kabul, Anthony Loyd, which says "our country is liberated, but we are left with ruins". Meanwhile, the Daily Mail is among the papers leading with different stories. It reports on a new "miracle jab", which it says could save thousands of lives by preventing heart attacks and strokes. Read the newspaper review in full here.

You’d not normally have many nice things to say about mosquitos, but you might after you’ve seen this one. The Sabethes species is a carrier of tropical disease but with its furry legs and shimmery body, does it make it the world's most beautiful mosquito? Judge for yourself.
Now, take a look at a new expert that could help tackle breast cancer. Artificial intelligence known as MIA is trained to detect the disease and there's hope it could become a second reader at screening clinics. So how good is it at making the same diagnosis as doctors? Watch to find out.
And finally, it’s the second time Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Manchester United after he was re-signed before transfer deadline day. But after spending £12.85m, can the club make the money back in shirt sales? And will Ronaldo get his famous number seven shirt back? We’ve investigated.

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