and the most stylish of men. and nile rodgers, guitarist and songwriterfrom the band chic, posted a him, tweeting rest in power, charlie watts. if you want to get in touch with me on anything you ve seen on newsday, your messages or condolences, or the situation in afghanistan, do reach me on twitter at @bbckarishma. i m looking forward to hearing your thoughts. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. fireworks mark the official begining of the paralympic games in tokyo, with the opening ceremony taking place in an almost empty stadium. he s the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, i have a dream.
as we reported at the begining of the programme britain and the united states are sending more than three and a half thousand troops to help their civilians leave. they ll arrive in the coming days for what the uk ministry of defence is calling a short term mission. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. shouting. the taliban advance appears unstoppable, ruthless as ever to those who stand in their way. regional capitals are falling like dominoes. today, it was ghazni, just 85 miles from the capital kabul. in the face of this rapidly deteriorating security situation, today, britain announced it was temporarily sending 600 troops to kabul to facilitate the withdrawal of embassy staff and british citizens still in the country. america announced its preparing to do the same, deploying 3000 marines and soldiers. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. as with all deployments of our troops into harm s way, our commanders have the inherent right of self defence and any a
but i think what happens here in the coming days will depend heavily on how the afghan government reacts to what s happened in this one day. so far, we have heard nothing from the top brass of the government, nothing from the president, nothing from the vice president or any of the big ministers. how they respond tomorrow to this situation will determine, you know, what happens next in the capital, kabul. as we reported at the begining of the programme britain and the united states are sending more than three and a half thousand troops to help their civilians leave. they ll arrive in the coming days for what the uk ministry of defence is calling a short term mission. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. shouting. the taliban advance appears unstoppable, ruthless as ever to those who stand in their way. regional capitals are falling like dominoes. today, it was ghazni, just 85 miles from the capital kabul. in the face of this rapidly deteriorating security situation, today
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the side effectings, always appear, within six weeks of receiving a dose. so now we have about is 63 million people vaccinated. a little more than that it s been over 30 weeks since we started offering it in the united states. so that statistic just keeps getting more and more compelling. in addition to that i started thinking about others. so outside of myself. now, right, i have been following the rules from the begining with masks and we have been careful because of my daughter, but i started thinking about what that looks like. it s true that you reduce the risk of infection and, therefore, reduce the risk of you passing this along to somebody else. and so, that was important to me with a daughter at home who is 2 years alleged and isn t going to have a vaccine for a while so those were the things that made a difference for me. it s interesting what you said about some of your fellow