Coast to see original work by the Famed Grafitti artist. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. A powerful 7. 2 earthquake has hit haiti authorities say at least 304 people have been killed. Prime Minister Ariel Henry described the situation as dramatic and declared a State Of Emergency for one month. Mr henry said the quake had caused huge damage and many casualties across the south of the country. President biden has authorised immediate help from the us. This report from david willis. One of the poorest countries in the world has been dealt another devastating blow. And the people of haiti are once again dealing with the aftermath of a massive earthquake. This one centred on the countrys South Western peninsula, a less populated area than the Capital Port Au Prince, which was flattened by an earthquake 11 years ago, but stronger and closer to the surface. More than 200,000 people died in the 2010 Earthquake And Haitis prime Minister Ariel Henry said numerous lives have been lost in todays disaster. Translation the government decided this morning to declare | a State Of Emergency for one month following this disaster. We call on the population to show solidarity with Each Other. Lets Avoid Panic in the face of this earthquake. Us scientists are predicting the Death Toll could run into thousands and President Biden has already promised us aid. Haitis Chief Seismologist predicted the last big earthquake but admits this one took everyone by surprise. Translation for a few years, we have been carrying out seismic monitoring in each department with monthly reports of earthshaking. The Southern Department was less at risk among the ten geographic departments so to me it is a surprise and it shows that earthquakes are totally unpredictable. Only last month, haiti was plunged into a political crisis following the murder of its former president jovenel moise. Riven by Poverty And Gang violence are now suffering the effects of another massive earthquake, it is also in the path of a tropical storm that is due to hit the region early next week. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. The us president , joe biden, has issued a stong defence of his decision to pull us troops out of afghanistan as the countrys fourth largest City Mazar E sharif was captured by the taliban. In a written statement, he says hed inherited a deal made by his Predecessor Donald Trump which imposed a deadline for us withdrawal and cut the number of the countrys troops in afghanistan down to a bare minimum. He went on to say one more year, orfive more years, of u. S. Military presence would not have made a difference if the afghan Military Cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless american presence in the middle of another countrys civil conflict was not acceptable to me. The taliban have continued to seize yet more territory and are now in control of more regional capitals than the government. Mazar E Sharif in the north has now also fallen to taliban fighters. It had been the afghan governments last northern stronghold. Provincial authorities say Security Forces abandoned weapons and fled to the border with uzbekistan. Our correspondent in afghanistan, secunder kermani, sent this report. This is the very centre of kabul. Thousands who have fled fighting across the north now live in these miserable conditions. This family escaped the violence, but say they still dont feel safe. Translation were thirsty. Were hungry. We have no home. Other makeshift camps are even bigger. But this, in the heart of the city, shows how quickly the country is unravelling. We dont want to go to the back era, oursisters, we dont want to go to the back era, our sisters, the Education Sector was shattered, we dont want to go back to that. Today, fighting erupted around Mazar E Sharif, it was one of the last major city still under government control, it had been a bastion of anti taliban resistance. By this evening, Security Forces were fleeing to the border with uzbekistan as the border with uzbekistan as the is insurgents to it over. Once in kandahar, there its spiritual home, the taliban cemented their position with a flag hoisting ceremony. Finally addressing the nation this morning, the president did not comment on rumours he may resign. Instead, simply promising to re mobilise beleaguered forces. For now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal. The taliban are getting closer and closer to the city, there is increasing concern that a fierce Protracted Battle For Control Of Kabul could be imminent. The speed of the taliban advance has led to the us and uk together deploying more than 5500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their citizens and many of their embassy staff. Many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban following local deals with the Security Forces. That may be the only way to avoid even more suffering in kabul as well. That would mean an end to live here as well as residents know it. Secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. Our South Asia regional editor Anbarasan Ethirajan says the fall of mazar i sharif signals a major setback for the afghan forces. First and foremost, this was the last major city held by the government in the northern part of afghanistan so its the fourth biggest city, trading and commercial Hub Close to the border with uzbekistan so its a huge Military Prize for the taliban. On the other hand, for the government in kabul, now the government in kabul, now the entire Northern Region is being dominated by the taliban so they are now taking territory is very close to kabul city itself, in fact in the morning they were targeting a town which is about a0 kilometres South West of kabul. A few hours earlier they also targeted a province, that is under attack. The government now has only two cities, one of the big cities in kabul. There are expectations that even jalalabad might come under attack in the coming days which means the government is in charge of kabul. With these provinces and coming from the north, now the taliban are tightening their stranglehold on the city itself and many people think the taliban might start this siege in the coming weeks. The northern part was considered an unusual anti taleban bastion and the people there considered to be anti taleban so those people are worried what will the taliban do once they captured these areas. That is why videos posted on Social Media show people fleeing in cars, Pick Up Trucks and lorries towards any other location and also towards kabul, the population of kabul increasing Day By day with all of these people fleeing and trying for a safer location, first of all they want to save their life and second they want to escape from what they describe as taliban territory we are getting reports of executions and people being dragged out of their houses and they are not hearing anything about these people and women are complaining how taliban fighters are trying to forcibly marry them. These are accusations the taliban denied but these are the issues confronting the population and they have nowhere else to go, they have nowhere else to go, they keep on coming towards kabul but what appears to be, kabul but what appears to be, kabul will be the next target of the militants. Lets get some of the days other news. At least ten people have been killed in a Grenade Attack on an open truck in pakistans largest city, karachi. The victims, which included four children, were travelling home from a wedding on saturday night. Ten other people were injured. No one has yet admitted carrying out the attack. A massive Search And Rescue operation is continuing in northern turkey where at least aa people have died in flash floods. The floods swept through the black Sea Region earlier this week, causing some buildings to collapse and damaging roads, bridges and power lines. Its the second natural disaster to hit the country this month, following wildfires in the south. A water dropping plane with eight people On Board has crashed in southern turkey, killing all On Board. Russias Defence Ministry said five russian servicemen and three turkish citizens were On Board the plane. The country has been trying to contain some of the worst wildfires in years along the south coast. Here in the uk, the decision to return a shotgun and a Firearms Licence to a man who killed five people in plymouth in the South West of england on thursday is being examined by the independent police watchdog. Jake davison� s victims included his mother maxine, a three year old girl, Sophie Martyn, and her father lee. Davison also injured two other people before turning the gun on himself. Our correspondent Jon Kay has more. 200 miles from westminster, the Home Secretary came to plymouth to pay her respects. Five people were shot dead by the gunman. The first was his mother, maxine davison. Then there was Lee Martyn and his three year old daughter, sophie. 66 year old kate shepherd, from cornwall, a talented artist. And stephen washington, who was 59 and killed while walking his dogs. Its tragic beyond words, really, really tragic. Priti patel promised to support the community, with Specialist Help for anyone left traumatised. She wouldnt comment on news that the gunman, Jake Davison, had his Firearms Licence returned to him last month, even though he posted Hate Filled Rants online. Home secretary, Should Davison Have had a gun . You say you want to reassure people here, a lot of people have questions about gun control. My Brain Cant Process it, physically Cant Process that information i was given. Chris says his family is reeling. Not only was his Auntie Maxine shot dead, but it was her son that killed her. Chris never met his cousin Jake Davison and doesnt understand what has gone so catastrophically wrong. Its impossible, you Cant Plan for this, you cant see the next day or the day after or the day after, you just literally take each day as it comes. But ijust know that, as a family, they will come together, be there for Each Other and try to understand this horrendous thing thats happened. And also the other four innocent people that had no part in this. Im sorry to everybody going through this, it must be the worst thing in the World And I cant even imagine to understand. Among those grieving are the family of three year old Sophie Martyn and her father lee, apparently shot at random as they walked home together. They were definitely a pair, little one running around and, you know, eating all the ice creams. Only last month, Sam Wright was watching the euros with them at the anchorage pub. You know, hejust absolutely doted on her, she was an amazing Little Girl and he was a great dad. She hasnt even started her life, she is so little and its just, yeah, its terrible. Silence this afternoon at plymouth argyles match. Concerts have been cancelled. A8 hours on, this city has so many questions. As the community grieves, detectives investigate. Here at the scene where the shootings began on Thursday Night and at 12 other locations around this area. And its notjust members of the public who witnessed these attacks that are being offered counselling so, too, are members of the police force. Jon kay, bbc news, plymouth. This is bbc news, the headlines. At least 30a people have died in a powerful earthquake in haiti the Prime Minister has issued a month long State Of Emergency. Lets get more on that story. Joining me now is leila bourahla, the interim haiti Country Director of save the children. Thank of save the children. You for being with us. What thank you for being with us. What are you hearing from your colleagues on the ground . Basically, the situation is horrific, a lot of devastation, dozens of collapsed houses, people are panicked, they are looking of course for people who have stayed in the collapsed house. In some of the towns there has been flooding, people have been trying to escape the flooding. The trauma of the earthquake in 2010 is very present and as well the natural hurricane in 2016 so people had been trying to escape potential tsunami so at the moment its very difficult because it seems all the areas affected, we are particularly concerned about children so we need to respond quickly, the problem is of Course Access is still an issue in haiti and particularly to the south because some of the area controlled by gangs and they are still fighting and we cannot pass with humanitarian goods to the south of the country so we are trying to look at alternative ways to make sure we provide support. Definitely we will need a couple of days to assess all of the villagers because its not one area, its several villages that are effected in the south and some areas are particularly difficult to reach so we are trying to see with other colleagues, the best way to make our way with Emergency Assistance and we feel we will need massive humanitarian aid to respond. Need massive humanitarian aid to respond need massive humanitarian aid to respond. You mentioned the revious to respond. You mentioned the previous natural to respond. You mentioned the previous natural disasters, previous natural disasters, haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Talk about the issues when it comes especially to children with cleaning up after this earthquake. Cleaning up after this earthuuake. ,. , earthquake. Yes, i mean, children earthquake. Yes, i mean, children are earthquake. Yes, i mean, children are gripped earthquake. Yes, i mean, children are gripped by i children are gripped by poverty, for education, no access to health, basically after more than a year of covid as well as more than a year of civil insecurity, one more time, children are hit by another disaster. It seems it will be much more difficult for them to recover and thats why it is important for us to offer assistance, particularly health, nutrition, education in an environment that is protected for them. Thank you for bein protected for them. Thank you for being with protected for them. Thank you for being with us. Australias most populous state, New South Wales has awoken to a statewide lockdown, with the Premier Warning of difficult months ahead. More than a0 people have died in this current outbreak with tighter restrictions coming into play including increased fines for covid breaches. The state wide lockdown will be in place for at least a week and is an extension of stay at home measures which have been in place in Greater Sydney for the past seven weeks. Our News Reporter Tanya Dendrinosjoins Me now. Talk us through these latest measures. As you mentioned, the stay at home measures had been in place in sydney for a number of weeks now. The concern is that cases are still continuing to rise so most people are working from home, a lot of businesses are closed, unfortunately the Delta Variant is running rampant and with such low Vaccination Rates in australia, cases are continuing to rise and unfortunately are beginning to spread into regional New South Wales. At a Press Conference Yesterday the premier announced a tightening of restrictions, things like the ten Kilometre Radius, reduced to five kilometres meaning people are only able to leave their homes to Shop Or Exercise for example within that five Kilometre Radius of home. They have also increased fines, we are talking 5,000 for breaching Self Isolation or lying to a contact racer, 3000 for breaching the two person outdoor exercise limitation and it was some hours after that Press Conference that new Health Advice came into the premier and she decided to make this a state wide lockdown. As we know, its been in Greater Sydney but this means measures across the state for at least a week, hospitality venues will be close, people being asked to stay at home unless they have a great need to leave. Great need to leave. Many eole great need to leave. Many peeple will great need to leave. Many people will be great need to leave. Many people will be watching i great need to leave. Many people will be watching saying australia was doing so well. Where did it go so wrong . It was held a Positioning Example to the rest of the welcome australia, new zealand, i guess they had the luxury of geography on their side. They close their International Borders In March Last Year and therefore by and large have been able to limit the spread of the coronavirus in those countries. Meaning quarantining international arrivals, it has meant people who are overseas had not been able to get home so it has not been without problems but by and large in those countries they have been operating largely as normal. Unfortunately the problem comes with variations of the virus. As we have seen across europe and other parts of the world, the Delta Variant has claimed a huge number of lives and the spread has increased rapidly, thats exactly what is happening. Unfortunately, the Vaccination Rate is incredibly low so in australia, we know only around a quarter of australians are currently being vaccinated, a couple of months ago the prime Minister Scott Morrison came out and said this is not a race, it will happen in good time, unfortunately as we have seen in the rest of the world, vaccination is the only way forward in terms of trying to get life to return to some resemblance of normality and what they are trying to do now is get as manyjabs into arms as possible but unfortunately, that Roll Out has been relatively slow. That rollout has been relatively slow. That rollout has been relatively slow. Some clinically vulnerable children in england are struggling to access a Covid Vaccine nearly four weeks after they were added to the rollout. Our Health Correspondent Katharine Da Costa reports. Lets leave her a chicken. Thats right, you clever girl lovely and what a lovely smile as well youre so good at these. Well done. 15 year old Veronica Rospigliosi enjoying an online Therapy Session at home in South West london during lockdown in february. Veronica has severe neuro disabilities. Last month, 12 to 15 year old children who are at high risk from covid like her were advised to have a vaccine, as well as those living with someone with a weakened immune system. But nearly four weeks on, and with the start of a new School Term in sight, dozens of families like hers are still desperate for information about when theyll get one. I think the urgency of the Vaccine Roll out for our children has been completely forgotten. Its not good enough. If somethings announced on the 19th ofjuly, having to wait until the end of august for a vaccination, i mean, its too late. Immunity isnt going to have time to have kicked in, in a meaningful way. Doctors say theyre still waiting for search guidelines to help them identify from Patient Records which children are eligible. I can understand that parents and children are anxious about this, because theyd want to ensure they get at least one vaccine before the School Year starts in a few weeks time in england. However, weve not yet received guidance on how the programme will be implemented for doctors. That includes gps like myself, but also, paediatric doctors are still awaiting guidance from the nhs about how this programme will be implemented. But Nhs England say they have provided guidance on how to proceed. In a statement, they said. Gp led vaccination centres are already contacting children and their parents, with thousands vaccinated in a matter of days following the necessary safety checks and training. Local services are on track to offer a vaccine to eligible 12 to 15 year olds by the start of the School Year, as originally planned. Eligible children in the other Uk Nations are also being invited in for a jab. The Nhs In Scotland said nearly a quarter of 12 to 15 year olds there had received a first dose. Katherine da costa, bbc news. People have been flocking to Seaside Resorts on the East Coast of england after the grafitti artist, banksy, confirmed he was behind a series of holiday themed works. One of the pieces has become such hot property that the new owner has had to move it to a secret location. Jenny kirk has more. Is it or isnt it . The question on everyones lips for the last week has been answered. I absolutely love it. I think its wonderful its come this way to lowestoft. I think its the best thing thats happened to this town in years, to be honest. For some, this is vandalism, to others, its art. And instead of removing it, the local council says they are beyond excited, its a real boost for Great Yarmouth and lowestoft. Everybody thats seen these pieces has smiled, everybody has had pleasure from what hes put out there and thats a wonderful thing to be able to do. Hundreds of thousands of people can go and see the artwork and it will make them smile. This is how the elusive artist whose work sells for millions ended the speculation. By posting online his spraycation. But there is less good news for kings lynn, banksy� s reimagining of a prominent statue with an Ice Cream Cone has already been removed. At maryville model village, theyve had substantial offers for their banksy. But they are not selling. The public unfortunately werent respecting it, they were trying to climb over, get up close with and we were fearful it was going to get damaged so we had to move it off site and with the news last night, the Insurance Company insisted we put it in a secure facility. How now to protect and capitalise on his work, a nice problem to have. Special to know that banksy actually was here jenny kirk, bbc news. A reminder of our top story. The authorities in haiti say that at least 300 people died when a powerful earthquake hit the country. Hospitals in the most affected areas, in South West haiti, are struggling to provide care for hundreds of survivors. Images posted on Social Media show the extent of the destruction, with damaged roads and collapsed buildings. In the seaport of les cayes, many people are believed to be buried under the rubble of two collapsed hotels. The Prime Minister, ariel henry, has declared a State Of Emergency for a month. President biden has authorised immediate help from the us. Haiti hasnt yet fully recovered from a magnitude seven quake near the capital, port Au Prince just over a decade ago. You can reach me on twitter im richpreston hello. It is turning into a very mixed but not particularly dramatic weekend of weather. Saturday brought a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain for some. Its a similar mix as we head into sunday. A couple of frontal systems, this curl of a Weather Front here bringing rain for parts of Northern Ireland, england and wales at times. This front pushing into Northern Scotland promises some pretty hefty showers. And in between, some zones of drier, brighter weather. Some patchy rain likely to push across East Anglia and the South East through sunday morning, but then brighter skies follow, at least for a time. More cloud for wales and the South West, spots of rain here. Some rain for a time in northern england, but Northern Ireland should brighten up with some sunshine. Quite a lot of dry weather for southern and central parts of scotland, but Northern Scotland will see some showers. And it will feel decidedly cool here, highest temperatures across parts of Eastern England up to 23 degrees. So, we will see areas of cloud and some showery rain continuing through sunday evening, but most places turn dry into the early hours of monday. Notice quite a lot of Cloud Out West by this stage, and overnight temperatures generally between ten and 1a degrees. So, as we start monday, we have low pressure to the North East of us, High Pressure attempting to build from the west. We are essentially trapped between the two, and that brings a north westerly wind across the uk, not a particularly warm north westerly wind, i have to say, and one that will also introduce quite a lot of cloud, especially across western areas. That cloud bringing in some showery rain at times. The best of the sunshine across eastern scotland, down across the eastern side of england, but temperatures will struggle. 16 to 20, maybe 21 degrees in the south of england, thats the very best we can expect. And then as we get on into tuesday, again, we can expect lots of cloud, some showery rain here and there. Weve still got that north westerly wind, so temperatures are going to be a little disappointing for this point in mid august. A high of 17 perhaps in aberdeen, 19 in cardiff, 20 there in london. And as we head through the middle part of the week, we keep that north westerly flow across the uk and we keep that feed of cloud. Now, it is not going to be cloudy all the time, that cloud will break to give some sunny spells, but generally speaking, if you expect lots of cloud, you wont go too far wrong. Temperatures will struggle, though, high teens or low 20s. This is bbc news. The latest headlines at least 30a people have died in a powerful earthquake in haiti. The Prime Minister says there is extensive damage and has declared a month long State Of Emergency. Haiti is still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake, which killed 200,000 people and affected the economy. The last major city in northern afghanistan Mazar E Sharif has fallen to the taliban, who have been advancing at speed as us led forces withdraw. Fighters are edging closer to the capital kabul. Us President Biden has been defending his decision to pull out us troops from the country. And tributes have been paid to the plymouth shooting victims, as questions are asked of police about why a Shotgun Licence was returned to the man who killed five people. The decision is being examined by the independent police watchdog