managed to get half of them out of afghanistan. the british defence secretary ben wallace said today the british evacuation is now in its final hours with that august 31 deadline set by the united states approaching. and confirming that some people that britain had been hoping to get out will in fact be left behind. that is the scene there in kabul. the last italian plane has now left. it s been called scotland s route 66. the north coast 500 has become one of britain s tourist success stories, offering visitors stunning views of the highlands, along 500 miles of road. but some people who live along the route say its booming popularity has come at a price, as tim muffett reports. the north coast 500. in terms of boosting visitors to an area often overlooked, it s one of british tourism s biggest success stories. that s £30 altogether then, please. you re getting a 500 t shirt? yes.
group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide
one of the country s poorest. there, and across afghanistan, we have been told that food and gas prices have risen since the taliban took charge. millions were already on the brink of starvation. now, the un says it urgently needs more money to avert a crisis. afghanistan stands on the brink of another humanitarian disaster. without that money coming in, we will not be able to supply food to those 20 million people who are already poor. so it could be a famine? absolutely. and what we will see, if we cannot get our food bundles to them, but because of the drought, because of the conflict, people cannot feed themselves. for years, conflict has ravaged this nation.
group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide bombing at kabul international airport.
most of the dead were afghan civilians. speaking to the american people president biden had a message for the attackers saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 1a,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but there s an acceptance amongst uk officials that it isn t possible to remove everybody. with the un warning up to half a million more refugees could flee afghanistan by the end of the year. 0urfirst report is from jonathan beale. this is the scene of yesterday s deadly suicide attack. just outside the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the ground, the remnants of more than 90 people killed. many more were wounded.