Fight, in decades. President biden says the much criticised Evacuation Effort from Kabul Airport is accelerating, with american troops expanding the perimeter around the site. In a televised speech at the white House Mr Biden said the taliban had cooperated with the move. Huge crowds of people desperate to get out are continuing to gather at the airport. Anisa kadri reports. Hoping, waiting to leave afghanistan, they gather outside Kabul Airport as gunshots i had. Witnesses said the taliban invited in the air to make people line up in orderly queues, but it is not yet if these shots were triggered in the same instance. These afghans are leaving everything they know to start from Scratch Stop America says it has evacuated 30,000 people in just over one week. Their president hopes they will be no need to extend the August 31 a deadline for a complete us withdrawal. My withdrawal. My Heart Aches for those people you see. We are proving that we can move though thousands of people 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. This is the panjshir valley, and they are unable to have a hand of im massoud said he was ready for talks to avert a civil war. This is the smallest province and afghanistan, and what we are standing for right now is for the whole country, for sovereignty, for peace. It is for people. It is for Inclusivity And Tolerance and acceptance and moderation. He is backed by the countrys first Vice President , who now considers himself the legitimate Caretaker President of afghanistan. We will not let me be very clear we will not accept clerical dictatorship and my country. We make peace, but the piece should not mean a surrender to a group with a massive record of Human Rights Violations, massacre of people. You name it. That will not happen. The last time the taliban was in power in the 1990s, women werent allowed to work. Girls couldnt go to school. Even now, they defend punishment is like lashings and stoning adulterers to death. Today, you do see some women about an kabul, but few of them. Many are too afraid to step outside. Many worry that while the taliban do Promise Women will be able to work and get an education, the group will grow increasingly strict when at the international focus comes to an end. Anisa kadri, bbc news. Lets speak now to minas List Founder and Executive Director Tanya Henderson who is an international Human Rights lawyer. Minas list promotes political participation and womens rights. It has been working in afghanistan since 2014. Ta nyas in california. A very warm welcome to the programme. You can tell us what is happening on the ground. I know you have been in touch with journalists, parliamentarians who do work with you, women and those roles. What do they say . Yes, thank you so much for this opportunity. I am yes, thank you so much for this opportunity. Iam really yes, thank you so much for this opportunity. I am really glad you are highlighting the state for women at this moment in time. The state for all afghans in this moment in time is quite desperate. But, for those that are saying this is a new taliban, please do not be mistaken. The behaviours, the actions that have already begun, that have been happening in the providences that they have taken over, girls not being allowed to go to school, women not being allowed to go outside unless escorted, even the doctors or groceries. This is Making Its way into kabul. Is this what you are hearing from people you are in touch with and afghanistan . Yes, what is being said by all the women, all people i am in touch with and afghanistan, but if you pay attention to twitter the benefit of technology these days is that many of these days is that many of these incidences of Human Rights Violations are being caught on video, and transmitted, so the taliban can no longer say that they respect womens rights, Human Rights, because we have the footage. Do you believe that as time goes by, women will not be allowed to work . Looking at World Bank statistics for last year alone, for example, i am trying to remember i think it was about a third of the workforce in afghanistan are women. The new governing regime, whatever that is taliban control, we assume it cannot afford to not allow women to work, presumably . You would think so, however, i heard of a case, it might have only been yesterday. In one of the districts the taliban had said that women can go back to work. But then, within a day, meant that men and women would be working together in the same office and so they were sent home. But, to be frank, whether women can go to work at all girls can go to school, we are looking at a much more desperate situation at this moment in time. Every Woman Leader that i know that i have been working with since 2014, their homes have been raided, their homes have been raided, their officers have been raided, and they have been told to lay low, keep quiet, stand down if they want to survive. Every single woman i know is on the talibans guiltless. This is the situation they are facing. And you dont believe this time around, compared to the late 19905 around, compared to the late 1990s when they were last in control of afghanistan, the international scrutiny will impact what the taliban does going forward . No, i think in fact the taliban have gotten much more savvy and smart. They know how to speak to western audiences and international audiences now. They know the right things to say. I think they are quietly waiting for the international forces to leave. I think something that is particularly interesting as they also understand the power of communication and media, and one of the things that has been happening is that once the taliban Takeover District or province, they immediately cut off all communication or means from that province, so we can no longer monitor Human Rights Violations. We dont know what is happening. They have been doing that on multiple levels. They know how many they have a head for every single member of the household, each household in kabul. They have cameras on the streets, they have soldiers walking up and down the streets. If there is a single movement from one neighbour to another, they know about it. This is a whole other taliban. Thank you so much for being on the programme and giving us a sense of what is happening to the woman you are in touch with and afghanistan. We shall have more on the situation in afghanistan in our Business Coverage in about 20 minutes onto this programme as well so stay with us. Lets get some of the days other news. The us Vice President Kamala Harris is in singapore as part of a trip to Southeast Asia aimed at countering chinas growing influence. She will meet singapores leaders, visit the changi naval Base And Tour the Uss Tulsa an american navy combat ship. 0n the second leg of her visit, she will go to vietnam. The authorities in haiti say more than 2,200 people are now known to have been killed by the huge earthquake that struck the country earlier this month. Search and Rescue Workers are still looking for almost 350 people who are still missing. The destruction of roads, mudslides and debris has limited the ability to transport aid. The lebanese militant group, hezbollah, says deliveries of iranian fuel that it has pledged to help alleviate Lebanons Energy Crisis will arrive in the coming days. They dismissed promises of aid to lebanon made by the us ambassador as illusions. Petrol shortages are paralysing much of the Countrys Economy and threaten essential services. 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 recovered. Locals assess the damage while Search And Rescue teams were looking for survivors, with many still missing. I want to express my deep condolences for the sudden and tragic loss of life through this flash flood. I know we have reached out to the community and we stand ready to offer them support. I have asked the administrator to speak to the govenor 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, stuff like that. A bit of extra water on the road 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. The bbc� s az a Day Moshiri reports. After six days of restrictions, iranians are back on the streets. But at what cost . Just as restrictions were lifted, officials revealed that the Fifth Wave of the Covid 19 pandemic has tightened its grip on the country. 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 Four 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 for six days but the roads were not. They did not shut down funeral services or public gatherings. When you close the market, people go somewhere else in the situation does not change by closing down. The Delta Variant is partly to blame. Lahris Vaccine Programme has also failed to meet its targets. Lahris Supreme Leader banned the import of vaccines made in the us and uk, and for others instead. And while officials insist that irans own vaccine is effective there is no public data to prove it. Looking at the figures, despite a population of more than 80 million, just over 5 Million have received both doses. The number of iranians who are able to leave the country to go to the caucuses can produce 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. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come The Black American singer, and World War two Resistance Fighter being awarded one of frances highest honours 46 years after she died. Hes the first african american to win the president ial nomination for a major political party and he accepts, 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. President biden says he still hopes to finalize the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from taliban controlled afghanistan by the last day of august. More than twenty people have been killed by Flash Floods in the us state of Tennessee Rescue workers say dozens of locals are missing. France is awarding one of its highest honours to the Black French American Singer And Dancer josephine 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. Her remains are to be moved to the Pantheon Mausoleum in paris. Joining me now is historical Journalist Hadley meares. Great to have you on the programme. Many would argue this is the right decision to honour it this way. Josephine baker was honour it this way. Josephine baker was more honour it this way. Josephine baker was more french honour it this way. Josephine baker was more french than| honour it this way. Josephine i baker was more french than the french, a lot of people said and she embodied the best of what france has to offer stop she was an eccentric cultural genius was also a fierce patriot and she really, really embraced the french and they embraced the french and they embraced her in return. Absolutely. But an american born in St Louis were very poor family had a completely different experience in the us. Absolutely. She was born incredibly poor, she said she would scrounge around often in Saint Lewis looking for headless dolls people had thrown out to play with and then she comes to paris in 1925 and takes the entire city by storm with her amazing dancing, her comedic school skills, her comedic school skills, Herjoie De Vivre and she captured the hearts of this nation and transformed herself into this amazing icon. figs Nation and transformed herself into this amazing icon. 5 a into this amazing icon. As a black woman, into this amazing icon. As a black woman, she into this amazing icon. As a black woman, she was into this amazing icon. As a | black woman, she was given huge opportunity in france at a time, way back when, when things were very different. Absolutely and she talks a lot how she felt so discriminated against, even after she became such a success in france, when she would go back to america, she would go back to america, she was devastated, the way people treat her in america. And she felt protected and celebrated and free to be exactly who she was, which unfortunately racism in america didnt allow her to be. She unfortunately racism in america didnt allow her to be. Didnt allow her to be. She was an incredibly didnt allow her to be. She was an incredibly strong didnt allow her to be. She was an incredibly strong woman, i an incredibly strong woman, which really came to the fore in the second World War. She immediately signed up to help with the resistance in france and she was so happy to have her because they needed a star. Somebody who could travel across international borders cannot be suspected doing anything nefarious so she travelled, different places, would attend parties with dignitaries, write notes on her hand that she would then transcribe and send back to the resistance. Sometimes she carried secret messages in her Bra Or Underwear and she was absolutely fearless, she talked about how one time in the Middle East bombs were running around her and she sat calmly on her table eating her Ice Cream she was truly a fearless, fierce woman. Cream she was truly a fearless, fierce Woman Cream she was truly a fearless, fierce woman. Thank you so much for describing fierce woman. Thank you so much for describing what fierce woman. Thank you so much for describing what an for describing what an incredible woman she was. Josephine baker, to get the highest honour in france. Amazon is setting up its african headquarters in South Africa, a multi million Dollar Investment and the promise of thousands of jobs, but theres a catch the Land-chosen'>Land Chosen is dear to the hearts of the Khoi San, the original inhabitants of the Southern Tip of the continent. Vumani mkhize reports from cape town, South Africa a sacred Ritual 0n sacred Land. This is a Cleansing Ceremony for the fallen ancestors on contested Land which the indigenous Khoi San consider the birthplace of our culture. The soil beneath our feet is when, in 1657, very serious developments occurred that would start the complete smashing and conquering of indigenous communities in South Africa, as we know, by colonial powers. In africa, as we know, by colonial owers. , y africa, as we know, by colonial owers. ,. , powers. In a country where Land-ownership'>Land Ownership powers. In a country where Land-ownership'>Land Ownership as powers. In a country where Land-ownership'>Land Ownership as a powers. In a country where Land-ownership'>Land Ownership as a painful powers. In a country where Land-ownership'>Land Ownership as a painful legacy, L Ownership as a painful legacy, the very place that i stand on is the site of South Africas first Land disposition. Thats according to some people of the Khoi San communities were in a desperate fight with developers of this particular site. Us Retail Giant amazon is set to build its african headquarters here but the indigenous community say they will not give up without a fight. I think there is a lot of variables on this site that, i guess, the Objecting Parties dont fully understand. That guess, the Objecting Parties dont fully understand. At the heart of the dont fully understand. At the heart of the dispute dont fully understand. At the heart of the dispute is dont fully understand. At the heart of the dispute is a dont fully understand. At the heart of the dispute is a 284 Million project, housing units, stores, as well as us Retail Giant amazons new 70,000 Square Metres african headquarters are said to be built on the Land. We headquarters are said to be built on the Land. Headquarters are said to be built on the Land. We are doing exactly what built on the Land. We are doing exactly what i built on the Land. We are doing exactly what i believe built on the Land. We are doing exactly what i believe we exactly what i believe we rehabilitate the area, we restore the heritage of the area. There is no heritage here at the moment. It is not intangible. No one lived on the site, there are no aerial graves at all on the site but that gives us the opportunity to restore it. In that gives us the opportunity to restore it. To restore it. In a country with a staggering to restore it. In a country with a staggering 32 with a staggering 32 unemployment rate, experts say this development is economic crucial. 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Vumani mkhize, bbc news, cape town. Now time for all the sports news. Hello im Marc Edwards with your sport. Plenty of action across the European Leagues on sunday starting in germany where Serge Gnabry scored twice as bayern Munich Beat Cologne in a thrilling bundesliga match. All the goals came in the second half, Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring on 50 minutes his 19th Goal in his last 12 appearances in the league. Gnabry made it 2 0 before a Stirring Cologne comebacks. Mark uth Making It 2 2. But gnabry had the final say scoring the 71st Minute Winner with a powerful strike from inside the box. It� s a first win of the season for the defending champions. It was the Opening Weekend of the season in italys Serie A and juventus threw away a 2 Goal Lead to draw 2 2 with udinese. Juve left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench amid ongoing speculation about his future at the club. They went 2 0 Upjuan Cuadrado with the second. Udinese pulled it back to 2 2 with Gerard Deulofeus Goal seven minutes from time. Ronaldo came on as a substitute and thought he had headed a late winner only for the goal to be ruled out by the video assistant referee. Ugly scenes in france where the Ligue1 Match between nice and marseille had to be abandoned. Marseilles Dimitri Payet was hit by a bottle as he went to take a corner and threw it back into the crowd. Supporters then invaded the pitch with nice players trying to stop them. The referee suspended the game after 75 minutes with nice leading 1 0. In the English Premier league, chelsea put down an early Season Marker by beating arsenal 2 nil at the emirates. Thomas tuchel� s side continuing their 100 start to the campaign. The main man for chelsea was Romelu Lukaku the 130 Million signing already re paying some of that hefty fee with a goal on his debut, since re joing the the club. And then Reece James doubled chelseas lead, to seal the win before half time. Arsenal no points and no goals yet this season. Chelsea 6 points out of 6. Now to golf where swedens Anna Nordqvist has won her third major title with a hard fought one Shot Victory at the womens open in scotLand. The 34 year old was level with playing Partner Nanna Koerstz madsen on 12 under going down the last, keeping her composure to par and clinch victory as she watched the dane double bogey. Nordqvist finished a shot clear of three players as the championship built to a thrilling finish. Iv e ive been waiting on this one for a while, for a couple of years. There have been a lot of downs, a lot of hard times, so i think this makes it feel even sweeter. I had my husband, kevin there for me, every single year since everyone comes in someone last time. Paul cormack, my caddie has been my rock on the Golf Course and has always been there for me. Yeah, i mean i could only dream about winning the british open. That is a look at the 0pen. That is a look at the latest sports news, i have all the top Business Stories coming up. 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 the rain 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