evacuations in the last 24 hours. officials say 21,000 people were air lifted from the kabul airport via u.s. military and coalition flights. 21,000. that s the highest evacuation numbers in a 24-hour period to date, all without a single u.s. casualty. and an estimated 4,500 people are waiting inside the airport for evacuation flights at this time another 9,000 are believed to be at the gates surrounding the airport. a source tells cnn, afghans with special immigrant visas are now being allowed on to the airport grounds. we re still a week out from the august 31st deadline. today is decision day for president biden on whether to extend the evacuation mission at the kabul airport beyond that day, beyond next tuesday, and the pentagon says it needs enough time to start withdrawing 6,000 u.s. troops almost, along with all of their equipment. extending the deadline will no doubt be at the top of the agenda, when the president meets virtually this morning with g7 leaders who are
hello this is bbc news with me, victoria derbyshire. the headlines: senior taliban figures including the group s co founder, mullah baradar arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. thousands continue to crowd the perimeter at kabul airport, desparate to escape the taliban. greece has erected a aokm fence on its border with turkey amid warnings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. a week after the earthquake in haiti victims in the some of hardest hit areas are still waiting for help. there have been clashes between police and anti lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne. now on bbc news, another chance to enjoy rajan datar s epic railjourney across the southern united states in the travel show. this is the mighty mississippi, the economic backbone of early america, running north to south for more than 2000 miles, carrying the people and cargo that helped to turn this country from a fledgling upstart, into a powerhouse. for much of t
a man knocked on the door, said are you marc angelucci. then just started shooting. we were expecting to link up a murder in california to the attack here in new jersey. i just thought this is crazy. nobody safe. i had a feeling that the person probably wanted me. it s personal. this was revenge? most assuredly, yes. that someone would come to my door and take my only child it s unfathomable. hello and welcome to dateline . now esther salas was a proud mother. she and her husband had just spent the weekend celebrating their son s birthday. as the festivities wrapped up, they showed a beautiful moment filled with love. then, heat shattered everything. investigators questioned if the attack was part of some bigger plot, and raced to unlock the mystery before the color could strike again. here is the grudge . summer, 2020. in the throes of a pandemic, a killer had devised the perfect plan for murder. our guard was down. because that bell was ringing so of
something was very wrong it was horrible being so helpless. what was behind their mom s strange death? they set out together to discover the answer. and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. and unpredictable, long before she had a little girls, tammy and tiffany. as children, they adored their mother, as adults, it made a troubling vow, promising sure lean to investigate if she ever came to harm. then, it happened. surely was dead and her mother s was pursuing a mystery that
but after two nigeria misses, chloe kelly was given the chance to win the game for england and her succesful spot kick sent the lionesses through to the quarterfinals, where they will face either jamaica or colombia. we dig deep as a group and we believe in our ability and first and foremost, we believe in what we are getting told to do. this team is special we did it in the euros and we are here again tonight and we keep pushing forward. there is more to come from the special team! we stuck together as a team. of course it was a very hard game. we made it through the extra time and we won the penalties and how we did that as a team, the team just kept going and i am so proud of them. co hosts australia are also through to the last eight after a convincing win against denmark. caitlin foord put the matildas ahead shortly before the half hour mark in sydney, after breaking in behind the danish defence. hayley raso made it 2 0 in the second half as they secured the quarterfin