this is bbc news. the headlines at a. the final uk flight to evacuate civilians from afghanistan has left kabul. the ministry of defence says further flights will bring home uk diplomatic staff and military personnel. the us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner, following thursday s attack which killed as many as 170 people at kabul airport. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal that could see its leaders in government for the first time. britain s lorry driver shortage the business secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of immigration rules and told companies to employ uk based staff. two world records for the british cycling couple, husband and wife lora and neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today.
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from the airport would be able to carry evacuees but would also transport uk diplomatic staff and military personnel as the operation winds down. it comes as the british ambassador to afghanistan sir laurie bristow said it was time to close this phase of the evacuation effort. earlier, the head of the armed forces general sir nick carter said it was heartbreaking that they had not been able to rescue everybody who is eligible. our diplomatic affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. at raf brize norton this morning british military personnel arriving back on uk soil. around a thousand were flown out to afghanistan to help in an unprecedented rescue mission which is now in its final hours. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out. and i think that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve pro