the airport in kabul is the only way to leave the country by air and thousands of foreign nationals and afghans are trying to do that. this gives you some sense of the desperation. a toddler being handed over to soldiers at the airport. and this woman is being helped over the wall by soldiers. but even getting this close to the airport is difficult. the taliban control the checkpoints on the route to the airport. kim sangupta is the defence editor for the independent and he s in kabul. there is no guarantee that if you go past one checkpoint that you will pass the other. the taliban have got every single checkpoint from the city centre up centre up to the airport. they ve also got that checkpoint which then veers right into the military airport. and, really, that chances of getting through these checkpoints depends to a large extent on the type of fighters there are manning them. some have been ok, but then again, you ve got others where fighters are extremely aggressive
into office. welcome to tokyo where the first medal of day four has been won by bermuda their first ever gold medal. flora duffy came first in the women s triathlon. bermuda is the smallest nation taking part in these games by population. so, many of those 65,000 would have watched their fellow bermudian cross the finishing line around a minute ahead of second placed briton georgia taylor brown. that s the first of 22 medals to be won today an increase caused by the rescheduling of the surfing competition because of the weather. here s how the overall medal tally looks at the start of day 4 japan leads with 8 golds, one more than the us and two ahead of china. maybe us will get a gymnastics gold. the german women s gymnastics team opted to wear full body suits in qualifications in a move they said was designed to promote freedom of choice and encourage women to wear what makes them feel comfortable. so why is it that in 2021 there are still rules dictating what women
high and they were dramatically exceeded. thousands of adults in england are self isolating. the vast majority don t have covid, many though have been pinged by the trace and track app. and it may have come as a surprise to some of them to see this report from the times. it told us that investment minister,lord gerry grimstone, the bbc has confirmed this too. that s right an advisory tool. then this morning the business minister paul scully did a series of interviews. he told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a decision for individuals and employers. and that the app is there to allow you to make informed decisions. in a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this: we are encouraging people to isolate but they need to make their own informed decisions. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it i
according to the latest trials. look in there. and the kindness of strangers the woman in aberdeen who has given a new home to a family fleeing afghanistan. and coming up on the bbc news channel, director of cricket martin moxon, head coach andrew gale and all members of the coaching staff are among 16 people to have left yorkshire, amid the racism scandal. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a woman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner s six year old son after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least 29 years in prison for killing arthur labinjo hughes at their home in solihull. the boy s father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for 21 years for manslaughter. the judge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he d dealt with, and described the couple as spiteful and sadistic . phil mackie was in court. yes and tonight i am readings one of the messages left here it says that arthur you were