would be the final flights carrying just civilians would leave kabul airport heading for the uk. just after 1pm we got confirmation from the mod that the final flight for civilians had left. there will be further flights during the course of the weekend but the focus will be to get out military personnel. around 1,000 british troops have been in afghanistan in recent days, some have already returned. there may be space on the flight for civilians, but it is going to be largely military and diplomatic personnel taken out on the final flights. other people of course left behind. someone who has been a presence at the airport has been the uk ambassador to afghanistan, sir laurie bristow, and he posted on social media a film he made about his final thoughts. the team here have been working to the very last moment to evacuate british nationals, afghans and others at risk. since the 13th of august, we ve brought nearly 15,000 people
about his final thoughts today. the team here have been working until the very last moment to evacuate british nationals, afghans and others at risk. since the 13th of august, we ve brought nearly 15,000 people to safety and about 1,000 military, diplomatic, civilian personnel have worked on operation pitting in kabul, and many, many more elsewhere. thursday s terrorist attack was a reminder of the difficult and dangerous conditions in which operation pitting has been done and, sadly, i attended here yesterday the ceremony to pay our respects to the 13 us soldiers who died. it s time to close this phase of the operation now but we haven t forgotten the people who still need to leave. we ll continue to do everything we can to help them. nor have we forgotten the brave, decent people of afghanistan. they deserve to live in peace and security. sir laurie bristow, the british ambassador to afghanistan.
the team here have been working to the very last moment to evacuate british nationals, afghans and others at risk. since the 13th of august, we ve brought nearly 15,000 people to safety and about 1,000 military, diplomatic and civilian personnel have worked on operation pitting in kabul, and many, many more elsewhere. thursday s terrorist attack was a reminder of the difficult and dangerous conditions in which operation pitting has been done and, sadly, iattended here yesterday the ceremony to pay our respects to the 13 us soldiers who died. it s time to close this phase of the operation now but we haven t forgotten the people who still need to leave. we will continue to do everything we can to help them. nor have we forgotten the brave, decent people of afghanistan. they deserve to live in peace and security. sir laurie bristow, the british ambassador to afghanistan. he mentions those people left behind
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77% have had two. the number of people dying with coronavirus in the uk is at its highest level since the end of march. according to the office for national statistics, 652 deaths were registered in the week to the 13th of august. mps have been warned that the nhs is facing a perfect storm this winter, as staff absences increase, and some consider leaving the health service. our health correspondent, nick triggle, has this assessment of the situation. eight months ago we were talking about how infection rates were falling. it s now clear that they are climbing back up. albeit gradually. the infection rates over the past seven days, they are 13% higher than the previous seven days. we had a whole week now where more than 30,000 new infections a day have been recorded. and that s