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hurricane ida is likely to hit louisiana this evening. we have got some live pictures to show you. this is in mississippi along that gulf coast. of course, lots of areas beyond louisiana are preparing for the arrival of 21. it is 16 years today since hurricane katrina struck new orleans, bringing so much devastation to the city. the arrival of 21. these are the live pictures. the whole gulf coast of the us prepares for the arrival of 21 later today. let s take a look at the weather now. clea rest skies for clearest skies for longer in wales and the south west, it could be a little chilly here and the cloud will lower. it could be a bit misty and damp and grey across the south east of scotland and north east england throughout monday. elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine towards west wales, and developing in central areas of scotland. in the sunshine temperatures getting into the low 20s. heading into tuesday and pretty much more of the same rea ....
after storming to gold with a superb win over three time champions the united states. hello. two us officials have told the reuters news agency they ve carried out a military strike in the afghanistan capital kabul. the officials said the strike targetted suspected isik k militants. these are the latest pictures we have from the afghan capital we ll bring you more details of the incident when we have it. we are piecing together more information at the moment. let s take a look at some of today s other developments. it comes as the prime minister marks the end of britain s 20 year military campaign in afghanstan called the efforts by the armed forces heroic and said the uk departure from afghanistan was the culmination of a mission unlike anything we ve seen in our lifetimes . the last flights have begun arriving at raf brize norton with military personnel and diplomatic staff as the largest evacuation of its kind since the second world war draws to a close. more ....
justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc s south asia correspondent and was in a mortar attack by the taliban. so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. welcome to you all. let s start with that ben, shelley? let s start with that, then, shall we? on thursday, a suicide bomb attack at kabul airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. a local branch of islamic state called isk said they carried out the attack. throughout the week, 100.000 people were evacuated throughout the week, 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands left behind. there s a huge refugee crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. it couldn t be much worse or could it? justin, let s start with you. you know afghanistan well. you were in contact regularly with the taliban. they ....
afternoon thank you very much, ben, good afternoon- thank you very much, ben, good afternoon. , , , . , , ., afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny weather afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny weather recently, i warm and sunny weather recently, particularly across the north of the uk. yesterday we saw 27.2 celsius in the highlands in scotland making at the highlands in scotland making at the warmest day of this august so far but it s not going to be as warm for the next few days, this weak cold front has been spreading south across the country introducing fresh air and quite a bit of cloud around, staying quite cloudy as you can see across the eastern side of the country. this area of cloud for wales, south west and northern ireland will thin and break through the day. plenty of sunshine across many northern and western areas through this afternoon. we hold onto this cloud in the eas ....
now, that is a gas # it s all right, jumping jack flash is a gas, gas, gas #. tributes to the rolling stones drummer charlie watts, who s died aged 80. mickjagger simply posts a picture of his bandmate. as competition gets under way at the paralympics, british cyclist dame sarah storey breaks her own world record in qualifying she has the chance of gold within the hour. good morning, temperatures reached just over 26 in parts of scotland. you could see similar here again today but like yesterday areas of cloud floating around and the best of the sunshine in the west. all the details in 25 minutes. presidentjoe biden says he intends to stick to next tuesday s deadline for the us to complete its evacuation in afghanistan rejecting borisjohnson s appeal for an extension. speaking at a press conference last night, he said the mission was under growing threat of an attack by extremists linked to the islamic state group. nomia iqbal reports from washington. up to 6,000 us ....