should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. welcome to bbc news. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday,
to survive for two decades. 0utlasted the afghanistan war in safety, prior to us being able to eliminate him. when bin laden was killed by the americans in 2011, al zawahiri took over. the president said america hunted him for a year, eventually locating him to a safe house in kabul last weekend. they shot two missiles at him. his family members were unharmed. al zawahiri was rumoured to be in bad health, becoming a remote figure, and with the rise of other terror groups like the so called islamic state, his influence was marginal compared to his predecessor. the taliban has called the killing a violation of international principles . but al zawahiri s presence in kabul has cast doubt on the taliban s promise its country would not be a haven for terrorists. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul and has more now about the mission.
to survive for two decades. 0utlasted the afghanistan war in safety, prior to us being able to eliminate him. when bin laden was killed by the americans in 2011, al zawahiri took over. the president said america hunted him for a year, eventually locating him to a safe house in kabul last weekend. they shot two missiles at him. his family members were unharmed. al zawahiri was rumoured to be in bad health, becoming a remote figure, and with the rise of other terror groups like the so called islamic state, his influence was marginal compared to his predecessor. the taliban has called the killing a violation of international principles . but al zawahiri s presence in kabul has cast doubt on the taliban s promise its country would not be a haven for terrorists. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. the court of appeal has rejected another attempt to stop a hospital