the french had a large embassy on the ground, they had many others that have been working with the french government, through the french government, through the french government s humanitarian. how many people did they have to get out? just how many people did they have to get out? , ., , ., ., how many people did they have to get out? , .,, ., ., ~ out? just as we have had. and it will have been out? just as we have had. and it will have been a out? just as we have had. and it will have been a very out? just as we have had. and iti will have been a very substantial number. i don t think the actual numbers are what matters here. what matters is the level of preparation, and why is it that we have been asleep at the wheel? another big part of this now as we move into the second phase now that the air bridge is closed is that we have got to get people out across land borders because they will not trust the taliban to let them out on commercialflights if taliban to let them out on
grade level, as well as the school. let me ask you quickly, have you been able to thoroughly identify any of the learning, academic learning gaps, that you re left with after 2020? and what is your hope for making sure that kids get back up to speed? i appreciate that. so, we ve been in school since the 2nd of august. we took the first two weeks to screen all of our students to see where they are. and we ve compared to where they are now from their cohorts from two years ago. so, we have some idea about what their that deficiency is, and students have received reports and now a plan to put it together. currently they re four or five months behind. superintendent curtis jones, thank you so much for taking time to talk with us. we re wishing you every good thing as you move ahead in this. thank you, christi. absolutely. coming up next, a closer look at isis-k, the group claiming responsibility for that
through not the un because russia is a member of the security council and also got to the international criminal court because they have withdrawn from the organisation. the many mounting evidence that the chances of real decisive prosecution is still rather slim. is still rather slim. interesting stuff. samuel, is still rather slim. interesting stuff. samuel, thank - is still rather slim. interesting stuff. samuel, thank you - is still rather slim. interesting stuff. samuel, thank you so . is still rather slim. interesting - stuff. samuel, thank you so much. and for more, there s an in depth article on this story on our website, as well as a longer documentary available on iplayer if you re in the uk. outside the uk, it s showing on bbc world news on the 21st and 22nd of august. a court in china has found a canadian businessman, michael spavor, guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. this is mr spavor. he was detained in 2018 along with fellow canadian, former
news, in warrington. we are going to turn again now to coronavirus. we rejust we are going to turn again now to coronavirus. we re just hearing that the r number in scotland has fallen below one for the first time made may sow some positive news coming out of scotland there. this is the r number for the out of scotland there. this is the r numberfor the period up to out of scotland there. this is the r number for the period up to the 2nd of august and it now stands between 0.7 and 0.9 so always positive news when it is below one so is falling below one back in scotland for the first time since mid may. that statisticjust first time since mid may. that statistic just through. meanwhile, the latest official weekly figures for coronavirus infections in the uk have confirmed that the number of cases is falling. the office for national statistics estimates thatjust over 810,000 people had covid 19 last week 140,000 less than the previous seven days. our health correspondent katharine da c
a police surveillance team. he was seen going into poundland and buying some tape, bottles and tin foil, things which had been used to make hoax suicide vests before, so m15 and counterterrorism police had a meeting that night on the 31st of january to consider what they would do if he is found that he has made a hoax suicide vest and they decided they could not arrest him at that stage and they discussed what should be done if he is seen to be buying a knife and what is to be done if he is seeing buying a knife which he then under wraps and so it was that it came to the 2nd of august and sudesh amman left his hostel and he was being followed by an arm surveillance team consisting of nine officers, four of them on foot and five in vehicles, one of those on a bike. he walks into a convenience store and grabs a knife and is unwrapping it as he comes out of the convenience store and a surveillance officer at sea is this happening and begins to pursue him down streatham