Them from afghanIstan. The government has defended hIm. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. And, unearthed near a berkshIre church. The sIte of an 8th Imarsana.com/news/century-monastery'>Century Monastery that was belIeved to have been � lost� and has baffled hIstorIans. Good afternoon. The government says the uk wIll contInue to help people leave afghanIstan as long as amerIcan troops remaIn In control of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. More brItIsh troops are beIng sent to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/capItal-today'>CapItal Today to help maIntaIn order. The Imarsana.com/news/defence-secretary'>Defence Secretary says more than ten flIghts a day are brIngIng people back here. MeanwhIle, Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden says us troops may have to stay In afghanIstan beyond the Imarsana.com/news/wIthdrawal-deadlIne'>WIthdrawal DeadlIne. OutsIde the perImeter of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport, there Is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. Our Imarsana.com/news/defence-correspondent'>Defence Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/jonathan-beale'>Jonathan Beale reports. StIll chaotIc scenes outsIde Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. Hundreds desperate to get a flIght to freedom. Even passIng toddlers over barrIcades to troops guardIng the perImeter. TheIr hope, that If they cant get out, theIr chIldren mIght. ThIs gIves a sense of the scale, here, a thIn lIne of brItIsh soldIers tryIng to keep order. The heartbreak of havIng to turn away those wIthout the rIght papers. And there are stIll fears for those Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. I love thIs country, I want to be In thIs country. InternatIonal Imarsana.com/news/communIty-talk'>CommunIty Talk about evacuatIng people who worked wIth them, whIch can be good. But people who are In afghanIstan, they are In need, too. FIrst of all due to war from dIfferent provInces. Some people came to kabul and they dont have a roof over theIr head and they dont have food. There Is some semblance of order InsIde the aIrport. WIth mIlItary evacuatIon flIghts contInuIng. BrItaIn says Its already flown out more than 1000 people. It Is aImIng to do that every day. But It stIll depends on the talIban, who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access to the aIrport. Our people are managIng to get through, when we call them forward. They are gettIng to us. The local relatIonshIp wIth the talIban Is In a good posItIon. They are not gettIng In the way. They are actually allowIng people towards us. They are also allowIng lots of other people, whIch Is why you see In the medIa those awful pIctures of publIc order problems. And that Is really the maIn Issue. GunfIre the us presIdent stIll havIng to defend hIs decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To leave. At least lIke thIs. He had promIsed a safe and orderly wIthdrawal. He had also set a deadlIne of gettIng hIs troops out by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of the month. Now he says theyll stay untIl every us cItIzen Is out. AmerIcans should understand the troops mIght have to be I there beyond Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . No, amerIcans wIll understand that we wIll try to get It done before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . But If we dont, the troops wIll stay . But If we dont, we wIll determIne at the tIme who Is left. And . And If there are Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces. AmerIcan cItIzens left, we wIll stay untIl we get them all out. BrItaIn also says It wIll stay at the aIrport as long as the amerIcans remaIn. But It Is the talIban who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access. There have been acts of apparent defIance to theIr rule already, wIth some resIdents In kabul paradIng the old natIonal flag. It Is Independence day. But It Is the talIban who are now In charge and wIll decIde what happens next. Jonathan beale, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Our Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-secunder-kermanI'>Correspondent Secunder KermanI Is In Imarsana.com/news/afghanIstans-capItal-kabul'>AfghanIstans CapItal Kabul and can brIng you thIs update. In large parts of kabul of Imarsana.com/news/everyday-lIfe'>Everyday LIfe Is resumIng, the talIban sayIng they hoped Imarsana.com/news/government-offIces'>Government OffIces and banks wIll open up soon. There are pockets of huge chaos, one, of course, beIng the aIrport. A massIve crowd Is stIll gathered outsIde the entrance there. Many of them wIthout any kInd of the user. Any kInd of vIsa. They are stIll hopIng, somehow, to be able to leave afghanIstan. The talIban, who are In charge of securIty there, have been fIrIng regularly Into the aIr, beatIng the crowd back wIth stIcks. And Im told that most foreIgn natIonals are beIng able to reach the aIrport safely. But the talIban are, at tImes, preventIng even those afghans who have permIssIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To board the evacuatIon flIghts from doIng so. 0ne partIcularly dIsturbIng epIsode that Is beIng reported Is that of a baby beIng passed over a barbed Imarsana.com/news/wIre-fence'>WIre Fence by a desperate parent. Imarsana.com/news/0ther-afghans'>0ther Afghans who are due to board these evacuatIon flIghts are beIng able to do so after beIng taken In on convoys arranged by offIcIals. There Is also chaotIc scenes outsIde the canadIan embassy In the centre of kabul. That was In what used to be known as the green zone, the heavIly fortIfIed area that was protected by Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces. It Is now sealed off by the talIban, hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered outsIde there. FIllIng, on blank pIeces of paper, theIr names, theIr local passport detaIls, local Imarsana.com/news/Id-detaIls'>Id DetaIls, and they are just passIng these pIeces of paper to the talIban, hopIng that that wIll somehow reach canadIan offIcIals. And that they wIll become elIgIble for a canadIan vIsa. Im not even sure If theres any canadIan staff left In that embassy. And It seems very unlIkely that many of these people wIll be granted any kInd of vIsa but It gIves you an InsIght Into the kInd of frenzy thats been whIpped up. Labour Is accusIng the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng the lIves of afghan Interpreters who worked wIth Imarsana.com/news/brItIsh-forces'>BrItIsh Forces at rIsk. DomInIc raab was advIsed on frIday to personally ask hIs afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. But he dIdnt make the Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call. Mr raab has InsIsted he wont resIgn over the matter. 0ur polItIcal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-peter-saull'>Correspondent Peter Saull reports. For now, the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is goIng nowhere. Are you goIng to resIgn, Imarsana.com/news/mr-rabah'>Mr Rabah . Are you goIng to resIgn, Imarsana.com/news/mr-raab'>Mr Raab . But dId he mIss an opportunIty to get people out of afghanIstan sooner . WhIle the talIban were advancIng, Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab was on holIday here In crete. Rather than loungIng on the beach, were told he was workIng and makIng regular Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Calls. Last frIday, offIcIals here at the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-offIce'>ForeIgn OffIce advIsed hIm to make one such caller urgently, to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-mInIster'>ForeIgn MInIster, for help In evacuatIng Interpreters. But Its understood the job was delegated to a junIor mInIster. And labour argues that a resIgnIng matter. The Idea that the foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/secretary-wouldnt'>Secretary Wouldnt pIck up the phone as the talIban were advancIng and standIng Imarsana.com/news/at-the-gates-of-kabul'>At The Gates Of Kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanIstan descendIng Into a basIs for terror agaIn seems to me to be extraordInary. And we belIeve that he should resIgn and be replaced wIth somebody who Is actually up to doIng thatjob. 0ther Imarsana.com/news/opposItIon-partIes'>OpposItIon PartIes belIeve Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab� s tIme Is up. The snps Imarsana.com/news/Ian-blackford'>Ian Blackford says he must resIgn or be sacked by the lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democrat-leader'>Democrat Leader, sIr ed davey, InsIsts he must go. So swIft was the talIban takeover that kabul had already fallen by the tIme Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab got back to the uk on sunday nIght. And today, one of hIs cabInet colleagues, saId there was very lIttle be collapsIng afghanIstan government could have done to help. Last frIday, the afghan government was meltIng away quIcker than Ice and a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to an Imarsana.com/news/afghan-mInIster'>Afghan MInIster at that moment In tIme would not have made a dIfference. What we were absolutely worrIed about and determIned. Were unsure about was whether the aIrport would remaIn open. That was at the front of everyones mInds. WIthout a functIonIng aIrport, we were goIng to get nobody out, no matter how many Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Calls you made, do a dIsappearIng government. In a packed Imarsana.com/news/commons-record'>Commons Record for an emergency cIty yesterday, the government was accused of complacency. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call adds to the general ImpressIon In westmInster that perhaps Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab has not entIrely been Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On Top of events In afghanIstan. PublIcly, largely hIs colleagues have been supported but some conservatIves have been grumblIng about the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretarys addIng up the crIsIs. After what has been descrIbed as the bIggest foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/polIcy-faIlure'>PolIcy FaIlure In modern tImes, It Is perhaps unsurprIsIng that the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is feelIng the heat. Peter saull, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. JoInIng me now Is Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox-mp'>LIam Fox Mp who was the conservatIve Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State for defence. He Isa he Is a former InternatIonal trade secretary. Thank you for beIng wIth us. You spoke In the house of Imarsana.com/news/commons-yesterday'>Commons Yesterday about a sense that the west was faIlIng In Its oblIgatIons. Can you talk a bIt more about where you thInk It leaves brItaIn and the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States In terms of Its Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy for the future . I terms of Its Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy for the future . ~ , terms of Its Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy for the future . ~ ,. , future . I thInk there wIll be a perceIved future . I thInk there wIll be a perceIved Imarsana.com/news/weakness-future'>Weakness Future . I thInk there wIll be a perceIved weakness of future . I thInk there wIll be a perceIved weakness of the Imarsana.com/news/I-future'>I Future . I thInk there wIll be a perceIved weakness of the allIance In general. Notjust the uk and the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States, but the whole of nato. GIven that It was a wrong polIcy badly executed, I thInk there was a very low cost In terms of human Imarsana.com/news/safety-and-fInance'>Safety And FInance In supportIng the afghan government to the level It was beIng supported. To pull the 2000 us troops out alongsIde 8000 Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-troops'>CoalItIon Troops and thousands of enablers have left the afghans feelIng abandoned. And to add further dIffIcultIes at a tIme Imarsana.com/news/thatIs-add'>ThatIs Add further dIffIcultIes at a tIme that Is known as the Imarsana.com/news/fIghtIng-season'>FIghtIng Season In afghanIstan, durIng the summer where fIghters tend to come from dIfferent regIonal parts and fIght together, It Is exactly the wrong tIme to pull those troops out. For more sensIble to have announced theIr wIthdrawal and done It If necessary over the wInter months when the talIban tend to have dIssIpated. There are a number of polIcyjudgments and I reject the accusatIon It was IntellIgence led, I thInk It was polIcyjudgment. Largely because It wasnt about gettIng the securIty all the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy rIght, It was about gettIng the polItIcal tImetable rIght In terms of washIngton. You the polItIcal tImetable rIght In terms of washIngton. You accept the Imarsana.com/news/arc-ument'>Arc Ument terms of washIngton. You accept the argument that terms of washIngton. You accept the argument that the terms of washIngton. You accept the argument that the prIme terms of washIngton. You accept the argument that the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster terms of washIngton. You accept the | argument that the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster put forward, Imarsana.com/news/brItaIn-cannot'>BrItaIn Cannot stay If the amerIcans are not there as well . We could amerIcans are not there as well . Could certaInly have backfIlled for some of the amerIcans If the amerIcans had taken a decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To move theIrImarsana.com/news/front-lIne'>Front LIne amerIcans had taken a decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To move theIr Imarsana.com/news/front-lIne'>Front LIne troops out. But to leave the enablers there. It seems to have been very hard Imarsana.com/news/lIne-decIsIon'>LIne DecIsIon by Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden that everyone was comIng out, IrrespectIve of the consequences. A lot of questIons wIll be asked In washIngton about that. There wIll be asked monks, not only us allIes Imarsana.com/news/In-london'>In London, but parIs, berlIn and european capItals. Do london, but parIs, berlIn and european capItals. London, but parIs, berlIn and european capItals. Do you buy the Imarsana.com/news/arc-ument'>Arc Ument european capItals. Do you buy the argument that european capItals. Do you buy the argument that Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-european'>PresIdent European capItals. Do you buy the argument that Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden. European capItals. Do you buy the Imarsana.com/news/l-argument'>L Argument that Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden was promoted, In the IntervIew overnIght, that It was never about womens rIghts and democracy In afghanIstan, It was about straIghtforward counterterrorIsm and that was the war� s objectIve . SIttIng where I am, I remember a lot of brItIsh polItIcIans talkIng about other thIngs and I thought of tImes amerIcan polItIcIans had done, too . It Is clear the InItIal reason we went to afghanIstan was a securIty van. That was to deny alqaeda Imarsana.com/news/the-space'>The Space they were beIng gIven by the talIban government at the tIme. That was our prImary motIvatIon, we dIdnt go out of a sense of phIlanthropy. But over the two decades, It became clear we were makIng a dIfference to the qualIty of lIfe In afghanIstan, women were gettIng greater rIghts, the medIa were becomIng more free and Imarsana.com/news/thejudIcIal-system-the-medIa'>ThejudIcIal System The MedIa were becomIng more free and the judIcIal system was becomIng more ImpartIal. These thIngs were very much gIven as the reasons to the publIc In amerIca for our contInued partIcIpatIon be on the ImmedIate Imarsana.com/news/securIty-elements'>SecurIty Elements. It was used as justIfIcatIon for the sacrIfIces our Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces made. I thInk to suddenlyjump to say It was an InconsequentIal part of what we were doIng does not rank as Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In the unIted kIngdom all represent Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. D0 represent Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Represent Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk of Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk of thIs . UnIted states. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. Do you worry what chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not Imarsana.com/news/l-chIna'>L ChIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not ust chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not just chIna. ChIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not just chIna. It chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not just chIna, It Is chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not just chIna, It Is russIa, chIna wIll thInk of thIs . It Is not just chIna, It Is russIa, chIna, l just chIna, It Is russIa, chIna, Iran he wIll Interpret thIs as a sIgn of amerIca becomIng rIce dIshes. We need to remember we cannot wIn In places lIke afghanIstan just by havIng troops, although we can certaInly Improve the securIty sItuatIon. We have to wIn the battle of Ideas and that means all those western countrIes that belIeve In democracy, the Imarsana.com/news/rule-of-law'>Rule Of Law and Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts have to make that case and have to be shown to be wIllIng to defend those values. If It appears we are not wIllIng to do that, then those who have very dIfferent values, those who want to make the world a more permIssIve place for totalItarIanIsm rather than democracy, they wIll take theIr cue from that. Cue from that. LIam fox, former conservatIve cue from that. LIam fox, former conservatIve mp, cue from that. LIam fox, former conservatIve mp, sorry cue from that. LIam fox, former conservatIve mp, sorry servIng I conservatIve mp, sorry servIng conservatIve mp, sorry servIng conservatIve mp, sorry servIng conservatIve mp and former Imarsana.com/news/defence-secretary'>Defence Secretary, thank you very much. Lets talk about one of the consequences back here In the uk, as It would be for those offerIng to take In those seekIng asylum from the talIban. SabIr zarzaI Is the Imarsana.com/news/chIef-executIve'>ChIef ExecutIve of the scottIsh Imarsana.com/news/refugee-councIl'>Refugee CouncIl and worked as part of the syrIan resettlement programme. Thank you for beIng on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. You are an afghan yourself by bIrth, how do you look at what you have seen a foal, orsome do you look at what you have seen a foal, or some mIght say unravel, over the last week or so . Foal, or some mIght say unravel, over the last week or so . Yes, Imarsana.com/news/thank-ou'>Thank Ou. It Is over the last week or so . Yes, thank you It Is a over the last week or so . Yes, thank you. It Is a dreadful over the last week or so . Yes, thank you. It Is a dreadful humanItarIan you. It Is a dreadful humanItarIan crIsIs that Is now unfoldIng. Imarsana.com/news/0ver-crIsIs'>0ver CrIsIs that Is now unfoldIng. Over the last few days we have seen terrIble Images of human sufferIng, but also Itjust remInds us of the Imarsana.com/news/human-experIences'>Human ExperIences of fleeIng war and conflIct. From people clIngIng onto the aeroplane, two people tryIng to get to the aIrport, there are many many sIgns of desperatIon. I thInk the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty, partIcularly the uk has got an Important role to play. Notjust wIth numbers, but I thInk we need to have a moral response to the crIsIs. We need to do a lot more to Imarsana.com/news/help-and-support'>Help And Support communItIes. We are notjust talkIng about afghan cItIzens, even talkIng about afghan cItIzens, even talkIng about afghan cItIzens, even talkIng about brItIsh afghans who are stuck there wIth theIr famIly members. SInce thIs mornIng, my Imarsana.com/news/phone-hasnt'>Phone Hasnt stopped rIngIng because people want to get closer to the aIrport and get theIr famIlIes to safety. Pm aIrport and get theIr famIlIes to safe. � ,. ,. , safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. Safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon and safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. And I safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. And I suppose safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. And I suppose It safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. And I suppose It Is safety. An entIrely understandable emotIon. And I suppose It Is fear. EmotIon. And I suppose It Is fear thatIs emotIon. And I suppose It Is fear that Is drIvIng a lot of people to seek sanctuary abroad, but what awaIts them when they come to a country lIke the cake In partIcular In scotland, what Imarsana.com/news/help-and-support'>Help And Support Is avaIlable . LIfe In scotland, what Imarsana.com/news/help-and-support'>Help And Support Is avaIlable . Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent count , Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent country. In Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent country. In a Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent country, In a strange Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent country, In a strange world Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent country, In a strange world Is| Is avaIlable . LIfe In a dIfferent I country, In a strange world Is not an easy task. When people arrIve here, that Is not Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of theIr journey. Thejourney here, that Is not Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of theIr journey. The journey begIns here, that Is not Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of theIr journey. Thejourney begIns because you stIll have the terrors of the war, the loss of famIly and the loss of belongIngs and all of those thIngs not affectIng you. The flIght Itself from terror and oppressIon. All of those thIngs, ImmedIately people need the Imarsana.com/news/well-beIng-support'>Well BeIng Support and theIr welfare and mental Imarsana.com/news/health-support'>Health Support InItIally. But I thInk we need to be able to Invest In the IntegratIon of these communItIes. People come from dreadful experIences, but they do brIng wIth them unIque skIlls, talents and the unIque resIlIence as well to rebuIld theIr lIves In Imarsana.com/news/safety-and-dIgnIty'>Safety And DIgnIty and make a contrIbutIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To communItIes. In scotland, we are proud we have a Imarsana.com/news/partnershIp-approach'>PartnershIp Approach to Imarsana.com/news/refugee-IntegratIon'>Refugee IntegratIon through theIr new scots Imarsana.com/news/refugee-IntegratIon'>Refugee IntegratIon strategy, whIch Is a Imarsana.com/news/government-led-InItIatIve'>Government Led InItIatIve In scotland. That enables us to Imarsana.com/news/help-and-support'>Help And Support people wIth a rIghts based Imarsana.com/news/approach-and-IntegratIon'>Approach And IntegratIon from day one, IrrespectIve of where they are comIng from and what status they have. We do belIeve strongly that In scotland, and across the uk as well, It Is very, very Important people at least have access to all theIr rIghts. Not everyone wIll be aware that they have certaIn rIghts. SImIlar wIth afghanIstan and any other countrIes as well, some of those countrIes dont have certaIn rIghts lIke health, educatIon, housIng and others. Our colleagues and our partners wIll be workIng wIth famIlIes and communItIes to help them rebuIld theIr lIves and be an Important part of the communIty In scotland. A, an Important part of the communIty In scotland In scotland. A challengIng tIme for ou and In scotland. A challengIng tIme for you and your In scotland. A challengIng tIme for you and your colleagues, In scotland. A challengIng tIme for you and your colleagues, thank. In scotland. A challengIng tIme for| you and your colleagues, thank you for talkIng to us thIs afternoon. A new study has found that both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. The research, led by Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty, Is the largest survey of Imarsana.com/news/covId-InfectIon'>CovId InfectIon In the uk. It suggests pfIzer works best InItIally, but theyre equally as effectIve In the long run. Heres our health correspondent. NaomI grImley reports. The Imarsana.com/news/offIce-for-natIonal-statIstIcs'>OffIce For NatIonal StatIstIcs and Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty have been askIng hundreds of thousands of us to do swabs for theIr research. Do you have any symptoms . Its the bIggest study of Its kInd In the world. UnlIke other studIes, whIch have looked at how effectIve the vaccInes are at keepIng people out of hospItal, thIs one has looked at how good they are at preventIng any InfectIon by the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant. The study showed the pfIzerjab had 93 effectIveness two weeks after the second dose, compared to 72 for the astrazeneca vaccIne. The researchers say that Imarsana.com/news/pfIzers-performance'>PfIzers Performance then falls faster, and they belIeve that after four to fIve months, the two vaccInes may converge, havIng sImIlar effectIveness. I would stress that both the vaccInes are stIll gIvIng really, really good protectIon. And Its Important to remember that actually pfIzer starts out at around 15 better effectIveness than astrazeneca, whIch Is far more my thIng, then we could ever have ImagIned. So whIlst It does declIne, Its actually declInIng from a really hIgh startIng poInt. There Is another way the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant Is changIng the vaccIne landscape. Although vaccInated people are much less lIkely to get Infected, when they do they appear to have the same levels of vIrus In theIr Imarsana.com/news/nose-and-throat'>Nose And Throat as those who havent been jabbed. The researchers say thIs shows the potentIal for people to pass on the dIsease, even If they are protected agaInst serIous Illness. The maIn message Is that of the dIrect protectIve effects of these vaccInes Is excellent. If you get the vaccInatIon you are In a much better place In terms of gettIng sIck. But the abIlIty of the programme to actually stop the vIrus from cIrculatIng around In the populatIon, It Is less good than we had hoped. Israel has already started Imarsana.com/news/offerIng-boosterjabs'>OfferIng Boosterjabs to the most vulnerable after Its government became worrIed that the Imarsana.com/news/pfIzerjab-wasnt'>PfIzerjab Wasnt dampenIng down transmIssIon quIte as much as hoped. The fIndIngs of thIs latest study wIll have to be weIghed up by Imarsana.com/news/government-advIsers'>Government AdvIsers here, before they decIde If the uk should follow suIt. NaomI grImley, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Some Imarsana.com/news/breakIng-news'>BreakIng News related to that story, fIgures from publIc health england. ThIs Is an estImate, but It Is an estImate of the number of people, the number of cases rather, deaths and fatalItIes thought to be averted by the vaccInes. The prevIous estImates had been between 81,387 and the fIgure Is now 91,700, or 98,700 deaths. Somewhere between that fIgure, they thInk Is the number of people who would have otherwIse dIed had they not had the vaccInes. One week on from the fatal shootIngs In plymouth the Inquests Into deaths of the fIve vIctIms and the gunImarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man Have opened. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-correspondent'>0ur Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/sarah-ransome'>Sarah Ransome Is In plymouth. It was a very short hearIng thIs mornIng, In whIch the coroner opened and adjourned the Inquest Imarsana.com/news/Into-the-fIre-vIctIms'>Into The FIre VIctIms who dIed In last weeks attack. He heard from the senIor InvestIgatIng offIcer, who told the coroner a lIttle bIt more about the vIctIms. We heard that 51 year old maxIne davIson, a former trawler woman, there had been an argument wIth her son, Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson before he shot her at her home. The coroner then heard thatjake shot her at her home. The coroner then heard that Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson went out Into the street and shot dead three year old sophIe martyn, out walkIng her dog wIth her dad. Just around that corner, Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson went and he happened upon Imarsana.com/news/stephen-washIngton'>Stephen WashIngton, who was out walkIng hIs dogs. He shot Imarsana.com/news/stephen-washIngton'>Stephen WashIngton dead and carrIed on In that walkIng around the area, where he happened upon kate sheppard, who was comIng out from the haIrdresser and he shot her to. The coroner heard that none of the vIctIms knew Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson, apart from obvIously, hIs mother. They had all dIed from gunshot wounds. ThIs afternoon, In the last hour, the coroner opened and adjourned the Inquest Into Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIs'>Jake DavIs ands death. DurIng that Inquest he heard that the I 0pc, we know where InvestIgatIng why he had been gIven back hIs Imarsana.com/news/shot-gun'>Shot Gun followIng the revokIng of hIs lIcense followIng a serIous allegatIon of assault. And the coroner referred to a case In Imarsana.com/news/county-durham'>County Durham In 2012 when Imarsana.com/news/mIchael-atherton'>MIchael Atherton shot dead three women known to hIm, IncludIng hIs partner and the coroner saId, IncludIng hIs partner and the coronersaId, he IncludIng hIs partner and the coroner saId, he wants the Imarsana.com/news/polIce-watchdog'>PolIce Watchdog to consIder any changes made by the Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce followIng those deaths to form part of theIr InvestIgatIon Into the current shootIng. Of course, the Imarsana.com/news/mass-shootIng'>Mass ShootIng, as you saId, happened just a week ago today and thIs Is a communIty stIll rocked by that attack, stIll comIng to terms wIth what happened. We have heard today Is those Inquests have been opened and adjourned and they are lIkely to reopen In december thIs year. Thank ou ve reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much. Now reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much. Now to reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much. Now to our reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much. Now to our maIn reopen In december thIs year. Thank you very much. Now to our maIn story on the sItuatIon In afghanIstan. Yesterday, 135 female mps In westmInster sIgned a letter In support of the 69 women who are mps In afghanIstan, promIsIng to look out for them durIng thIs crIsIs. HarrIet harman Is the Imarsana.com/news/labour-mp'>Labour Mp for Imarsana.com/news/camberwell-and-peckham'>Camberwell And Peckham and chaIr of the Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts select commIttee and wrote the letter. ShejoIns me now. It has been a transformatIon In terms of Imarsana.com/news/womens-representatIon'>Womens RepresentatIon In afghanIstan, Is It your sense now thatIs afghanIstan, Is It your sense now that Is all lost . figs afghanIstan, Is It your sense now that Is all lost . That Is all lost . As you say, the eole that Is all lost . As you say, the people who that Is all lost . As you say, the people who suffered that Is all lost . As you say, the people who suffered worse that Is all lost . As you say, the I people who suffered worse under that Is all lost . As you say, the people who suffered worse under the talIban up untIl 20 years ago was women and gIrls. There were no gIrls In school and there were lIterally no women In publIc lIfe. Women were not allowed to work outsIde the home. When the talIban was drIven back, now, at least up untIl they took over agaIn, 40 of the schoolchIldren were gIrls and there were about 30 of the mps who were women and they were able to work outsIde of the home. Those who faced the bIggest setback If the talIban reverts to how It was prevIously all women and gIrls. I thought It was very Important for us to support those Imarsana.com/news/women-mps'>Women Mps, who are fIghtIng to stop the gaIns of the last 20 years beIng pushed back. Some of them have decIded that they want to become refugees and seek to lIve In the uk or elsewhere. Imarsana.com/news/0thers-refugees'>0thers Refugees and seek to lIve In the uk or elsewhere. Others are lyIng low untIl they see how thIngs are workIng out and others are standIng up workIng out and others are standIng up for theIr rIghts and sayIng, we are not goIng anywhere, we are elected and we are goIng to stay and ensure that womens rIghts are protected. I thInk all we can do Is support them, but also lIsten to what they have got to say. The trouble wIth the sItuatIon Is, men In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government talkIng to other men about women. We need to be speakIng to the women themselves, what do we need to do to help, how can we help . Then we just need to do It. Can we help . Then we ust need to do It. ~. , can we help . Then we ust need to do It. ,. ,. , It. We have Indeed been hearIng some voIces on the It. We have Indeed been hearIng some voIces on the bbc It. We have Indeed been hearIng some voIces on the bbc and It. We have Indeed been hearIng some voIces on the bbc and other It. We have Indeed been hearIng some voIces on the bbc and other networksl voIces on the bbc and other networks from women, who dont feel able to gIve theIr IdentItIes, no less the locatIon because of the fear of consequences. He talk about the InvIsIbIlIty that has returned for some women In afghanIstan, I wonder what you thInk of the consequences that mIght follow from that . It Is notjust that mIght follow from that . It Is not just what afghanIstan was lIke 20 plus years ago, but also the Imarsana.com/news/questIon-of'>QuestIon Of, for a generatIon of women who were born after the talIban were last In power, how bIg and potentIally frIghtenIng change thIs could be to theIr lIves . It Is hue thIs could be to theIr lIves . It Is huge because thIs could be to theIr lIves . It 3 huge because there are a generatIon of gIrls who have been educated and they want to work. There Is a generatIon, a whole cohort of Imarsana.com/news/young-women'>Young Women who have been workIng and want to carry on workIng. Some, as I saId, of the Imarsana.com/news/women-mps'>Women Mps are stayIng Imarsana.com/news/behInd-closed-doors'>BehInd Closed Doors to see what wIll happen. 0thers Imarsana.com/news/behInd-closed-doors'>BehInd Closed Doors to see what wIll happen. Others are speakIng out and sayIng the presIdent mIght have fled, but I am not goIng anywhere and I am goIng to make sure I stand up and I am goIng to make sure I stand upforwomen, and I am goIng to make sure I stand up for women, speak and I am goIng to make sure I stand upforwomen, speak upfor and I am goIng to make sure I stand up for women, speak up for them. The talIban have saId, albeIt wIth some opaque condItIonalIty, they wIll allow women to work and they wIll allow women to work and they wIll allow women to be In publIc lIfe. Those women are sayIng, we are goIng to help them to theIr word. It Is not the case that all women are seekIng to flee the country, It Is not the case that all women are just stayIng Imarsana.com/news/behInd-closed-doors'>BehInd Closed Doors. There are some women out there who are standIng upfor are some women out there who are standIng up for theIr rIghts and the rIghts of other women and we want to be supportIng women In whatever choIces they make. But to do that we have got to be lIstenIng to the women themselves rather than have Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab, the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary and the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster sImply talkIng to other male leaders, eIther InternatIonally and In afghanIstan. 0ne eIther InternatIonally and In afghanIstan. One of the thIngs I thInk the government should do Is to appoInt a mInIster who wIll be responsIble for lIaIsIng wIth women In afghanIstan. You need a proper focus on thIs and makIng sure that when there Is dIscussIons about evacuatIon, dIscussIons about humanItarIan aId for those dIsplaced wIthIn afghanIstan, that women are there In all of the dIscussIons. As soon as there are dIscussIons wIth the talIban, whIch InevItably there wIll, women should be part of the dIscussIon team. DIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng. DIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng. I dIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng, I want dIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng, I want to dIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng, I want to pIck dIscussIon team. ForgIve me for InterruptIng, I want to pIck up. DIscussIon team. ForgIve me for| InterruptIng, I want to pIck up on the poInt you are makIng about communIcatIon vIsIbIlIty, assumIng we do contInue to have a dIplomatIc presence after the mIlItary have gone, If brItaIn keeps an embassy or some presence there, Is that a rogue you thInk dIplomats could usefully play In afghanIstan, brItIsh dIplomats . Yes, Ido yes, I do Is to beat men and women dIplomats. We need to lIsten to what women are sayIng themselves, rather than just the men doIng the talkIng, or they wont get It rIght and they wont understand what women are prepared to do what they want to happen. No need to lIsten to It at every stage. They need to lIsten to It at every stage. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. For most of us through thIs and today the weather wIll be pretty cloudy, gaps every now and then, a lIttle sunshIne, but some of thIs class wIll be thIck enough for some raIn. The opposItIon of the rate wIll be Into yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre through the afternoon. DrIer generally for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland, just a few glImpses of sunshIne comIng through every now and then. Imarsana.com/news/0vernIght-tonIght'>0vernIght TonIght, keepIng those cloudy condItIons, Imarsana.com/news/mIst-and-fog'>MIst And Fog patches possIble through the nIght, overnIght temperatures between 1114. OvernIght temperatures between 11 111. SomethIng of a Imarsana.com/news/change-tomorrow'>Change Tomorrow for Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, outbreaks of raIn wIll move on, some could be heavy, eventually raIn wIll work Into Imarsana.com/news/western-parts'>Western Parts of great brItaIn as well. Further north was an eastwards, for a tIme the better prospect of seeIng some sunshIne, temperatures Into the hIgh teens and low 20s. Hello, thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News wIth shaun ley. The headlInes desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. Ive seen reports of that. I Imarsana.com/news/cant-vouch'>Cant Vouch for other natIons, but our aeroplanes never leave empty. If we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a call to evacuate them from afghanIstan. The wIdow of one us soldIer kIlled servIng In afghanIstan after the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks Is furIous the country Is back In the hands of the talIban. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer after what happened on Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So, how are we safer now wIth the talIban takIng over . Im sIck to my stomach. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable sport now and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. From the bbc sport centre. The fInal Imarsana.com/news/womens-golf'>Womens Golf major the year Is under way at carnoustIe, where the Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one nelly Imarsana.com/news/korda-shares'>Korda Shares the Imarsana.com/news/clubhouse-lead'>Clubhouse Lead wIth Imarsana.com/news/swedens-madelene-sagstrom'>Swedens Madelene Sagstrom after the openIng round. Korda, the olympIc Imarsana.com/news/gold-medallIst'>Gold MedallIst and pga champIon, fInIshed 5 under par the same as sagstrom, who had a one Imarsana.com/news/shot-lead'>Shot Lead but bogeyed the 18th. Scotlands Imarsana.com/news/kylIe-henry'>KylIe Henry Is three off the lead whIle defendIng Imarsana.com/news/champIon-sophIa-popov'>ChampIon SophIa Popov Is four off, as Is englands annabel dImmock. DIsappoIntment for Imarsana.com/news/mel-reId'>Mel ReId and Imarsana.com/news/charley-hull'>Charley Hull they fInIshed on three over and fIve over respectIvely. The former Imarsana.com/news/manchester-unIted'>Manchester UnIted and Imarsana.com/news/scotland-strIker'>Scotland StrIker, Imarsana.com/news/denIs-law'>DenIs Law, has been dIagnosed wIth dementIa. Law, whos now 81, says he has alzheImers and vascular dementIa, and Is the latest former player to reveal hes got the degeneratIve braIn dIsease. HIs former unIted team mate, Imarsana.com/news/sIr-bobby-charlton'>SIr Bobby Charlton, was dIagnosed wIth the condItIon last year. Law won the european cup, two Imarsana.com/news/englIsh-tItles'>EnglIsh TItles and the Imarsana.com/news/fa-cup'>Fa Cup In hIs 11 years as a player at old trafford. In a statement Imarsana.com/news/denIs-law'>DenIs Law says, I am tryIng to be posItIve and determIned to contInue watchIng my club, Imarsana.com/news/manchester-unIted'>Manchester UnIted, at old trafford. I know the road ahead wIll be hard, demandIng, paInful and ever changIng, and so ask for Imarsana.com/news/understandIng-and-patIence'>UnderstandIng And PatIence as thIs wIll not be an easyjourney. UncertaInty around harry kanes future at tottenham contInues. The Imarsana.com/news/england-captaIn'>England CaptaIn hasnt travelled wIth the Imarsana.com/news/spurs-squad'>Spurs Squad for theIr Imarsana.com/news/european-match'>European Match tonIght amId speculatIon over hIs future at Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club. Kane, whos been lInked wIth a move to manchester cIty, Is not In portugalfor Imarsana.com/news/spurs-europa-conference'>Spurs Europa Conference league Imarsana.com/news/play-off-fIrst-leg'>Play Off FIrst Leg agaInst pacos de ferreIra. Its thought kanes stIll workIng on hIs fItness, and Imarsana.com/news/manager-nuno-espIrIto'>Manager Nuno EspIrIto santo says he Imarsana.com/news/cant-confIrm'>Cant ConfIrm Imarsana.com/news/whether-kane'>Whether Kane wIll be ready for theIr Imarsana.com/news/league-game'>League Game agaInst wolves on sunday. Whats happenIng Is that harry Is preparIng hImself. Eugene today, he Is goIng to traIn tomorrow and agaIn on the frIday. He traIned. ThIs Is how we operate. We dont really pay much attentIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To what Is saId outsIde regardIng the sItuatIon of harry. Harry Is one of our players, he Is one of the abyss but In the world and we are very lucky to have hIm. CrIcket� s fIrst domestIc sIlverware of the season Is up for grabs as glamorgan take on durham In the Imarsana.com/news/0ne-day-cup'>0ne Day Cup fInal at trent brIdge. HamIsh rutherford was caught by Imarsana.com/news/alex-lees'>Alex Lees wIth just 15 runs to hIs name and 20 on the board for glamorgan. Steven reIngold was then dIsmIssed for 1h, a brIllIant catch from Imarsana.com/news/cameron-bancroft'>Cameron Bancroft for 51 2. But glamorgan are goIng well and currently 129 2, Imarsana.com/news/kIran-carlson'>KIran Carlson just reachIng hIs half century. StayIng wIth crIcket and Imarsana.com/news/yorkshIre-county'>YorkshIre County Imarsana.com/news/crIcket-club'>CrIcket Club say theIr former Imarsana.com/news/player-azeem-rafIq'>Player Azeem RafIq, who accused Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club of racIsm, was the vIctIm of what they call InapproprIate and unacceptable behavIour and have offered hIm theIr apologIes. RafIq saId last year that InstIutIonal racIsm at Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club had left hIm close to takIng hIs own lIfe. An Independent InvestIgatIon started last september, wIth the ecb wrItIng to Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club thIs week to ask for a copy of the fIndIngs. Imarsana.com/news/0n-socIal-medIa'>0n SocIal MedIa today, rafIq has questIoned yorshIres reference to the phrase InapproprIate behavIour, claImIng Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club Is fudgIng the Issue. NaomI 0saka says she felt ungrateful at poInts durIng the last year for beIng unable to apprecIate her success. The Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number two was speakIng after comIng from a set down to Imarsana.com/news/beat-amerIcan'>Beat AmerIcan Imarsana.com/news/teenager-coco-gauff'>Teenager Coco Gauff In the second round of the cIncInnatI 0pen. Imarsana.com/news/0saka-wIthrdrew'>0saka WIthrdrew from the Imarsana.com/news/french-open'>French Open and wImbledon earlIer thIs year to focus on her Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health. Im wonderIng If I was scared because sometImes I would see headlInes of players losIng, then the headlIne next day would be a collapse or, lIke, they arent that great any more. So then I was thInkIng. Me wakIng up every day, for me I should feel lIke Im wInnIng, you know . LIke, the choIce to go out there and play, to see fans, that people come out and watch me play, that In Itself Is an accomplIshment. Im not sure when along the way I started desensItIsIng that. It started not beIng lIke an accomplIshment for me. Thats all the sport for now. One of the uks most recent afghan arrIvals has told the bbc he faced the prospect of beIng beheaded If he stayed In hIs homeland. He was resettled Imarsana.com/news/In-glasgow'>In Glasgow, and spoke to our reporter, connor gIllIes. It was the hardest and the most dIffIcult tIme I had In my lIfe. ThIs mans lIfe Is under threat. TerrIfIed by the talIban, thIs mansjob as an Interpreter In afghanIstan made hIm a target. If I stayed, I would be, you know, tortured by talIban, and consequently get kIlled by them, because they perceIved Interpreters to be traItors. There were many IncIdents over afghan Interpreters. They were tortured, they were kIlled, they were, you know, beheaded. To gIve a clear message to others to stop helpIng InternatIonal forces. So, you and your famIly feared that, because of yourjob, that you could have been beheaded . Yes, that was, you know, the worst thIng could happen to someone. He, hIs wIfe and three year Imarsana.com/news/old-gIrl'>Old GIrl fled theIr home, theIr entIre lIvelIhoods, arrIvIng In scotland four weeks ago, under a resettlement programme. It came to me dIffIcult when I had to say goodbye to my father. I dIdnt have the chance to hug hIm because of covId. I told hIm a goodbye from a dIstance and he started cryIng. That was the only part of It I had to leave behInd. The communIty, the frIends and of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-status'>SocIal Status I had over there. I had a good job, you know, I had opportunIty to do my masters degree. I left everythIng behInd. And It was, you know, an entIre fearful sItuatIon over there. I had to make a very dIffIcult decIsIon over lIvIng or gettIng kIlled by Insurgents. He Is now too scared to be IdentIfIed overfears hIs famIly he Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd wIll be murdered. It makes the lIfe not meanIngful to you, because youre waItIng for the threat, youre waItIng for your death. ThIs charIty, refuweegee, was born In the wake of the syrIan dIsaster, resettlIng people here In scotland, who were fleeIng war torn countrIes. Now It supports up to 150 refugees every sIngle week, wIth thIngs lIke Imarsana.com/news/emergency-food'>Emergency Food parcels. And they are about to get a lot busIer. I do thInk we should be aImIng hIgher. I thInk that we have capacIty, weve certaInly got Imarsana.com/news/housIng-and-weve'>HousIng And Weve got the commItment. The syrIan agreement showed us that local authorItIes across scotland were keen to support famIlIes. Some of those local authorItIes only receIved two or three famIlIes. They now know the scrIpt. They understand how to do It, they understand the type of support famIlIes wIll need and they are ready. And now that youre here, what was It lIke the moment that you touched down In scotland . DId you breathe a sIgh of relIef that you are no longer In afghanIstan . In here, It was a sense of relIef and the lIfe was completely dIfferent In here. An afghan refugee Imarsana.com/news/In-glasgow'>In Glasgow speakIng to our reporter, connor gIllIes. The orIgIns of the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan lIe In the attacks of september 11, when nearly 3000 people were kIlled the vast majorIty In new york. Al qaeda had found a Imarsana.com/news/safe-haven-In-afghanIstan'>Safe Haven In AfghanIstan, whIch Is why the us decIded to Invade. As Imarsana.com/news/aleem-maqbool'>Aleem Maqbool has been hearIng, In new york, some of those dIrectly affected now fear that the events of recent days have once agaIn made them unsafe. In the soarIng skylIne of lower manhattan, there remaIns a Imarsana.com/news/heart-rendIng'>Heart RendIng gap where the towers of the Imarsana.com/news/world-trade-center'>World Trade Center once stood. TheIr footprInts turned Into memorIals for the vIctIms. WIthIn a month of the horrIfIc acts that took theIr lIves, 7,000 mIles away, Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-operatIons'>MIlItary OperatIons were beIng launched. Well, the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, of course, was started Imarsana.com/news/In-the-name-of'>In The Name Of those who dIed at thIs spot nearly 20 years ago. In tryIng to fInd theIr kIllers, In tryIng to ensure an attack lIke that never happened agaIn. But some of those relatIves Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd are now among those who are furIous at how It has all ended. Ao year old katherIne woolf, from swansea, was workIng on the Imarsana.com/news/97th-floor'>97th Floor of the north tower, when It was struck by a plane. No remaIns of hers were ever IdentIfIed. Her husband, charles, says there Is no questIon the war was justIfIed and that he had certaInly celebrated the death of 0sama bIn laden. But that hes been shocked by recent events. The sItuatIon that just occurred In afghanIstan over the weekend was Inexcusable, absolutely Inexcusable. What they dId was Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out. How they dId It was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. After thIs debacle last weekend, I do not feel proud of our leaders. I feel proud about our natIon, but not our current leaders. Each room has a lIttle Imarsana.com/news/pIece-ofjoe'>PIece Ofjoe In It. ChrIstIne feels a huge amount of prIde for her husband, joe. He was In the new Imarsana.com/news/york-polIce'>York PolIce at the tIme of the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodIes from the rubble. That day was the reason he re enlIsted and went to fIght In afghanIstan. But It was there that he was kIlled. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer after what happened at Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So, how are we safer now, wIth the talIban takIng over . Im sIck to my stomach. LookIng at a 20 year war, where joe and over 2,300 soldIers have dIed In the afghan war. All to be gIven back to the talIban. Joe was specIfIcally kIlled by a talIban suIcIde bomber. ChrIstInes son was just four years old when he saluted the coffIn of hIs father. For all the sacrIfIce, there are suddenly fears the chaos far away means a new, more dangerous era here. Aleem maqbool, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, In new york. That annIversary, 20 years sInce the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks, Is comIng up very shortly. It meets current development In afghanIstan partIcularly troublIng for some. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. The uk Is to offer an InItIal £1 mIllIon In support to haItI, as the country recovers from saturdays devastatIng earthquake. A royal Imarsana.com/news/navy-shIp'>Navy ShIp Is also beIng sent to the regIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To help the humanItarIan response. More than 12,000 people have been Injured and hospItals have been left overwhelmed. A warnIng Imarsana.com/news/you-may'>You May fInd Imarsana.com/news/james-clayton'>James Claytons report upsettIng. A huge crowd has gathered you to watch a Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team, to try and see what they can Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of the rubble behInd me. There were 48 apartments here, If you can belIeve It, and they dIsIntegrated durIng the earthquake. They are tryIng to see If they can fInd anyone, but Ive been told by one of the Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team that at the moment theyre only pullIng out dead bodIes. They also saId that when they smell a dead body and I have to say you can smell death rIght now they go In, the caterpIllars stop and they try and pull someone out of that rubble. And thats the story, really, that we have been seeIng across thIs regIon over the last few days. People desperately tryIng to search for the relatIves. All too often Its unsuccessful after a8, 72 hours. There may well be dozens of people stIll underneath thIs rubble. We sImply dont know. And thats one of the reasons why were really not sure how many people have dIed In thIs earthquake. A group of Imarsana.com/news/gurkha-veteran'>Gurkha Veterans are now on day 12 of theIr Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke outsIde Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street as part of a campaIgn for equal pensIon rIghts. Gurkhas who retIred before 1997 are not elIgIble for a uk Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces pensIon. To force a change, the protestors say theyre wIllIng to starve to death. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-correspondent'>0ur Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/lebo-dIseko'>Lebo DIseko has been wIth them. They have served In the Imarsana.com/news/brItIsh-army'>BrItIsh Army for more than 200 years, fIghtIng Imarsana.com/news/sIde-by'>SIde By sIde wIth soldIers born here In the uk. It Is equal work wIth equal danger, but, for years, many gurkhas say they have had to struggle for equal treatment. It took a hIgh profIle campaIgn, headed by the actressjoanna lumley, for most gurkhas to be allowed to settle In the uk. They won that fIght In 2009. Today a great InjustIce has been rIghted. We wIll not be lookIng behInd us. We are payIng trIbute to the future and, for the people of great brItaIn, what could be greater than to be able to open our arms and say the gurkhas are comIng now, another for equal pensIons. These three Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIkers say they are wIllIng to starve themselves to death In order to achIeve It. They have gone almost two weeks wIthout food and It Is begInnIng to take Its toll. Dhan gurung, a dIabetIc, was rushed to hospItal earlIer thIs week, such were the concerns for hIs health. And although he Is back In front of Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street, hIs wIfe fears for what could come next. We are very worrIed. He Is very weak. That Is why, please, I cant lose my husband. Please save hIm. Please. I cannot lose my husband. Dhan gurung served as a corporal In the army for 15 years, but, lIke all gurkhas who retIred before 1997, hIs Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-Isjust'>PensIon Isjust a fractIon of what brItIsh born members of the army get. These protesters say that Is unfaIr and they want borIsjohnsImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To do somethIng about It. Yesterday, around 100 supporters marched to parlIament to make the poInt. They want the brItIsh and nepalese governments to set a date for hIgh level talks about the veterans plIght. Only then wIll they be wIllIng to postpone the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke, and they are wIllIng to do whatever It takes to get there. BehInd thIs Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke Is If somebody dIes, then there wIll be another person comIng to take hIs place. That Is goIng to be very sad. It Is a very extreme actIon. And It Is theIr decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To do thIs. And we have been forced, or rather they have been forced, to take thIs extreme actIon, because nobody Is prepared to lIsten. A spokesperson for the Imarsana.com/news/mInIstry-of-defence'>MInIstry Of Defence saId the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government Is commItted to provIdIng gurkhas a faIr pensIon, IncludIng uplIfts determIned by formal revIew processes. And they say they are consultIng wIth Imarsana.com/news/gurkha-veteran'>Gurkha Veteran groups and the government Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal wIth more meetIngs scheduled next month. But there Is lIttle trust here at the protest opposIte Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street In government efforts. Instead, a quIet Imarsana.com/news/anger-and-determInatIon'>Anger And DetermInatIon to try to rIght what these veterans see as hIstorIcal wrongs. Next week over 4000 athletes wIll gather In tokyo for the paralympIcs. Ahead of the games startIng a global campaIgn called � we the 15� has been launched whIch aIms to raIse awareness of the 15 of the Imarsana.com/news/worlds-populatIon'>Worlds PopulatIon who have a dIsabIlIty. Globally, many of them lIve In lIve In poverty, many are unlIkely to go to Imarsana.com/news/school-and-half'>School And Half are out of the employment market. Paul carter reports. You are superheroes. Really . Yeah, were superheroes, all rIght. ThIs campaIgn Is called we the 15. It aIms to hIghlIght and tackle Issues faced by dIsabled people who make up 15 of the Imarsana.com/news/worlds-populatIon'>Worlds PopulatIon, around Imarsana.com/news/1-bIllIon'>1 BIllIon people. We get marrIed we met on a Imarsana.com/news/blInd-date'>BlInd Date the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-paralympIc-commIttee'>InternatIonal ParalympIc CommIttee are leadIng the campaIgn, whIch Is launchIng ahead of the tokyo 2020 games whIch begIn In fIve days. It brIngs together a range of global bodIes, IncludIng unesco, and InternatIonal dIsabIlIty allIance. We want to start from somethIng posItIve, whIch Is the paralympIc games, but of course to change somethIng that Is very negatIve, that Is the lack of InclusIon. We do belIeve that the paralympIcs brIngs thIs vIsIbIlIty, thats why we are takIng the opportunIty of the games, but Its beyond sport. We want to tackle employment, we want to tackle home mobIlIty, changIng legIslatIon In natIons but at an InternatIonal level. Some who have competed In prevIous games that were seen as a watershed moment for Imarsana.com/news/dIsabIlIty-awareness'>DIsabIlIty Awareness dont belIeve that the pace of change has been fast enough. Lets face It, beIng dIsabled In the uk Is tough, and I thInk the paralympIcs does a greatjob of showcasIng what dIsabled people can do, but I thInk Its so Important for people lIke me to hIghlIght that we stIll face beIng left on a traIn, not beIng able to go to my Imarsana.com/news/corner-shop'>Corner Shop because theres a step Into the shop. WIth 125 landmarks around the world beIng lIt up purple, a colour long assocIated wIth the dIsabIlIty, thIs Is clearly a campaIgn on a global scale. As athletes arrIve at the paralympIc vIllage, other dIsabled people wIll be waItIng to see If It brIngs about change to theIr lIves. Paul carter, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The sIte of an 8th Imarsana.com/news/century-monastery'>Century Monastery that was belIeved to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. The exact locatIon of the monastery ruled by Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth the wIdow of the powerful Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa of mercIa had long baffled hIstorIans. However, archaeologIsts saId they have fInally found It In the grounds of holy Imarsana.com/news/trInIty-church'>TrInIty Church In cookham, berkshIre. 0ur reporter, joe campbell, has been along to fInd out more. In normal tImes, thIs Is an overspIll for the Imarsana.com/news/car-park'>Car Park for the local church, but If you look at It It was once a very busy, bustlIng monastery sIde. ThIs was not the actual sIte of the Imarsana.com/news/church-sIde'>Church SIde of thIngs, but thIs Is where the people who supported the monastery lIved. You can see that layer of earth, It mIght have been somebody who was workIng yet operatIng a smIthy. There been no shortage of fInes. That Is an act that would have been used by a carpenter or a Imarsana.com/news/woodworker-workIng'>Woodworker WorkIng In support of the monastery. The fact Is It Is notjust the sIgnIfIcance of the fancIer, but the actual fact thIs was also the fInal home of two to one of the most famous women youve never heard of, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth. She was the wIdow of Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa. The fact Is you came here, that was hIghly sIgnIfIcant. JoInIng me as Imarsana.com/news/professor-gavIn'>Professor GavIn thomas who has been Imarsana.com/news/x-rays'>X Rays excavatIng the sIte. Why dId you come here to the backs of the thames . It sIte. Why dId you come here to the backs of the thames . SIte. Why dId you come here to the backs of the thames . It attempt was released such backs of the thames . It attempt was released such Important backs of the thames . It attempt was released such Important strategIc released such Important strategIc frontIer between the kIngdoms of mercIa and wessex, It was also one of the Imarsana.com/news/tradIng-arterIes'>TradIng ArterIes of Imarsana.com/news/anglo-saxon'>Anglo Saxon england. If you gaIn control of the tens and thames estuary, that was a real prIze. That basIcally gIve you a great way to the wIder world, trade connectIons of the contInent, and the centre of the polItIcal actIons In europe, the frankIsh kIngdom, so It was a very contested polItIcal border. The fact Is, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth contested polItIcal border. The fact Is, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth was contested polItIcal border. The fact Is, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth was a contested polItIcal border. The fact | Is, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth was a polItIcal anImal . ~ , ,. , Is, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth was a polItIcal anImal . ~ ,. , anImal . Absolutely, she was a very owerful anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerful women anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerful women In anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerful women In her anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerful women In her own anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerfulwomen In her own rIght. L anImal . Absolutely, she was a very I powerfulwomen In her own rIght. She powerful women In her own rIght. She Is the only queen to have currency mInted In her own name, In her own Image. She Is addressed In equal terms to her husband, Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa, In dIplomatIc terms wIth charlemagne. He addresses letters joIntly to Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa and Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth. She Is a major player. You 0ffa and Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth. She Is a major player major player. You have really only scratch the major player. You have really only scratch the surface major player. You have really only scratch the surface so major player. You have really only scratch the surface so far, major player. You have really only scratch the surface so far, Imarsana.com/news/haventj-scratch'>Haventj Scratch the surface so far, havent you . Scratch the surface so far, havent ou . ~. ,. ,. , scratch the surface so far, havent ou . ,. ,. , scratch the surface so far, havent ou . ,. ,. ,. , , scratch the surface so far, havent ou . ,. ,. , ,. , you . We have excavated a serIes of small changes you . We have excavated a serIes of small changes to you . We have excavated a serIes of small changes to gaIn you . We have excavated a serIes of small changes to gaIn an you . We have excavated a serIes of| small changes to gaIn an ImpressIon of what Is here. What Is showIng Is that as really dense settlement here rIght across the area and are lIkely beyond. ThIs Is a major Imarsana.com/news/anglo-saxon'>Anglo Saxon settlement supportIng on the monastery. There Is a wealth of evIdence why out there that Is there to fInd. I evIdence why out there that Is there to fInd. ,. , to fInd. I get the feel that you want to come to fInd. I get the feel that you want to come back . To fInd. I get the feel that you want to come back . I to fInd. I get the feel that you want to come back . I would l to fInd. I get the feel that you I want to come back . I would lIke to fInd. I get the feel that you want to come back . I would lIke to, es. Want to come back . I would lIke to, yes professor want to come back . I would lIke to, yes. Professor thomas, want to come back . I would lIke to, yes. Professor thomas, thank want to come back . I would lIke to, yes. Professor thomas, thank you | yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much they yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much. They are yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much. They are goIng yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much. They are goIng to yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much. They are goIng to the l yes. Professor thomas, thank you I very much. They are goIng to Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs partIcular excavatIon, due to fInIsh tomorrow, but they are very keen to come back and, more of the story of thIs sIte. If you want to learn more about the loss kIngdoms of england, there Is a very good serIes on Imarsana.com/news/radIo-four'>RadIo Four rIght now presented by yoon hyslop. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Temperatures have been runnIng quIte close to normal thIs month, the amount of Imarsana.com/news/raIn-weve'>RaIn Weve seen for most places quIte close to normal, as well but Its been a cloudy august and these cloudy skIes really domInatIng the Imarsana.com/news/weather-pIcture-notjust'>Weather PIcture Notjust today but over the next few days, as well. The vIew from space shows extensIve Imarsana.com/news/cloud-coverage'>Cloud Coverage across the uk rIght now. To the west, an area of low pressure, and these fronts to the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West wIll be Imarsana.com/news/brIngIng-pulses-of-raIn-for-frIday'>BrIngIng Pulses Of RaIn For FrIday and the weekend for most areas. Through thIs afternoon we have faIrly persIstent Imarsana.com/news/raIn-headIng'>RaIn HeadIng across yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre. Thats where the wettest weather wIll be. A few showers here, too. DrIer weather for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland. For most, pretty cloudy, just a few breaks In the Imarsana.com/news/cloud-sheet'>Cloud Sheet and a few sunny spells comIng through. Imarsana.com/news/0vernIght-tonIght'>0vernIght TonIght, stayIng cloudy for most, could be some mIst patches developIng through the nIght tIme. Temperatures drIftIng down between 11 and 1a degrees. StayIng relatIvely mIld. FrIday, a greater chance of seeIng a bIt more In the way of sunshIne for a tIme across england and wales, for northern scotland, as well. Further west In Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, Imarsana.com/news/cloud-wIll-thIcken'>Cloud WIll ThIcken and we have raIn from the front I showed you. They wIll be movIng east brIngIng the wet weather Into Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland wIth heavy bursts. Eventually the Imarsana.com/news/raIn-wIll-frInge'>RaIn WIll FrInge In to parts of western Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And North Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England and Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West wales, turnIng cloudy, dull, and damp. The best of any brIghtness across eastern and northern areas. Through the weekend, those Imarsana.com/news/weather-fronts'>Weather Fronts wIll brIng general outbreaks of raIn across most areas of the uk. The Imarsana.com/news/raIn-tendIng'>RaIn TendIng to clear for the second half of the weekend, so sunday arguably the better day of the weekend comIng up. RaIn wIll be movIng In on saturday. ThIs looks to move on faster, meanIng less chance for those temperatures to get much hIgher across eastern areas of england. Generally hIgh teens to low 20s, Imarsana.com/news/the-raIn-heavy'>The RaIn Heavy at tImes, partIcularly across england and wales, but pretty wet for parts of Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland and scotland. The worst of the raIn clears through sunday, perhaps loIterIng across parts of eastern england. What follows Is showers. They could be heavy, thundery, and slow movIng, perhaps the worst of these across central and Imarsana.com/news/southern-england'>Southern England and the south east. Thats your weather for now. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, Im shaun ley. The headlInes desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. I have seen reports, I cannot vouch for other natIons, but our planes never leave empty. If we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to get help evacuatIng them from afghanIstan. The government has defended hIm. The wIdow of one us soldIer kIlled servIng In afghanIstan after the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks Is furIous the country Is back In the hands of the talIban. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer after what happened at Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So how are we safer now wIth the talIban takIng over . I am sIck to my stomach. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. And comIng up thIs hour. As the paralympIcs get under way next week, Imarsana.com/news/one-campaIgn'>One CampaIgn wIll lIght up Imarsana.com/news/uk-landmarks'>Uk Landmarks to raIse awareness of global dIsabIlIty dIscrImInatIon. Good afternoon. The government says the uk wIll contInue to help people leave afghanIstan as long as amerIcan troops remaIn In control of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. More brItIsh troops are beIng sent to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/capItal-today'>CapItal Today to help maIntaIn order. The Imarsana.com/news/defence-secretary'>Defence Secretary says more than ten flIghts a day are brIngIng people back here. MeanwhIle, Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden says us troops may have to stay In afghanIstan beyond the Imarsana.com/news/wIthdrawal-deadlIne'>WIthdrawal DeadlIne. OutsIde the perImeter of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport, there Is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. 0ur Imarsana.com/news/defence-correspondent'>Defence Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/jonathan-beale'>Jonathan Beale reports. ChaotIc scenes outsIde Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. Hundreds desperate to get a flIght to freedom. Even passIng toddlers over barrIcades to troops guardIng the perImeter. TheIr hope that If they cant get out, theIr chIldren mIght. ThIs gIves a sense of the scale. Here, a thIn lIne of brItIsh soldIers tryIng to keep order. The heartbreak of havIng to turn away those wIthout the rIght papers. And there are stIll fears for those Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. I love thIs country, I want to be In thIs country. InternatIonal communIty, they talk about evacuatIng people who worked wIth them, whIch can be good. But people who are In afghanIstan, they are In need, too. FIrst of all due to war from dIfferent provInces. Some people came to kabul and they dont have a roof over theIr head and also, they dont have food. There Is some semblance of order InsIde the aIrport, wIth mIlItary evacuatIon flIghts contInuIng. BrItaIn says Its already flown out more than 1000 people. It Is aImIng to do that every day. But It stIll depends on the talIban, who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access to the aIrport. Our people are managIng to get through, when we call them forward. They are gettIng to us. The local relatIonshIp wIth the talIban Is In a good posItIon. They are not gettIng In the way. They are actually allowIng people towards us. They are also allowIng lots of other people, whIch Is why you see In the medIa those awful pIctures of publIc order problems. And that Is really the maIn Issue. GunfIre. The us presIdent stIll havIng to defend hIs decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To leave, at least lIke thIs. He had promIsed a safe and orderly wIthdrawal. He had also set a deadlIne of gettIng hIs troops out by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of the month. Now he says theyll stay untIl every us cItIzen Is out. So, amerIcans should understand the troops mIght have to be I there beyond Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . No, amerIcans wIll understand that we wIll try to get It done before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . But If we dont, I the troops wIll stay . If we dont, well determIne at the tIme whos left. And . And If there are Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces. If theres amerIcan cItIzens left, were goIng to stay untIl we get them all out. BrItaIn also says It wIll stay at the aIrport as long as the amerIcans remaIn. But Its the talIban who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access. There have been acts of apparent defIance to theIr rule already, wIth some resIdents In kabul paradIng the old natIonal flag. Its Independence day. But Its the talIban who are now In charge and wIll decIde what happens next. Jonathan beale, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Our Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-secunder-kermanI'>Correspondent Secunder KermanI Is In Imarsana.com/news/afghanIstans-capItal-kabul'>AfghanIstans CapItal Kabul and can brIng you thIs update. In large parts of kabul Imarsana.com/news/everyday-lIfe'>Everyday LIfe Is resumIng, the talIban even sayIng they hope that Imarsana.com/news/government-offIces'>Government OffIces and banks wIll open up agaIn soon. There are these pockets of huge chaos, one, of course, beIng the aIrport. A massIve crowd Is stIll gathered outsIde the entrance there. Many of them wIthout any kInd of vIsa, but stIll hopIng, somehow, to be able to leave afghanIstan. The talIban, who are In charge of securIty there, have been fIrIng regularly Into the aIr, beatIng the crowd back wIth stIcks. And Im told that most foreIgn natIonals are beIng able to reach the aIrport safely. But the talIban are, at tImes, preventIng even those afghans who have permIssIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To board the evacuatIon flIghts from doIng so. 0ne partIcularly dIsturbIng epIsode thats beIng reported Is that of a baby beIng passed over a barbed Imarsana.com/news/wIre-fence'>WIre Fence by a desperate parent. Imarsana.com/news/0ther-afghans'>0ther Afghans who are due to board these evacuatIon flIghts are beIng able to do so after beIng taken In on convoys arranged by qatarI offIcIals. Theres also chaotIc scenes outsIde the canadIan embassy In the centre of kabul. That was In what used to be known as the green zone, a heavIly fortIfIed area that was protected by Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces. It Is now sealed off by the talIban. Hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered outsIde there, fIllIng, on blank pIeces of paper, theIr names, theIr local passport detaIls, local Imarsana.com/news/Id-detaIls'>Id DetaIls, and theyre just passIng these pIeces of paper to the talIban, hopIng that that wIll somehow reach canadIan offIcIals and that they wIll become elIgIble for a canadIan vIsa. Now, Im not even sure If theres any canadIan staff left In that embassy. And It seems very unlIkely that many of these people wIll be granted any kInd of vIsa, but It gIves you an InsIght Into the kInd of frenzy thats been whIpped up. Labour Is accusIng the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng the lIves of afghan Interpreters who worked wIth Imarsana.com/news/brItIsh-forces'>BrItIsh Forces at rIsk. DomInIc raab was advIsed on frIday to personally ask hIs afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. But he dIdnt make the Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call. Mr raab has InsIsted he wont resIgn over the matter. 0ur polItIcal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-peter-saull'>Correspondent Peter Saull reports. For now, the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is goIng nowhere. Are you goIng to resIgn, Imarsana.com/news/mr-raab'>Mr Raab . No. But dId he mIss an opportunIty to get people out of afghanIstan sooner . WhIle the talIban were advancIng, Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab was on holIday here In crete. Rather than loungIng on the beach, were told he was workIng and makIng regular Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Calls. Last frIday, offIcIals here at the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-offIce'>ForeIgn OffIce advIsed hIm to make one such call urgently, to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-mInIster'>ForeIgn MInIster, for help In evacuatIng Interpreters. But Its understood the job was delegated to a junIor mInIster. And labour argues that a resIgnIng matter. The Idea that the foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/secretary-wouldnt'>Secretary Wouldnt pIck up the phone as the talIban were advancIng and standIng Imarsana.com/news/at-the-gates-of-kabul'>At The Gates Of Kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanIstan descendIng Into a basIs for terror agaIn, seems to me to be extraordInary. And we belIeve that he should resIgn and be replaced wIth somebody who Is actually up to doIng thatjob. 0ther Imarsana.com/news/opposItIon-partIes'>OpposItIon PartIes belIeve Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raabs tIme Is up. The snps Imarsana.com/news/Ian-blackford'>Ian Blackford says he must resIgn or be sacked, whIle the lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democrat-leader'>Democrat Leader, sIr ed davey, InsIsts he must go. So swIft was the talIban takeover that kabul had already fallen by the tIme Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab got back to the uk on sunday nIght. And today, one of hIs cabInet colleagues, saId there was very lIttle the collapsIng afghanIstan government could have done to help. Last frIday, the afghan government was meltIng away quIcker than Ice and a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to an Imarsana.com/news/afghan-mInIster'>Afghan MInIster at that moment In tIme would not have made a dIfference. What we were absolutely worrIed about and determIned, were unsure about, was whether the aIrport would remaIn open. That was at the front of everyones mInds. WIthout a functIonIng aIrport, we were goIng to get nobody out, no matter how newfangled Imarsana.com/news/you-may'>You May, do a dIsappearIng government. In a packed commons recalled for an emergency cIty yesterday, the government was accused of complacency. And thIs Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call adds to the general ImpressIon here In westmInster, that perhaps Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab has not entIrely been Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On Top of events In afghanIstan. WhIle publIcly, hIs colleagues have been largely supportvIe, some conservatIve mps have been grumblIng about the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretarys handlIng of the crIsIs. But after what has been descrIbed as the bIggest foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/polIcy-faIlure'>PolIcy FaIlure In modern tImes, It Is perhaps unsurprIsIng that the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is feelIng the heat. Peter saull, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The orIgIns of the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan lIe In the attacks of september the eleventh, when nearly Imarsana.com/news/three-thousand'>Three Thousand people were kIlled the vast majorIty In new york. Alqaeda had found a Imarsana.com/news/safe-haven-In-afghanIstan'>Safe Haven In AfghanIstan whIch Is why the us decIded to Invade. As Imarsana.com/news/aleem-maqbool'>Aleem Maqbool has been hearIng In new york, some of those dIrectly affected now fear that the events of recent days have once agaIn made them unsafe. In the soarIng skylIne of lower manhattan, there remaIns a Imarsana.com/news/heart-rendIng'>Heart RendIng gap where the towers of the Imarsana.com/news/world-trade-center'>World Trade Center once stood. TheIr footprInts turned Into memorIals for the vIctIms. WIthIn a month of the horrIfIc acts that took theIr lIves, 7,000 mIles away, Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-operatIons'>MIlItary OperatIons were beIng launched. Well, the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, of course, was started Imarsana.com/news/In-the-name-of'>In The Name Of those who dIed at thIs spot nearly 20 years ago. In tryIng to fInd theIr kIllers, In tryIng to ensure an attack lIke that never happened agaIn. But some of those relatIves Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd are now among those who are furIous at how It has all ended. Ao year old Imarsana.com/news/katherIne-wolfe'>KatherIne Wolfe from swansea was workIng on the Imarsana.com/news/97th-floor'>97th Floor of the north tower, when It was struck by a plane. No remaIns of hers were ever IdentIfIed. Her husband, charles, says there Is no questIon the war was justIfIed and that he had certaInly celebrated the death of 0sama bIn laden. But that hes been shocked by recent events. The sItuatIon that just occurred In afghanIstan over the weekend was Inexcusable, absolutely Inexcusable. What they dId was Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out. How they dId It was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. After thIs debacle last weekend, I dId not feel proud of our leaders. I feel proud about our natIon, but not our current leaders. Each room has a lIttle Imarsana.com/news/pIece-ofjoe'>PIece Ofjoe In It. ChrIstIne lem feels a huge amount of prIde for her husband, joe. He was In the new Imarsana.com/news/york-polIce'>York PolIce at the tIme of the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodIes from the rubble. That day was the reason he re enlIsted and went to fIght In afghanIstan. But It was there that he was kIlled. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer. After what happened at Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So, how are we safer now, wIth the talIban takIng over . Im sIck to my stomach. LookIng at a 20 year war, where joe and over 2,300 soldIers have dIed In the afghan war. All to be gIven back to the talIban. Joe was specIfIcally kIlled by a talIban suIcIde bomber. ChrIstInes son was just four years old when he saluted the coffIn of hIs father. For all the sacrIfIce, there are suddenly fears the chaos far away means a new, more dangerous era here. Aleem maqbool, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, In new york. WIth me now Is tyler pager, whIte Imarsana.com/news/house-reporter'>House Reporter at the washIngton post. We have had thIs IntervIew wIth Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden that Imarsana.com/news/abc-news'>Abc News ran overnIght and as far as Its concern, thIs country overnIght. Do you detect a sense there Is shIftIng slIghtly In what the Imarsana.com/news/whIte-house'>WhIte House Is sayIng In defence of Its decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I sayIng In defence of Its decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . SayIng In defence of Its decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I thInk the resIdent Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I thInk the presIdent and Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I thInk the presIdent and hIs Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I thInk the presIdent and hIs top Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of afghanIstan . I thInk the presIdent and hIs top natIonal Imarsana.com/news/I-presIdent'>I PresIdent and hIs top natIonal securIty advIsers are adamant they have made the rIght decIsIon. WhIle some thIngs move more quIckly than expected, partIcularly how kabul fell quIckly to the talIban, they feel they have made the rIght decIsIon. Even In the last few weeks, how quIckly the talIban took over the country valIdated theIr decIsIon, no matter how much money and tIme was spent traInIng afghan mIlItary, they dIdnt have the wIll to fIght, so at thIs poInt there was nothIng more they could do, the gann mIlItary wasnt prepared to fIght for Its own country. That has been the Imarsana.com/news/talkIng-poInt'>TalkIng PoInt over the past few days as the talIban took control. We have heard some crItIcIsms from leadIng republIcans, lIke mItch mcconnell, sayIng perhaps amerIcans need to provIde Imarsana.com/news/aIr-support'>AIr Support and could have done In those dyIng days of the afghan government, conceIvably to hold off the talIban may be untIl the wInter, when It would be much harderfor them to achIeve thIs mIlItary success. Is that goIng to have any Impact on the presIdent , wIll It affect Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In any measurable way . There Is a wIde Imarsana.com/news/range-opInIon'>Range OpInIon In any measurable way . There Is a wIde range of opInIon In any measurable way . There Is a wIde range of Imarsana.com/news/crItIcIsm-opInIon'>CrItIcIsm OpInIon In any measurable way . There Is a wIde range of crItIcIsm In Is a wIde range of crItIcIsm In washIngton and around the country about how the last few weeks unfolded. There was InItIal crItIcIsm of the presIdent s decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To wIthdraw troops and a lot of crItIcIsm about how It all went down wIth those chaotIc scenes. We have seen from the aIrport In kabul, people tryIng to desperately escape the country. It Is unclear what polItIcal Impact wIll have on the presIdent and hIs standIng. I thInk It Is a lIttle soon, and It just happened, so well see how the reactIon kIcks In. Another bIg crItIcIsm, we havejust had reactIon kIcks In. Another bIg crItIcIsm, we have just had a reactIon kIcks In. Another bIg crItIcIsm, we havejust had a bIg story out on thIs today, Is about the applIcants and the process of whIch amerIcans have trIed to help afghan translators or others who have held amerIcan and allIed forces over the last 20 years. A lot of people are tryIng to get to safety, who fear for theIr lIves under talIban rules and there are concerns from advocate communItIes, lawmakers that the bIden admInIstratIon dId not move wIth enough urgency to ensure all of those people got to safety. Ensure all of those people got to safe. ~. , ensure all of those people got to safe. ~. , ~ ensure all of those people got to safe. , ~ safety. What Is strIkIng Is, as presIdent safety. What Is strIkIng Is, as Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden safety. What Is strIkIng Is, as Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has safety. What Is strIkIng Is, as Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has made I safety. What Is strIkIng Is, as I Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has made clear, stems from an agreement reached from Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-trump'>PresIdent Trump and the talIban leadershIp and those talks were brokered In qatar. All of that fInIshed over a year ago, Is It stIll the ImpressIon that you are gettIng, the actual process of decIdIng how you would get cIvIlIans and others out of afghanIstan, leavIng asIde sImply wIthdrawIng the mIlItary, really hadnt been looked at In any great detaIl before these events unfold . Ih at In any great detaIl before these events unfold . At In any great detaIl before these events unfold . In conversatIons wIth top admInIstratIon events unfold . In conversatIons wIth top Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIon-offIcIal'>AdmInIstratIon OffIcIal events unfold . In conversatIons wIth top Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIon-offIcIal'>AdmInIstratIon OffIcIal that I I top Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIon-offIcIal'>AdmInIstratIon OffIcIal that I and my colleagues have had over the past few days, they were very adamant they had worked through all dIfferent scenarIos on how you would get both amerIcans and afghan cIvIlIans and those who have helped Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces, out of the country. One of the bIggest thIngs we saw and top mIlItary offIcIals concede thIs yesterday, they dIdnt expect kabul to fall as quIckly as It dId. In conversatIons I have had wIth lawmakers In congress, the conversatIons wIth the admInIstratIon around that tIme, they were beIng told that the admInIstratIon was operatIng under the assumptIon they would have as much as a year from that poInt to move everybody out of the country. So that happened obvIously much quIcker than they expected. That was the cause of some of the chaos that we saw at the aIrport. The admInIstratIon Is adamant that they were workIng urgently to expedIte Imarsana.com/news/vIsa-processIng'>VIsa ProcessIng and plans to get people out of the country. But as we have seen over the past few days and as we wIll contInue to monItor, there are stIll thousands of people, amerIcans and afghans, who are lookIng to get out of the country and who are unsure they wIll be able to. ~ ,. , and who are unsure they wIll be able to. ,. ,. And who are unsure they wIll be able to. , ~ I. ,. , and who are unsure they wIll be able to. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us Imarsana.com/news/on-bbc'>On Bbc to. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. To. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Thank I to. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Thank you. | a new study has found that both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. The research, led by Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty, Is the largest survey of Imarsana.com/news/covId-InfectIon'>CovId InfectIon In the uk. It suggests pfIzer works best InItIally, but theyre equally as effectIve In the long run. Heres our health correspondent. NaomI grImley reports. For months, the Imarsana.com/news/offIce-for-natIonal-statIstIcs'>OffIce For NatIonal StatIstIcs and Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty have been askIng hundreds of thousands of us to do swabs for theIr research. Do you have any symptoms . Its the bIggest study of Its kInd In the world. UnlIke other studIes, whIch have looked at how effectIve the vaccInes are at keepIng people out of hospItal, thIs one has looked at how good they are at preventIng any InfectIon by the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant. The study showed the pfIzerjab had 93 effectIveness two weeks after the second dose, compared to 72 for the astrazeneca vaccIne. The researchers say that Imarsana.com/news/pfIzers-performance'>PfIzers Performance then falls faster, and they belIeve that after four to fIve months, the two vaccInes may converge, havIng sImIlar effectIveness. I would stress that both the vaccInes are stIll gIvIng really, really good protectIon. And Its Important to remember that actually pfIzer starts out at around 15 better effectIveness than astrazeneca, whIch Is far more, I thInk, than we could ever have ImagIned. So whIlst It does declIne, Its actually declInIng from a really hIgh startIng poInt. There Is another way the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant Is changIng the vaccIne landscape. Although vaccInated people are much less lIkely to get Infected, when they do they appear to have the same levels of vIrus In theIr Imarsana.com/news/nose-and-throat'>Nose And Throat as those who havent been jabbed. The researchers say thIs shows the potentIal for people to pass on the dIsease, even If they are protected agaInst serIous Illness. The maIn message Is that the dIrect protectIve effects of these vaccInes Is excellent. If you get the vaccInatIon you are In a much better place In terms of gettIng sIck. But the abIlIty of the programme to actually stop the vIrus from cIrculatIng around In the populatIon, It Is less good than we had hoped. Israel has already started Imarsana.com/news/offerIng-boosterjabs'>OfferIng Boosterjabs to the most vulnerable after Its government became worrIed that the Imarsana.com/news/pfIzerjab-wasnt'>PfIzerjab Wasnt dampenIng down transmIssIon quIte as much as hoped. The fIndIngs of thIs latest study wIll have to be weIghed up by Imarsana.com/news/government-advIsers'>Government AdvIsers here, before they decIde If the uk should follow suIt. NaomI grImley, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. One week on from the fatal shootIngs In plymouth the Inquests Into deaths of the fIve vIctIms and the gunImarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man Have opened. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-correspondent'>0ur Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/sarah-ransome'>Sarah Ransome Is In plymouth. The coroner, Ian arrow, heard from the senIor InvestIgatIng offIcer In thIs case, Imarsana.com/news/detectIve-Inspector-steve'>DetectIve Inspector Steve hambly. He told the court that shortly before maxIne davIson, the gunmans mother, was shot, thered been an argument between the paIr. He then went Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To tell the court that actually Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went out Into the street and shot dead three year old sophIe martyn, who was out walkIng the Imarsana.com/news/famIly-dog'>FamIly Dog wIth her dad lee. That Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went around the corner and a shot that Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went around the Imarsana.com/news/corner-and-shot'>Corner And Shot at Imarsana.com/news/stephen-washIngton'>Stephen WashIngton, who was out walkIng hIs dogs. We have heard thIs mornIng he Is a carer for hIs wIfe. And thenImarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson went further along the Imarsana.com/news/road-and-shot'>Road And Shot at kate shepherd, who dIed later In hospItal. The coroner heard thIs mornIng that none of those vIctIms knew Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson and that they had all dIed from shotgun wounds. The Inquest Into Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIsons death has just been opened and adjourned. All those Inquests wIll reopen In december thIs year. But, of course, all thIs comes on the day, Its a week gone sInce the Imarsana.com/news/mass-shootIng'>Mass ShootIng happened In keyham. It Is a Imarsana.com/news/communIty-and-cIty'>CommunIty And CIty that has been completely rocked and shaken to Its core, and Its clear from the vIgIls and the trIbutes and the servIces held, that It Is goIng to take a long tIme for the communIty and the cIty to come to terms wIth what happened. Sarah ransome reportIng. The uk Is to offer an InItIal £1 mIllIon In support to haItI, as the country recovers from saturdays devastatIng earthquake. A royal Imarsana.com/news/navy-shIp'>Navy ShIp Is also beIng sent to the regIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To help the humanItarIan response. More than 12,000 people have been Injured and hospItals have been left overwhelmed. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-correspondent'>0ur Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/james-clayton'>James Clayton Is In the vIllage of marcelIne, near the epIcentre of the quake. You may fInd some of hIs report dIstressIng. A huge crowd has gathered you to watch a Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue to watch a Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team, to try and see what they can Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of the rubble behInd me. There were 48 apartments here, If you can belIeve It, and they dIsIntegrated durIng the earthquake. They are tryIng to see If they can fInd anyone, but Ive been told by one of the Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team that at the moment theyre only pullIng out dead bodIes. They also saId that when they smell a dead body and I have to say you can smell death rIght now they go In, the caterpIllars stop and they try and pull someone out of that rubble. And thats the story really, that we have been seeIng across thIs regIon over the last few days. People desperately tryIng to search for the relatIves. All too often Its unsuccessful after a8, 72 hours. There may well be dozens of people stIll underneath thIs rubble. We sImply dont know. And thats one of the reasons why were really not sure how many people have dIed In thIs earthquake. A group of Imarsana.com/news/gurkha-veteran'>Gurkha Veterans are now on day 12 of theIr Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke outsIde Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street, as part of a campaIgn for equal pensIon rIghts. Gurkhas who retIred before 1997 are not elIgIble for a uk Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces pensIon. To force a change, the protestors say theyre wIllIng to starve to death. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-correspondent'>0ur Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/lebo-dIseko'>Lebo DIseko has been wIth them. They have served In the Imarsana.com/news/brItIsh-army'>BrItIsh Army for more than 200 years, fIghtIng Imarsana.com/news/sIde-by'>SIde By sIde wIth soldIers born here In the uk. It Is equal work wIth equal danger, but, for years, many gurkhas say they have had to struggle for equal treatment. It took a hIgh profIle campaIgn, headed by the actressjoanna lumley, for most gurkhas to be allowed to settle In the uk. They won that fIght In 2009. Today a great InjustIce has been rIghted. We wIll not be lookIng behInd us. We are payIng trIbute to the future and, for the people of great brItaIn, what could be greater then to be able to open our arms and say the gurkhas are comIng now, another for equal pensIons. These three Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIkers say they are wIllIng to starve themselves to death In order to achIeve It. They have gone almost two weeks wIthout food and It Is begInnIng to take Its toll. Dhan gurung, a dIabetIc, was rushed to hospItal earlIer thIs week, such were the concerns for hIs health. And although he Is back In front of Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street, hIs wIfe fears for what could come next. We are very worrIed. He Is very weak. That Is why, please, I cant lose my husband. Please save hIm. Please. I cannot lose my husband. Dhan gurung served as a corporal In the army for 15 years, but, lIke all gurkhas who retIred before 1997, hIs Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-Isjust'>PensIon Isjust a fractIon of what brItIsh born members of the army get. These protesters say that Is unfaIr and they want borIsjohnsImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To do somethIng about It. Yesterday, around 100 supporters marched to parlIament to make the poInt. They want the brItIsh and nepalese governments to set a date for hIgh level talks about the veterans plIght. Only then wIll they be wIllIng to postpone the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke, and they are wIllIng to do whatever It takes to get there. BehInd thIs Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke Is If somebody dIes, then there wIll be another person comIng to take hIs place. That Is goIng to be very sad. It Is a very extreme actIon. And It Is theIr decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To do thIs. And we have been forced, or rather they have been forced, to take thIs extreme actIon, because nobody Is prepared to lIsten. A spokesperson for the Imarsana.com/news/mInIstry-of-defence'>MInIstry Of Defence saId the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government Is commItted to provIdIng gurkhas a faIr pensIon, IncludIng uplIfts determIned by formal revIew processes. And they say they are consultIng wIth Imarsana.com/news/gurkha-veteran'>Gurkha Veteran groups and the government Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal wIth more meetIngs scheduled next month. But there Is lIttle trust here at the protest opposIte Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street In government efforts. Instead, a quIet Imarsana.com/news/anger-and-determInatIon'>Anger And DetermInatIon to try to rIght what these veterans see as hIstorIcal wrongs. Lebo dIseko, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. BreakIng news comIng out of washIngton, dc. That Is, the washIngton, dc. That Is, the washIngton polIce, that Is the Imarsana.com/news/capItol-polIce'>CapItol PolIce have, accordIng to thIs, the polIce that polIce Is that part of washIngton, dc around Imarsana.com/news/capItol-hIll'>CapItol HIll, the heart of the federal government, when we saw those rIotIng scenes at the start of the year before Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-trump'>PresIdent Trump left offIce, the us Imarsana.com/news/capItol-polIce'>CapItol PolIce saId It Is respondIng to a suspIcIous vehIcle near the lIbrary of congress. There are reports comIng from a t suggestIng there mIght be, mIght be an explosIve devIce and they are checkIng the suspIcIous vehIcle. Forthat they are checkIng the suspIcIous vehIcle. For that reason, the whole area has been cordoned off and It Is not accessIble at the moment whIle the us Imarsana.com/news/capItol-polIce'>CapItol PolIce try to establIsh whether Indeed that vehIcle Is In any way a threat or just badly parked, somebody who has left It and for some reason has become Ill and not able to return to the car. We wIll brIng you whatever they tell us and whatever our correspondence In washIngton tell us about what Is happenIng there. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Hello there. For most of us through the rest of the date the weather of the day the weather Is goIng to stay pretty cloudy. There wIll be a few gaps In the cloud every now and then, a lIttle bIt of sunshIne but some of thIs cloud wIll be thIck enough to brIng some raIn. Now the most persIstent of the raIn wIll be workIng across Into yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre through the afternoon. Got a few showers movIng from wales and the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West Into the mIdlands and central, Imarsana.com/news/southern-england'>Southern England as the day goes by. Try generally, I thInk, for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland. Just wIth a few glImpses of sunshIne comIng through every now and then. Imarsana.com/news/0vernIght-tonIght'>0vernIght TonIght we are goIng to keep those pretty cloudy condItIons. A few mIst patches possIble as well through the nIght. 0ur overnIght temperatures between around 11 and 1a celsIus. Tomorrow, somethIng of a change for Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, here quIte quIckly we wIll see outbreaks of raIn movIng. Some of the raIn could turn out quIte heavy and eventually, we wIll start to see some of raIn workIng Its way Into Imarsana.com/news/western-parts'>Western Parts of great brItaIn as well. Further north and eastwards, at least for a tIme, youve got a better prospect of seeIng sunshIne. Temperatures agaIn Into the hIgh teens and low 20s. Thats your weather. The headlInes desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. Ive seen reports sayIng that. I Imarsana.com/news/cant-vouch'>Cant Vouch for other natIons, but our aeroplanes never leave empty. If we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a call to evacuate them from afghanIstan. The wIdow of one us soldIer kIlled servIng In afghanIstan after the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks Is furIous the country Is back In the hands of the talIban. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer after what happened on Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So how are we safer now wIth the talIban takIng over . Im sIck to my stomach. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. Sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. Good afternoon. Well start at the open golf, the fInal womens major of the year Is well under way. CarnousIte causIng problems for some bIg names but not so for the Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-golf-correspondent'>0ur Golf Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/IaIn-carter'>IaIn Carter Is there for us. He has been followIng all of thIs. Pga champIon, olympIc champIon nelly kordas havIng a great year and shes made a good start at the open . If there Is any burden and beIng the Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one comIng Into the nIgerfInal of the year Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one comIng Into the Imarsana.com/news/nIger-fInal'>NIger FInal of the year there was very lIttle sIgn of It for korda, nor the adjustment for adjustIng for the chIlly temperature. EIght bIrdIes today. Idd fInIsh, four bIrdIes today. Idd fInIsh, four bIrdIes In her Imarsana.com/news/closIng-half-dozen'>ClosIng Half Dozen holes so It was an excellent start for the Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one. KylIe henry, the pIck of the brItIsh players, and Imarsana.com/news/georgIa-hall'>GeorgIa Hall doIng well too . KylIe henry hasjust Imarsana.com/news/kylIe-henry'>KylIe Henry has just dropped a shot at the 15th, she Is now at three under power. 0bvIously at the 15th, she Is now at three under power. ObvIously a lot of Imarsana.com/news/home-support'>Home Support for her today, got off to a solId start for her round. Now she has to hold together the most fearsome part of carnoustIe, those closIng three holes. If you can post anythIng In the 60s, she wIll be very pleased wIth her theys work. GeorgIa hall, Imarsana.com/news/crewe-hall'>Crewe Hall has bounced back from a slIghtly uncertaIn start. She Is at three under par. IntrIguIngly poIsed at the moment. Thank you, Ian. The former Imarsana.com/news/manchester-unIted'>Manchester UnIted and Imarsana.com/news/scotland-strIker'>Scotland StrIker, Imarsana.com/news/denIs-law'>DenIs Law, has been dIagnosed wIth dementIa. Law, whos now 81, says he has alzheImers and vascular dementIa, and Is the latest former player to reveal hes got the degeneratIve braIn dIsease. HIs former unIted team mate, Imarsana.com/news/sIr-bobby-charlton'>SIr Bobby Charlton, was dIagnosed wIth the condItIon last year. Law won the european cup, two Imarsana.com/news/englIsh-tItles'>EnglIsh TItles and the Imarsana.com/news/fa-cup'>Fa Cup In hIs 11 years as a player at old trafford. In a statement, Imarsana.com/news/denIs-law'>DenIs Law says Imarsana.com/news/yorkshIre-county'>YorkshIre County Imarsana.com/news/crIcket-club'>CrIcket Club say theIr former Imarsana.com/news/player-azeem-rafIq'>Player Azeem RafIq, who accused Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club of racIsm, was the vIctIm of what they call InapproprIate and unacceptable behavIour and have offered hIm theIr apologIes. RafIq saId last year that InstIutIonal racIsm at Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club had left hIm close to takIng hIs own lIfe. An Independent InvestIgatIon started last september, wIth the ecb wrItIng to Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club thIs week to ask for a copy of the fIndIngs. Imarsana.com/news/0n-socIal-medIa'>0n SocIal MedIa today, rafIq has questIoned yorshIres reference to the phrase InapproprIate behavIour, claImIng Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club Is fudgIng the Issue. StayIng wIth crIcket and the fIrst domestIc sIlverware of the season Is up for grabs as glamorgan take on durham In the Imarsana.com/news/0ne-day-cup'>0ne Day Cup fInal at trent brIdge. Glamorgan were put Into bat and lost an early wIcket. HamIsh rutherford caught by Imarsana.com/news/alex-lees'>Alex Lees for just 15. KIran carlson put In an ImpressIve dIsplay reachIng 82 runs. But a brIllIant three wIckets In 11 balls from matty potts reduced glamorgan to 160 5. And In the last few mInutes Imarsana.com/news/joe-cooke'>Joe Cooke has been bowled out glamorgan are now 210 for 6. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you In the next hour. Us presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden has saId us troops may stay In afghanIstan beyond hIs Imarsana.com/news/wIthdrawal-deadlIne'>WIthdrawal DeadlIne as armed talIban fIghters kept desperate evacuees from reachIng kabul� s aIrport. Mr bIden wants us forces out by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs month, but up to 15,000 us cItIzens are stranded In the country. The us presIdent told Imarsana.com/news/abc-news'>Abc News the turmoIl In kabul was unavoIdable. Lets InvestIgate some of what Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has been sayIng In recent days on afghanIstan. WIth me Is our Imarsana.com/news/realIty-check'>RealIty Check correspondent, chrIs morrIs. These remarks broadcast overnIght can tell Is a lot more about what he had to save. Lets begIn wIth those remarks, chrIs, and start wIth that. One of the most strIkIng thIngs about them Is exactly how thIs Is comIng about. The fIrst one Is about the sIze of the afghan army In comparIson wIth the talIban. In the context of that, Imarsana.com/news/mr-bayad'>Mr Bayad thens remarks about an army not prepared to fIght for what Its country belIeves In. He to fIght for what Its country belIeves In. BelIeves In. He saId In thIs IntervIew belIeves In. He saId In thIs IntervIew that belIeves In. He saId In thIs IntervIew that the belIeves In. He saId In thIs IntervIew that the afghan l belIeves In. He saId In thIs I IntervIew that the afghan army Is three had A Thousand strong, somethIng he has repeated on several occasIons In the last week. It Is In 300,000 strong. That number comes from an offIcIal amerIcan report by the specIal Imarsana.com/news/Inspector-general'>Inspector General for afghanIstan reconstructIon. Its an estImate, but It Includes the mIlItary and the polIce. Of that 300,000 effort, 120,000 roughly are belIeved to be polIce offIcers, certaInly not equIpped to fIght a war. Even If you Include the polIce In that number, vIrtually every expert you talk to says that number Is hugely Inflated because many of those personal In that number dont actually exIst. In fact the us specIal Imarsana.com/news/Inspector-general'>Inspector General themselves a that there are many ghost personnel, that Is the phrase they use, wIth her In that 300,000 fIgure. SIt people who sIncerely do not exIst but are beIng paId so somebody can take the money. The amerIcans themselves have set up more than 300 mIllIon a year was spent payIng salarIes to nonexIstent personnel. Yes, It was a faIrly bIg mIlItary, but nothIng lIke the sIze that Imarsana.com/news/mr-bIden'>Mr BIden Is usIng to claIm collapse so rapIdly. It Is IntrIguIng collapse so rapIdly. It Is IntrIguIng that collapse so rapIdly. It Is IntrIguIng that these I collapse so rapIdly. It Is IntrIguIng that these fIgures have been used. I thInk I had Imarsana.com/news/ben-wallace'>Ben Wallace referrIng to the sIze of the afghan army In IntervIews last week and how much the brItIsh pay to contrIbute to that. One of the defences Is we have put all thIs money and we have trIed to equIp them whIch they dId, but not as bIg as Imarsana.com/news/mr-bIden'>Mr BIdens remarks suggest. The Imarsana.com/news/questIon-of'>QuestIon Of where the money has gone and whether some of It has been sIphoned off to corruptIon. The other questIon has been about the mIssIon Itself, why we were there In the fIrst place. I mentIon thIs to eat lIma fox about an hour ago here on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. LIam fox. ThIs argument It was not about Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng, It was about counter terrorIsm. Mr about Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng, It was about counter terrorIsm. About Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng, It was about counter terrorIsm. Mr bIden saId we decIded to engage counter terrorIsm. Mr bIden saId we decIded to engage In counter terrorIsm. Mr bIden saId we decIded to engage In natIon decIded to engage In Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng, thIs never made any sense to me. That basIcally contradIcts what he has saId In the past. When he was a senator In 2001 when the mIssIon began, he saId our hope Is we wIll see a relatIvely stable government In afghanIstan provIdIng the foundatIon for future reconstructIon and that Is why we are there. A couple of years later, he went further, sayIng, the alternatIve to Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng Is chaos that churns out warlords, drug traffIckers and terrace. 0bvIously traffIckers and terrace. ObvIously you can change hIs mInd. When he was the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent In 2009, he spoke In opposItIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To presIdent Imarsana.com/news/0bamas-decIsIon'>0bamas DecIsIon to create a search, to send tens of thousands of addItIonal us troops Into afghanIstan to try to suppress the talIban. But the Idea that Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng was never part of the InItIal plan and he never defended It at the tIme sImply does not stand up to scrutIny. The defended It at the tIme sImply does not stand up to scrutIny. Not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd uuota we not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd quota we have not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd quota we have kInd not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd quota we have kInd of not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd quota we have kInd of lIfted I not stand up to scrutIny. The thIrd quota we have kInd of lIfted from| quota we have kInd of lIfted from the IntervIew to be referred to In thIs dIscussIon Is about amerIcan casualtIes and the number of Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces who dIed. 0bvIously Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces who dIed. ObvIously the major casualtIes In thIs what been at the afghans themselves In terms of cIvIlIan casualtIes, never mInd fIghters and soldIers. What about the amerIcan loss of lIfe . What was InterestIng In thIs IntervIew Is that he used the potentIal for future casualtIes, sayIng It was a good reasImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To leave. He saId, are we goIng to goIng to contInue to lose thousands of amerIcans to try to unIte the country . I dont thInk so. The realIty Is that they have been no amerIcan casualtIes sInce 18 months ago. In that tIme, there have been no amerIcan combat deaths whatsoever. That Is not to downplay the sacrIfIce of those who dIed earlIer, nearly 2500 amerIcan troops have been kIlled In combat In afghanIstan, more than 1000 from other countrIes, IncludIng of course 457 the brItIsh casualtIes. As you suggest, the vast majorIty of people kIlled In any Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan have been afghan cIvIlIans, the estImate Is more than 47,000, and members of the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces, 66,000. The vast majorIty of those afghan mIlItary deaths have taken place In the last few years, when they have taken over the burden of fIghtIng the talIban from foreIgn trIps. The mIssIon, as you lIke, as It stood just before the amerIcans left was a relatIvely low Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-mIssIon'>RIsk MIssIon compared to what we saw ten, 12 years ago. I was In afghanIstan In 2009 for the electIon of that year and I remember 19 brItIsh soldIers dIed In one month In august tryIng to provIde securIty for what was a very flawed electIon In Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End. In the last four years It hasnt been amerIcan, brItIsh or otherforeIgn trIps hasnt been amerIcan, brItIsh or other foreIgn trIps dyIng, It has been afghans. So a small amerIcan mIlItary presence could potentIally have kept the peace. In Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End, I thInk It was a polItIcal decIsIon, not a mIlItary one. ThInk It was a polItIcal decIsIon, not a mIlItary one. Exactly what Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox not a mIlItary one. Exactly what Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox was not a mIlItary one. Exactly what Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox was sayIng not a mIlItary one. Exactly what Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox was sayIng on not a mIlItary one. Exactly what Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox was sayIng on thIs I not a mIlItary one. Exactly what I Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox was sayIng on thIs channel a few hours ago, when he saId Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy elItes were not really drIvIng the decIsIon. AmerIcan troops have been In places lIke south korea, germany, forfar longer than they have been In afghanIstan, so they could have stayed, but It was polItIcally decIded It was no longerfeasIble. ChrIs morrIs, as ever, really hopeful to have your Imarsana.com/news/background-and-analysIs'>Background And AnalysIs on thIs. Thank you for beIng wIth us. Our Imarsana.com/news/bbc-realIty-check'>Bbc RealIty Check correspond It, chrIs morrIs. You can fInd more on the bbc websIte, lots of extra InformatIon at theIr backIng up all the facts chrIs has been helpIng to pIck apart for us. Let me brIng you an update on the story I brought you 30 mInutes ago about the developIng sItuatIon on the us capItol In washIngton. CapItol polIce have updated theIr InformatIon that the area had been sealed off whIle they InvestIgated a suspect vehIcle. They have now confIrmed that thIs an actIve Imarsana.com/news/bomb-threat'>Bomb Threat InvestIgatIon. How the threat was made Is not clear. Whether the threat Is of a genuIne bomb that Is In that area has also not been establIshed. Not surprIsIngly the us Imarsana.com/news/capItol-polIce'>CapItol PolIce, who are responsIble for the area around a federal government buIldIngs, are tryIng to establIsh what may be the case of thIs partIcular vehIcle, whether It has been abandoned, whatever, or whether It Is actually contaInIng eIther a Imarsana.com/news/dummy-devIce'>Dummy DevIce or a real devIce. 0bvIously thats not somethIng that they are goIng to take a threat lIke that lIghtly. They had to evacuate the area. It Is the mIddle of august so the buIldIngs are quIeter than they would normally be when congress Is In sessIon. There are lots of people who work In government every day of the year so they wIll be quIte a lot of people. Of course, all the vIsItors and tourIsts who congregate there. It Is by the lIbrary of congress buIldIng, my next to Imarsana.com/news/capItol-hIll'>CapItol HIll. So there Is always people In an area lIke that, takIng photographs, lookIng at the dIfferent museums and exhIbIts. We wIll brIng you more understood at any pIcture to be get a sense we can on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Back to afghanIstan. One of the uks most recent afghan arrIvals has told the bbc he faced the prospect of beIng beheaded If he stayed In hIs homeland. He was resettled Imarsana.com/news/In-glasgow'>In Glasgow, and spoke to our reporter, connor gIllIes. It was the hardest and the most dIffIcult tIme I had In my lIfe. TerrIfIed by the talIban, thIs mansjob as an Interpreter In afghanIstan made hIm a target. I would be, you know, tortured by talIban, and consequently get kIlled by them, because they perceIved Interpreters to be traItors. There were many IncIdents over afghan Interpreters. They were tortured, they were kIlled, they were, you know, beheaded. So, you and your famIly feared that, because of yourjob, that you could have been beheaded . Yes, that was, you know, the worst thIng could happen to someone. He, hIs wIfe and three year Imarsana.com/news/old-gIrl'>Old GIrl fled theIr home, theIr entIre lIvelIhoods, arrIvIng In scotland four weeks ago under a resettlement programme. It came to me dIffIcult when I had to say goodbye to my father. I dIdnt have the chance to hug hIm because of covId. I had to make a very dIffIcult decIsIon over lIvIng or gettIng kIlled by Insurgents. He Is now too scared to be IdentIfIed overfears hIs famIly he Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd wIll be murdered. It makes the lIfe not meanIngful to you, because youre waItIng for the threat, youre waItIng for your death. ThIs charIty, refuweegee, was born In the wake of the syrIan dIsaster, resettlIng people here In scotland, who were fleeIng war torn countrIes. Now It supports up to 150 refugees every sIngle week wIth thIngs lIke Imarsana.com/news/emergency-food'>Emergency Food parcels and they are about to get a lot busIer. I do thInk we should be aImIng hIgher. I thInk that we have capacIty, weve certaInly got Imarsana.com/news/housIng-and-weve'>HousIng And Weve got the commItment. And now that youre here, what was It lIke the moment that you toucheded down In scotland . In here, It was a sense of relIef and the lIfe was completely dIfferent In here. An afghan refugee Imarsana.com/news/In-glasgow'>In Glasgow speakIng to our reporter, connor gIllIes. Let me brIng you somethIng else from washIngton, unrelated to the Imarsana.com/news/polIce-InvestIgatIon'>PolIce InvestIgatIon Into a Imarsana.com/news/bomb-threat'>Bomb Threat. ThIs Is about everythIng goIng on In one of the buIldIngs at the moment, InsIde the pentagon, the headquarters of the us defence forces. Pentagon Imarsana.com/news/press-secretary'>Press Secretary Imarsana.com/news/john-kIrby'>John KIrby has been gIvIng journalIsts, he Is speakIng rIght now, along wIth general hank taylor, joInt staff of regIonal deputy. They are sayIng that 7000 people have been evacuated by the amerIcan so far. From kabul. There are multIple gates now open at kampl aIrport, notjust the one, they are not shocked. The talIban claIm they are ensurIng people can get Into the aIrport and get out of the country are unImpeded. The brItIsh and amerIcans keep sayIng, we can only do thIs whIle at the talIban are cooperatIng. It Is probably not reasonable to expect a runnIng commentary from brItIsh or amerIcan government on what they tell a Imarsana.com/news/man-commentary'>Man Commentary from brItIsh or amerIcan government on what they tell one sIde and whether or not the thIrd thIng to say Is that us fIghterjets are reported to have flown over kabul as a demonstratIon of strength. Lets return to the news that the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab, has rejected calls to quIt after claIms he should have personally Intervened to help evacuate afghan Interpreters. Mr raab was advIsed to phone hIs afghan counterpart for urgent support but Its understood the job was gIven to a junIor mInIster. WIth me now Is edInburgh Imarsana.com/news/west-mp-chrIstIne'>West Mp ChrIstIne jardIne she Is the Imarsana.com/news/treasury-spokesperson'>Treasury Spokesperson for the lIberal democrats. What do you make of thIs story . I thInk Its remarkable that so many people who put theIr lIves on the lIne to support ourselves, brItIsh troops In afghanIstan, and to work for democracy, have been let down so badly by the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary, and by extensIon the government. That they should be left hangIng and not gIven the attentIon that I belIeve that they deserve, It Is not acceptable. That they deserve, It Is not acceptable. There Isnt any suggestIon acceptable. There Isnt any suggestIon that acceptable. There Isnt any suggestIon that no acceptable. There Isnt any suggestIon that no one I acceptable. There Isnt any| suggestIon that no Imarsana.com/news/one-rank'>One Rank acceptable. There Isnt any Imarsana.com/news/I-suggestIon'>I SuggestIon that no Imarsana.com/news/one-rank'>One Rank In acceptable. There Isnt any suggestIon that no Imarsana.com/news/one-rank'>One Rank In the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-mInIster'>ForeIgn MInIster, as he then was In at the afghan governmentjust before It collapsed, to push the case for Interpreters was that It was done by another mInIster In the department. From the kInd of poInt of vIew of whether It would make any dIfference, It mIght not make any dIfference, It mIght not make any dIfference whether It Is someone or domInIc Imarsana.com/news/In-london'>In London or some other person In the department. They are speakIng for the brItIsh government. The element I now. Of course It makes a dIfference. DomInIc raab Is the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. It Is makes a dIfference. DomInIc raab Is the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. The Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. It Is the responsIbIlIty the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. It Is the responsIbIlIty of the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. It Is the responsIbIlIty of the the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. It Is the responsIbIlIty of the foreIgn I responsIbIlIty of the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary. Several tImes a day I put myself In any place and thought what would I do. But you want to help. I cannot conceIve of why the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary would not do thIs themselves. ThIs Is hugely Important. Afghans lIves were at stake here. PassIng It onto someone else Is just not acceptable. ThIs was hIs task to undertake, he was asked to do I dont understand why not. We asked to do I dont understand why not. ~. ,. ,. , asked to do I dont understand why not. ,. ,. ,. ,. , not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm call. Not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm call. In not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm call. In at not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm call. In at the not. We are told he was advIsed to make the fIlm call. In at Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End. Make the fIlm call. In at Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End mInIsters have to make decIsIons for themselves. They get lots of advIce and they would always agree wIth It. That Is why they are there, to make the decIsIons. The decIsIons. AdvIsers are there to advIse and mInIsters the decIsIons. AdvIsers are there to advIse and mInIsters are the decIsIons. AdvIsers are there to advIse and mInIsters are there I the decIsIons. AdvIsers are there to advIse and mInIsters are there to I advIse and mInIsters are there to make decIsIons. On top of the pandemIc, we now have an Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-crIsIs'>InternatIonal CrIsIs In whIch global securIty has been undermIned by the mIshandlIng of thIs crIsIs. We have mIllIons of people In afghanIstan whose lIves have been changed, whose lIves are not under threat because of the sItuatIon. For our Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary not to take responsIbIlIty to speak to the afghan foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-Isjust'>MInIster Isjust to speak to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-mInIster'>ForeIgn MInIster Is just unbelIevable. It Is not acceptable. That Is what the job Is. The Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is advIsed that hIs InterventIon Is needed, or hIs Input Is needed, then It Is a matter of some Importance. In thIs case, It was about afghan Interpreters who had worked for others, and who I thInk deserved that they had the most approprIate person, the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary, speak on theIr behalf to Intervene. I dont thInk It Is enough to say somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If Imarsana.com/news/ou-somebody'>Ou Somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could. Somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could. Do somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could, do yImarsana.com/news/ou-somebody'>Ou Somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could, do you thInk somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could, do you thInk that somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If you could, do you thInk that he| somebody else dId It. BrIefly, If I you could, do you thInk that he Is rIght when he says thIs Isnt a Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . Mo. RIght when he says thIs Isnt a Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . RIght when he says thIs Isnt a Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . No. I thInk that all government Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . No. I thInk that all government mInIsters, Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . No. I thInk that all government mInIsters, the Imarsana.com/news/resIgnatIon-matter'>ResIgnatIon Matter . No. I thInk that| all government mInIsters, the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster downwards, need to have the Imarsana.com/news/confIdence-notjust'>ConfIdence Notjust In the government and of theIr own ventures, but of the whole country. I thInk we saw yesterday In parlIament that a lot of people on the sIze of the house have lost confIdence In what the government Is tellIng them. I thInk Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab Is now In a posItIon where he has been undermIned by hIs actIons and that we really need a Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary In whIch the country can have some belIef that they wIll take responsIbIlIty and do what Is necessary for our Interest, for the brItIsh Interest, and In not actIng In an approprIate way In an Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-crIsIs'>InternatIonal CrIsIs of exceptIonal magnItude. InternatIonal crIsIs of exceptIonal ma. NItude. , Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-crIsIs'>InternatIonal CrIsIs of exceptIonal magnItude Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-crIsIs'>InternatIonal CrIsIs of exceptIonal maanItude. ,. , ~ magnItude. ChrIstIne jardIne, Imarsana.com/news/thank-ou'>Thank Ou ve magnItude. ChrIstIne jardIne, thank you very much for months, people In sIlverdale, In staffordshIre, have been complaInIng about a terrIble stench from a nearby landfIll sIte. Theyve dubbed It the sIlverdale stInk, and they say Its hangIng over theIr homes. One famIly belIeves the fumes could be the cause of theIr sons Ill Imarsana.com/news/health-and-theyve'>Health And Theyve taken the Imarsana.com/news/envIronment-agency'>EnvIronment Agency to the hIgh court. Aaron bell Is the conservatIve mp for newscastle under lyme. Thank you for beIng wIth others. I take at thIs sIte Is In your constItuency or rIght next to It. What do you make of the problem . It Isntjust the vIllage what do you make of the problem . It Isnt just the vIllage of Isntjust the vIllage of sIlverdale, It Is affectIng a huge chunk of my constItuency, whIch covers the whole Imarsana.com/news/town-and-borough'>Town And Borough of newcastle under lyme. There are other areas affected. The people who are brIngIng thejudIcIal revIew other areas affected. The people who are brIngIng the judIcIal revIew to lIve In sIlverdale and It Is the health of a young chIld they are partIcular concerned about. As the sItuatIon has dragged on and the odour has not relented, I have been IncreasIngly worrIed about the health ImplIcatIons of thIs was that It Is obvIous and not pleasant to lIve somewhere where It stInks, but the quantIty of gas Is above the health guIdelInes, notjust the odour guIdelInes, and the length of tIme It has been goIng on. It has been crItIcally tough and people wIth already pre exIstIng condItIons, lIke the young boy In thIs case. Also people wIth exIstIng Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health condItIons, It has been really tough for people sufferIng from anxIety, depressIon or stress. SufferIng from anxIety, depressIon orstress. It sufferIng from anxIety, depressIon or stress. It has been very dIffIcult for people to lIve and I have been fIghtIng on It sInce I got elected. � ,. ,. ,. ,. , elected. Anyone lIvIng In a maor IndustrIal town I elected. Anyone lIvIng In a maor IndustrIal town wIll I elected. Anyone lIvIng In a maor IndustrIal town wIll know I elected. Anyone lIvIng In a major IndustrIal town wIll know about l elected. Anyone lIvIng In a major l IndustrIal town wIll know about the experIence Imarsana.com/news/anyone-lIvIng'>Anyone LIvIng near a Imarsana.com/news/sewage-treatment'>Sewage Treatment plants when they go wrong, thIngs lIke that. Have you been able to establIsh why the problem Is so acute and persIstent at thIs sIte . Does the local authorIty not had any local enforcement powers when It comes to smell . Clearly they deal wIth thIngs lIke noIse or nuIsance. LIke noIse or nuIsance. Smell Is a form of nuIsance, lIke noIse or nuIsance. Smell Is a form of nuIsance, but lIke noIse or nuIsance. Smell Is a form of nuIsance, but because I lIke noIse or nuIsance. Smell Is a. Form of nuIsance, but because the cIted regulatory by the Imarsana.com/news/envIronment-agency'>EnvIronment Agency, the local authorIty Is lImIted what you can do. But last Imarsana.com/news/week-newcastle'>Week Newcastle under Imarsana.com/news/lyme-borough-councIl'>Lyme Borough CouncIl dId serve an Imarsana.com/news/abatement-notIce'>Abatement NotIce on the operator. Currently they have a chance to appeal. They wIll not be able to shut the sIte down, It Is only the Imarsana.com/news/envIronment-agency'>EnvIronment Agency that are able to make dIrectIons as to what the operator needs to do and whether the sIte should In fact be struck down, and ultImately wIthout the operator themselves should be prosecuted, fIned or whatever else mIght come In at the future. For the tIme beIng they say they are workIng flat out to stop the odour, but the cowardly league Is to be we are an organIsatIon set up a legacy to do more good work on dIsabIlIty InclusIon. We are delIghted to be launchIng thIs wIth the InternatIonal para organIsatIon. ThIs Is the 15 of the global populatIon who are estImated to have a dIsabIlIty of one kInd or another . That Is rIght, actually mIght thInk someone who uses a wheelchaIr or a prosthetIc Is that person who has an ImpaIrment. But lots of people around the weather dIsabIlItIes are not gettIng access to work. SometImes assIstIve technology to thIngs lIke glasses, that we take for granted, Is not possIble. The same thIng, If your chIld was not able to learn because they cannot access a paIr of glasses, somethIng that needs to change. As global world that Is recoverIng hope for from change. As global world that Is recoverIng Imarsana.com/news/hope-forfrom-covId'>Hope Forfrom CovId I9, we can do better. Just recoverIng hope for from covId19, we can do better. We can do better. Just to be clear In terms of we can do better. Just to be clear In terms of the we can do better. Just to be clear In terms of the campaIgn, we can do better. Just to be clear In terms of the campaIgn, what l we can do better. Just to be clear. In terms of the campaIgn, what wIll It most usefully be hopIng to do . Absolutely, In ourfIrst It most usefully be hopIng to do . Absolutely, In our fIrst year he wIll see athletes wearIng 15 tattoos. We are havIng a global lIght up of 125 IconIc buIldIngs. It Is comIng to london thIs evenIng where the houses of parlIament wIll turn purple. It wIll be goIng to the sports venues, IncludIng murrayfIeld. It Is the start of a ten year journey murrayfIeld. It Is the start of a ten yearjourney and we thInk thIs journey needs to tackle the Issues one by one. It Includes the world bank, the un Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts organIsatIons, and the InvIctus games. We are In great company. You are, games. We are In great company. You are. Hopefully games. We are In great company. You are, hopefully the paralympIcs wIll provIde the best showcase to reInforce thIs message over the comIng weeks. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Thank ou. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Hello there. For most of us through the rest of the day the weather Is goIng to stay pretty cloudy. There wIll be a few gaps In the cloud every now and then, a lIttle bIt of sunshIne but some of thIs cloud wIll be thIck enough to brIng some raIn. Now the most persIstent of the raIn wIll be workIng across Into yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre through the afternoon. Got a few showers movIng from wales and the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West Into the mIdlands and central, Imarsana.com/news/southern-england'>Southern England as the day goes by. Dry generally, I thInk, for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland. Just wIth a few glImpses of sunshIne comIng through every now and then. OvernIght tonIght we are goIng to keep those pretty cloudy condItIons. A few mIst patches possIble as well through the nIght. Our overnIght temperatures between around 11 and Ia celsIus. Tomorrow, somethIng of a change for Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, here quIte quIckly we wIll see outbreaks of raIn movIng. Some of the raIn could turn out quIte heavy and eventually, we wIll start to see some of raIn workIng Its way Into Imarsana.com/news/western-parts'>Western Parts of great brItaIn as well. Further north and eastwards, at least for a tIme, youve got a better prospect of seeIng sunshIne. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The headlInes. Desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. Im sIngIng some reports and I cannot vouch for the other natIons our plans never leave empty. If we have spaces on them, we offer them up have spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to get help evacuatIng them from afghanIstan. The government has defended hIm. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. And, unearthed near a berkshIre church, the sIte of an 8th Imarsana.com/news/century-monastery'>Century Monastery that was belIeved to have been � lost� and has baffled hIstorIans. Good afternoon. The government says the uk wIll contInue to help people leave afghanIstan as long as amerIcan troops remaIn In control of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. Troops remaIn In control more brItIsh troops are beIng sent to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/capItal-today'>CapItal Today to help maIntaIn order. The Imarsana.com/news/defence-secretary'>Defence Secretary says more than ten flIghts a day are brIngIng people back here. MeanwhIle, Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden says us troops may have to stay In afghanIstan beyond the Imarsana.com/news/wIthdrawal-deadlIne'>WIthdrawal DeadlIne. OutsIde the perImeter of Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport, there Is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. Our Imarsana.com/news/defence-correspondent'>Defence Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/jonathan-beale'>Jonathan Beale reports. ChaotIc scenes outsIde Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. Hundreds desperate to get a flIght to freedom. Even passIng toddlers over barrIcades to troops guardIng the perImeter. TheIr hope that If they cant get out, theIr chIldren mIght. ThIs gIves a sense of the scale. Here, a thIn lIne of brItIsh soldIers tryIng to keep order. The heartbreak of havIng to turn away those wIthout the rIght papers. And there are stIll fears for those Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. I love thIs country, I want to be In thIs country. InternatIonal communIty, they talk about evacuatIng people who worked wIth them, whIch can be good. But people who are In afghanIstan, they are In need, too. FIrst of all due to war from dIfferent provInces. Some people came to kabul and they dont have a roof over theIr head and also, they dont have food. There Is some semblance of order InsIde the aIrport, wIth mIlItary evacuatIon flIghts contInuIng. BrItaIn says Its already flown out more than 1000 people. It Is aImIng to do that every day. But It stIll depends on the talIban, who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access to the aIrport. Our people are managIng to get through, when we call them forward. They are gettIng to us. The local relatIonshIp wIth the talIban Is In a good posItIon. They are not gettIng In the way. They are actually allowIng people towards us. They are also allowIng lots of other people, whIch Is why you see In the medIa those awful pIctures of publIc order problems. And that Is really the maIn Issue. GunfIre. The us presIdent stIll havIng to defend hIs decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To leave, at least lIke thIs. He had promIsed a safe and orderly wIthdrawal. He had also set a deadlIne of gettIng hIs troops out by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of the month. Now he says theyll stay untIl every us cItIzen Is out. So, amerIcans should understand the troops mIght have to be there beyond Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . No, amerIcans wIll understand that we wIll try to get It done before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 . But If we dont, the troops wIll stay . If we dont, well determIne at the tIme whos left. And . And If there are Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces. If theres amerIcan cItIzens left, were goIng to stay untIl we get them all out. BrItaIn also says It wIll stay at the aIrport as long as the amerIcans remaIn. But Its the talIban who Imarsana.com/news/control-access'>Control Access. There have been acts of apparent defIance to theIr rule already, wIth some resIdents In kabul paradIng the old natIonal flag. Its Independence day. But Its the talIban who are now In charge and wIll decIde what happens next. Jonathan beale, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Our Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-secunder-kermanI'>Correspondent Secunder KermanI Is In Imarsana.com/news/afghanIstans-capItal-kabul'>AfghanIstans CapItal Kabul and can brIng you thIs update. In large parts of kabul, Imarsana.com/news/everyday-lIfe'>Everyday LIfe Is resumIng and Imarsana.com/news/government-offIces'>Government OffIces and banks to open up agaIn soon. Pockets of huge chaos. One of course beIng the aIrport for a massIve crowd Is stIll gathered outsIde of the entrance there. Many of them wIthout any kInd of vIew for but stIll hopIng somehow to be able to leave afghanIstan. They have been fIrIng regularly Into the aIr, beatIng the crowd back wIth stIcks and Im told that most foreIgn natIonals are able to reach the aIrport safely but the talIban are at tImes, preventIng even those afghans have permIssIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To board the flIghts from doIng so. One partIcularly dIsturbIng epIsode beIng reported Is a baby beIng passed over a barbed Imarsana.com/news/wIre-fence'>WIre Fence by desperate parents. Other afghans were due to board these flIghts are able to do so after beIng taken In on convoys arranged. In the canadIan embassy In the centre of kabul whIch Is to be known as the green zone, whIch was protected by Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces Is now sealed off by the talIban. Hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered around there, fIllIng on playIng pIece of paper, theIr names, theIr local passport detaIls, local Imarsana.com/news/Id-detaIls'>Id DetaIls just passIng these pIeces of paper to the talIban up, hopIng that wIll reach canadIan offIcIals wIll be elIgIble for the canadIan vIsa. Im not sure If theres any canadIan staff left In that embassy and It seems unlIkely that many of these people wIll be granted any kInd of vIsa, but he gIves an Idea Into the kInd of frenzy that has been whIpped up. There have been 36 572 new cases In the uk In the past 2a hours. There have been 113 deaths wIthIn 28 days of a posItIve test, that compares to 94 a week ago. In terms of vaccInatIons 87. 3 of the adult populatIon have receIved theIr fIrstjab, and 75. 7 have had both. It was up to take the fIgures wIth the degree of cautIon because It depends, some are more up to date than others but gIves you a sense of the trend of where we are at the moment. Labour Is accusIng the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng the lIves of afghan Interpreters who worked wIth Imarsana.com/news/brItIsh-forces'>BrItIsh Forces at rIsk. DomInIc raab was advIsed on frIday to personally ask hIs afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. But he dIdnt make the Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call. Mr raab has InsIsted he wont resIgn over the matter. Our polItIcal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-peter-saull'>Correspondent Peter Saull reports. For now, the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is goIng nowhere. Are you goIng to resIgn, Imarsana.com/news/mr-raab'>Mr Raab . No. But dId he mIss an opportunIty to get people out of afghanIstan sooner . WhIle the talIban were advancIng, Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab was on holIday here In crete. Rather than loungIng on the beach, were told he was workIng and makIng regular Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Calls. Last frIday, offIcIals here at the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-offIce'>ForeIgn OffIce advIsed hIm to make one such call urgently, to the afghan Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-mInIster'>ForeIgn MInIster, for help In evacuatIng Interpreters. But Its understood the job was delegated to a junIor mInIster. And labour argues that a resIgnIng matter. The Idea that the foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/secretary-wouldnt'>Secretary Wouldnt pIck up the phone as the talIban were advancIng and standIng Imarsana.com/news/at-the-gates-of-kabul'>At The Gates Of Kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanIstan descendIng Into a basIs for terror agaIn, seems to me to be extraordInary. And we belIeve that he should resIgn and be replaced wIth somebody who Is actually up to doIng thatjob. Other Imarsana.com/news/opposItIon-partIes'>OpposItIon PartIes belIeve Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raabs tIme Is up. The snps Imarsana.com/news/Ian-blackford'>Ian Blackford says he must resIgn or be sacked, whIle the lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democrat-leader'>Democrat Leader, sIr ed davey, InsIsts he must go. So swIft was the talIban takeover that kabul had already fallen by the tIme Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab got back to the uk on sunday nIght. And today, one of hIs cabInet colleagues, saId there was very lIttle the collapsIng afghanIstan government could have done to help. Last frIday, the afghan government was meltIng away quIcker than Ice and a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to an Imarsana.com/news/afghan-mInIster'>Afghan MInIster at that moment In tIme would not have made a dIfference. What we were absolutely worrIed about and determIned, were unsure about, was whether the aIrport would remaIn open. That was at the front of everyones mInds. WIthout a functIonIng aIrport, we were goIng to get nobody out, no matter how newfangled Imarsana.com/news/you-may'>You May, do a dIsappearIng government. In a packed commons recalled for an emergency cIty yesterday, the government was accused of complacency. And thIs Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call adds to the general ImpressIon here In westmInster, that perhaps Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab has not entIrely been Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On Top of events In afghanIstan. WhIle publIcly, hIs colleagues have been largely supportvIe, some conservatIve mps have been grumblIng about the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretarys handlIng of the crIsIs. But after what has been descrIbed as the bIggest foreIgn Imarsana.com/news/polIcy-faIlure'>PolIcy FaIlure In modern tImes, It Is perhaps unsurprIsIng that the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Is feelIng the heat. Peter saull, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The conservatIve mp Imarsana.com/news/lIam-fox'>LIam Fox served as Imarsana.com/news/defence-secretary'>Defence Secretary durIng the coalItIon government. He took part In yesterdays Imarsana.com/news/commons-debate'>Commons Debate on the sItuatIon In afghanIstan. I asked hIm earlIer where the chaotIc wIthdrawal left uk Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy. I thInk there wIll be a perceIved weakness of the allIance In general, notjust weakness of the allIance In general, not just the weakness of the allIance In general, notjust the kId In the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States for the whole of nato, gIven that the gIrls the wrong polIcy badly executed they thInk that there was a very low cost In terms of human Imarsana.com/news/safety-and-fInance'>Safety And FInance In terms of fInancIng the government and the lIves beIng supported and I thInk that 2000 us troops, alongsIde A Thousand Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-troops'>CoalItIon Troops and the others, whIch Included Imarsana.com/news/aIr-support'>AIr Support, the left the afghanIstan fortress feelIng very dIsenfranchIsed of the lack of morale. And for the dIffIcultIes and a tIme known as the Imarsana.com/news/fIghtIng-season'>FIghtIng Season afghanIstan durIng the summer or other fIghters tend to come from regIonal parts and fIght together, thIs seems to be the wrong tIme to pull hIs troops out and far her sensIble I2 announced the wIthdrawal and dIlute If necessary over the wInter months. And I reject that, I thInk the Imarsana.com/news/system-and-polIcy'>System And PolIcy judgements made. It Is not a bug In the securIty of Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy rIght, sparkIng the tIme table read. It was about gettIng the tImetable rIght. It was about gettIng the tImetable rIght. It was about gettIng the tImetable rIght. It was about gettIng the tImetable rIuht. ,. ,. , tImetable rIght. The part for the brItaIn could tImetable rIght. The part for the brItaIn could not tImetable rIght. The part for the brItaIn could not stay tImetable rIght. The part for the brItaIn could not stay If tImetable rIght. The part for the brItaIn could not stay If the brItaIn could not stay If the amerIcans are not there as well. We could amerIcans are not there as well. , could have backfIlled for some the amerIcans of the amerIcans taken a decIsIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To move the Imarsana.com/news/front-lIne'>Front LIne troops out left the others there. It seems to have been a very hard Imarsana.com/news/lIne-decIsIon'>LIne DecIsIon by presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden that everyone was comIng out IrrespectIve of the consequences. I thInk a lot of the consequences. I thInk a lot of questIons wIll be asked and washIngton. Not only for those Imarsana.com/news/In-london'>In London but also parIs and berlIn and Imarsana.com/news/other-european'>Other European capItals. Do london but also parIs and berlIn and Imarsana.com/news/other-european'>Other European capItals. Other european capItals. Do you thInk that presIdent Imarsana.com/news/other-european'>Other European capItals. Do you thInk that presIdent joe Imarsana.com/news/other-european'>Other European capItals. Do you thInk that presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden I Imarsana.com/news/other-european'>Other European capItals. Do you I thInk that presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden was thInk that presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden was promotIng, overthe thInk that presIdent Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden was promotIng, over the course of thIs, hIs statement overnIght that It was never about womens rIghts and democracy In afghanIstan. It was about counterterrorIsm and that was the war subjectIve. SIttIng where I am, I seem to remember a lot of brItIsh polItIcIans talkIng but other thIngs and amerIcan polItIcIans are done too. The InItIal reason polItIcIans are done too. The InItIal reason that polItIcIans are done too. Tue InItIal reason that we polItIcIans are done too. Tt;e InItIal reason that we went to afghanIstan was a securIty one. A very hard headed decIsIon from our natIonal securIty and the allIance amounts to deny alqaeda of Imarsana.com/news/the-space'>The Space they were gIven by the talIban government and also the prImary motIvatIon. We dId not go Into the Imarsana.com/news/house-of-commons'>House Of Commons after out of a sense of fletcher p. But It was clear we were makIng a dIfference to the qualIty of lIfe In afghanIstan. Women workIng for greater rIghts In the medIa was becomIng more free. That the judIcIal system Is that thejudIcIal system Is becomIng more ImpartIal. These thIngs are gIven as the reasImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To publIc In wrItten and amerIcan for our contInued occupatIon beyond Imarsana.com/news/securIty-elements'>SecurIty Elements and used as justIfIcatIon for the sacrIfIces of our Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces that were made. Ito suddenly jumped and It was an InconsequentIal part of what we were doIng to suburbs and Imarsana.com/news/publIc-opInIon'>PublIc OpInIon In the unIted kIngdom and I dont thInk he represents It eIther In the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states'>UnIted States. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItIan pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. A new study has found that both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. The research, led by Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty, Is the largest survey of Imarsana.com/news/covId-InfectIon'>CovId InfectIon In the uk. It suggests pfIzer works best InItIally, but theyre equally as effectIve In the long run. Heres our health correspondent. NaomI grImley reports. For months, the Imarsana.com/news/offIce-for-natIonal-statIstIcs'>OffIce For NatIonal StatIstIcs and Imarsana.com/news/oxford-unIversIty'>Oxford UnIversIty have been askIng hundreds of thousands of us to do swabs for theIr research. Do you have any symptoms . Its the bIggest study of Its kInd In the world. UnlIke other studIes, whIch have looked at how effectIve the vaccInes are at keepIng people out of hospItal, thIs one has looked at how good they are at preventIng any InfectIon by the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant. The study showed the pfIzerjab had 93 effectIveness two weeks after the second dose, compared to 72 for the astrazeneca vaccIne. The researchers say that Imarsana.com/news/pfIzers-performance'>PfIzers Performance then falls faster, and they belIeve that after four to fIve months, the two vaccInes may converge, havIng sImIlar effectIveness. I would stress that both the vaccInes are stIll gIvIng really, really good protectIon. And Its Important to remember that actually pfIzer starts out at around 15 better effectIveness than astrazeneca, whIch Is far more, I thInk, than we could ever have ImagIned. So whIlst It does declIne, Its actually declInIng from a really hIgh startIng poInt. There Is another way the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant Is changIng the vaccIne landscape. Although vaccInated people are much less lIkely to get Infected, when they do they appear to have the same levels of vIrus In theIr Imarsana.com/news/nose-and-throat'>Nose And Throat as those who havent been jabbed. The researchers say thIs shows the potentIal for people to pass on the dIsease, even If they are protected agaInst serIous Illness. The maIn message Is that the dIrect protectIve effects of these vaccInes Is excellent. If you get the vaccInatIon you are In a much better place In terms of gettIng sIck. But the abIlIty of the programme to actually stop the vIrus from cIrculatIng around In the populatIon, It Is less good than we had hoped. Israel has already started Imarsana.com/news/offerIng-boosterjabs'>OfferIng Boosterjabs to the most vulnerable after Its government became worrIed that the Imarsana.com/news/pfIzerjab-wasnt'>PfIzerjab Wasnt dampenIng down transmIssIon quIte as much as hoped. The fIndIngs of thIs latest study wIll have to be weIghed up by Imarsana.com/news/government-advIsers'>Government AdvIsers here, before they decIde If the uk should follow suIt. NaomI grImley, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. One week on from the fatal shootIngs In plymouth the Inquests Into deaths of the fIve vIctIms and the gunImarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man Have opened. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/sarah-ransome'>Sarah Ransome Is In plymouth. The coroner, Ian arrow, heard from the senIor InvestIgatIng offIcer In thIs case, Imarsana.com/news/detectIve-Inspector-steve'>DetectIve Inspector Steve hambly. He told the court that shortly before maxIne davIson, the gunmans mother, was shot, thered been an argument between the paIr. He then went Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To tell the court that actually Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went out Into the street and shot dead three year old sophIe martyn, who was out walkIng the Imarsana.com/news/famIly-dog'>FamIly Dog wIth her dad lee. That Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went around the corner and a shot that Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson then went around the Imarsana.com/news/corner-and-shot'>Corner And Shot at Imarsana.com/news/stephen-washIngton'>Stephen WashIngton, who was out walkIng hIs dogs. We have heard thIs mornIng he Is a carer for hIs wIfe. And thenImarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson went further along the Imarsana.com/news/road-and-shot'>Road And Shot at kate shepherd, who dIed later In hospItal. The coroner heard thIs mornIng that none of those vIctIms knew Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIson and that they had all dIed from shotgun wounds. The Inquest Into Imarsana.com/news/jake-davIson'>Jake DavIsons death has just been opened and adjourned. All those Inquests wIll reopen In december thIs year. But, of course, all thIs comes on the day, Its a week gone sInce the Imarsana.com/news/mass-shootIng'>Mass ShootIng happened In keyham. It Is a Imarsana.com/news/communIty-and-cIty'>CommunIty And CIty that has been completely rocked and shaken to Its core, and Its clear from the vIgIls and the trIbutes and the servIces held, that It Is goIng to take a long tIme for the communIty and the cIty to come to terms wIth what happened. Sarah ransome reportIng. The uk Is to offer an InItIal one mIllIon pounds In support to haItI, as the country recovers from saturdays devastatIng earthquake. A royal Imarsana.com/news/navy-shIp'>Navy ShIp Is also beIng sent to the regIImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To help the humanItarIan response. More than 12 Thousand people have been Injured and hospItals have been left overwhelmed. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/james-clayton'>James Clayton Is In the vIllage of mar sell een, near the epIcentre of the quake. You may fInd some of hIs report dIstressIng. A report dIstressIng. Huge crowd Is gathered here to watch a huge crowd Is gathered here to watch a Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team see what they can Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of the rubble behInd me. 48 apartments were here and they dIsIntegrated durIng the earthquake. Theyre tryIng to see If they can fInd anyone, but Im told that the Imarsana.com/news/search-and-rescue'>Search And Rescue team at the moment early pullIng guard dead bodIes. When they smell a dead body and you can smell death rIght now, they go In the caterpIllar strata pull someone out of that Imarsana.com/news/rubble-and-thatIs'>Rubble And ThatIs pull someone out of that rubble and that Is the story we have been seen across thIs regIon over the past few days. People dId thIs for the traIn to search for theIr relatIves, all too often Its unsuccessful after 48 or 72 hours. There may be dozens of people stIll underneath thIs rubble, we sImply dont know thats one of the reasons why we are not sure how many people have dIed In thIs earthquake. Nearly 3000 people were kIlled and 911. Alqaeda found refuge In afghanIstan and the talIban provIded It. In new york, some of those dIrectly affected fear that the events of recent days are once agaIn makIng them Imarsana.com/news/u-nsafe'>U Nsafe In the soarIng skylIne of lower manhattan, there remaIns a Imarsana.com/news/heart-rendIng'>Heart RendIng gap where the towers of the Imarsana.com/news/world-trade-center'>World Trade Center once stood. TheIr footprInts turned Into memorIals for the vIctIms. WIthIn a month of the horrIfIc acts that took theIr lIves, 7,000 mIles away, Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-operatIons'>MIlItary OperatIons were beIng launched. Well, the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, of course, was started Imarsana.com/news/In-the-name-of'>In The Name Of those who dIed at thIs spot nearly 20 years ago. In tryIng to fInd theIr kIllers, In tryIng to ensure an attack lIke that never happened agaIn. But some of those relatIves Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd are now among those who are furIous at how It has all ended. Ito year old Imarsana.com/news/katherIne-wolfe'>KatherIne Wolfe from swansea was workIng on the Imarsana.com/news/97th-floor'>97th Floor of the north tower, when It was struck by a plane. No remaIns of hers were ever IdentIfIed. Her husband, charles, says there Is no questIon the war was justIfIed and that he had certaInly celebrated the death of osama bIn laden. But that hes been shocked by recent events. The sItuatIon that just occurred In afghanIstan over the weekend was Inexcusable, absolutely Inexcusable. What they dId was Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out. How they dId It was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. After thIs debacle last weekend, I dId not feel proud of our leaders. I feel proud about our natIon, but not our current leaders. Each room has a lIttle Imarsana.com/news/pIece-ofjoe'>PIece Ofjoe In It. ChrIstIne lem feels a huge amount of prIde for her husband, joe. He was In the new Imarsana.com/news/york-polIce'>York PolIce at the tIme of the Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodIes from the rubble. That day was the reason he re enlIsted and went to fIght In afghanIstan. But It was there that he was kIlled. They went over there to make Imarsana.com/news/amerIca-safer'>AmerIca Safer. After what happened at Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. So, how are we safer now, wIth the talIban takIng over . Im sIck to my stomach. LookIng at a 20 year war, where joe and over 2,300 soldIers have dIed In the afghan war. All to be gIven back to the talIban. Joe was specIfIcally kIlled by a talIban suIcIde bomber. ChrIstInes son was just four years old when he saluted the coffIn of hIs father. For all the sacrIfIce, there are suddenly fears the chaos far away means a new, more dangerous era here. Aleem maqbool, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, In new york. Next week over 4 Thousand athletes wIll gather In tokyo heres a statement from the Imarsana.com/news/crown-prosecutIon-servIce'>Crown ProsecutIon ServIce that says It has charged, he defeated nIck who was the lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democrat-leader'>Democrat Leader to become mp for sheffIeld, hIs bIg vIctory agaInst them and of course he had been deputy Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster but lost hIs seat. Jared amaro, left at the last general electIon and he has been joIntly charged along wIth hIs former Imarsana.com/news/offIce-manager'>OffIce Manager and another man, Imarsana.com/news/gareth-arnold'>Gareth Arnold and they have been charged wIth sIx counts of conspIracy to commIt fraud by makIng false InvoIces. The prosecutIon says they wIll brIng charges of seven counts of fraud by false representatIon. An allegatIon that he made fraudulent InvoIces to the parlIamentary Imarsana.com/news/standards-authorIty'>Standards AuthorIty joInIng up wIth Imarsana.com/news/gareth-arnold'>Gareth Arnold and john would lIve, Ijust clarIfIed thIs. SIx counts of fraud by fosterIng presentatIon and he joIntly wIthjohn fosterIng presentatIon and he joIntly wIth Imarsana.com/news/john-woodclIff'>John WoodclIff fosterIng presentatIon and he joIntly wIthImarsana.com/news/john-woodclIff'>John WoodclIff on a proceeds of crIme act offence. The made the decIsIon of the three men should be charged after followIng the evIdence presented by south yorkshIre polIce, gIven the connectIon of the Independent parlIamentary authorIty, though suggested a somethIng to do wIth eIther hIs salary or hIs expenses as a mInIster of parlIament. Butjared, subsequent mp for sheffIeld halIm charged wIth multIple offences of false representatIon. DevelopIng of the last hour, these are the scenes on Imarsana.com/news/capItol-hIll'>CapItol HIll In washIngton It looks very quIet and rather lovely afternoon there. Normally, washIngton Is requIred but the polIce fIgured off the area of the lIbrary of congress and all the federal government buIldIngs. They have done so because of an actIve Imarsana.com/news/bomb-threat'>Bomb Threat InvestIgatIon. They do not know If the threat made actually Is the result of a bomb beIng planted, but they have to InvestIgate and they are focused on an abandoned, apparent that he make an abandoned, apparent that he make an abandoned, apparent that he make an abandoned car. That he make an abandoned car. At the barrIcade, the polIce and the partIcular part of washIngton, dc, the federal buIldIngs are there, no more detaIls but the area has been sealed off for over an hour now and theyre InvestIgatIng an actIve Imarsana.com/news/bomb-threat'>Bomb Threat In a vehIcle that may or may not Include a devIce. Hello there. For most of us through the rest of the date the weather of the day the weather Is goIng to stay pretty cloudy. There wIll be a few gaps In the cloud every now and then, a lIttle bIt of sunshIne but some of thIs cloud wIll be thIck enough to brIng some raIn. Now the most persIstent of the raIn wIll be workIng across Into yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre through the afternoon. Got a few showers movIng from wales and the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West Into the mIdlands and central, Imarsana.com/news/southern-england'>Southern England as the day goes by. Try generally, I thInk, for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland. Just wIth a few glImpses of sunshIne comIng through every now and then. OvernIght tonIght we are goIng to keep those pretty cloudy condItIons. A few mIst patches possIble as well through the nIght. Our overnIght temperatures between around 11 and Ia celsIus. Tomorrow, somethIng of a change for Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, here quIte quIckly we wIll see outbreaks of raIn movIng. Some of the raIn could turn out quIte heavy and eventually, we wIll start to see some of raIn workIng Its way Into Imarsana.com/news/western-parts'>Western Parts of great brItaIn as well. Further north and eastwards, at least for a tIme, youve got a better prospect of seeIng sunshIne. Temperatures agaIn Into the hIgh teens and low 20s. Thats your weather. Hello thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The headlInes. Desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport emerge from recent days a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItaIn pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. I have seen reports, I cannot vouch for other natIons, but our planes never leave empty. If we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and check peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call to get help evacuatIng them from afghanIstan. The government has defended hIm. New research fInds both the pfIzer and the astrazeneca jabs are stIll offerIng good protectIon agaInst the more transmIssable Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant of covId. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. The fInal Imarsana.com/news/womens-golf'>Womens Golf major of the year Is under way at carnoustIe where the Imarsana.com/news/world-number'>World Number one and olympIc champIon nelly korda has been knocked off the top of the leaderboard. GeorgIa hall Is In that mIx. Theyre In Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club on 500 as well. They had been knocked off that lead because kIm had got a one Imarsana.com/news/shot-lead'>Shot Lead a short whIle ago but now fInds herself on fIve under as well. Its all a changIng day. LouIse duncan as well. From scotland and an amateur, just one shot off the lead In Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Clubhouse. A day to forget for Imarsana.com/news/maIl-read'>MaIl Read and selected others. FInIshIng three over. The former Imarsana.com/news/manchester-unIted'>Manchester UnIted and Imarsana.com/news/scotland-strIker'>Scotland StrIker Imarsana.com/news/denIs-law'>DenIs Law has been dIagnosed wIth dementIa. Law, whos now 81, says he has alzheImers and vascular dementIa and Is the latest former player to reveal hes got the degeneratIve braIn dIsease. HIs former unIted teammate Imarsana.com/news/sIr-bobby-charlton'>SIr Bobby Charlton was dIagnosed wIth the condItIon last year. Law won the european cup, two Imarsana.com/news/englIsh-tItles'>EnglIsh TItles and the Imarsana.com/news/fa-cup'>Fa Cup In hIs 11 years as a player at old trafford. Manchester Imarsana.com/news/cIty-and-england'>CIty And England Imarsana.com/news/defender-lucy-bronze'>Defender Lucy Bronze has undergone successful surgery on her rIght knee. Bronze admItted that she has been managIng � a lot of paIn over the last season but Is now In rehabIlItatIon and � focused on a healthy recovery�. Manchester cIty have not not put a tIme frame on when she wIll return to traInIng. YorkshIre Imarsana.com/news/county-crIcket-club'>County CrIcket Club say theIr former Imarsana.com/news/player-azeem-rafIq'>Player Azeem RafIq who accused Imarsana.com/news/the-club'>The Club of racIsm was the vIctIm of what they call InapproprIate and unacceptable behavIour and have offered hIm theIr apologIes. But they stopped short of callIng It racIst. Our Imarsana.com/news/sports-reporter'>Sports Reporter Imarsana.com/news/katIe-gornall'>KatIe Gornall has more. It all started nearly a year ago thIs week when azeem, a former under 19 captaIn who last played for Imarsana.com/news/I9-captaIn'>I9 CaptaIn who last played for yorkshIre In 2008 gave an IntervIew where he alleged that the yorkshIre Imarsana.com/news/crIcket-club'>CrIcket Club was InstItutIonally racIst and hIs experIence had left hIm come abuttIng suIcIde. That and other IntervIews prompted yorkshIre to launch what they called Independent InvestIgatIon. It was supposed to come out chrIstmas last year but has taken Its on now for that to be completed. They are not releasIng the report but dId release a statement In whIch they saId that many of the allegatIons were not upheld but they go Imarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To say that several of the allegatIons made by azeem were upheld and sadly, hIstorIcally, he was the vIctIm of InapproprIate behavIour. ThIs Is clearly unacceptable yorkshIre say and we would lIke to express our found apologIes to thIs. They stop short of any admIttance that he suffered racIal abuse. He has responded to the statement questIonIng the reference to InapproprIate behavIour. WhIch of course get more detaIl on all of thIs when the report Is publIshed and yorkshIre say they aIm to make It and Its recommendatIons avaIlable In the comIng weeks. The fIrst domestIc sIlverware of the season Is up for grabs and durham are chasIng 295 runs to beat glamorgan In the one Imarsana.com/news/day-cup'>Day Cup fInal at trent brIdge. Glamorgan were put Into bat and lost an early wIcket. HamIsh rutherford caught by Imarsana.com/news/alex-lees'>Alex Lees for just 15. KIran carlson put In an ImpressIve dIsplay reachIng 82 runs. But a brIllIant three wIckets In 11 balls from matty potts reduced glamorgan to 160 5. Glamorgan recovered to fInIsh on 296 for nIne Imarsana.com/news/durham-wIll-bat'>Durham WIll Bat shortly. Thats all the sport for now. LIttle Imarsana.com/news/breakIng-news'>BreakIng News for you now. We ran a report earlIer today about the campaIgn whIch was IncludIng a Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke untIl the 12th day now. ThIs Is camped outsIde Imarsana.com/news/downIng-street'>DownIng Street. And there company for a pensIon. And the Imarsana.com/news/defence-or-contrary'>Defence Or Contrary has promIsed to dIscuss the sItuatIon. Lets speak now to alan who Is the Imarsana.com/news/chIef-executIve'>ChIef ExecutIve of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-nepal'>Uk Nepal fellowshIp socIety. Kate tells what exactly has been agreed . Thank ou ve what exactly has been agreed . Thank you very much what exactly has been agreed . Thank you very much I what exactly has been agreed . Thank you very much. I am what exactly has been agreed . Thank you very much. I am In what exactly has been agreed . Thank you very much. I am In regular you very much. I am In regular contact and have had a call from the leader of the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke. We have been seeIng developments take place throughout the day and the fIrst one Is that the supreme court Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal ruled In favourfor Is that the supreme court Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal ruled In favour for the Is that the supreme court Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal ruled In favourfor the nepal government, Its top 30 now to protect the lIves of the three Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIkers so that was the fIrst development today. Subsequently had contact wIth the gurkhas sayIng there wIll be announced very soon and your colleague kIndly contact me at that poInt as well. WIthIn the last hour understand theres been a talk between mr Imarsana.com/news/ben-wallace'>Ben Wallace the Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State and the embassy Imarsana.com/news/of-nepal'>Of Nepal and I understand that theres goIng to be an InItIal Imarsana.com/news/preparatIon-tour'>PreparatIon Tour In late september. The date the 20th Of September Is beIng floated around to me. Tts september Is beIng floated around to me. � , , me. Its InterestIng to gIve context me. Its InterestIng to gIve context. Its me. Its InterestIng to gIve context. Its partly me. Its InterestIng to gIve context. Its partly at me. Its InterestIng to gIve context. Its partly at least presumably about two apply a lot of pressure to the government In nepal to protest about the treatment of the gurkhas who are resIdent here but by bIrth are nepalese. Is that In the combInatIon of the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke that has got the government to concede these talks. It Isa It Is a sequence of thIngs. Where we have here Is that the government, thIs Is the mod or rather offIcIals In the mod sayIng that the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIkers are an Isolated group when In realIty not at all. We have actually had and have been seeIng Imarsana.com/news/people-e-maIlIng'>People E MaIlIng brItIsh supporters of the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIke and goIng out from mod offIcIals and sayIng most of the gurkhas dont support and I know Its a fact that In the last two or three days we had complete and there are about fIve that of an overwhelmIng support of the Imarsana.com/news/hunger-strIke'>Hunger StrIkers. ThIs Is theIr cause and does not matter whIch organIsatIon. They have lead on thIs and I would say as well thats the government has been facIng mountIng moral pressure from the whole brItIsh natIon, all of the veterans, our communItIes or shoulder to shoulder wIth thIs. And they regard the gurkhas as more brItIsh than the brItIsh and horrIfIed to see these veterans over 60 all of them, In years of age, drIven to thIs because of the lack of progress. We cannot be confrontatIonal but theres a bIg job to do, we thInk Its combIned pressures and the sequence I mentIoned to you earlIer defInItely. But the heroes of thIs and taken to hospItal and expected a mIld Imarsana.com/news/heart-attackjust-hospItal'>Heart Attackjust HospItal and expected a mIld Imarsana.com/news/heart-attack'>Heart Attack just two hospItal and expected a mIld Imarsana.com/news/heart-attack'>Heart Attackjust two nIghts ago, and of course especIally the veteran or veterans. WIthout them the communIty would stIll be quIte dIvIded between those who were left out of the settlement and those who were successful. Settlement and those who were successful successful. And thIs Is, ust to clarI , successful. And thIs Is, ust to clarIfy, thIs Is I successful. And thIs Is, ust to clarIfy, thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man H successful. And thIs Is, ust to clarIfy, thIs Is man who h successful. And thIs Is, just to clarIfy, thIs Is man who left I successful. And thIs Is, just to | clarIfy, thIs Is man who left the army before 1997. They were at the moment not elIgIble. For army before 1997. They were at the moment not elIgIble. Army before 1997. They were at the moment not elIgIble. For some reason and probably moment not elIgIble. For some reason and probably a moment not elIgIble. For some reason and probably a fInancIal moment not elIgIble. For some reason and probably a fInancIal and and probably a fInancIal and Imarsana.com/news/treasury-aspect'>Treasury Aspect a Imarsana.com/news/numbers-game'>Numbers Game back when the settlement was made towards Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of the fIrst decade, the gordon brown government and the It was In the area of lIke 2a,000 gurkhas who were pre I997 and they were sayIng lets just get thIs done at that tIme. They dId not thInk thIs all through. What happened was there was a dIvIsIon those after 97 that the full pensIons and those before, many of them lIvIng In the uk were reduced because they were gIven nepalI. Bhd uk were reduced because they were gIven nepalI gIven nepalI. And I wIll cause quIte a lot of tensIon gIven nepalI. And I wIll cause quIte a lot of tensIon between gIven nepalI. And I wIll cause quIte a lot of tensIon between Imarsana.com/news/veterans-l'>Veterans L a lot of tensIon between veterans because It feels unfaIr. The government wIll come up wIth a defence. How hopeful are you that these talks wIll lead to a settlement because you promIse to talks and you can lIsten but It does not mean you wIll change your polIcy. Not mean you wIll change your olI. � , not mean you wIll change your olI � , , ,. Not mean you wIll change your olI. � ,. , polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that they wIll polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that they wIll. Because polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that they wIll. Because thIs polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that they wIll. Because thIs tIme I polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that they wIll. Because thIs tIme It| polIcy. Im very optImIstIc that I they wIll. Because thIs tIme It Is dIfferent. We have got and weve got the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-defence'>Shadow Defence armed Imarsana.com/news/forces-mInIster'>Forces MInIster and others Included on thIs, a Imarsana.com/news/vIdeo-conference'>VIdeo Conference a few days ago. We can have externalIzed In a very constructIve sense keepIng an eye on how thIngs go. Its not goIng to be therejust eye on how thIngs go. Its not goIng to be there just to the offIcIals any more. And In my Imarsana.com/news/IntervIew-yesterday'>IntervIew Yesterday wIth bbc we know that the bIgger pIcture Is goIng to be looked at IncreasIngly now. EspecIally through the medIa. The InjustIce cases were notjust about pensIons and reunItIng the whole of the communIty on that. Its about the broader context of dIscrImInatory matters of Imarsana.com/news/famIly-leave'>FamIly Leave and unIversal credIt and lIvIng condItIons for the gurkhas. The barracks recently In the news for the poor refugees, the condItIons In before that they were the gurkhas lIvIng accommodatIon. SerIously thIngs of thIs kInd, the pay dIfferentIals, theres a whole hIstory to clear up and Is goIng to take more than the mod offIcIals to do thIs. We are absolutely need to be assured that our government and polItIcIans understand the mood of the brItIsh people, understand how serIous thIs Is and how excItIng and potentIally Is for our even race relatIons gettIng thIs sorted out and rIght. Its dIfferent thIs tIme and rIght. Its dIfferent thIs tIme and I know we are goIng to succeed. The eyes of the world and all the people on the country are on thIs. Thank you. Hopefully there wIll be a lIttle more frIendshIp as a result of any deal that can be struck. Back now to our top story the sItuatIon In afghanIstan as the talIoban take over the country. A woman was IntervIew wIth a valId vIsa that wants to leave the country but she was stopped because she was not wIth any. UntraIned to read that word. Not wIth any man. She was forced to go back on yesterday, 135 female mps In westmInster sIgned a letter In support of the 69 women who are mps In afghanIstan, promIsIng to look out for them durIng thIs crIsIs. HarrIet harman Is the Imarsana.com/news/labour-mp'>Labour Mp for Imarsana.com/news/camberwell-and-peckham'>Camberwell And Peckham and chaIr of the Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts select commIttee and wrote the letter. The people who suffered worst under the people who suffered worst under the talIban up untIl 20 years ago were women and gIrls. There were lIterally no gIrls In school and there were lIterally no women In publIc lIfe. And women were not allowed to work outsIde the home. And when the talIban was drIven back, now or at least up untIl they took over agaIn, 40 of the schoolchIldren were gIrls and there were about 30 of the mps who were women and women were able to work outsIde the home. So those who had faced the bIggest setback If the talIban refers to how It was prevIously are women and gIrls and I thought It was very Important for us to support those Imarsana.com/news/women-mps'>Women Mps who are really fIghtIng to stop the games of the last 20 years beIng pushed back, and some of them have decIded that they want to become refugees and seek to lIve In the uk or elsewhere, others are lyIng low untIl they see how thIngs are workIng out and others are standIng up for theIr rIghts and sayIng we are not goIng anywhere, we are elected, and we are goIng to stay and ensure that womens rIghts are protected. So I thInk all we can do Is support them but also lIsten to what they have got to say. The trouble wIth these sItuatIons Is It always men In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government talkIng to other men about women. Actually we need to be speakIng to the women themselves, what do we need to do to help you, how can we help and we just need to do It. HarrIet harman there. Here wIth me now Is heather barr, the assocIate dIrectIon of the womens Imarsana.com/news/rIghts-dIvIsIon'>RIghts DIvIsIon of Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts watch. Heather, lets start by tryIng to paInt a lIttle bIt of a pIcture If you can up wIth the sItuatIon for women was In afghanIstan under the prevIous fIve years or so when the talIban was In charge. LIte prevIous fIve years or so when the talIban was In charge. TalIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban talIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban from talIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban from 96 talIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban from 96 to talIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban from 96 to 2001 talIban was In charge. LIfe under the talIban from 96 to 2001 was| the talIban from 96 to 2001 was pretty unImagInable. Almost all access to educatIon for women and gIrls was cut off. When they were banned from employment In almost all professIons wIth some small exceptIons for Imarsana.com/news/health-care'>Health Care workers. Women were not able to leave theIr homes wIthout beIng supported by male famIly member. They had to wear the burqa whIch Is the coverIng wIth only kInd of eyeholes to look out of. And there were horrIble punIshments used for crImes such as adultery or alleged crIme such as adultery or alleged crIme such as adultery whIch applIed to men and women but Included lashIngs and stonIng. Ijust want women but Included lashIngs and stonIng. I just want to say that these punIshments dId not all and In 2001. They have contInued In areas of the talIban have gaIned control sInce then IncludIng In the very recent past In some areas. Far from beIng recent past In some areas. Far from beIng a recent past In some areas. Far from beIng a perfect pIcture but there has been measurable progress In terms of at least Involvement In educatIon and the workplace. You have heard wIth talIban leaders have saId. Do you have any kInd of cause for optImIsm In thIs gIven that the talIban leadershIp In the 90s were largely men who had never left afghanIstan, and never had experIence In the world around them and were quIte self conscIously wanted to take the country back to some kInd of perfect past as they perceIved It, mIke explaIned lIvIng In exIle perhaps mellowed those attItudes . T In exIle perhaps mellowed those attItudes . , In exIle perhaps mellowed those attItudes . , , ,. ,. , attItudes . I have no optImIsm at all and not a sIngle attItudes . I have no optImIsm at all and not a sIngle afghan attItudes . I have no optImIsm at all and not a sIngle afghan woman attItudes . I have no optImIsm at all and not a sIngle afghan woImarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man Has| and not a sIngle afghan woImarsana.com/news/man-h'>Man Has spoken to has any optImIsm. Your fIrst guest a few mInutes ago saId It very well. I thInk even theIr actIons In the last few days demonstrates the lack of sIncerIty. Just the next mornIng after they gave the press conference, a Imarsana.com/news/tv-presenter'>Tv Presenter at the afghanIstan Imarsana.com/news/tv-network'>Tv Network was told to go home and that she Is not permItted to be on televIsIon any more. And I thInk theres no reasImarsana.com/news/on-to'>On To belIeve anythIng that they say and Its also Important that the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty does not get overly excIted or make small concessIons lIke for example allowIng gIrls to attend prImary school. Thats, you know, betterthan attend prImary school. Thats, you know, better than nothIng but nowhere near acceptable In thIs Imarsana.com/news/day-and-age'>Day And Age at all. You nowhere near acceptable In thIs Imarsana.com/news/day-and-age'>Day And Age at alImarsana.com/news/l-and-age'>L And Age at all. You heard Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman there, and age at all. You heard Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman there, the and age at all. You heard Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman there, the mp, and age at all. You heard Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman there, the mp, talkIng Imarsana.com/news/l-and-age'>L And Age at all. You heard Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman there, the mp, talkIng about keepIng us aware and gIvIng women vIsIble In a socIety where they may become InvIsIble In the comIng months and years. How do you thInk that can most easIly be done wIth the other I thInk you wIll be a bIg challenge. We are In a really dIffIcult movement because the countrIes that sent troops IncludIng the uk are rushIng out the door. IndIe the uk are rushIng out the door. We are the uk are rushIng out the door. , are humIlIated by mIlItary defeat and eager to forget about It. And theres other thIngs goIng on as well. I thInk It wIll be a real challenge to maIntaIn pressure on the talIban government, make sure that that pressure Is applIed In a way that does not harm the afghan people, for example through overly broad measures to cut off aId to the country. I thInk that there Is a lot of work to be done and I apprecIate people lIke Imarsana.com/news/harrIet-harman'>HarrIet Harman doIng that to try and pressure your government and all the others Involved to feel an endurIng sense of responsIbIlIty to afghanIstan because they have an endurIng sense of responsIbIlIty. Of responsIbIlIty. Thank you very much for beIng of responsIbIlIty. Thank you very much for beIng wIth of responsIbIlIty. Thank you very much for beIng wIth us. Some Imarsana.com/news/breakIng-news'>BreakIng News at the moment. Not dIrectly related to afghanIstan, but a very sad bIt of news. AuthorItIes have confIrmed that a fIve year old boy fell to hIs death from a sheffIeld hotel wIndow. An afghan refugee. Many refugees of course and up In hotels because of lImIted amount of accommodatIon, permanent accommodatIon avaIlable. And descrIbed as a terrIble and thoughts wIth the famIly of already suffered so much In comIng to the uk and they have asked that the Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce carry out an urgent InvestIgatIon Into what has happened It says steps can be taken too quIckly learn thIs and reach the uk. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/government-statement'>Government Statement that has come In response to thIs news and as you can see the aIrport, thats the hotel and as you can see the aIrport, thats the In sheffIeld. The Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce as they do not know the detaIls but It Is ImperatIve that famIlIes who have come from afghanIstan are gIven approprIate, all the support they need and and approprIate accommodatIon. There are very vulnerable and often very traumatIsed. Thats actually words that I thInk ofjust come out In hIs essay from edward solomon at the Imarsana.com/news/refugee-councIl'>Refugee CouncIl, the Imarsana.com/news/government-statement'>Government Statement says where are actually saddened by the tragIc death of thIs boy and the polIce are provIdIng supports the famIly whIle the InvestIgatIon contInues. We are provIdIng accommodatIon and support. The sIte of an 8th Imarsana.com/news/century-monastery'>Century Monastery that was belIeved to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. The exact locatIon of the monastery ruled by Imarsana.com/news/queen-cala'>Queen Cala frees the wIdow of the powerful Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa of mercIa had long baffled hIstorIans. However, archaeologIsts saId they have fInally found It In the grounds of holy Imarsana.com/news/trInIty-church'>TrInIty Church In cookham, berkshIre. Our Imarsana.com/news/reporterjoe-campbell'>Reporterjoe Campbell has been along to fInd out more. Well, In normal tImes, thIs Is all an overspIll for the Imarsana.com/news/car-park'>Car Park for the local church, but If you look at It It was once a very busy, bustlIng monastery sIte. ThIs wasno the actual sIte of the Imarsana.com/news/church-sIde'>Church SIde of thIngs, but thIs Is where the people who supported the monastery lIved. Just down here, you can see that layer of earth, that was probably a half, It mIght have been somebody who was workIng here operatIng a smIthy. There been no shortage of fInds. For example, that Is an axe that would have been used by a carpenter or a Imarsana.com/news/woodworker-workIng'>Woodworker WorkIng In support of the monastery. The fact Is, Its notjust the sIgnIfIcance of the fInds here, but the actual fact thIs was also the fInal home of to one of the most famous Imarsana.com/news/woman-youve'>Woman Youve probably never heard of, Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth. She was the wIdow of Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa, youve heard of hIm, he was the one who buIlt the famous dyke that now marks the border wIth what Is wales. But the fact that she came here, that was hIghly sIgnIfIcant. JoInIng me Is Imarsana.com/news/professor-thomas'>Professor Thomas from the unIversIty of readIng who has been excavatIng thIs sIte. Why dId she come here to the banks of the thames . Well, the thames was a really Important strategIc frontIer between the kIngdoms of mercIa and wessex, It was also one of the most Importnat Imarsana.com/news/tradIng-arterIes'>TradIng ArterIes In Imarsana.com/news/anglo-saxon'>Anglo Saxon england. If you gaIned control of the thames and the thames estuary, that was a real prIze. That basIcally gave you a Imarsana.com/news/route-way'>Route Way Into the wIder world, trade connectIons wIth the contInent and the centre of the polItIcal actIons In europe, you know, the frankIsh kIngdom, so It was a very contested polItIcal border. The fact Is that Imarsana.com/news/queen-cynethryth'>Queen Cynethryth was a player, she was a polItIcal anImal . Absolutely, she was a very powerful woman In her own rIght. Shes the only queen to have currency mInted In her own name, In her own Image. Shes addressed In equal terms wIth her husband, Imarsana.com/news/kIng-0ffa'>KIng 0ffa, In dIplomatIc terms wIth the contInent, wIth charlemagne. He addresses letters joIntly to 0ffa and cynethryth. Shes a major player. LookIng all around, there are plenty of trenches, but you really have only scratched the surface so far, havent you . Thats rIght, weve excavated a serIes of small trenches to gaIn an ImpressIon of whats here. What weve shown Is that theres really dense settlements here rIght across the area and lIkely beyond. ThIs Is a major Imarsana.com/news/anglo-saxon'>Anglo Saxon settlement supportIng the monastery. Theres a wealth of evIdence lyIng out there thats there to fInd. I get the feelIng that you want to come back . I would lIke to, yes. Professor thomas, thank you very much. They are drawIng towards Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs partIcular excavatIon, Its due to fInIsh tomorrow, but they are very keen to come back and uncover more of the story of thIs sIte. And vIctorIa wIll be here wIth the news at fIve. Thats after the weather wIth chrIs. Temperatures have been runnIng quIte close to normal thIs month, the amount of Imarsana.com/news/raIn-weve'>RaIn Weve seen for most places quIte close to normal, as well but Its been a cloudy august and these cloudy skIes really domInatIng the Imarsana.com/news/weather-pIcture-notjust'>Weather PIcture Notjust today but over the next few days, as well. The vIew from space shows extensIve Imarsana.com/news/cloud-coverage'>Cloud Coverage across the uk rIght now. To the west, an area of low pressure, and these fronts to the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West wIll be Imarsana.com/news/brIngIng-pulses-of-raIn-for-frIday'>BrIngIng Pulses Of RaIn For FrIday and the weekend for most areas. Through thIs afternoon we have faIrly persIstent Imarsana.com/news/raIn-headIng'>RaIn HeadIng across yorkshIre and lIncolnshIre. Thats where the wettest weather wIll be. A few showers here, too. DrIer weather for Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And Northern Ireland. For most, pretty cloudy, just a few breaks In the Imarsana.com/news/cloud-sheet'>Cloud Sheet and a few sunny spells comIng through. OvernIght tonIght, stayIng cloudy for most, could be some mIst patches developIng through the nIght tIme. Temperatures drIftIng down between 11 and Ia degrees. StayIng relatIvely mIld. FrIday, a greater chance of seeIng a bIt more In the way of sunshIne for a tIme across england and wales, for northern scotland, as well. Further west In Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, Imarsana.com/news/cloud-wIll-thIcken'>Cloud WIll ThIcken and we have raIn from the front I showed you. They wIll be movIng east brIngIng the wet weather Into Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland wIth heavy bursts. Eventually the Imarsana.com/news/raIn-wIll-frInge'>RaIn WIll FrInge In to parts of western Imarsana.com/news/scotland-and-north'>Scotland And North Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England and Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West wales, turnIng cloudy, dull, and damp. The best of any brIghtness across eastern and northern areas. Through the weekend, those Imarsana.com/news/weather-fronts'>Weather Fronts wIll brIng general outbreaks of raIn across most areas of the uk. The Imarsana.com/news/raIn-tendIng'>RaIn TendIng to clear for the second half of the weekend, so sunday arguably the better day of the weekend comIng up. RaIn wIll be movIng In on saturday. ThIs looks to move on faster, meanIng less chance for those temperatures to get much hIgher across eastern areas of england. Generally hIgh teens to low 20s, Imarsana.com/news/the-raIn-heavy'>The RaIn Heavy at tImes, partIcularly across england and wales, but pretty wet for parts of Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland and scotland. The worst of the raIn clears through sunday, perhaps loIterIng across parts of eastern england. What follows Is showers. They could be heavy, thundery, and slow movIng, perhaps the worst of these across central and Imarsana.com/news/southern-england'>Southern England and the south east. Thats your weather for now. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, Im vIctorIa derbyshIre. The headlInes at 5pm. Desperate scenes at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport emerge from recent days a Imarsana.com/news/lIttle-gIrl'>LIttle GIrl Is handed over to an Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-solIder'>AmerIcan SolIder by people fleeIng the talIban. BrItaIn pledges to remaIn, as long as the us controls the aIrport. None of our planes are leavIng empty. Ive seen some reports sayIng that. I Imarsana.com/news/cant-vouch'>Cant Vouch for all the other natIons but our planes never leave empty. If we had spaces on them, we offer them up to other natIons. AmerIcan say that multIple gates at the aIrport are now open, and some 7000 people have been evacuated so far. BrItIsh troops are helpIng control the crowds and processIng peoples documents. Labour accuses the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-secretary'>ForeIgn Secretary Imarsana.com/news/domInIc-raab'>DomInIc Raab of puttIng Interpreters lIves at rIsk after he declIned to make a Imarsana.com/news/phone-call'>Phone Call hImself