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state says they did it. what now for the us led evacuation from afghanistan? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 2.30am in the morning in the afghan capital kabul, where there has been carnage at the airport after twin explosions killed at least 60 people, according to a health official. the first blast is thought to have been the work of a suicide bomber, passing among the crowds gathered for more than a week at one of the airport s main gates to try to get flights out of the country. the second was at a nearby hotel. along with afghan civilians, 12 us military personnel have died. the uk ministry of defence says there were no british casualties. the initial explosion took place just before dusk outside the abbey gate at kabul airport, leaving bodies strewn all over a sewage ditch. the second blast happened near the baron hotel, which has been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuatio
we ll have much more analysis on the situation in afghanistan, including effectiveness of the airlift from a former commander ofjoint forces. researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. i m ina i m in a very noisy 0xford, where the women have been blocking the roads are the last three hours. a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb, as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. the government says it will use every hour that s left to evacuate as many people as it can from afghanistan. so far, the raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul including 6,300 afghans. but more than 2,000 people who are eligible for relocation are still waiting. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul. it s a race against the cloth here. it s a race against the cloth here. it is a racer fraught with risk and fear. in britain and the us, there are reassurances that all of the foreign n
president biden remains committed to a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by august 31st, so time is running out for the thousands of people who are still hoping to leave. the hard deadline is only days away. in recent days, the evacuation effort has ramped up. planes out of the country are now reportedly leaving every a0 minutes. but it s increasingly hard for afghan nationals, even those who have permits, to make it to the airport. that s because the the taliban has said afghans should not head to the airport. here s one british national who s stuck in kabul. getting to the airport is extremely difficult if not impossible. thousands of people at the foregates of kabul airport, and someone with young children and elderly parents. there s no way for us to get to the gates. and i know people who have attempted to three or four times and have gone back home. in spite of the challenges, the biden administration is emphasising the successes of the evacuation effort. here