all of this amid the reality on the ground tonight. our team and what they witnessed just outside the kabul airport. fear and chaos. gunfire believed from the taliban, beatings in the streets, contradicting the taliban s promise of an orderly transition. tens of thousands of afghan men, women and children desperate now to board planes, caught in the middle. the pentagon said it was planning to get up to 9,000 people out of afghanistan a day, but just 2,000 in the last 24 hours. tonight here, the defense secretary is pressed, can he asure safe passage for americans and afghans to the airport, to get them past the taliban? what he acknowledged today. ian pannell on the ground, george stephanopoulos at the white house. and back here at home tonight, the major news in the fight against the coronavirus. tonight, the biden administration now says there will be a third shot, a booster shot, available to everyone 18 and older beginning september 20th. tonight, the cdc pointing to t
over the bradford based supermarket a new higher bid is expected in the next few hours. so who wants it and why? i ll look at the details. the drama continues with harry kane after he s left out of tottenham s squad again. the england captain hasn t travelled to portugalfor spurs european match tonight, as speculation continues about his future. today, there will be cloud around but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough for but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough for rain but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough for rain or but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. - but we also have sunshine. the cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. we . thick enough for rain or drizzle. we also have another band of rain moving eastwards across england and wales. all the details in about half an hour. it s thursday, 19th august. our top story. there have been more chaotic
the country s worst since 2010. police have now named the victims. and much of southern europe continues to bake bone dry, after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. hello and welcome to the programme. we to the programme. will start in afghanistan. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afg hanistan s second largest city kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital kabul, and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group s f
of thursday s mass shooting the country s worst since 2010. police have now named the victims. and much of southern europe continues to bake after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afg hanistan s second largest city kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul, and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group
in the uk, a vigil has been held to remember the victims of thursday s mass shooting the country s worst since 2010. police have now named the victims. and much of southern europe continues to bake after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afghanistan s second largest city, kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul. and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group s fighter