talking about a very number of individuals who put their lives on the line to work directly with british soldiers and in the same way that a british soldier would be targeted if, for example, he walks the streets of kandahar today, these afghan interpreters will have a target on their backs. rehana popal, thank you forjoining us. a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of a man in chingford in north east london. james markham, who was 45, was stabbed outside his home on monday evening after confronting a group of youths. two other teenagers are being questioned. analysis of the spread of covid within uk hospitals has shown that during the first wave, more than one in ten patients caught the virus after being admitted for an unrelated illness. the transmission rates vary considerably depending on where the patients were treated, which the authors of the study say demands urgent investigation. our health correspondent, naomi grimley, has more.
falling ill with covid while in hospitalfor something else was one of the most worrying features of the first wave of the pandemic. a new study from a group of uk universities has examined the numbers to see how common it was. the researchers found that at least one in ten hospital patients with covid were infected after admission. at the peak this rose to more like one in five. overall, this research suggests 11,800 people may have been infected this way and possibly more because early data is unclear. crucially, there were big variations between similar types of hospital and that s down to different preventative measures. even at the peak of the outbreak, we saw that some busy hospitals still managed to maintain good infection prevention and control. that meant that there was good hand washing, there was good testing of patients so the right patients
countries. that is a big concern for them. as far as iran is concerned, they had a relationship with the taliban when they were in power between 96 and 2001, but the iranians are saying that the diplomats in herat are safe. there is a complicated relationship between iran and the taliban. they need the support of the militant groups because 80 riverflows need the support of the militant groups because 80 river flows from the south west of the country in afghanistan into iran and iran is keenly watching and they are worrying about islamist militants. pakistan, the main problem would be refugees flowing into the country because of the fighting. thousands of people are being displaced. caple accuses pakistan of supporting the taliban group and providing them a safe haven. that is rejected by
apart i guess in the future. i i mean, there s so much fuel used with the aeroplanes, there s so much, so many resources required for an airport for everybody to fly around. it has to be as green as possible. i don t really think about it that much but my grandma goes on about it a lot. what kind of world will we live in in 20 years time? all these things are happening already, what kind of world will be left for our children and our grandchildren? politicians on the doorstep and around the world are making decisions that will help to determine the future. roger harrabin, bbc news. with me now is bristol green councillor carla denyer. welcome, thank you very much for joining us and you are part of a group of green councillors there in bristol who, after the recent local elections, are the joint biggest party along with labour. so, have you been able to make a difference yet? in
for the afghan government five more provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban in the last 2a hours. the militants now control 1a provincial capitals and most of northern afghanistan. britain and the us are sending troops back into afghanistan to help evacuate their nationals. the taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, taking considerable territory in the past month to look like this today. the militant group s gains have been rapid in the past few days, and indeed the past 2a hours during which taliban fighters have captured afghanistan s second city of kandahar. the city is the taliban s birthplace and former stronghold and taking control is a significant prize for the militants. other important cities such as herat and ghazni were captured within hours of each