hello. this is bbc news. i m victoria derbyshire. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. senior taliban figures, including the group s co founder, mullah baradar, arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. thousands continue to crowd the perimeter at kabul airport, desparate to escape the taliban. greece has erected a aokm fence on its border with turkey amid wanings of many afghan civilians fleeing their country. there have been clashes between australian police and anti lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne animal welfare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling.
here in the uk, the foreign office says the uk has airlifted nearly 4,000 people out of afghanistan, since kabul fell last weekend. but others fearing for their lives having worked with british forces, believe they should be airlifted out too. 0ur correspondent, frankie mccamley, has been speaking to one man, whom we ve chosen not to identify, for his safety. this morning, 200 evacuees arrived at brize norton, following thousands of others, with many more waiting to leave. but some feel like they ve been left behind. now in hiding, this man worked for a security firm with the british embassy. translation: we cannot stay in our home. - i hear the taliban has a list of all others who worked with the international companies and they will start to pull them from their houses and hang them. how are your family feeling? translation: i am very sorry for my family, - and sometimes when i look to my kids, it is very bad. i cannot look at them. i was the one who put them at high risk. if i knew
processed. i don t expect them to just let people in and travel to the uk, so they are following a process now and that is what this whole campaign is about, aiming to get the staff on that process so that they can be bettered and then travel to the uk can be bettered and then travel to the uk met protected and travel to the uk. i have been told it shouldn t take too long, so you can stop e mailing the prime minister at the moment, i m sure he will be quite relieved about that. find the moment, i m sure he will be quite relieved about that. and in terms of the quite relieved about that. and in terms of the 60 quite relieved about that. and in terms of the 60 or quite relieved about that. and in terms of the 60 or so quite relieved about that. and in terms of the 60 or so staff, - quite relieved about that. and in terms of the 60 or so staff, are| terms of the 60 or so staff, are they a mixture of british people and afghan civilians? i am they a mixture of british people an
we say that because there are many other sectors where the government has done exactly that. the trial of the r&b singer r kelly, who s accused of sexually abusing several women, has heard claims by his former tour manager, that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyah, who was underage. she was 15 at the time. kelly is also accused of bribery, and denies all the charges. the british government has announced plans to tighten rules on dogs being imported to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. the proposals include raising the minimum age for imported dogs from 15 weeks to six months, and banning heavily pregnant animals. lebu diseko has more. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the numberfound not to have met the uk s pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020 alone. many have health problems and had
we move an area of low pressure away to the east of the uk, it pushes into the continent and that will allow for high pressure to build from the south west and that high pressure looks set to continue building through sunday into monday and then really establish across the uk for the week ahead. some of the rain we see through the remainder of the night could be some of the heaviest we see now for a good few days in some parts of the uk. there will be some heavy showers into the small hours across northern and eastern england but for the majority it becomes dry, a little misty and merck in places with lows of 13 15 c. a little misty and murky. sunday, the low quite slow to make its way into the continent, will see some showers and a bit more cloud into eastern england through the course of the day. much more sunshine on offer across the board and with just light winds, we will feel a bit warmer