i m in manchester. officially flown out of kabul, now in quarantine. the kids are sleeping in another room. this is amazing. this green city. khasrow is thankful, safe and alive with his family. kabul has collapsed. at the hands of the taliban. it was shocking for us. what have you left behind? my home, my friends. my ambitions, my future, my country. everything. we worked for nothing, i think. that was ed thomas speaking to people about their experiences of leaving afghanistan. thousands of lives could be harmed if more isn t done to reduce regional inequality in britain, that s according to a report by the salvation army. the government says it s investing billions into the levelling up agenda. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from the seaside town of rhyl, which has the two poorest neighbourhoods in wales.
pressure on the taliban to try to make sure people can get out safely and to try to help them to some public promises they have made on things like educating girls. dominic raab, the foreign secretary, suggested nations could do things like attaching conditions to afghanistan receiving aid money in an attempt to influence that. mr rarb himself has been having to defend his own actions, particularly he chose to stay on holiday in crete while kabul fell. first of all, with hindsight, i wouldn t have gone away at all. secondly, i based my family, and i ve got a young family, on the beach, precisely so i could get back to the department and engage in the cobra meetings, engage with my emergency response team at the foreign office, engage in the international engagement i needed to. the idea i was lounging on a beach, or one report i was paddle boarding in the ocean, i mean, these things are just nonsense when they are put around. in fact, the sea wasn t open because there was a red flag, s
stopping vehicles now, either vehicles put on by government to have very cordial relations with the taliban, but others are getting through. the problem is that there are so many different taliban, and they all think they are in charge, and some of them have photographs of what people should be having. some people have to get out, they are at risk, others want to because they think it is their only chance. and if you think it is bad now, what about the days before the gates closed shut? about the days before the gates closed shut? , , ., ,, , ., closed shut? 0k, lyse, thank you, l se closed shut? 0k, lyse, thank you, lyse doucet closed shut? 0k, lyse, thank you, lyse doucet there closed shut? 0k, lyse, thank you, lyse doucet there reporting - closed shut? 0k, lyse, thank you, lyse doucet there reporting from | lyse doucet there reporting from kabul. after the us rejected pleas from european leaders to extend a presence in afghanistan beyond august 31st, time is fast running out fo
changed and i decided to leave afghanistan. changed and i decided to leave afghanistan. changed and i decided to leave afuhanistan. ~ . ., , ., . afghanistan. muhammad was a product ofthe afghanistan. muhammad was a product of the new afghanistan, afghanistan. muhammad was a product of the new afghanistan, a afghanistan. muhammad was a product of the new afghanistan, a youtuber - of the new afghanistan, a youtuber and web designer, now part of the latest brain drain, on the run, trying to avoid the authorities at the mercy of people smugglers. for those who cannot and will not leave afghanistan, a myriad of desperate challenges, instability, droughtand now rising food prices. the currency hitting a new low. aid agencies appealing for help to avoid disaster. paul adams, bbc news. let s go live now to kabul, and our chief international correspondent lyce doucet. the deadline is tuesday but the troops have to get out before that. very little time for civilians who want to leave to be
india at headingley. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says it will use every hour that s left to evacauate as many people as it can from aghanistan. last night president biden rejected pleas from borisjohnson to extend the operation from kabul airport beyond the current deadline of next tuesday. uk troops will have to leave in advance of that, possibly by this weekend, and it s now a race against time to extricate thousands more people who fear for their lives after the taliban takeover. paul adams reports. time is running out and they know