this is bbc news, i m shaun ley. the headlines: desperate scenes at kabul airport a little girl is handed over to an american solider by people fleeing the taliban. britian pledges to remain, as long as the us controls the airport. none of our planes are leaving empty. i have seen reports, i cannot vouch for other nations, but our planes never leave empty. if we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other nations. british troops are helping control the crowds and check people s documents. labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters lives at risk after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. the widow of one us soldier killed
of british politicians talking about other things and i thought of times american politicians had done, too? it is clear the initial reason we went to afghanistan was a security van. that was to deny al-qaeda the space they were being given by the taliban government at the time. that was our primary motivation, we didn t go out of a sense of philanthropy. but over the two decades, it became clear we were making a difference to the quality of life in afghanistan, women were getting greater rights, the media were becoming more free and thejudicial system the media were becoming more free and the judicial system was becoming more impartial. these things were very much given as the reasons to the public in america for our continued participation be on the immediate security elements. it was used as justification for the sacrifices our armed forces made. i
hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered outside there, filling, on blank pieces of paper, their names, their local passport details, local id details, and they re just passing these pieces of paper to the taliban, hoping that that will somehow reach canadian officials and that they will become eligible for a canadian visa. now, i m not even sure if there s any canadian staff left in that embassy. and it seems very unlikely that many of these people will be granted any kind of visa, but it gives you an insight into the kind of frenzy that s been whipped up. labour is accusing the foreign secretary of putting the lives of afghan interpreters who worked with british forces at risk. dominic raab was advised on friday to personally ask his afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. but he didn t make the phone call. mr raab has insisted he won t resign over the matter. 0ur political correspondent peter saull reports. for now, the foreign
yesterday, 135 female mps in westminster signed a letter in support of the 69 women who are mps in afghanistan, promising to look out for them during this crisis. harriet harman is the labour mp for camberwell and peckham and chair of the human rights select committee and wrote the letter. shejoins me now. it has been a transformation in terms of women s representation in afghanistan, is it your sense now thatis afghanistan, is it your sense now that is all lost? figs afghanistan, is it your sense now that is all lost? that is all lost? as you say, the eole that is all lost? as you say, the people who that is all lost? as you say, the people who suffered that is all lost? as you say, the people who suffered worse - that is all lost? as you say, the i people who suffered worse under that is all lost? as you say, the - people who suffered worse under the taliban up until 20 years ago was women and girls. there were no girls in school and there were literally no women in public lif
between around 11 and 1a celsius. tomorrow, something of a change for northern ireland, here quite quickly we will see outbreaks of rain moving. some of the rain could turn out quite heavy and eventually, we will start to see some of rain working its way into western parts of great britain as well. further north and eastwards, at least for a time, you ve got a better prospect of seeing sunshine. temperatures again into the high teens and low 20s. that s your weather. the headlines: desperate scenes at kabul airport a little girl is handed over to an american solider by people fleeing the taliban. britian pledges to remain as long as the us controls the airport. none of our planes are leaving empty. i ve seen reports saying that. i can t vouch for other nations, but our aeroplanes never leave empty. if we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other nations. british troops are helping control the crowds and check people s documents. labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting in