Been a big hearted nation, you ve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. New zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid 19 since february. Haiti suffers further. After the death toll in saturday s earthquake passes 1,400, a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. And bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. He denies the allegations. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban has urged government officials in afghanistan to return to work. It has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. At kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterday s chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. Those scenes at the airport have been highlighted by newly released sate
Tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. I am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. When you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. Back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, that why somebody like my brother, who was a teacher out there, was targeted and killed, and i then tried to understand, go to afghanistan and see what we were doing, following the invasion, to target the terrorists, to deal with those, and to rebuild the country. I must have visited afghanistan about a dozen times, and amazed to see the military engagement, very, very impressive indeed, but always slightly concerned that not enough effort was made to understand the people of afghanistan, understand the history, the tribal structures,
White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Good evening, bret. For the first time since may walking through the pressroom to get out here to the live shot position, everybody inside is wearing a mask. The vice president hosted an event late this afternoon, she kept a mask on the whole time. So did everybody else in the building as new signs are going up inside the white house that say masks are now required even for the fully vaccinated that is to comply with the new cdc guidance. This is not a decision that we at cdc have made lightly. This weighs heavily on me. Peter: president biden says more vaccinations and maskwearing in the areas most impacted by the alan dershowitz will enable us to avoid the kind of lockdowns, shutdowns, school closures and disruptions we faced in 2020. Unlike 2020, we have both the scientific knowledge and the tools to prevent the spread of this disease. We are not going back to that. But, he is st
New information and requirements. California governor gavin newsom report of the polling children from summer camp after photos surfaced concerning indoor camp activities without a mask. So what about the state s current guidance that says young children must be wearing their masks at camp same as the rules for school? chief breaking news correspondent is on the case tonight. And how your dining experience is likely very different when you had out these days. Some employers say it s nearly impossible to fully staff the restaurants and now we are getting reports of employees actually walking off the job during their shifts. So what happens when you place an order but your server quits? why it could happen the next time you eat out. But we begin tonight with the everchanging cdc guidance for the millions of americans who are fully vaccinated. Correspondent david spunt is here tracking the latest element s with us. Good evening, david. Hi, shannon. Reacting to the news from the white hous
At least 430 migrants made the journey across the english channel to the uk yesterday a new record for a single day. We ve just come across this small dinghy, probably three or four metres long. We think there s maybe 12,13 on board. A couple of small children at the front and a couple of women. I ve asked them how long they ve been at sea this morning they ve said a couple of hours. The met office issues its first ever amber weather warning for heat as parts of the country will hit 33 degrees celsius. And we re at some eid al adha celebrations the first time many muslims have been able to mark the festival in person since the start of the pandemic. And coming up on the bbc news channel: coronavirus continues to dominate the build up to the tokyo olympics as yet more athletes test positive with just three days to go. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has tried to clear up confusion about whether people should self isolate when pinged by the nhs