Dream, dream, dream. And don everly, who had huge success with the everly brothers, has died aged 8a. President biden has championed the efforts to bring more people out of afghanistan, saying around 11,000 were flown to safety over the course of the weekend. He said that meant 28,000 had been evacuated since last saturday. Making his third televised addressed to americans since the Taliban Takeover, Mr Biden also pointed to the possibility of extending the deadline of August 31st for completing the evacuation operation. But he also acknowledged the significant risks in carrying out the flights. We lifted approximately 11,000 people out of kabul in less than 36 hours. It is an incredible operation. Let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when we began. It would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. There is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss, of heartbreaking images you see on television. It is just a fact. My Heart Aches for those people you see. We are proving that we can move though thousands of people a day out of kabul. We are bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghanis who have helped us in the war effort, but we have a Long Way To Go and a lot could still go wrong. President biden has a political Track Record of supporting the us withdrawal from afghanistan and he went on to say that history would show he did the right thing by deciding to pull out of the country. At the end of the day, if we didnt leave afghanistan now, when do we leave . Another ten years . Another five years . Another year . Im not about to send your son or your daughter to fight in afghanistan. I dont see where that is in our overwhelming interests. And the talk about how our interests are going to be impacted . Let me tell you, if you are sitting in beijing or moscow, are you happy we left . They would love nothing better for us to be bogged down there, totally occupied with what is going on. History is going to record that this was the logical, rational and right decision to make. Our State Department Correspondent Barbara Plett Usher gave this assessment of President Biden� s speech. Well, recent polls show that there is still a Majority Support in the country for ending the War In Afghanistan Orfor bringing troops back from afghanistan, but theres strong disapproval for how it was conducted. So the president here is focusing on how it was conducted and painting a sort of positive picture about steps that have been taken and that has been his approach. So he talked about having picked up the pace of the evacuation at the weekend. He said it was an extraordinary airlift. He talked about improving access to the airport for those who wanted to get there. He suggested that the perimeter the us forces had extended the perimeter around the airport or the safe zone. He also talked about the vulnerability of it. He did say that it was dangerous, that there were possibilities of attacks by Islamic State militants, and they were being vigilant. But he said that there was no reason to think that they couldnt keep up the pace of the evacuation, and he also said that they would hope they could complete this by the deadline which is the end of the month. Its a deadline that he has imposed. But he also said that military officials were discussing about the possibility of extending it, if they had to, and that is something that has been called for by both people here in the united states and also allies. So he was very much coming out there, talking about the way that they were carrying out what he called an extraordinary airlift, an extraordinary operation, and how things were improving, and he is saying that they will probably continue to improve, acknowledging also though, as we heard in that statement, that any kind of evacuation would have been heartbreaking at any time. We will see if that makes a difference to people who have been watching those heartbreaking and chaotic images of the american exit from afghanistan. Nato says at least 20 people have been killed at Kabul Airport over the past week, as afghans desperate to fly to safety crowded the entrance gates. During sunday, there were reports of more orderly scenes, with taliban militants firing into the air and using batons to force people into queues. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet flew into Kabul Airport earlier and sent this report from the scene. It hits you as soon as you put your foot on the tarmac of this airfield, the intensity and the urgency of this moment. Every direction we look at kabul international airport, afghans and foreigners in straight lines, boarding the Military Transport planes that are all around this tarmac. Taking afghans, notjust away from their country, but away from the lives that they live, the identity they cherish, leaving everything behind, to start from scratch. Today is the day that a generation of afghans have buried their dreams and aspirations and our lives. This city, to us, is our home, despite its contradictions. We called it home, we were raised from here, we hope that the taliban can learn from the lessons of the Past And Everyone else and we can prove that we can move away from the tanks and bullets, towards a road where everyone can see themselves. This urgent evacuation is one no one expected, nobody wanted and no one will forget. There are said to be more than 10,000, possibly 111,000 people, now in this airfield, waiting to board a flight, to take them anywhere out of this country. Foreigners as well as afghans. There are thousands more afghans, a crush of afghans who raced to the airport to try to get on one of these flights. Afghans have an expression when they travel, which means May Yourjourney be happy. Some will be so relieved, so relieved. Some of them will have spent days outside, waiting to get inside here, it has taken some people days, days to get in because of the people who are pushing outside of the gates. Little children, families, not knowing what kind of life they are heading to. The taliban said that hundreds of its fighters are heading for the Panjshir Valley North of kabul, because local leaders had refused to hand it over peacefully. Earlier, the regions powerful militia leader, ahmed massoud, said he was ready for talks to avert a civil war, so long as the taliban formed an inclusive, decentralised government. Mr massoud, son of the famed anti soviet Resistance Fighter Ahmad shah massoud, said his forces would fight any regime imposed by the taliban. Until a week ago, Amrullah Saleh was the first Vice President of afghanistan. He now considers himself the legitimate Caretaker President of afghanistan, and is allied with ahmad massoud. He told the bbc while he was open to dialogue with the taliban, he would not accept their Vision Of The Future of afghanistan. As long as they reject extremism, acknowledge the pluralistic fabric of afghanistan and they should understand we will not let me be very clear we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. We make peace but the peace should not mean surrender to a group with massive record of human rights violation, massacre of people, you name it that will not happen. 0mar Samad iis former afghan ambassador to france and canada and up until two weeks ago before the Taliban Takeover he was Senior Advisor to Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of afghanistan. I asked him whether Amrullah Saleh would have a central role. He was dealt very bad hand when mr ghani, his boss, decided to leave without notice and without telling anyone and abandoning his country and his duties. So Amrullah Saleh had a choice either he also had to leave the country, or he go into the panjshir valley, his native province, and put up a resistance for the ideals that he just evoked in your interview. Im not sure whether there is a chance or not, but it is one representation of the afghan fabric of society. Afghanistan is a diverse society and i hope the taliban realise that to bring peace and stability, as they claim, they need to be open to all afghans, all persuasions, all different backgrounds, and that we need to have a serious meaningful dialogue which we have not had over the last few years because of a lot of different reasons. Sorry to interrupt you, is that Dialogue Beginning to take place with Dr Abdullah Abdullah and indeed Hamid Karzai, because Dr Abdullah has been i think actually hosting some of the taliban leaders, in terms of agreeing to meet to discuss a possible way forward, at his own home. What is the situation as you understand it there . Dr abdullah, Mr Karzai and many other politicians who belong to the regime, the republic that mr ghani left behind, decided to stay in kabul, and so they became a bridge between afghan political constituencies, society, different ethnic and social groups, and the taliban. And this discussion has been going on for over a week now. It started out about safety and security. Now it is getting into politics. So it is going to be interesting to see what the taliban have to put on the table and how the others will react it. Is it going to be broad based enough . Is it going to be inclusive enough . And will it be acceptable and embrace all of society . Or is it going to be a two Stage Approach where, on one hand, you have a transition system, and on the other hand you work with others toward a new political order. All of this is been discussed right now and the hope is that afghanistan that the taliban realize that todays afghanistan is a Difference Afghanistan so they claim but words only go so far, they have to show it in action and deeds. Quite but the message seems fairly clear that the likes of Dr Abdullah Abdullah and maybe Hamid Karzai would expect to be playing some sort of influential role within that government. Can i just ask you, and presumably they are pushing the importance of maintaining the role of women as they stand in afghanistan today . Yes, of course. One of the topics, one of the main issues that has been part of the discussions, will be part of the discussions has to do with with gendered rights, has to do with certain liberties, such as media rights, freedom of expression, some gains of the last few years in afghanistan. All of those have to be on the table, have to be discussed, and they have to come up with a solution that works for all afghans. Right, and thats a good point and it would have to work from the Talibans Perspective as well as the others. Ive got one last thing i did want to ask you. Joe biden has been pretty firm up till now about August 31st as the deadline. Now, a little bit of room for manoeuvre that perhaps it could be extended but can you see a situation in which the taliban would accept that . So far the taliban have insisted that they want to see all foreign troops out by august 31. There may be some room for some kind of negotiation leading to a solution whereby troops do leave and that there is a Third Party that could play a role or that the taliban would take responsibility or that they would allow nato and american troops to stay on for a few more days to resolve the issue. We will wait to see how that pans out. Thank you very much indeed for sharing your views stay with us on bbc news, still to come the Music World pays tribute to don everly, who had huge success with the rock � n� roll duo, the everly brothers. Hes died aged 8a. Hes the first African American to win the president ial nomination for a major political party and its exactly 45 years to the day when Martin Luther King declared, i have a dream. As darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south eastern sky. An Orange Glowing disc thats brighter than anything, save the moon. 0ur neighbouring planet, mars. There is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of East Timor as the worlds newest nation. It will take months i and billions of dollars to repair what katrinal achieved injust hours. Three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that Clockmakerjohn Vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. Big ben bongs. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines President Biden has praised the us Evacuation Flights out of kabul, and says they can be accelerated. He also accepted the process will be hard and painful. The taliban say theyre sending fighters to the northern panjshir valley, where local leaders have been refusing to hand over power. Two week that the country earlier in the month. Search and Rescue Workers are still looking for more than 350 people unaccounted for. The destruction of roads, mudslides and debris has limited the ability to transport aid. A short while ago i spoke to Margarett Lubin of core, an ngo on the ground responding to the effects of the earthquake, providing medical relief, emergency shelter, food, water, and essential resources. I aksed her how difficult it has been to reach the parts of haiti that need help most. Well, very difficult. Haiti has been set back again, its one of those vicious cycles. This with this hurricane, earthquake, i mean, it is very difficult to access the remote areas in terms of Cleaning Roads and the likes to get the aid through. The most Rural Areas have been hardest hit and those are the remote ones, with damaged roads all over the place. And then when you look at that, the damages, the Rural Areas, 75 of these Rural Areas have been hit and they are so remote that the extent of the damage is sort of hidden. You have to get there to see. What we are seeing on the ground as families on the street, with their children, and just waiting to be rescued. Sorry to interrupt you, do they feel more come comfortable, i dont know if comfortable is the right word, when they see the likes of your organisation, because you are led essentially by haitians. Its haitians helping haitians. Exactly, but is one of the few organisations run by haitians is on the ground, and we have a connection with the community. Weve done this before we know how to support the community so they can rise again and rebuild. We were on the ground in the first day, we had mobile clinics going in, heavy equipment going in, to get to the most affected populations, and our team lets get some of the days other news. The palestinian authorities in Gaza Say Egypt has decided to close the Rafah Crossing in both directions from monday. Its an important route for supplies into the enclave, as its the only Border Point into gaza not controlled by israel. A Government Minister in New Zealand has admitted the Countrys Strategy of trying to eliminate coronavirus may no longer be viable. A nationwide lockdown is in place until wednesday because of an outbreak of the Delta Variant. New zealand has recorded about 3,000 cases and 26 deaths since the pandemic began. The media and North Korea say the media and North Korea say the country has developed its own coronavirus pcr test. Pyongyang is yet to record any covid cases during the pandemic, a claim doubted by most experts. It closed its borders and impose stricter measures to keep the virus out. The North Korean official News Agency said that scientists have now produced test that met local standards. France is awarding one of its highest honours to the Black French American Singer And Dancerjosephine baker, who died in 1975. As well as being an international star, she was also a World War two Resistance Fighter and a civil rights activist. � s as the north East Coast of the united states braced for the arrival of hurricane henri, Flash Floods tore through the southern state of tennessee. The Death Toll has climbed to more than 20 with Rescue Workers searching for dozens who are still missing. Tanya dendrinos reports. Debris and devastation this is tennessee after unprecedented storms wreaked havoc, as locals assess the unimaginable damage, Search And Rescue teams were looking for survivors, with many still missing. I want to begin by expressing my deepest condolences for the sudden and tragic loss of life for this flash flood. I know that we have reached out to the community and we stand ready to offer them support. Ive asked the administrator to speak to Governor Lee of tennessee right away and we will offer any assistance they need for this terrible moment. Meanwhile, more than 120,000 homes have been left without power, as tropical Storm Henri made landfall on rhode island, downgraded from a category1 hurricane. Many residents along the north East Coast of the united states were breathing a sigh of relief on sunday. With the damage, its not as bad as many people thought. Weve seen a lot of wind damage, trees down, stop like that. A bit of extra water on the world and thats about it. speaks indistnctly . And loss of power, loss of power. The tropical storm is weakening but Heavy Rain is expected to continue, with potential for further flooding. Disaster relief has been approved for rhode island, connecticut and New York with the president pledging the government will do everything it can to help the states affected respond and recover. Tanya dendrinos, bbc news. Iran has reported a Record Number of deaths from Covid 19, more than 680 in a single day. This is despite six days of restrictions that ended on saturday. Iran is dealing with what officials are calling a Fifth Wave of the virus. After six days of restrictions, iranians are back on the streets. But at what cost . Justice restrictions were lifted, officials revealed that the Fifth Wave of the Covid 19 pandemic has tightened its grip on the country to new figures show that deaths are continuing to hit Record Numbers. Spiking from more than 500 deaths before the restrictions to 684. Means that since the pandemic began iran has registered more than 4 Million covid cases. And more than 102,000 deaths. While officials confess the real toll is higher, it still makes iran the worst hit the country among its neighbours in the middle east. Translation the market was closed east. Translation the market was closed for east. Translation the market was closed for six east. Translation the market was closed for six days east. Translation the market was closed for six days but east. 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Tte number of iranians who are able to leave the country to go to the caucuses can produce vaccines that make obtain vaccines that make obtain vaccines produced in the west. There is ample evidence that iranians do not trust the vaccines produced in country. The government vowed to import more vaccine. But in the meantime, iranians are still facing a deadly wave of the virus. Finally, tributes have been paid to don everly, of the everly brothers, whos died aged 84. The duo, with don here on the right, had six number one singles in the uk in the 1950s and 60s, including cathys clown, Walk Right Back and all i have to do is dream. They were awarded a lifetime Achievement Award at the grammys in 1997. Phil died some years ago. Don everly, whos died at the age of 84. Let me remind you of our main story. President biden has defended the us operation at the afghanistan airport. He was addressing the american people for a third time in a week as he said the us had flown out some 28,000 people since last saturday. He also insisted there was no way to carry it out without causing, as he put it, pain and loss. That is the news. Bye for now. Hello there. After the rather cloudy weather we had to contend with last week, this week does promise something just a little bit brighter. Certainly it will be largely dry with some spells of warm sunshine. Having said that, no heatwave on the way, temperatures will be nothing exceptional for the time of year, but the High Pressure firmly building in and taking control of our weather. That is why it will be mainly dry and settled but the winds around high Pressure Flow in a clockwise direction so we will pull our air down from the north and not tapping into any of this heat across parts of southern europe. So as we head through monday, we will start off with a lot of Mist And Murkiness and a lot of cloud around, much will break up, though, to reveal some spells of sunshine. I think it will stay a little misty and murky on some western coasts and it will be another quite grey and gloomy day across shetland. A small chance for a shower over high ground in western scotland, wales and the South West but most places fine with light winds, some spells of sunshine so not feeling too bad. 21, 22, but maybe 24 degrees in parts of western scotland. Now, as we head through monday evening, any showers that do crop up in the west will fade, its going to be dry with clear spells but with areas of cloud but this area of cloud here may well work into parts of Eastern England and perhaps into the midlands and then continue its journey westwards as we head through the day on tuesday. So it could cloud over a little bit across some parts of wales, maybe even with the Odd Spot of drizzle. Some misty murky weather clinging to these northern and western coasts but, elsewhere, tuesday will bring further spells of sunshine. Again, the highest temperatures likely to be across western scotland, parts of Northern Ireland as well. Up to 24, possibly 25 degrees. Wednesday, a similar sort of day, the best of the sunshine in the west, more cloud filtering into eastern areas and also this noticeable northerly wind starting to develop close to eastern coasts so that will knock the edge off the temperatures here. The highest temperatures once again out towards the west. Subtle change as we head towards thursday, our area of High Pressure is likely to drift away northwards allowing this frontal system to work into the picture. Not a lot of rain with that, but a lot of cloud into eastern areas and coupled with that strong northerly breeze, it is going to feel really quite cool for the eastern coast. Not quite as cool further west, but even here temperatures are coming down a little as we head towards the end of the week. This is bbc news, the headlines President Biden has praised the Evacuation Flights