of evacuation which has been going on now, but the interesting thing to watch is the taliban have been trying to trade themselves as an organisation that can govern afghanistan in a way it really did not into thousand one. it was very much an islamist movement and still is, but it did not care about the outside world and the afghan economy, did not care about what is needed to do to govern a country what we re seeing now, least from, for lack of a better word, the political wing of the taliban, they have been trying to portray themselves as responsible stakeholders, governing afghanistan, and as a result, they know they cannot run the airport. in controllers and engineers they need to run the airport, they have reached out for the turks to stick around and run the airport. they were running the airport before the collapse of kabul. collapse of kabul. peter spiegel there of the collapse of kabul. peter spiegel there of the financial collapse of kabul. peter spiegel there of the fina
passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afghanistan from again becoming an incubator for global terror. in a literally heroic effort, 15,000 people, the majority of them afghan citizens, have been airlifted from kabul. but hundreds more who are eligible for relocation to the uk are still in the country, and the taliban haven t yet guaranteed safe passage. some of borisjohnson s own mps have expressed anger and shame. this former british army officer told me refugee camps and processing centres need to be set up urgently. i m not aware of any of these camps, of any of these processes, of any of the grander strategy that is actually required. and again it goes back to the bigger decision to withdraw, that all these things were not thought through. it s been catastrophic what has happened in afghanistan. all the more reason why the united nations need to lean into this. and i really do see britain as a permanent member of the u
are still in harm s way. president biden has honoured the 13 us troops who were among those killed in thursday s suicide attack at kabul airport. mr biden was at dover air force base in delaware where virtually all us military personnel killed in afghanistan arrive back on american soil. he also met the families of some of those who died. hurricane ida has made landfall louisiana, slamming into the us coast with winds around 150 miles an hour. president biden has warned the category four storm posed a danger to life with the prospect of immense devastation. we ll hearfrom him in a moment first, nada tawfik reports. it s past time to prepare as the skies darken with hurricane ida s approach. all new orleans can do now is wait. the fear of what s to come has paralysed this otherwise carefree city.
home from afghanistan have been landing at raf brize norton. their arrival marks the end of britain s 20 year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal is due to conclude on tuesday, with the us withdrawal due to conclude on tuesday, time is running out for afghans still desperate to leave. flights are almost over. what do you want to do now? what about us? we are working with them, we support them. more explosions, as the us carries out another air strike, this time in kabul. officials say an imminent isis k threat has been stopped. hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. now on bbc news, on the travel show, there s another chance to see the second part of rajan datar s epic railjourney across the united states.
britain had never won a medal at the paralympic games in wheelchair rugby but tonight they went against the usa and got a goal. two afghan athletes have also made it to the athletes village here in tokyo. after omission from the international paralympic committee, they out of afghanistan and have arrived and will be competing in the athletics and tae kwon do on september two and third. formula 1 and maxima straffan was declared the winner of a belgian grand prix that lasted two laps behind the safety car. heavy rain prevented any competitive racing at the track, so everyone getting half points based on qualifying. first app points based on qualifying. first app and therefore cuts lewis hamilton s read. app and therefore cuts lewis hamilton s read. , ~ :, hamilton s read. they knew that the track wasn t hamilton s read. they knew that the track wasn t any hamilton s read. they knew that the track wasn t any good hamilton s read. they knew that the track wasn t any good and ham