one uk minister describing it as imminent and lethal. in just minutes president biden will meet with his national security team about this rapidly escalating situation. so far the u.s. has evacuated more than 101,000 people including 13,000 over just the last 24 hours. as for american citizens, the state department says 1500 are still in the country, including a third who have been in contact with our government. the white house says they are on track to wrap this up by the president s august 31 deadline. and the taliban is speeding things up, keeping crowds away from the airport. their spokesman telling nbc news that they will stay out of the way for now. translator: we don t want our countrymen to go to america. whatever they have done in the past, we have given them amnesty. we need young educated professionals for our nation. but if they want to leave, it is their choice. keep in mind an isis affiliate still poses an immediate threat to people in and around the airpor
infection in wuhan lab, saying the chinese need to come clean. they are because as they chinese need to come clean. they are because as they turn chinese need to come clean. they are because as they turn around - chinese need to come clean. they are because as they turn around for - chinese need to come clean. they are because as they turn around for the i because as they turn around for the world health organization, because it s been criticised from both friends and foes for being too friendly with china, they are saying that the chinese scientists may have started the pandemic after being infected by a bat while correcting samples from the mammal that s what they re saying, it s a danish television has secured an interview with a doctor, and that was his likely hypothesis. we have to wait and see with china at the dutch chinese authorities say about that. yes, the chinese have said they were not responsible for this, there s been all sorts of suggestions that it was
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster henry bonsu, and lord jones, who is a former trade minster. just digby to us. just looking forward to what s on the front pages. let s start with the times it leads with multiple fatalities after plymouth mass shooting. the home secretary, priti patel, described the incident as shocking . in the financial times, the us and uk are sending troops to afghanistan to help evacuate embassy staff from the capital, kabul. the metro says the move follows a wave of attacks from the taliban, as it seized 11 of afghanistan s 3a provincial capitals. the telegraph s sports page covers team gb s cj ujah, who may lose his silver medal in track and field after being suspended for an alleged doping breach. the guardian says gcse results this year have revealed a widening performance gap between pupils at selective schools and those from other state schools. and finally, the i
climbing. it s in southern states with poor vaccination rates. and a strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a cnn analysis of data from the cdc. take alabama for example, the state has seen an average of 2,600 new cases per day. up by 131% from two weeks ago. one state health official says they ve literally been throwing away doses because they ve expired with not enough people going to get them. but on thursday, the state s seven-day average of vaccine doses administered per day was about 13,000, according to the cdc. that s up from a month prior when the seven day average of doses each day up to 7,000. we ve seen an uptick in vaccinations in hard-hit states like arkansas, louisiana and missouri. what is suddenly motivating people to get the shots, state officials say it s partly driven by fears about the spread of the delta variant. and driven by date that a that shows that unvaccinated people face a much higher riskch death from covid. we re still taking steps bac