Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of Blood Flow to the braIn and cognItIve functIon. And Its the same old Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. It may Be the same old story but one we are delIghted to celebrate. More on the paralympIcs later thIs hour. The talIban have taken control of Kabul AIrport, after the unIted states pulled the last of Its troops out of afghanIstan. The fInal EvacuatIon FlIght left at a mInute to mIdnIght Last NIght. It brIngs to an end to the longest war In amerIcan hIstory, In whIch more than 2,000 us servIcemen and women lost theIr lIves. The talIban are back In Power, as they were 20 years ago. Theyve declared vIctory and have Been celebratIng on the streets. 0ur Correspondent RajInI vaIdyanathan reports. HeadIng Into a new and uncertaIn era. TalIban mIlItIa now In control of Kabul AIrport and afghanIstan. Just weeks ago, thIs tarmac was packed wIth afghans de
The only problem last week was not a Phone Call to an Afghan Government that was MeltIng Away and had almost, or dIdnt have any leverage. The Number One challenge at the end of last week was whether the aIrport would contInue to fly, allow planes to fly out, and those people we were gettIng out, would they be allowed to Get Out . The largest survey of CovId InfectIon In The Uk has found that both the PfIzer And Astrazeneca vaccInes are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the Delta VarIant. And comIng up thIs hour, new research shows the bosses of brItaIns bIggest companIes earned 86 tImes the average full tIme wage last year. Hello and welcome to Bbc News. The uk Is to deploy another company of soldIers to afghanIstan to try to deal wIth the sItuatIon at Kabul AIrport, where people are desperately tryIng to flee the country. Twelve people have been kIlled around the aIrport sInce sunday. The talIban are urgIng people wIthout the legal rIght to travel to go home. Defence Secretary Be
Taliban leaders arrive, as the militants negotiate with politicians on forming a government. Let me know your thoughts on this by getting in touch on twitter at bbcjoannag. In other news, The Cost Of Living rose by 2 in the year tojuly. Thats lower than most economists were expecting, suggeting upward pressures on inflation should prove temporary. Nando s says its been forced to close stores after running out of chicken, blaming supply issues. Half A Million children in desperate need of Shelter And Drinking water in haiti, after the earthquake which has left nearly 2000 dead. And the trial is due to begin of the Singer R kelly, accused of racketeering, bribery and Sexual Abuse. Good Morning And Welcome to bbc news. Mps will begin debating the unfolding crisis in afghanistan in the next half hour, as parliament is recalled from its Summer Break. The government is expected to face questions about why the uk and its allies underestimated the speed at which the taliban would recapture the
At Ellesmere Port. And at 2. 45pm, well be going across the uk to find out more about the stories affecting you from ourjournalists up and down the country. Stay with us for that. Hello and welcome if you have just joined us. The Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that people, whove had both doses of a Covid Vaccine, will no longer have to self isolate if they come into contact with a positive case of the virus. The change which will come into force on 16th August, and will also apply to people under the age of 18 who are currently not eligible for vaccination. And in the last half hour, the Education Secretary Gavin williamson has announced an end to the bubble system in English Schools with no more Self Isolation for pupils who come into contact with positive cases. Heres what Mr Williamson had to say. Though keeping children inconsistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated, we recognise that the system of bubbles a