list of names to taliban to guarantee their safe passage into kabul airport. they were provided to expedite things. andrew, i m just curious about your reaction to secretary blinken s comments there yesterday. he said the reporting was simply wrong. what s your reaction? well, at the same time that he and other officials are saying it s wrong, they re confirming what we have reported, which is that in some instances the u.s. has provided lists of names of individuals, both americans and afghans to the taliban. they re outsourcing security at the airport and in particular right outside the airport to the taliban and that is president biden s, for lack of a better
at kabul airport desperate to leave. now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack here. the advice do not travel to the airport. it means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. latest figures from the ministry of defence show more than 11,000 people have so far been evacuated to the uk. of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. but an estimated 2,000 interpreters and other staff who worked for britain still need to be evacuated. the bbc has spoken to one former interpreter now in hiding in kabul, terrified of being discovered by the taliban. if i m left here, i will be killed by them as soon as they find me. so it will be very important for me to get as soon as possible to the uk because i worked for three years with the british forces and so the taliban will never, ever leave me alive.
of this evacuation process as we know it. ., «a of this evacuation process as we know it. ., , of this evacuation process as we know it. . , . pen farthing, the founder of the afghanistan charity nowzad dogs, has given an update on his attempts to leave the country with his staff and animals. in the last hour, the former royal marine has pleaded directly with the taliban on twitter, asking them to allow his team safe passage into kabul airport, adding that they have been stuck outside the airport for the last ten hours. ministers are facing fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. two conservative mp5 have written to the prime minister, saying that cutting the £20 a week uplift risks undermining his levelling up agenda. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. the number of people on universal credit has almost doubled during the pandemic to almost six million, and since last march they ve been getting an extra £20 a week.
will make it to safety. graham satchell, bbc news. our political correspondent lone wells joins us now from westminster. good morning. this advice from the foreign office is alarming and it will be alarming to those who are still in kabuljust outside, hoping to leave. still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. ., , , still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. . , , , still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. . , , to leave. that s right, this is a number of to leave. that s right, this is a number of issues to leave. that s right, this is a number of issues facing - to leave. that s right, this is a number of issues facing those | to leave. that s right, this is a - number of issues facing those trying to get evacuated from kabul airport. the fcc to get evacuated from kabul airport. the fco has advised people not to travel to the airport, including to the barren hotel which is the area where officials have been processing afghans and bricks trying to get on flights t
and go to school in afghanistan but someday i hope she will understand that this was in her interests and it was my main concern, how can we go through the airport. not only was my concern for my daughter but also my concern for my daughter but also my wife and elderly parents. again countries like the qatari state, they have the leverage and influence and that can be part of a very peaceful evacuation process, the humanitarian corridor. and i also know that i am the lucky one and i am very grateful because thousands of afghans, including ourfriends are still in hiding and they fear making thatjourney into the airport, through the taliban and i would want to thank the americans and british, a lot of these european nations behind the scenes. i know they have helped with the