to children aged 12 to 15. nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare. the nhs waiting list crisis in northern ireland most patients who need a first appointment with a consultant have to wait more than a year. a golden day in tokyo for paralympics gb a haul of five gold medals on day two of the games. and coming up scientists say light pollution may be contributing to declines in local insect populations. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british citizens still in afghanistan are being warned to stay away from kabul airport because of fears there could be a lethal terror attack there, possibly within hours. the government says intelligence suggesting a very imminent attack is ever more certain . but in the last hour, the prime minister has said british troops have now got the overwhelming majority of eligible people out of the country, with the evacuation due to end on tuesday. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. an airlift in its last da
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. pressure s growing on us presidentjoe 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
lift off for branson, the billionaire virgin galactic founder has flown to the edge of space on the company s first ever passenger flight before gliding back to earth safely. i wanted to enjoy every minute of it and they did. idid. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start here in london where italy have won euro 2020 beating england on penalties. england started brightly scoring with their first attack, through luke shaw. they held that lead until deep into the second half although italy pressed hard for an equaliser and had most of the play. until, marco veratti applied the final touch after a series of rebounds and deflections in the england penalty area. that took the game into extra time, at one goal apiece. the match was more even in those two fifteen minute periods but neither side could find a way to score taking the game to penalties. italy were the first to miss then england and saka missed england s fifth penalty, th
ourfootball reporter simon stonejoins me now. what was said at this forum? well, it was very interesting because right at the start of a meeting that lasted two hours and 22 minutes, one of the fans who represented or was speaking on behalf of the other 11 who were part of the meeting, explained what manchester united meant to them and the devotion that they have with the club. i m told that tom glaser was generally moved by this statement. he went on to articulate his desires for manchester united which were to win trophies and be successful. he also defended the amount of money thatis also defended the amount of money that is being spent on players by the glaser family and said that would continue this summer. in addition, he said that money was going to be spent on the training ground and also said that money was going to be spent on the stadium. but most importantly, he said that it was going to be a fan advisory board created which would give fans a say in the running of