Charlie Herbert

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Charlie is a politics writer for JOE and The London Economic. Having previously covered everything from Eurovision and the general election to the Rugby World Cup and the Brits - along with a spell in charge of the famous JOE Friday Pub Quiz - he's since moved over to focusing on politics on both sides of the Atlantic. Now content editor at The London Economic, Charlie continues to be a contributor to JOE's political content. Away from matters of Trump and Starmer, he has a keen interest in pretty much every sport, and is a regular guest on the FootballJOE Quiz - with varying degrees of success!

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  • Joe Biden criticised for declaring Kabul chaos was inevitable in interview

    Joe Biden criticised for declaring Kabul chaos was inevitable in interview

    In an interview with ABC, the president was also questioned about pictures of Afghans falling to their deaths from planes. Joe Biden has continued to defend his handling of the situation in Afghanistan, describing the chaos in the country as inevitable, despite having appeared to say the opposite over recent months. Speaking to ABC’s George […]

    5 years ago

  • 12 deaths at Kabul airport confirmed as Taliban urges desperate Afghans to return home

    12 deaths at Kabul airport confirmed as Taliban urges desperate Afghans to return home

    They were reportedly killed by gunshots and stampede Chaos at Kabul’s airport has led to the deaths of 12 people since Sunday. The figure comes as the Taliban urged people to leave the capital’s Hamid Karzai International Airport where hundreds are still trying to secure flights since the insurgents took back control of Afghanistan. The […]

    5 years ago

  • Brave Afghan women stand up to Taliban in street protests

    Brave Afghan women stand up to Taliban in street protests

    ‘No force can ignore and stifle women.’ A group of Afghan women have been praised for their bravery in the face of the Taliban takeover as they took to the streets to protest against the Islamist militants. Four women dressed in black abayas and hijabs were filmed holding up signs and chanting “we want our […]

    5 years ago

  • Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard in $50 Million defamation suit

    Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard in $50 Million defamation suit

    Heard wanted the lawsuit from Johnny Depp to be dismissed. A judge has overruled Amber Heard’s plea to dismiss Johnny Depp’s lawsuit, allowing the actor to move to the next step of suing Heard for defamation. Depp is suing his ex-wife over a 2018 Washington Post piece in which she wrote about surviving domestic violence. […]

    5 years ago

  • Creepy footage seems to show ‘ghost soldiers’ running across road at Gettysburg

    Creepy footage seems to show ‘ghost soldiers’ running across road at Gettysburg

    “We saw these shapes moving in the darkness, they were the size of humans.” Footage taken by tourists visiting the famous American Civil War battle site of Gettysburg appears to show two ghost-like figures emerging from the darkness. Greg Yuelling and his family went to the battlefield in September last year to visit the place […]

    5 years ago

  • Afghanistan ‘will not be a country of opium cultivation anymore’, Taliban states

    Afghanistan ‘will not be a country of opium cultivation anymore’, Taliban states

    The country is currently the world’s largest supplier of opium. A spokesperson for the Taliban has said that drugs will no longer be produced in Afghanistan under the rule of the Islamist group. Zabihullah Mujahid said at a news conference in Kabul yesterday there will be zero drug production or smuggling in the country, adding […]

    5 years ago

  • Tory MP slammed for ‘vile’ comment about Afghans “queueing at the airport”

    Tory MP slammed for ‘vile’ comment about Afghans “queueing at the airport”

    Desmond Swayne’s comment was met with shouts of “disgrace” from across the Commons. Tory MP Desmond Swayne has been branded “vile” for suggesting that people fleeing Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover were wrong for doing so. MPs were recalled to Parliament on Wednesday for an emergency sitting over the crisis unfolding in […]

    5 years ago

  • First Afghans land in UK after pledge to take in 20,000 refugees

    First Afghans land in UK after pledge to take in 20,000 refugees

    Thousands have been evacuated from the country following the Taliban takeover. The first Afghan evacuees have landed in the UK as part of efforts to rescue thousands from Afghanistan following a takeover from the Taliban. The RAF plane landed at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at around 11pm on Tuesday, and was also carrying Brits that […]

    5 years ago

  • Jimmy Carr pays emotional tribute to 8 Out of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock

    Jimmy Carr pays emotional tribute to 8 Out of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock

    “I’ll miss him so much.” Jimmy Carr has paid tribute to comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain Sean Lock after the devastating news of Lock’s passing was announced on Wednesday. The comedian died at the age of just 58 of cancer. In a tweet, the panel show host described it as “brutal” […]

    5 years ago

  • Sean Lock’s best moments prove he will be remembered as a comedy genius

    Sean Lock’s best moments prove he will be remembered as a comedy genius

    The comedian passed away on Wednesday at the age of 58. The world of comedy and entertainment has been rocked by the devastating news that Sean Lock has died of cancer. Over his career he produced a whole host of legendary moments, often alongside Jimmy Carr and Jon Richardson on the popular Channel 4 panel […]

    5 years ago

  • Ex-marine refuses to leave Kabul without his animal rescue staff

    Ex-marine refuses to leave Kabul without his animal rescue staff

    He said he would not leave them behind to “suffer a fate” that the West has put upon them. A Royal Marine veteran who founded an animal sanctuary in Kabul has said he will not be leaving the country without his staff. Paul Farthing has made a plea to the UK government to help his […]

    5 years ago

  • UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees following Taliban takeover of the country

    UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees following Taliban takeover of the country

    Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised, but critics say the plans don’t go far enough. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce that the UK will take in 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan over the next five years under a new resettlement plan aimed to help those most at risk following the Taliban […]

    5 years ago

  • Everything we know about the Taliban’s new leader Abdul Ghani Baradar

    Everything we know about the Taliban’s new leader Abdul Ghani Baradar

    As the Taliban complete their takeover of Afghanistan, who is their new leader and most public face, Abdul Ghani Baradar The Taliban has well and truly taken over Afghanistan – so much so, that on Tuesday they gave their first press conference. The insurgents are now in a better position than they were when the US […]

    5 years ago

  • Prince Andrew is a ‘person of interest’ for prosecutors in Epstein case

    Prince Andrew is a ‘person of interest’ for prosecutors in Epstein case

    It comes after one of Epstein’s victims launched a lawsuit against the duke last week. A report has said that Prince Andrew is a person of interest for prosecutors in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. US officials would like to interview the royal about his friendship with sex offender Epstein as they […]

    5 years ago

  • China says Afghanistan is lesson for Taiwan on how US abandons allies

    China says Afghanistan is lesson for Taiwan on how US abandons allies

    The warning came from a tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese state-controlled tabloid The Global Times has warned Taiwan that it could face the same fate as Afghanistan if it continues to count on the USA as an ally. The paper’s editorial began by describing how the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan directly […]

    5 years ago

  • Shamima Begum’s ex-lawyer facing investigation for Taliban tweet

    Shamima Begum’s ex-lawyer facing investigation for Taliban tweet

    A legal watchdog is starting an investigation Shamima Begum’s former lawyer is set to be investigated by the legal watchdog after a tweet he wrote regarding the Taliban takeover of Kabul. In the tweet, which he has now deleted, Tasnime Akunjee shared a picture of Taliban fighters in the presidential palace of Kabul with the […]

    5 years ago

  • New Zealand back in lockdown – after single Covid case found

    New Zealand back in lockdown – after single Covid case found

    Meanwhile, the UK reported over 28,000 cases on Monday. New Zealand is due to go back in lockdown on Tuesday after a person in Auckland tested positive for Covid-19. It is assumed that the case will be the more contagious Delta variant, although the government is waiting on the genetic sequencing results. Because the person […]

    5 years ago

  • UK ambassador is still in Kabul airport to process visas for evacuees

    UK ambassador is still in Kabul airport to process visas for evacuees

    He was reportedly personally processing visa applications for evacuees at Kabul airport. The UK’s ambassador to Afghanistan is still in Kabul despite the Taliban takeover of the city, as the British embassy continues to work to help British and Afghan nationals escape the country. Officials in the Afghan capital were left stunned by the speed […]

    5 years ago

  • Taliban order CNN reporter to get out of their way because she’s a woman

    Taliban order CNN reporter to get out of their way because she’s a woman

    She also said that militants were chanting ‘death to America’ but ‘seem friendly.’ CNN reporter Clarissa Ward says she was told by Taliban fighters guarding the presidential palace in Kabul to get out of the way because she was a woman. Ward was reporting from the streets of Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover of the […]

    5 years ago

  • Photos show 640 Afghans crammed into fleeing US Air Force plane

    Photos show 640 Afghans crammed into fleeing US Air Force plane

    Thousands have been trying to flee the country on flights out of Kabul. A shocking new photo from the evacuation of Kabul shows how nearly 650 Afghans were crammed on one US Air Force plane out of city. The image shows hundreds of passengers crammed into the huge cargo jet. It is thought that approximately […]

    5 years ago

  • Malala calls on countries to open borders to Afghan refugees

    Malala calls on countries to open borders to Afghan refugees

    She said US President Joe Biden must “take a bold step” to protect the Afghan people. Malala Yousafzai has encouraged the world to take action to help the people of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country over the weekend. Monday saw chaotic scenes at Kabul’s airport as thousands desperately tried to secure a […]

    5 years ago

  • Cardinal who criticised vaccine placed on ventilator days after Covid diagnosis

    Cardinal who criticised vaccine placed on ventilator days after Covid diagnosis

    He had previously said that God is the “ultimate provider of health.” A cardinal who has been critical of the Covid-19 vaccine and quoted groups suggesting that it injects a “kind of microchip” has been placed on a ventilator after being infected with the disease. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke confirmed via his Twitter account that […]

    5 years ago

  • ‘My dad said I was asking for creepy remarks about my swimsuit’

    ‘My dad said I was asking for creepy remarks about my swimsuit’

    “Women who wear that kind of swimsuit top are asking men to look.” A woman has described her upset when her dad said she was “asking” for creepy comments and attention because of the swimsuit she was wearing. She was left in tears when a stranger made an inappropriate comment about her swimsuit, but instead […]

    5 years ago

  • Hashtag United to receive first-ever transfer fee for eSports FIFA player

    Hashtag United to receive first-ever transfer fee for eSports FIFA player

    They have received two offers for the player. Hashtag United are set to make history after they received offers for esports FIFA player Tom Leese. The club, who play in the Isthmian League North and were founded by YouTuber Spencer Owen, have received two offers believed to be in the region of £50,000-£100,000 for gamer […]

    5 years ago

  • US troops kill armed men at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee Taliban

    US troops kill armed men at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee Taliban

    Thousands have been converging at the city’s airport in chaotic scenes. US troops shot and killed two armed men at Kabul’s international airport according to a US official. It’s as huge swathes of people attempt to make it on to flights and escape the city following its takeover by Taliban forces. According to the official, […]

    5 years ago

  • ‘They’re coming to kill us’: Afghan filmmaker’s video pleas as Taliban moves in

    ‘They’re coming to kill us’: Afghan filmmaker’s video pleas as Taliban moves in

    The Taliban have taken full control of Kabul, with thousands fleeing for their safety. A prominent Afghan filmmaker has recorded her dramatic escape from the Afghan capital of Kabul, begging for help and saying that the militant group were “coming to kill us.” In an Instagram post on Sunday, Sahraa Karimi asked people to “pray […]

    5 years ago

  • I have accepted death, says British student on Afghanistan holiday

    I have accepted death, says British student on Afghanistan holiday

    “I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.” A British student who was on holiday in Kabul when Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital has admitted that he “accepted death.” Miles Routledge is a student at Loughborough University and deliberately seeks out visits to some of the world’s most dangerous places, saying that he likes […]

    5 years ago

  • At least five dead amid Kabul airport chaos as Taliban takes capital

    At least five dead amid Kabul airport chaos as Taliban takes capital

    Hundreds can be seen desperately trying to leave the capital. There have been chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as the Taliban took full control of the Afghan capita, with witnesses reporting that at least five people have died inside the airport. Huge swathes of people can be seen trying to secure flights and a way […]

    5 years ago

  • Teacher beaten by parent on first day of school over mask dispute

    Teacher beaten by parent on first day of school over mask dispute

    The teacher needed hospital treatment after the incident A teacher has been left with “lacerations on his face” after they were attacked by a father in a dispute about the school’s face mask policy. The incident occurred at the end of the first day of the return to in-person classes at Sutter Creek Elementary in […]

    5 years ago

  • Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from the Labour party

    Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from the Labour party

    Loach suggested it was because he would “not disown those already expelled.” Left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has claimed that he has been expelled from the Labour Party, hitting out at an alleged “witch-hunt” within the party. Loach is well-known for his left-wing beliefs and has become famous for his films which tackle societal issues related […]

    5 years ago

  • Police urged to take misogyny more seriously after Plymouth shooting

    Police urged to take misogyny more seriously after Plymouth shooting

    There are also calls for the government to treat ‘incels’ as terrorists A top prosecutor has called on the police to take misogyny more seriously, in the wake of the horrifying shooting carried out by Jake Davison in Plymouth on Thursday. Davison killed five people, including his mother and three-year-old girl, in a gun attack […]

    5 years ago

  • Mum says speed of ‘aggressive’ Aldi cashier left her ‘crying and shaking’

    Mum says speed of ‘aggressive’ Aldi cashier left her ‘crying and shaking’

    She says that the incident has “knocked her confidence” We all know that the Aldi checkouts are not for the faint-hearted. Only the seasoned pros are able to deal comfortably with the rapid scanning and lack of holding bay for the groceries. It’s a process that has caught out many who may be more used […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: Community pays tribute to victims at candlelight vigil

    Plymouth shooting: Community pays tribute to victims at candlelight vigil

    “There is nothing more community than this right now.” Hundreds of people gathered in North Down Crescent Park in Keyham for a vigil to remember those who were killed in the horrific gun attack this week. The candle-lit vigil took place on Friday evening after five people, including a three-year-old girl, were killed by gunman […]

    5 years ago

  • Nicki Minaj and husband sued by woman who accused him of attempted rape

    Nicki Minaj and husband sued by woman who accused him of attempted rape

    The woman claims she was offered a huge financial sum by the couple to withdraw her claims Rapper Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty are being sued by a woman whom Petty was convicted of trying to rape in 1994, after she claimed the duo offered her half a million dollars to take back […]

    5 years ago

  • Real Madrid ‘studying’ possibility of joining the Premier League

    Real Madrid ‘studying’ possibility of joining the Premier League

    It’s as tensions grow between the Spanish giants and La Liga bosses. Real Madrid are reportedly considering the possibility of leaving La Liga and joining the Premier League, with club president Florentino Perez keen on a switch. Perez and Los Blancos are at the middle of a row with the bosses of the Spanish top-flight […]

    5 years ago

  • Local police under investigation after Plymouth shooting

    Local police under investigation after Plymouth shooting

    There are questions over how the Plymouth gunman had his firearm and license returned in July. The police watchdog are investigating Devon and Cornwall police after it emerged that Jake Davison, the man who killed five people in a horrific shooting spree in Plymouth on Thursday evening, was given back his confiscated gun and permit […]

    5 years ago

  • The best time of the day to have sex, according to science

    The best time of the day to have sex, according to science

    This might change how your date night plans… When we think of love and romance, most of us probably see evening and beyond as the most romantic part of the day. Setting suns, candle-lit dinners, nights of passion… Well, we may just need to rethink that. Whilst no one is doubting that the moonlit hours […]

    5 years ago

  • Man flies 650 miles for a first date after reading TikTok comment

    Man flies 650 miles for a first date after reading TikTok comment

    This is definitely one for all you hopeless romantics out there. Here’s a romantic tale for the modern era. Boy goes viral on TikTok. Girl comments. Boy replies. They talk. Boy flies 650 miles for first date. Here’s how it unfolded. Our story begins with a gender reveal party. Matt Bannon went viral on TikTok […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: The ‘horrendous’ eyewitness accounts of gunman’s rampage

    Plymouth shooting: The ‘horrendous’ eyewitness accounts of gunman’s rampage

    Plymouth is reeling from the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010. A witness to the mass shooting in Plymouth on Thursday night has described “horrendous” scenes as the gunman kicked in the door of a house and “randomly started shooting”. Jake Davison, 22, shot three females and two males, before turning the gun on […]

    5 years ago

  • Covid ‘Patient Zero’ may have been a Wuhan lab worker, WHO chief claims

    Covid ‘Patient Zero’ may have been a Wuhan lab worker, WHO chief claims

    The idea that the virus originated in a Wuhan lab had previously been described as “extremely unlikely.” The chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the theory that the first person to be infected with Covid-19 could have been a Wuhan laboratory employee as being in the “probable category.” Dr Peter Embarek was […]

    5 years ago

  • UK deportation flight to Jamaica leaves with seven people on board

    UK deportation flight to Jamaica leaves with seven people on board

    The flight cost an estimated £43,000 per person. A Home Office-chartered plane deporting people to Jamaica was carrying just seven people when it departed on Wednesday, 83 less than originally planned. The Jamaican government had raised concerns about the flight because of Covid-19 and the vulnerability of some of the passengers due to mental health […]

    5 years ago

  • Handball chiefs urged to resign over ‘blatant sexism’ of bikini bottoms rule

    Handball chiefs urged to resign over ‘blatant sexism’ of bikini bottoms rule

    The Norwegian women’s beach handball team was fined €1,500 for wearing shorts during a European Championships match. Associations from across the world of women’s sport have called on the presidents of both the international and European handball federations to resign over “blatant sexism.” The Norway women’s beach handball team decided to wear shorts during a […]

    5 years ago

  • Subway customers boycott company because Megan Rapinoe appeared in their adverts

    Subway customers boycott company because Megan Rapinoe appeared in their adverts

    Critics are once more describing Rapinoe as ‘anti-American.’ Subway customers in the USA are boycotting the fast-food store because Megan Rapinoe features in a new advert for the chain. Branches across the country have reportedly received angry letters and messages on social media after the footballer appeared in a series of adverts for the company. […]

    5 years ago

  • Nurse in Germany suspected of replacing Covid vaccinations with saline solution

    Nurse in Germany suspected of replacing Covid vaccinations with saline solution

    Around 8,600 people may have been affected by her actions. Authorities in northern Germany have had to appeal to thousands of people to get another shot of Covid-19 vaccine after it emerged that a Red Cross nurse may have replaced the vaccine with a saline solution. A police investigation had been launched looking into the […]

    5 years ago

  • Ghislaine Maxwell prepared to give evidence in Prince Andrew sexual assault lawsuit

    Ghislaine Maxwell prepared to give evidence in Prince Andrew sexual assault lawsuit

    Maxwell is reportedly willing to give evidence in support of the Duke of York. Ghislaine Maxwell is prepared to give evidence in the sex abuse lawsuit that was filed on Sunday against Prince Andrew. Virginia Giuffre submitted a lawsuit on August 8 seeking damages against from the royal after claiming that he sexually abused her […]

    5 years ago

  • David Schwimmer responds to Jennifer Aniston relationship rumours

    David Schwimmer responds to Jennifer Aniston relationship rumours

    Rumours had emerged that the pair had “stirred up feelings” for each other. David Schwimmer has responded to the suggestions that he and Jennifer Aniston were getting closer to each other in the aftermath of the Friends reunion show earlier this year. A source had said that after the reunion episode, Schwimmer had spent some […]

    5 years ago

  • British man arrested in Berlin on suspicion of being a Russian spy

    British man arrested in Berlin on suspicion of being a Russian spy

    He has been accused of passing documents to the Russian intelligence services for cash. German police have arrested a British man who works at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of being a spy for Russia. The man has only been identified as David S. and was arrested on Tuesday. His apartment and workplace […]

    5 years ago

  • Brendan Fraser tears up when told of internet’s reaction to his Scorsese role

    Brendan Fraser tears up when told of internet’s reaction to his Scorsese role

    He’s been described as the “purest of souls.” Brendan Fraser seemed to well up when he was told by a fan that the internet is backing him over his recently announced role in Martin Scorsese’s new project. Fraser will be starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro in the forthcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon. And […]

    5 years ago