Now theyre ready to go again. Were drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during americas 20 year military involvement. Evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18,000 people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. Many more are trying desperately to escape. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani and Camera Operator Malik mudassir, have this report from kabul. Soldier yelling get the bleep back get back Panic And Chaos close to kabul airport. No, no, no british soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. British passport holders in the crowd, desperately trying to get through. This is my british passport. Like this Uber Driver from west london. Hes got kids. We are been waiting, itryand. How long have you been here waiting . I came morning, five oclock, to still im waiting here. In the last three days, im trying to go inside. And they wont let you into the hotel . Yeah, they wont. Even though the embassy has told you to come here . Yeah, he said i had to go here even more distressing scenes at the main entrance to the compound. British soldiers trying to keep the crowd back. This is a scene of total and utter chaos, many of the people here dont have any permission to board an Evacuation Flight but theyre so desperate that theyve just turned up here anyway. Thats making it extremely difficult for those who had been told to come here by the british embassy, to get through. My family, my newborn baby. Amongst those trapped by the crowd, this former British Army interpreter. His wife gave birth just two weeks ago and hes deeply worried about the baby. Maybe i lose my kid and maybe she is not good. Shes not good, my wife. You Cant Stay here. I Cant Stay here, look at the situation, look at the dirt on the floor here. And nobody until now, im here since morning, i came here, taliban lashed me on the back. Most of the people here are in a state of total confusion. They dont know how they can, but just want to leave the country before the Evacuation Flights end. What makes you think youll be able to travel . This woman says she was a player on the national basketball team. Im so scared, because im girl. My life is in Danger And Boring im. She struggles to find words. What. 7 as the day goes on, some of those who are meant to be here eventually get through, including the family with a young baby. Many others are still struggling, though. Even more who want to leave but cant will be left behind. Get back now so thats the scene on the ground meanwhile in washington, President Biden has been putting a brave face on a difficult situation. The Administrations Withdrawal has been met by fierce criticism, on both sides of the political aisle. At the White House today, Mr Biden deflected those concerns, and instead focused on Evacuation Efforts for americans and their afghan allies. Were going to do everything, everything that we can to provide safe evacuation for our afghan allies, partners, and afghans who might be targeted because of their association with the united states. But let me be clear any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Ive been speaking to us political analyst max kutner. I asked him what he made of President Biden� s response to criticisms from not only republican by Democrat Voices too. It sounds likeJoe Biden is going to stick with what he has been saying all week, that he is comfortable in his decision but he is planning on getting those people out of there. Perhaps that is a response to what dozens of democrats urged in a letter this week to biden administration folks saying that while they appreciated some of the administrations efforts, the administration really needs to focus on getting those people out, they said they have grave concerns. And that was a month the more moderate comments we got from democrats. And we heard democrats calling what happened a failure of diplomacy, a failure of intelligence, a top democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who would presumably be aligned with biden, saying were going to have to ask tough questions about how this sort of thing happen, so maybe we could have expected some criticisms and some questions from perhaps more progressive democrats but he is getting it from all sides of the democratic party. Internationally there is a feeling, certainly the criticism internationally, the us is standing in the world, they dont appear to have a great deal of leverage when dealing with the taliban, rings of a country defeated. Certainly on the international stage, biden is taking hits, hes taking hits abroad, this was not a great week for him, but now he has, it sounds like on one hand doing damage control, and the other hand really sticking with what he said in his speech almost a week ago, but still addressing some of the concerns that have come up over the past week. Interestingly, polls in the us actually there is broad for the principle of withdrawal, and certainly, before the manner in which it happened, anyway, a great deal of support, and i suppose political calculation, President Biden will be thinking in the longer term, thats what will be remembered, fingers crossed, from his point of view. Right. It seems like the democrats are united in this idea which perhaps youre seeing reflected in the polls, that it was a good idea to get out, but itjust wasnt maybe done in the best way, and thats the kind of criticism that biden is now trying to go up against. If you are talking about political futures forJoe Biden, if he is up against trump in 2024, if trump runs again, there will be a lot of finger pointing on both sides, because remember, biden did adhere to the trump administrations timeline that said if trump does not run in 2024, Joe Biden would perhaps have a tougher time pointing the finger, and he could be taking a lot of criticisms about what were hearing this week, into this election a few years from now. So i dont think these criticisms are going away anytime soon, and now he will have to be weathering the storm, which from the clip you played, it sounds like he is already trying to do that. And just to remind you that we have a constantly updating live page on the rapidly changing situation in afghanistan, with all the latest news and developments. Just log on to bbc. Com news and follow the links, or download the Bbc News app. Its been nearly a week since a powerful earthquake hit South West haiti, and there are still some areas that have yet to receive any help. More than 2000 people are known to have died. An estimated 135,000 families have been displaced. 0ur correspondent, james clayton, reports now from the small town of les anglais, where an entire parish is in mourning. To get to the small town of les anglais, you have to take the coastal road. The town is two hours from les cayes, and the Road Snakes through earthquake scarred villages and even through a river. This is whats left of the towns church. A Mass Christening was about to begin just before the earthquake struck. The church had been filling up with people. Dafica had woken up excited. Her daughter was one of the dozens of children to be christened that day. Translation the church already had a lot of people inside, so i was looking for a good place to sit. I put my bag down and just as i was about to sit down, the earthquake struck. Everyone started running but each side of the church was full of people. I was holding my baby. I tried to get out of the front. I was so nearly out and thats when it collapsed on me. Dafica suffered injuries to her head, back and legs, but survived. Her daughter esther died in her arms. Translation we were inseparable. When we went to the church, we were two, but i came back alone. I will never forget her. This is a town still in mourning. 22 people died here in the collapse, including many children. This man shows us belongings laid out in the cemetery across the street, including a christening veil, as yet uncollected. Sometimes i ask myself, does god exist . He says. Its too much, its too much. Nearly a week after this earthquake and the true scale of the devastation is still revealing itself, and thats why its feared that the Death Toll here could rise further. Some help has started to arrived here, desperately needed food and clothes. But this earthquake has turned communities upside down. Trauma that may never heal. James clayton, Bbc News, les anglais. Indias Drug Regulator has approved the worlds first Dna Vaccine against Covid I9 for Emergency Use. The three Dose Zycov D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66 of those vaccinated, according to an interim study. Previous Dna Vaccines have worked well in animals but not humans. Vaccine makers Cadila Healthcare say theyre planning to manufacture up to 120 Million doses of indias Second Home grown vaccine every year. Dr Syra Madad is senior director of The System wide special Pathogens Programme for new York City health hospitals and also Principal Investigator at the Citys Centre for global healthcare preparedness. She explained how the Dna Vaccine works. The way that it works is that it uses a Dna Plasmid which basically has a small amount of genomic information of the Spike Protein, and it enters the cells, and as the nucleus and essentially it is transcribing to an Mrna Molecule, the Mrna Molecule leaves the Nucleus Nucleus and is translated into the Spike Protein and that is what elicits an immune response. So all these different types of Covid I9 vaccines, whether it is mrna or other types, all the dna type, all have the same which is eliciting a robust immune response. Which is eliciting a robust immune response. 0k, ithinkl ust immune response. Ok, ithinkl just about immune response. 0k, ithinkl just about followed immune response. 0k, ithinkl just about followed the immune response. 0k, ithinkl just about followed the science | just about followed the science of it. What is the advantage of this method as opposed to others . , this method as opposed to others . , others . 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We know it has Emergency Use in india, what about the rest of the world . It is unclear of the timeline in terms of when this will be made available around the world, as you know every country has its own regulator, here in the us we have the fda which, you look at the application and go from there. When we look at other countries they all have their own regulatory body that goes through a process, so it is a little unclear whether the Drug Maker is going to apply in other countries to have its vaccine made available. I think it is really good news for india because if we are looking at the population there, anywhere from 9 13 are fully vaccinated, so there is a large population that still remains vulnerable. So we want to make sure they are protecting as many people as possible and it is good news for india. I5 is good news for india. Is there an argument that we have a handful of vaccines rolling out now, we know they are working, letsjust out now, we know they are working, lets just concentrate our efforts on those rather than developing new ones . There is an argument than developing new ones . There is an argument that than developing new ones . There is an argument that even than developing new ones . There is an argument that even that is an argument that even that we do have a number of safe and effective Covid I9 vaccines around the world and we know that we are still in this Covid I9 pandemic, we are seeing close to A Million new cases per day around the world over 10,000 deaths, it is probably a good idea to see if Canjust Ramp up the probably a good idea to see if can just ramp up the reduction of the covid 19 vaccines using the Manufacturing Or Production capabilities we have for the existing vaccines and have more people inoculated. I think that is something that needs to be discussed more globally, but as you know, while we live in a globalised world every country has its own pathway, every country wants to use their own scientific expertise and develop their own vaccines. So it is a lot easier said than done. Australias most popular state New South Wales reported a record 825 covid 19 infections on saturday, up from 6; the previous day. Meanwhile, anti Lockdown Protesters have lockd own protesters have clashed Lockdown Protesters have clashed with police in the state of victoria. Thousands of people marched against measures in place in melbourne, that is a demonstration in the City Centre which turned violent. Protesters were seen breaking police lines with a number of arrests made at the scene. Anti lockdown demonstrations are taking place across the country with more than 1500 Police Officers deployed in sydney. This is Bbc News. Iam i am lewis vaughanjones. Lets Take A Look at the headlines. Thousands of people continue to mass at kabul� s airport, in the hope of being flown out of afghanistan. It comes amid reports of executions and torture by the taliban. President biden has told the taliban any attack on the afghan Evacuation Mission would be met with force. Lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis in modern times, as the Fuel Crisis continues to put pressure on the country. The shia militant Group Hezbollah says it has now made arrangements to import fuel from iran, despite us sanctions. The bbc� s Azadeh Moshiri reports. With no electricity and therefore no lights, ahmad has to improvise to do hisjob. This is but one small example of how lebanons months long Fuel Crisis is affecting everyday life. Translation the living conditions are difficult. Because of the power outage. Sometimes we are forced to turn on a Phone Light so we can continue our work. There is no electricity, no petrol and no diesel. 78 of the population is now living below the poverty line, according to the united nations, and violence and protests have become a common occurrence. Adding even more pressure, the countrys Central Bank announced it was ending imported Fuel Subsidies last week. The decision has led lebanons already troubled economy to collapse. Restaurants and shops have been forced to close, and as fuel supplies dwindled, endless queues formed at Petrol Stations with drivers hoping to fill up before any price hikes. Translation my car has been parked in a queue outside the Filling Station for two days but i still have no petrol. Is there anything more degrading and humiliating than this . Despite months of this crisis, lebanons divided political factions have still not found a solution, nor even managed to form a united government. All chant. The shia militant Group Hezbollah has now announced that a ship carrying iranian fuel is headed for lebanon, despite us sanctions. It may complicate matters, but for lebanons people, all that matters is keeping the lights on. Azadeh moshiri, Bbc News. Lets get some of the days other news. The bolivian authorities have filed a provisional charge of genocide against the former Acting President , jeanine anez, in connection with the deaths of 20 opposition protestors in 2019. It relates to two clashes between demonstrators and the security forces. Ms anez, who was arrested in march, has called allegations against her politically motivated. Hurricane grace has been upgraded to a category 3 hurricane as it barrels towards mexico for a second time. The storm is clocking maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour while approaching the coast of veracruz in the east. It struck mexicos Yucatan Peninsula the previous day near the town of tulum. The category three hurricane will bring heavy rain this weekend, and will likely cause flooding. Meanwhile, a rare Hurricane Warning has been issued for parts of the north eastern united states as tropical Storm Henri continues to strengthen. Its expected to hit portions of long Island And Connecticut on sunday. It would be the first hurrricane to hit the region for 30 years. Now, one of the most beloved Tv Shows in the us, jeopardy, has come underfire after its new Co Host has been accused of making sexist and racist comments in an old podcast. Tv presenter Mike Richards stepped down from his rolejust nine days after getting the job. Sandro monetti is the editor in chief of the hollywood international filmmaker magazine. He explains why this controversy is such a big deal in america. Lewis, if you ever fancy stepping away from the Bbc Desk and into american game show studio, there is a big vacancy over here. I will not take up the very kind offer, thank you. Right, lets get on, lots of people will probably have heard of The Showjeopardy but might not know much more of the details. So what has gone on here . A national institution. Over 1000 episodes and 37 years in prime time, jeopardy has had non stop success and not a hint of controversy until their long search for a host ended in Mike Richards, and he has lost the job afterjust nine days, after it emerged that there were a whole series of offensive comments he made on a podcast. He was already coming into this job with enough red flags to make a quilt, and this seems to have pushed things over the top. He is out and after a year long search for a host, the search starts again thats quite remarkable, isnt it . Because presumably these things were out there, a matter of public record, you would have thought show� s producers would have been doing their Due Diligence . Well, this isnt the first time. I remember a couple of years ago, Comedian Kevin Hart was all set to host the 2019 oscars, but lost the job when offensive historical tweets appeared, so youd think that the people doing the search would actually check into the history of these leading candidates, but you know, this guy, he was the Executive Producer of The Show, who made no secret of the fact that he wanted to step in front of the camera. He had previously produced The Price Is Right and auditioned for the hostjob there and not got it. You would think also if you had such ambitions, he would have taken down those old podcasts. Its interesting. A lot of people in entertainment are trying to airbrush their history and in case this happens, but this escaped the search team, but it did not escape the press. No, indeed. Any other names in the fray now . I suppose lots people would have interested, in the past lots of names would have been floating around, but what happens next . Well, they have been Auditioning Hosts for most of this year. They got incredible names, including Nfl Quarterback aaron rodgers, who was prepared to give up his Football Career to host The Show he loves so much, another popular favourite was lavar burton, a former star of Star Trek the next generation. These were very popular Guest Hosts with viewers, but ifjeopardy goes back to that now, you Cant Help feeling that they are a second choice, so back to the drawing board, and like i say, dont be surprised if they come tapping you on the shoulder Sandro Monetti there. Staying with The Showbiz theme, from broadway to the West End and many places in between theatre productions are gearing back up. But its been a long year and a half for performers. Many of them had to find a way to fill their time, and pay their bills. David sillito has been speaking to one group of people who found themselves facing an unexpected Career Change the cast of the West End musical mamma mia. He plays somewhere over the rainbow. It always begins with an overture. A little musical welcome from 93 year old David Dennis to his daily carer, stephen beckett. Hey, david, how are you doing . I saw a sign, a Care Agency was looking for staff. I thought i want to contribute, i want to do something, i cantjust sit around. Here i go again. My, my, how can i resist you . People at the Care Agency, they all gave me five minutes. Waterloo, promised to love. It is a bit of a change from what stephen was doing just over a year and a half ago, performing in londons West End as one of the three dads in mamma mia. And stephens co sta rs . Richard trinder has been painting and decorating. And Dad Number three has been out on the road. My name is neil, this is gilbert. I normally play harry in the West End version of mamma mia, but now im delivering parcels. Im doing this for something to do as well, i mean, you need to pay the bills and things but to get out of the house, that was the main thing. Lockdown is tough, i mean, im on my own, im not interacting with people, im just delivering parcels and getting out each day. Here it comes. Dont forget to smile. When the theatre closed in march of last year, much of the cast thought they would be back here in a few weeks, a few months at most. 16 months later, they are finally back in the theatre and reflecting back on, like millions of us, a year in which life was completely transformed. And it also means its been farewell to mr dennis. Yes, i was broken hearted. And stevens unexpected pandemic career. How are you going to look back on this year . Im going to look back on it with gratitude. You know, a lot of people in lockdown, especially in that first wave of lockdown, we were the only people that our clients saw four weeks and weeks, sometimes months on end. This is the last day, are you going to miss him . Yes. But hes got my numberand i think ive got his somewhere, so we can keep in touch, anyway. Hes a good fellow. Its what keeps us going. Care, music, friendship. David sillito, Bbc News, brighton. That is it from me. I am lewis vaughanjones. This is Bbc News. Goodbye. Hello again. Most of us can expect to see some rain this weekend, and some rain this weekend, and some will be quite heavy. Saturday looks set to be the wettest day, some really heavy bursts of rain around. For sunday, it looks a little bit brighter. There will be some spells of sunshine, but still a few showers around. So, lets get into the detail. This type of cloud is working in from the west. This is a weather front, it is going to continue to bring outbreaks of rain, and instead of clearing through quickly, this front will stick with us all day on saturday because there is this wave, this wriggle running along it, holding the front back and stop it from clearing away quickly, so western areas starting the day on a really soggy note, a little bit drier further east, but mainly cloudy and through the day our wet weather will stagger its way eastwards with some heavy and possibly thundery bursts mixed in, and even as things brighten up, wales, perhaps Northern Scotland we will still see some scattered showers and thunderstorms popping up, quite breezy for wales in the South West, lighter winds elsewhere, and temperatures a little disappointing, really for the time of year, 17 21 degrees. As we head through Saturday Night our rain will continue to stagger eastwards but you can see it tending to fizzle away, turning lighter and patchier and many places will start Sunday Morning on a dry note but with a lot of cloud, the Mist And Murk on what will be a quite mild on muggy night, 13, 1a, 15 degrees, so we start sunday with low pressure quite close to the eastern side of the uk but High Pressure beginning to build in from the South West, so that means something a little bit drier on sunday. There will be quite a lot of cloud around but that cloud should break from time to time to give spells of sunshine and we will see some showers breaking out, especially across scotland and parts of england and is likely to stay quite grey and damp across the northern isles. Temperatures still struggling after around 21, maybe 22 degrees in the sunniest spots, but, into next week this area of High Pressure establishes itself more strongly, so a few are looking for drier and brighter weather, the start of next week looks quite promising. We will see some good spells of sunshine, certainly it looks mostly dry, but there is no heatwave on the way, temperatures in the low to mid 20s. In the sunshine though, that will feel quite pleasant. Police officers deployed in sydney. This is Bbc News, the headlines thousands of people continue to mass at kabul� s airport, in the hope of being flown out of the afghanistan. Nato says so far, more than 18,000 have been airlifted out this week. It comes amid reports of executions and torture by the taliban. President biden says the us has made clear to the taliban that any attack on the afghan Evacuation Mission would be met quickly and with force. Mr biden said he was in constant contact with the taliban. Theres been anger in haiti over the slow delivery of aid to areas affected by saturdays earthquake. Damage to roads is hampering access. More than 2000 people died in the quake. It also injured more than 12,000 people and the Casualty Toll isexpected to rise as Rescue Efforts continue