Warned of Extreme Weather and more extreme and Climate Change was here. Were living through it now. We dont have more time. Every part of the country is getting hit by Extreme Weather. Were living in realtime what the country will look like. We cant turn it back, but we can prevent it from getting worse. As he did in louisiana last week, the president is linking the super charged storms for the need for congress to pass the Infrastructure Packages to rebuild levees and drains and rebuild climate Change And Future proof communities susceptible to rising water. After touring the damage in New Jersey, he will tour New York to get a look at queens, east of manhattan. The damage in queens is so extensive, many homes are uninhabitable. There was so much rain in so little time, it had Nowhere To Go from flooded roads and into peoples basements. For some families, that proved deadly. This video released by the nypd showing an officer trying to reach one family, but sadly officers were blocked
Of the Euro 2020 final. Flash floods in the American State Of Tennessee have claimed more than 20 lives with dozens of people still missing more than 15 inches of rain has fallen. Queuing to reach snowdon s summit walkers are urged to respect The Mountain as the number of visitors soars. The government says it will ask the united states to keep its soldiers at Kabul Airport beyond the current deadline of next tuesday. But the taliban say they are opposed to any extension. Borisjohnson will make the request at an Emergency Meeting of leaders from the g7 countries tomorrow. Us troops are due to leave Kabul Airport in just over week. A Taliban Spokesman, suhail shaheen, told the bbc that it would be a clear violation if foreign forces did not withdraw on august 31st. But several thousand people remain at the airport, desperate to flee the Country. 16,000 people have Left Kabul as part of us Evacuation Efforts in the past 2a hours. About 1,800 people have been flown out by the British Mili
Than 20 lives with dozens of people still missing more than 15 inches of rain has fallen. Queuing to reach snowdon s Summit Walkers are urged to respect The Mountain as the number of visitors soars. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Britain and america have hours not weeks to evacuate people from afghanistan, according to the Defence Secretary. Pressures growing on us president Joe Biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops beyond his August 31 deadline. We will have continuing coverage now on the crisis in afghanistan. Welcome to a country turned upside down by this sudden and surprising turn of events, just one week ago here in kabul the taliban took over and one week on, they are still trying to consolidate their control across the city. Afghans across the country are still coming to terms with the country turned upside down and their lives turned inside out. We spent the last 2a hours at the international airport in kabul where some of these scenes are very surreal, the
massive fines if they don t act. # i m still standing better than i ever did. brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. and coming up, a hollywood gladiator sends a surprise birthday message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its vaccination programme ten million people have now received a first dose. but borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high . he said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this church hall in chingford where there used to be bingo nigh
we ll be asking the shadow leader of the commons and the scottish conservative energy spokesman is the only certainty here that we are going to max out our oil and gas? also tonight. is a runaway train set about to be stopped dead in its tracks? after more than £25 billion already spent or squandered, depending on your view is hs2 really heading for the buffers? how the chinese government is putting pressure on uyghur human rights campaigners around the world, including here in the uk, by getting to their families in china. they took my family hostage, putting me through this ordeal, but i still refused to betray my nation on my conscience. and the taliban silences music in afghanistan. we ll be speaking to one of the country s biggest music stars who fled for her life after the fall of kabul, and hearing traditional afghan music live in the studio. good evening. the prime minister announced an oil and gas bonanza in the north sea, including possibly the exploitation