but they don t want to bestow them with too much legitmacyjust yet and the delicacy of the diplomacy was summed up by the home office minister, victoria atkins, who this morning was talking about operation warm welcome, which is the uk s operation to welcome people from afghanistan. this is the great debate for the world, for the western world, and it s got to be handled very carefully. as i say, we want to ensure the safety of people within afghanistan. we are announcing today a launch of operation warm welcome, where we will be helping people who have done amazing things for us over the two decades in afghanistan, we went to repay that debt that we owe them with education for their children, with health care, with housing and so on. but this is part of our new reality and we are having to work with what we have to try to ensure safety for those in afghanistan, but also, making sure
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: discussions between the uk and the taliban are under way to help more british nationals and refugees leave afg ha nista n safely. the taliban tells the bbc its new government will be announced in the next day or two there will be women, but perhaps not in any senior ministerial roles. in this new government which has been announced, in the top was been announced, in the top posts i mean to say, in the cabinet there may not be a woman. the home office has said that afghans who worked for the british military and the uk government will be able to move to the uk permanently. former good morning britain host
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mps, chaired by tom hooperand chance for a group of cross party mps, chaired by tom hooper and tat, who has been very critical of the government was not handling of this crisis. he himself served in helmand province, he gave a very emotional speech when the house of commons returned briefly, talking about his feelings around the handling of the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. certainly lots of questions from him as well as a number of mps on that committee. i think they kind of questions we will hear will focus on a number of things. firstly, how prepared the uk government was for this crisis and were wear those failures of intelligence? why was it that the uk did not anticipate there is going to be a big focus this afternoon on the foreign affairs select committee. we are expecting some awkward questions for the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and a lot of them, i can imagine? mps really only have about an hour to imagine? mps really only have about an hourto grill imagine? mp
one dose of a covid 19 vaccine. the premier hopes that will happen by the 23rd of september. most of the state is currently in strict lockdown, with tougher measures including a nightime curfew in place around greater melbourne. victoria recently reported 121 new cases the highest single day total in the state for more than a year. filling stations across britain will be selling a more environmentally friendly petrol from today. the new fuel called e10 contains more plant based ethanol, which produces less carbon dioxide. it ll be sold in northern ireland early next year. but there s a warning that more than half a million vehicles are not compatible with it. nina warhurst has more. if you re filling up with petrol today, you will see some changes at the pump. let me just show you, so. the traditional e5 is being phased out, and in its place from today, will be e10. what does that mean? so, it s a move from 5% ethanol content to 10% ethanol content