People have been killed and over 100 others hospitalised following days of anti government protests. And the countdown is on Virgin Galactic announces its first flight to the edge of Space could happen as early as next weekend. The last american troops have left Bagram Air base, the us military� S Centre of operations throughout two decades of Occupation And Engagement in afghanistan. The departure is a signal that the complete withdrawal of foreign forces From the country is imminent. A taliban spokesman described the handover of bagram as a positive step. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports. Backroom airbase, afghanistan, the more strategically vital base in the country. Last night, the us military pulled out of the nearly 20 years there. It follows a decision by President Biden for us forces to leave afghanistan by december 11. We are leave afghanistan by december 11. Are on track exactly as to where we expected to be but ijust wanted to make sure there was enough, quote, Running Room that we wouldnt be able to do it all in september. There will still be some forces left. It is a rational drawdown with our allies. ,. , left. It is a rational drawdown with our allies. ,. , our allies. The base is now been handed over our allies. The base is now been handed over to our allies. The base is now been handed over to afghan our allies. The base is now been i handed over to afghan government forces, but all over the country, they are coming under pressure From advancing taliban fighters. Without military support, there are doubts as to whether they can hold out. Translation the as to whether they can hold out. Translation translation the situation in afghanistan translation the situation in afghanistan Will Translation the situation in afghanistan will get translation the situation in afghanistan will get worse. Translation the situation in afghanistan will get worse. It | translation the situation in| afghanistan will get worse. It is already afghanistan will get worse. It is already chaotic. You see districts falling already chaotic. You see districts falling. There is a lot of insecurity. The government does not have all insecurity. The government does not have all the insecurity. The government does not have all the weapons and equipment. Western have all the weapons and equipment. Western air have all the weapons and equipment. Western Air Support has been crucial both for transporting troops to the battlefield and carrying out air strikes. Without it, more districts are expected to fall to the taliban. Yet in the capital, kabul, some are happy to see The Americans and other Western-forces'>Western Forces depart. This happy to see The Americans and other Western-forces'>Western Forces depart. Western forces depart. This is good news. The americans Western-forces'>Western Forces depart. This is good news. The americans had Western-forces'>Western Forces depart. This is good news. The americans had reached i Western-forces'>Western Forces depart. This is good | news. The americans had reached an agreement with the taliban in doha and these must be able men to do and this is for the good of afghanistan. These must be implemented. The taliban have thanked the us for going. Critics of the deal say the afghan government got little in return while the west is rushing for the exit and leaving afghanistan on the exit and leaving afghanistan on the brink of another civil war. Now to miami, where rescuers who continue to search through the rubble of a collapsed Apartment Block may soon have to contend with a hurricane. Under a new plan, teams are working for now through only three of nine grids marked in the ruins of the 12 floor building. Authorities are eager to make as much progress as possible before the expected arrival of Hurricane Elsa this weekend. Sophie long sent us this update From miami. Well, the Search And Rescue operation is now in day nine after it had to be pulsed for some 15 hours on thursday. That was largely due to fears that the remaining part of the building still left standing could fall. That remains a major area of concern when it comes to the safety of the Rescue Workers who are continuing now their painstaking task of sifting through the rubble and it seems they are now considering a controlled demolition of that remaining part of the building. In the latest update that we have had From the mayor of miami, she informed us that sadly they have pulled two more bodies From that pile of rubble. 0ne pulled two more bodies From that pile of rubble. One of them was that of a seven year old girl, the daughter of one of their own, a Fire And Rescue workerFrom miami, so an extremely difficult day for those Rescue Workers. More than 120 people remain unaccounted for and that mission to rescue them continues. But they have been dealing with some very, very challenging conditions. The sun is shining here now but there are fears that more tropical storms are on the way due to Hurricane Elsa and the conditions they are working under, again, could become even more dangerous. The british prime minister, borisjohnson, has welcomed german chancellor, Angela Merkel, for talks. They met at the prime ministers official Country Residence at chequers. Mrs merkel has become the first foreign leader this century to address the british cabinet. Speaking at a news conference, she said that the immediate priority is to find a durable solution to the row over the status of Northern Ireland with respect to the eu Single Market and the republic of ireland. Translation i personally believe that on the basis i of this protocol and within the framework of how it was negotiated, we can find pragmatic solutions that, on the one hand, maintain the integrity of the Single Market, but that will also on the other hand contribute to creating acceptable solutions for the people. It is obviously understandable that this was prolonged and i think it is a good thing that it was prolonged for another few months. And i think it should be possible for all of us to come to a pragmatic solution within this Grace Period and i think i am optimistic that this can happen. Borisjohnson also addressed how relations differ after brexit. I think that one of the features of our membership of the eu over 45 years was that we did not really intensify some of our bilateral relations in the way that we could have done. And i think that what we have agreed today, to go forward with a new intergovernmental approach, bilateral discussions, intensive discussions of Policy Areas that really matter to both of us, whether on security or international relations or on the economy. I think that will be profoundly good, certainly for this country, and i hope also for our german friends as well. 0ur Uk political correspondent Rob Watson was watching the press conference. I could not help but think a couple of things. First of all that brexit casts, continues to cast this long shadow over Uk German Relations but Uk European relations more generally. On top of that, it was a bit like watching a famous Television Programme in this country where people go on a date and their first date and have rather different accounts of it afterwards. Angela merkel, how did this work for you . You could see she said things that made clear she was regretful of brexit, they ought to take it slow. On that new relationship. It seemed to me she was pretty clear that britain had to stick to its word. By contrast, borisjohnson saying we cant wait to get into this new relationship, on the protocol, he said things would have to change. Rob watson just mentioned there the german chancellors visit with queen elizabeth. Lets just take a listen to their meeting at Windsor Castle ahead of Angela Merkel� s private audience with the british monarch. Good afternoon. Nice to see you again. Your majesty. The chancellor of the federal republic of germany. Im delighted. Thats very nice. Weve got the photographers here, which are always wanting to take a picture, make history. And make. Yeah, its history. So, youve been seeing the prime minister . Yes, in chequers. So you flew in From. . Flew with the helicopter. Nice day. Two long serving leaders there. The number of deaths linked to Coronavirus In India has passed the 400,000 mark as the country tries to speed up its vaccination drive. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities may be much higher, as many deaths are not officially recorded. India is only the third country in the world behind the us and brazil to record more than 400,000 deaths. 0ur Correspondent in delhi, Devina Gupta told me what the response has been to this grim milestone well, its a grim milestone for sure and i was just going through the number of days its taken india to cross this is just about over a month that is 36 days to add over 100,000 loss of lives. For now, there are extreme messages of caution that the government has been giving to the indian public because in pockets of southern states like kerala, the Western state of Maharashtra And North eastern states, where the daily number of cases are rising, contributing to this milestone. There have been committees that are set up, excessive surveillances on but Health Experts say that more than that, what is contributing to this number is the lax Attitude And Covid fatigue of people. Because after a severe lockdown From april and may, some curbs were eased in earlyjune. People were allowed to step out of their homes, go to restaurants with limited capacity, Visit Shopping malls in certain areas, and that has led to people mixing and transmitting out this virus, which is now showing this result. Also, another point of caution thats coming at this occasion From scientists is of a worrying case of a Delta Plus Variant that was first reported in india. There have been at least 20 deaths because of this variant in the Western state of maharashtra, which is being watched with extreme caution by Health Committees and experts. Canadas National Holiday has been marked by protests, following the recent discovery of Hundreds Of Unmarked Graves at former schools for indigenous children. Thousands of people joined a cancel Canada Day rally. Catherine karelli has this report. Traditionally a day of celebration, but this year, canada has found itself reckoning with its colonial past. This was the scene in winnipeg, demonstrators pulling down a statue of queen victoria. Across canada, thousands of people took to the streets protesting a dark chapter in their Countrys History the residential school system. They murdered thousands of children, Hundreds Of Thousands of children, we dont know yet, but we are here to tell you to today that that was wrong. You all know that it was wrong. We are here today to stand with everybody to oppose the ongoing genocide of the canadian Government And State against indigenous people. Between the 1870s and 1990s, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken From theirfamilies. They were made to attend Church Run Boarding schools. There, they were forced to abandon their native languages and convert to christianity. Thousands died of disease and malnourishment. Some took their own lives. In 2015, Canadas Truth and Reconciliation Commission called it cultural genocide. Calls to scale back this years Canada Day celebrations intensified in recent weeks following the discovery of almost 1,000 Unmarked Graves at former residential schools. That number has now gone up. The latest discovery, on the eve of Canada Day, was here. 182 Unmarked Graves at saint eugenes Mission School in british columbia. In his Canada Day message, prime Ministerjustin Trudeau said canada needed to face up to its history. To this day, we dont have a full picture of how many children died in residential schools and the circumstances of their deaths. Indigenous leaders have said that as investigations continue, they expect more graves will be found. Catherine karelli, bbc news. With more about the mournful nature of this years Canada Day, heres the canadian indigenous journalist willow fiddler, whos been covering the residential Schools Story for canadas biggest national newspaper, the globe and mail. Its been quite different listening to the reportjust now. Its not just protests that we are seeing, it is a lot of acts of solidarity, a lot of acts of support for just the devastating news that we have been facing in the last month here. Moments of reflection, i think, for many people. You know, i know that there have been statues that have been coming down, but there have been coming down, but there have been other gatherings to with survivors coming together, supporters coming together and this is indigenous communities and nonindigenous communities really taking a moment to really understand the gravity and while many people, many survivors, have known these numbers of children and burials that are now being uncovered for a long time, i think the reality, the confirmation of that is hitting home. The Truth And Reconciliation report first identified over 3000, at least 3000 burials at residential schools across canada. Canada has recognised 139 residential schools that were run by the federal government and anglican and catholic churches. It can be said beyond a shadow of a doubt that each of those schools will have Burial Sites both marked possibly and unmarked and it is those unmarked sites that are coming to light now, so the numbers are growing. You kind of do the maths with that. Just in the last few weeks here, theres been the discovery of three residential schools with over 1100 burials, mostly believed to be children, so if you have over 130 more schools to investigate and examine, that is going to go up substantially and right now, i am hearing going to go up substantially and right now, Iam Hearing numbers between ten and 30,000, but i imagine that will go up even more. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come Virgin Galactic announces its first flight to the edge of Space could happen as early as next weekend, which means Richard Branson would beat Jeff Bezos in the modern day Space race. This is bbc news. The latest headlines the last american troops have left the main us base in afghanistan, as more districts fall to a taliban offensive. 20 people are now confirmed dead in the Surfside Apartment Collapse in miami. Many more are still missing. The government of eswatini says nine people have been killed and over 100 others hospitalised following days of anti government protests. Activists want to see an end to King Mswatis decades long rule by decree, and replaced by democratically elected leaders. Protests have now spread across the countrys four regions. A nationwide curfew was declared and the internet shut down for extended periods of time. There are unverified reports of protestors being shot dead all the while the king remains silent and missing. The bbc has been able to obtain exclusive footage From inside africas last absolute monarchy. This report From shingai nyoka. In the aftermath of violent protests, Eswatinis Capital is struggling to return to normal. Days of rioting have taken their toll. Supplies are running low and frustration is high. It is supplies are running low and frustration is high. Frustration is high. It is so painful frustration is high. It is so painful. You frustration is high. 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This has taken about seven years to happen the king. This has taken about seven years to happen. This the king. This has taken about seven years to happen. This is the king. This has taken about seven years to happen. This is all the king. This has taken about seven years to happen. This is all about the king. This has taken about seven years to happen. This is all about a l years to happen. This is all about a system of government that has failed the people. This is a combination of problems since the ending of freedoms in this country, meaning freedoms in this country, meaning freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association. The crisis in this kingdom has been decades in the making. At the heart of its, King Mswati and his familys unfettered rain. The calls for democratic reforms and a constitutional monarchy have been raised for almost half a century there is little confidence in the governments latest response. 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The government has opened an E Mail Address government has opened an E Mail Address where eswatinis can continue to address address where eswatinis can continue to address their concerns and petitions to address their concerns and petitions to address their concerns and etitions. ,. , ,. , petitions. The government is keen to restore order petitions. The government is keen to restore order after petitions. The government is keen to restore order after the petitions. The government is keen to restore order after the unrest restore order after the unrest disrupted cross border trade. The Border Traffic is flowing again, but in so many other ways, The Kingdom Of Eswatini is isolated. It remains unclear whether the recent protests will affect change or whether King Mswati will fight to retain his title as africas last absolute monarch. The british Businessman Sir Richard Branson has named the Date Hell be flying to the edge of Space. It will be the 11th july, or very soon afterwards. Sir richard will be a passenger in the back of the unity rocket plane, a Spacecraft that his Virgin Galactic company has been developing for over 16 years. The date is also significant for another reason. If the Mission Isnt delayed it would mean the Virgin Boss beating his Billionaire Rival Jeff Bezos to make it to the edge of Space. Mr bezos� s own journey is scheduled for the following week. Will whitehorn is a former president of Virgin Galactic and now chief of ukSpace he told me what commercial Space-flight-travel'>Space Flight Travel will involve. Its going to be many different things. In the case of sir Richard Bransons trip, which will act to go beyond the edge of Space, they will cross nasas official definition of Space, 50 miles up, they will be Carrying Passengers in the future who want to basically see the Planet Earth From Space. They will also be carrying scientists who want to do experiments in microgravity during a suborbital Flight Experiments in microgravity during a suborbitalflight and experiments in microgravity during a suborbital flight and they will be Carrying Experiments for nasa. They Carrying Experiments for nasa. They carry them on most of the recent test flights. In addition to that, you have the new commercial Space loans companies launching satellites and technology into Space such as virgin Spacex'>Orbit And Spacex and they are able to launch satellites more conveniently and cheaply than ever before which is causing an Industrial Revolution in Space and this week alone, Virgin 0rbit has launched its second big commercial flight with lots of satellites and Spacex have lost a lot of british businesses, many being invested in with 150 Million to invest in new Space companies. This week, we have had regulations through in parliament for regulating the Space industry. 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I will be going on a later flight at some experience . I will be going on a later flight at some stage. Experience . I will be going on a later flight at some stage. I experience . I will be going on a later flight at some stage. I willj later flight at some stage. I will be very much looking forward to it. I have been looking forward to going to Space and so was 11 years old, so to Space and so was 11 years old, so to get to the age of 61 and have the prospect of finally doing it is very exciting. So Richard Branson on the 11th Ofjuly will basically be carried up in a Carrier Plane and the Carrier Plane will drop the Spaceship at about 50,000 feet up in the air, about 80,000 metres up, and it will launch its rocket motor, go through the sound barrier, reach mac three, saw twice the speed of the fastest fighter jets, three, saw twice the speed of the fastest fighterjets, and enter Space. It will be above 80 or 90 kilometres up and for a number of minutes, they will see the Planet Earth and the curvature of the earth, the blackness of Space, the stars and they will experience weightlessness. They will float. And it will be a hugely important experience for each of the individuals on board. Spain are the first team through to the Semi Finals of Euro 2020 they did it the hard way, though, as they needed penalties to overcome switzerland in st petersburg. The spanish took a first half lead, but the Swiss Equalised in the second half to give their Fans Hope of reaching a first ever major tournament semifinal. They couldnt get the better of spain in extra time, mainly due to being reduced to ten men, so it went to spot kicks. Both sides struggled with five penalties missed in total. Spain edging through to the last four, where they will face the winner of the match currently in under way in munich. Italy Lead Belgium 2 1 in the second half. Do stay here with us on Bbc World News and you can find me on twitter. Thanks for your company. Hello there. Today has been a warmer kind of day with more in the way of Thatjuly Sunshine to go around and we have had some beautiful Weather Watch pictures sent to us. This one looks like a king From the caribbean but is actually beautiful white sand beaches on the Western isles in scotland. We have season showers today, storms working away From the far north of england, southern scotland, but overnight tonight, we will see further bands of Thundery Rain Moving across parts of england and wales, reaching Northern Ireland later in the night. A muddy kind of night with some Mist And Fog patches around the constant hills of england and wales and then through the weekend, some big downpours on the way. These storms could bring some problems as well. Saturday morning, our band of thundery rain continues to move northwards and eastwards. What follows across england are showers and thunderstorms that could drop 30 millimetres of rain in the Space-ofjust'>Space Ofjust one hour, some localised Surface Water Flooding From the heaviest of those storms but even worse than that, into parts of south west england, we have this Convergence Zone and with the wind is not changing, that Convergence Zone locks the showers and thunderstorms right across this kind of line and there will be one or two areas that pick up something like 42 perhaps as much as 80 millimetres of rain in the worst Case Scenario which is enough to cause flooding issues. The showers will be widespread, heading across england, downpours for scotland and Northern Ireland as well. Of course, the euros quarterfinal, england travelling to rome to take on ukraine. After a hot and sunny date in rome, temperatures reaching the mid 20s for the match itself. Sunday, second half of the weekend, sees an area of rain pushed across other areas of england, elsewhere heavy, thundery showers, again, widespread, perhaps the heaviest once this time in scotland and Northern Ireland and the North West of both england and wales. Temperatures still a little below parfor temperatures still a little below par for the time of year at 18 to 20 degrees, but the storms still bring some problem with Surface Water Flooding issues. Into next week, low pressure on the charts on monday and tuesday bringing Notjust Wet Weather but also quite windy weather. The strongest winds likely towards the south of the uk where we might have gales as well. Rain, strong winds on monday and tuesday, clearing, probably drier and brighter towards the end of the week and that is your weather. This is Bbc World News. The headlines afghan troops are now guarding bagram, after the departure of the last american forces From the main us operational Base North of kabul. The pull out comes as more districts fall to a taliban offensive. On her final official visit to the uk, chancellor Angela Merkel has been visiting the queen. Earlier, she held talks with borisjohnson, expressing optimism that a solution could be found to post Brexit Friction on Northern Ireland. Twenty people are now confirmed dead in the Surfside Apartment Collapse in miami. One of the latest bodies to be recovered is that of a seven year old child, whose father is a local firefighter. And the number of deaths linked to Coronavirus In India has passed the 400,000 mark. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities may be much higher, as many deaths are not officially recorded. Now on bbc news, its the media show