Para Badminton And Indias rising badminton star, Palak Kohli both prepare to make their debut, at the tokyo paralympics. The deadline was created by the United States, yet its now the taliban that seems to have the power to allow any extension to it or not. Certainly the diplomatic pressure is growing to give troops a bit more time to help evacuate as many people as possible from afghanistan. Britain, france and germany are all pushing for it, while the United States says it hasnt ruled out troops staying a little longer. But the taliban are hostile to the idea, saying it would breach a previous agreement. This report from kabul is by secunder kermani. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. So many children in such a terrible place. This woman worked alongside german forces. She has documents proving it but no permission to travel. Ive been here with my kids for the past five days, waiting for the soldiers to look at my papers, she says. But i cant even take two steps in this crowd. Everywhere we go, people Beg Us for help, Beg Us for information. Were being just surrounded by dozens and dozens of people who are desperate to leave, showing us their documents. This chap worked with the afghan security forces. A foreign airfield. Someone else who worked with foreign forces. Someone else has got other documents. Most of these people dont have permission to leave. Some of them do and still cant get through. Everyone is desperate to get out, everyone is totally confused as to what to do. Youve got an email saying that you should go . Yes. You should come here . Are you able to get through . No, no. With the deadline for international forces rapidly approaching, many are panicking, fearing this is their last chance to get out. Taliban officials say foreign forces must leave by The End of the month. If they extend behind the 31st of august, that is a clear violation, one thing. Secondly, it is up to our leadership how to proceed and what kind of decision they take. That decision will be implemented. Elsewhere in kabul, theres an uneasy sense of calm. Shops and some Government Offices are open, but The Streets are still quieter than usual, whilst banks remain closed. The taliban forces have been gathering close to panjshir, The One province yet to be captured, where fighters calling themselves the resistance are based. For now, though, the focus is on the crisis around the airport. Some are managing to make it out. My family, my newborn baby. Last week, we filmed this former british Army Interpreter and his newborn baby. Now, theyve arrived in the uk. It is fantastic, it is very good being in the uk, it is a very good feeling. But are you sad at the same time about having to leave your country . When you leave your sisters, your brothers, your mother, those things are sad, but now i am happy in the uk. A happy ending amidst so much misery. Secunder kermani, Bbc News, kabul. Our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet has spent the last 2a hours at kabul airport, witnessing the desperation of the thousands looking to get away. Thousands of afghans, some of them spending days trying to push forward toward that last metal gate, that last barrier between an outside world here in afghanistan, which is changing by the hour and an airfield, which gives them access to an Evacuation Flight and what they feel is their last chance to try to escape from such an uncertain and for many of them, a terrifying future. Im just one person with one Phone And Hour by hour im getting these begging messages, please, can you get access to the airport . I know a family, the Children Havent had water for days. Please, two of my uncles were killed, were desperate to leave, were hiding at home. How can you get us to the airport . Please, ive got all the documents, but i cant actually get to the gate. And there are also those who send messages saying, weve raised the funds, were going to charter a plane, we want to take female journalists out of afg hanistan. And in some ways its reassuring that around the world people are opening their hearts and opening their homes to afghans. But in another way, its overwhelming. Its as if there was a 20 Year Project and now the project is over, so the project is packing up. The people who paid for it are leaving, the people who benefited are leaving, the people who were part of it are leaving. But this is not a project, this is a country and a people. And while our focus is on this airport, millions of afghans have no way to leave. Millions, of course, want to stay, they support the taliban. And it is those people most of all who face this most uncertain of futures. They know the foreign forces are leaving, but they dont know what lies ahead for them. A report from the editors at Gallup Polling suggests that the Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan came as no surprise to afghans. Gallup has been surveying afghans about their lives every year since 2008, with the exception of 2020, because of the pandemic. And their data provides detailed insight into the situation normal civilians in afghanistan find themselves in today. For more on this we can speak now to the Gallup Editor in chief Mohamed Younis in washington. Thank washington. You for that. What have Afg Ha Ns thank you for that. What have afghans made over the years, i suppose of this political stalemate between the afghan government, the taliban and effectively the western powers in the middle . In the middle . What they have been telling in the middle . What they have been telling us in the middle . What they have been telling us since in the middle . What they have been telling us since 2008, i in the middle . What they have been telling us since 2008, in | been telling us since 2008, in terms of local lives lined up pretty well with how quickly we saw this project, as your correspondence said, crumble very quickly. Whether it is assessments of basic infrastructure, assessments of local security, the central Governments Ability to reach into local communities are far from kabul, or perceptions of corruption within that government. Afghans have been telling a very consistent and very negative story about their local realities and how the polities that many World Powers have pursued in their country have pursued in their country have changed the reality is they are experiencing locally. I imagined then that the sense of hope among women, for example, has only gone in One Direction. Expectations of the quality of life probably only gonein quality of life probably only gone in One Direction . Absolutely. Lets start with everyone, the quality of Life And Life assessments in afghanistan has been the worst, it has had the highest rate of suffering since 2017. There is certainly very little hope and it has been very consistently low in terms of both evaluating the current lives and where they think they will be in five years. One statistic tells the story with regards to women and their hope for the future, in 2018 half of afghan women told us they wanted to leave the country permanently. And that was again in 2018. You can only imagine the situation currently and we can also keep in mind those initial pictures we saw from the airport on the tarmac were mostly young men, young, abled people who can make the journey. There are a lot of people who want to leave the country and cant. And even if everyone gets out that once too, it is the Brain Drain for afghanistan. We too, it is the Brain Drain for afghanistan. Too, it is the Brain Drain for afghanistan. Too, it is the Brain Drain for afuhanistan. ~. ,. , afghanistan. We have created a timeline in afghanistan. We have created a timeline in hindsight afghanistan. We have created a timeline in hindsight which timeline in hindsight which makes it too apparent of what has been going on and where it is heading. Let me ask you about the situation seen from your side of the fence, from the United States at the i get the United States at the i get the sense there is an outpouring of humanity, of Sympathy And Empathy for these poor people in such a wretched situation. And yet, the idea of getting out and staying out is pretty well received . Getting out and staying out is pretty well received . There has never, pretty well received . There has never. Since pretty well received . There has never, since the pretty well received . There has never, since the korean never, since the korean conflict, there has never been a war that americans were involved in The Ended up in a better state in terms of Public Opinion when it ended, versus when it started. The War In Afghanistan had reached a Split Approval whether to get involved or notjust weeks before the fall of kabul. It will be interesting to see how assessments move forward. 0bviously they are not going to get more positive, because of the scenes we are seeing on the screen now. The american public has been divided on afghanistan. They stayed with it, if you will, not seeing it as a mistake much longer than the war in iraq and many other wars in americas past. Wars in americas past. Thank ou wars in americas past. Thank you very wars in americas past. Thank you very much britains prime Minister Borisjohnson will lead an Emergency Gathering of g7 leaders later on tuesday to discuss the crisis in afghanistan. 0ur Uk political correspondent Alex Forsyth has more. Packed up and prepared to go these troops are poised to head to kabul, if needed, to help the Evacuation Effort. With them this morning, the Defence Secretary said its a race against time. It is fraught, we have a timetable, we dont know how long the United States are going to stay. He said the government would urge the us to stay in afghanistan beyond The End of this month to get people out. But he admitted without them, the uk could not go it alone. I dont think there is any likelihood on staying on after the United States if their timetable extends. Even by a day or two, then it will give us a day or two more to evacuate people, because we are now down to hours now, not weeks, and we have to exploit every minute to get people out. Outside the Home Office today, a reminder of whats at stake afghans in the uk urging the government not to abandon their friends and family who helped foreign forces and fear reprisals from the taliban. Their life is at risk at the moment. They can get killed any time, so before that moment, we are here to fight for our families. When World Leaders met a the g7 in cornwall, it was all smiles. That might not be the case at their virtual summit tomorrow. Tonight, the Prime Minister spoke with the president about the Evacuation Effort. He is expected to press for more time in afghanistan, though the chances seem slim if the taliban dont consent. Someone warner staying without that could mean attempts to get people out turn violent. We would have to be prepared to leave the airport and fight the taliban to go and get these people. I just dont see that as a credible proposition. Secondly, if the taliban dont want our aeroplanes to use the airport, one mortar round, one missile, one burst of machine gun fire, and the evacuation is over. After the scramble to respond to events in afghanistan, ministers say the Evacuation Effort has stepped up, with more than 6500 people brought out in the past ten days. But by its own admission the uk is dependent on the us to keep that going, so beyond borisjohnson� s diplomatic push, the options are limited, and people will be left behind. Labour says it didnt need to come to this. Theres no evidence that our government tried to influence the withdrawal plan, despite knowing it was happening for 18 months. Its important now the g7 display the international leadership which has been missing in recent months. The government says, even if this operation has to stop soon, there will be other routes for refugees through neighbouring countries. But the detail is scant and the difficulty obvious in a complex crisis that many simply didnt see coming. Alex forsyth, Bbc News. You can access more of our reporting on afghanistan by going to our website. Theres a live page with all the latest developments, including this piece on the afghan Resistance Group who are holed up in the Panjshir Valley Area and vowing to fight the taliban. 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This is bbc world news, the latest headlines eight days to the Evacuation Deadline in Afghanistan And Pressure builds forforeign troops to stay longer the taliban suggests it wont allow it. G7 leaders prepare to discuss what would happen next if the Rescue Operation is not complete by The End of the month. Iran says it is prepared to ship more fuel to lebanon to ease its energy crisis, in apparent defiance of a us embargo on iranian exports. Lebanon is continuing to suffer from massive fuel shortages. This Drone Footage shows the extent of the crisis, with hundreds of vehicles lining up to fill their empty tanks, even though Gas Stations have little or no petrol to sell. And heres a clip of some of the frustration that can be heard out on The Streets. 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 . With me to discuss this is the bbc� s azadeh moshiri. I guess the implications is obvious, this is a Country Grinding to a halt, it has got no energy at all. How would the Iranians Shipment Work . It no energy at all. How would the Iranians Shipment Work . Iranians Shipment Work . It was initially announced Iranians Shipment Work . It was initially announced by Iranians Shipment Work . It was initially announced by an initially announced by an islamist militant group and according to them, a ship is already on its way. This new statement is that iran are saying if more shipment is needed, if and when they are available to send it when ever. His brother is arguing that the shipment is on a lebanese ship so therefore it is lebanese property. This exposes lebanon to a significant amount of risk and they have sent a direct warning to the us and its ally israel, they should not intervene because they are helping lebanon at a time of need when people are lining up on The Street for oil, and therefore it is a legitimate exchange. Therefore it is a legitimate exchange exchange. Which i suspect washington exchange. Which i suspect washington would exchange. Which i suspect washington would see exchange. Which i suspect washington would see as| washington would see as semantics in terms of when it becomes lebanese, they are not going to like this . Ida. Becomes lebanese, they are not going to like this . Going to like this . No, the iran nuclear going to like this . No, the Iran Nuclear Deal, going to like this . No, the Iran Nuclear Deal, the going to like this . No, the| Iran Nuclear Deal, the talks have been stalled sincejune since the president took office. Even though the new government has seemed supportive of the deal. This is definitely in defiance of the agreed upon rules and the iranian foreign ministry, when they announced this shipment, they announced this shipment, they did say iran is free to make its own decisions. It is a clearjab make its own decisions. It is a clear jab at the make its own decisions. It is a clearjab at the sense of autonomy they feel has been stripped from iran ever since the Iran Nuclear Deal was created. Significantly, opponents of the deal, opponents of the deal, opponents like israel have always argued that if the Iran Nuclear Deal is implemented, suddenly iran is free with more funds to empower other groups in lebanon. Funds to empower other groups in lebanon funds to empower other groups in lebanon. , ~ ,. In lebanon. Thank you very much indeed, in lebanon. Thank you very much indeed. We in lebanon. Thank you very much indeed, we will in lebanon. Thank you very much indeed, we will see in lebanon. Thank you very much indeed, we will see how in lebanon. Thank you very much indeed, we will see how that indeed, we will see how that develops. Lets get some of the days other news. Israeli warplanes have launched strikes for a second night in gaza, in the latest escalation of tension after Weekend Border clashes. No casualties have been reported from the raids, which follow saturdays hostilities, when israeli troops fired at palestinian protesters at the border, claiming some had thrown explosives and tried to scale the wall. The president of tunisia has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until further notice. Kais saied assumed Executive Authority last month in a Surprise Move that his opponents labeled as a coup. Hes defended his actions, saying the measures which included the sacking of the Prime Minister, were necessary to save the country from collapse. Many survivors of the earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in Southern Haiti ten days ago are growing worried about how they will provide for theirfamilies, with more than half A Million children feared to be at risk from the disaster. Marcsojean is the headteacher of the perfect technics institute, a school in aquin, in Southern Haiti. Hejoins me now on the line from there. Just if we could start, what has been your experience of your own pupils . What sort of condition do they find themselves in now . Yes, i am themselves in now . Yes, i am the head themselves in now . Yes, i am the head teacher. Themselves in now . Yes, i am the head teacher. The themselves in now . Yes, i am| the head teacher. The situation is not good. People are on The Streets and they are in need. The situation is not good for them. ~. , the situation is not good for them. ~. , , them. What about the peoples themselves . Them. What about the peoples themselves . Are them. What about the peoples themselves . Are they them. What about the peoples themselves . Are they even i themselves . Are they even thinking about coming back to school . ,. ,. ,. , school . Yes, but the national educational school . Yes, but the national educational Head School . Yes, but the national Educational Head Wanted School . Yes, but the national Educational Head wanted to i school . Yes, but the national. Educational head wanted to open the schools, but they have collapsed. It is not possible for the staff to open the school in september. It is difficult to open the schools next month. I difficult to open the schools next month. Difficult to open the schools next month. I can imagine the risks, next month. I can imagine the risks. But next month. I can imagine the risks, but what next month. I can imagine the risks, but what is next month. I can imagine the risks, but what is the next month. I can imagine the risks, but what is the state next month. I can imagine the risks, but what is the state of| risks, but what is the state of your school . Your school . Upstairs is ok, but the basement your school . Upstairs is ok, but the basement is your school . Upstairs is ok, | but the basement is cracked. Your school . Upstairs is ok, but the basement is cracked. We have many schools like this in the area of aquin, it is not possible to open them next month. � ,. , possible to open them next month. � ,. , month. Are you getting any hel . Month. Are you getting any help . Do month. Are you getting any help . Do you month. Are you getting any help . Do you get month. Are you getting any help . Do you get a month. Are you getting any help . Do you get a sense i month. Are you getting any| help . Do you get a sense of month. Are you getting any help . Do you get a sense of an organised Rescue And Recovery Operation Taking shape . Ida. Organised Rescue And Recovery Operation Taking shape . No, no. Neighbours Operation Taking shape . No, no. Neighbours and Operation Taking shape . No, no. Neighbours and Friends Operation taking shape . No, no. Neighbours and friends do Operation Taking shape . No, no. Neighbours and friends do It Neighbours and friends do it together. No help from the government, nobody has come to help us. We rescue our people under the country. Now we are waiting for the government to comejust to waiting for the government to come just to have people to take their stuff from under the concrete. We have dead people under the concrete. It is concrete. We have dead people under the concrete. Under the concrete. It is a dreadful. Under the concrete. It is a dreadful, desperate under the concrete. It is a dreadful, desperate situation. We are just looking at some of the funerals and the grief that comes with that. I wonder, this is the immediate impact, how long do you think it will be before you are able to run the school again as he would like . The national education have to find a new opening. They have to check with all the schools. We cannot open the schools. It will be danger for the students. Will be danger for the students. , ~ ,. , will be danger for the students. , ~ ,. ,. Students. Thank you very much indeed for students. Thank you very much indeed for giving students. Thank you very much indeed for giving us students. Thank you very much indeed for giving us a students. Thank you very much indeed for giving us a bit students. Thank you very much indeed for giving us a bit of indeed for giving us a bit of your time, clearly a desperate situation for the many people in haiti, not least school children and staff as well. Lets have a look at one of the big events getting in the way. The paralympics are getting underway injapan and not only is Para Badminton making its debut at tokyo 2020, so is indias rising star Palak Kohli. Growing up disabled, palak never knew such a thing as the paralympics existed, let alone that she would go on to compete for her country. Heres her story. My name is Palak Kohli and im an international Pa Ra Badminton athlete. I have transformed my disability into a super ability. Even if the world says that its not possible, but you have to say, its possible and i will show that. Anybody who sees me for the very first time always asks me, what has happened to your hand . I used to say, by birth. When i was a child, i didnt even know what the meaning of the word by birth, but i knew that i have to say this word. I never thought of taking any sports professionally. Whenever i stepped into any kind of sport, everywhere i used to hear that its not a cup of my tea. Rising from nowhere and coming up into the top six, and qualifying for the paralympics, its something that was a long struggle, i would say, as well. Hello there. County tyrone in Northern Ireland was the warmest part of the uk on monday. And over the next few days, generally, its going to be the western side of the uk that sees the highest temperatures and the best of the sunshine. The High Pressure is still in charge of our weather, so essentially it is fine and dry. Coming in off the North Sea, though, there is this cloud thats pushing towards Northern England and eventually it will work towards parts of wales and it could produce a few spots of drizzle, some mistiness over the hills. Mist and fog patches and scotland and Northern Ireland will lift, the sunshine comes out and south of our cloud will get some sunshine across more so than parts of england, as well. Lets move northwards though into the northern aisles. Cloudy skies here, certainly pegging back the temperatures. But elsewhere in scotland, many places enjoying lots of sunshine. Temperatures in the west getting up to 2a or 25 degrees. Sunshine for Northern Ireland, higher temperatures in the west of the country, more cloud than for Northern England and particularly as you head towards them north midlands, lincolnshire affecting mid and north wales. South of that, sunshine, stronger wind through the English Channel affecting the South Coast of england. Many parts of the country and to stay with some sunshine, still some cloud in central areas, more cloud into the northeast as well. That is where we will see the Weather Front approaching as we head into wednesday. Still got High Pressure in charge, mind you. Still some stronger winds as we head to wednesday across more southern parts of england and through the English Channel. We still have this cloud in central areas drifting down perhaps across the midlands, wales, maybe even a little further south, allowing more sunshine in Northern England, Northern Ireland, and in scotland away from the northeast. Typical temperatures around about 21 degrees or so. But higher temperatures again across Northern Ireland, Western Scotland and this time in cumbria. Maybe not quite as warm in yorkshire and headingley, but should be dry for Day One of the third test. But more cloud and a cooler feel certainly, i think, for day two on thursday. That is because we will have a strong wind coming off the North Sea behind this Weather Front here, which is more a band of cloud than anything else that will stretch its way down towards wales and the southwest. That cloud tending to break up through the day. But with the stronger winds down to its eastern side of scotland and particularly eastern england, we will have more Cloud Feeding in here, much cooler on thursday, down to the North Sea coast, up to 15 or 16 degrees. Its out to the west that well see the best of the temperatures and the best of the sunshine. This is Bbc News. The headlines thousands of afghans and foreigners remain massed at kabul� s airport in the hope of fleeing the new taliban rulers. Us department of defense officials said it would still take several days to fly out the 6000 troops deployed to secure and run the airlift. The british Prime Minister is due to chair a virtual meeting of leaders from g7 countries. Its expected hell ask the us president to delay the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. The taliban have warned therell be consequences if the us and its allies extend their presence into september. The iranian government has said its prepared to ship more fuel to lebanon to ease their continuing energy crisis. The move would be in defiance of a united States Embargo on iranian exports. Petrol shortages are paralysing much of Lebanons Economy and threatening essential services. Now on Bbc News three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event