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with the winner announced in may as coventry s year in the spotlight comes to an end. colin paterson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. this month has been a cloudy month but like yesterday although it is cloudy for most of us again today there are some breaks in the cloud but example in the derbyshire peak district but today s weather is driven by low pressure to the west of the uk. you can see the thick cloud in the west starting to dry outbreaks of rain into northern ireland but ahead of the main band of rain you can see some patches of rain moving into southern wales at the moment so it is going to continue to be quite damp peer over the next few hours. the best chance of seeing breaks in the cloud, northern scotland not doing too badly, but otherwise it stays put pretty cloudy. overnight rain continues to push northwards and eastwards. there will be heavy bursts and probably mist and fog soaring over the higher ground particularly in south west wales and ....
largest defence firms, training up the next generation of engineers. what impact has the pandemic out on youth and employment? ifind out later. tottenham under par in portugal. the manager s left scratching his head at their loss in europe, but it s after he left harry kane and most of the first team at home. and a huge week for rob burrow ends with a hero s welcome as he returns to headingley in front of an adoring leeds rhinos crowd. spells of sunshine for many today but rain arriving in the west later which sets us up for an unsettled weekend. more details throughout the morning. it s friday, 20th august. our top story. evacuation efforts from afghanistan are set to accelerate over the weekend, as desperate crowds continue to gather in the capital trying to flee the country. continue to gather in the capital a nato official in kabul says the number of evacuations will double, while the united states says around 6000 people are due to leave on 20 flights in the coming hours ....
in scotland the snp and the greens agree a new power sharing agreement, but stop short of a formal coalition. the subscription site onlyfans has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from october. tracking by air, land and sea kenya undertakes it s first national wildlife census counting all the animals in the country. good morning and welcome to bbc news. in towns and cities around afghanistan, the taliban have stepped up their search for people who ve worked for nato forces or the previous afghan government. a report for the un says the taliban has lists of individuals and is arresting or threatening to kill family members of targets, unless they surrender. now, in other developments amnesty international has accused the taliban of killing and torturing nine men from afghanistan s hazara minority last month. amnesty said the killings were a horrifying indicator of what taliban rule may bring . meanwhile, the united states says it s intensifi ....
afghanistan. the plans to get them home safely. four days after taking power the taliban is facing some of the first challenges to its authority, chaotic demonstrations breaking out across the country and three cities including jalalabad where this protest took place and despite the taliban s promise they would not use arms against those who oppose them these protests have been getting ugly. we are getting reports that several people were killed in a different protest today, the taliban fired on people waving the national flag of the previous government. lots of questions how women will be treated under the taliban. and the rule from 1996 to 2001 women weren t allowed to work or leave their homes without being covered head to so and girls were not allowed to go to school. the television has been saying women will have more rights this time around but today that seems less certain. one of the taliban s most senior leaders said this yesterday. to go to school universi ....
tell us where we are in terms of both getting u.s. military personnel into the country and the evacuations getting folks out. . reporter: so the pace has really stepped up. look back to where evacuations ground to a halt. they could not get troops in, people out. operations have been flowing for several days and now getting up wards of 20 flights in and out every day, every 24 hours. so nearly one an hour. they re moving hundreds of people. the big problem continues to be getting these people to the airport safely. so, what we know and i ll set this up for our viewers. the airport has two sides, civilian side and the military side. right now, the taliban have checkpoints that are really surrounding both sides of the airport. the u.s. military has been in touch, in direct talks really, with the taliban there on the ground. these sort of technical talks where they discuss things like the situation under which they will allow americans through these checkpoints. but a ....