Following Englands Exit at the Semi Finals of the world cup. Marcus trescothick will take temporary charge. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. In the last Hour Merseyside police have confirmed a third girl has died from her injuries after the multiple stabbings in southport yesterday. The attack on a Summer Holiday Dance workshop has left five children and two adults and a critical condition. A 17 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. He cannot be named because of his age but the bbc can report he was born in cardiff to rwandan parents had moved to the Southport Area 11 years ago. This morning the Home Secretary visited the Seaside Town. Yvette cooper was visibly moved as she laid flowers at the scene. The Pop Star Taylor swift, his music inspired the Dance Class has released a tribute on Social Media calling what she called the horrendous trauma inflicted. Places of worship in southport are staying open so the community can come to
Deciding whether to formally extend that august 31st withdrawal deadline. Casting doubt over the current timeline. I think it s possible, but i think it s very unlikely. Given the number of americans who still need to be evacuated, the number of sib s, the other members of the afghan press, society leaders, women leaders, it is hard for me to imagine all of that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. Shannon: meanwhile, the taliban warning of consequences if the u. S. Does not stick to the deadline. Plus, growing frustration as the biden administration can t get its message is sorted out. The contradictions over the past few days creating red flag spirit would begin tonight with a new intrigue surrounding that august 31st deadline. And ryan has the latest tonight live from london. Good evening, good morning to you there. Hi, shannon. The pressure is building to extend the deadline, and not just domestically. Monday, president biden spoke with boris johnson. In the u.
Endured that day but bloody sunday was a turning point in the civil rights movement. Those images of alabama state troopers beating and gassing john lewis. He s one in the backpack, and his fellow protesters, both horrified and galvanized americans and their politicians. The landmark voting rights act passed just five months after bloody sunday, and its provisions held for half a century until the hard right conservatives on the u. S. Supreme court made their idiotic decision to throw out its provision requiring certain historically discriminatory parts of the country to get preclearance from the justice department before making any changes that affect voting. To quote the late justice ruth bader ginsburg in her dissent, throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you re not getting wet. That s what the john lewis voting rights act seeks to restore and even expand, those
But we start with david spunt on the story on afghanistan. Reporter: thousands want to get out of afghanistan not only from kabul but this comes as the mixed messages seem to thrive. One day it seems okay to go to the airport. Then people are told not to go to the airport. The united kingdom defense forces reported seven people killed outside of a kabul airport. We hear those are afghan civilians. Families are desperate to leave. The kabul airport officials are reporting that the american officials are not even to get to the airport. We know small number that we know of. We know of sporadic cases where they are not being allowed. Harrassment is going on and some physical violence has occurred. Reporter: add that to the new threat of isis branch in afghanistan. Afghanistan known to house al qaeda. Isis a rival terror organization has a footprint in the country. There are reports this morning that the biden administration is weighing airstrikes on some of our equipment that the taliban s
royal crisis injordan a former crown prince says he s under house arrest. prince hamza s accused of being involved in a plot to destabilise the country. and a scaled back easter sunday, although the choir was able to perform at canterbury cathedral. while at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. now on bbc news: global questions talks to two former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have two distinguished former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, answering questions about why women still have to endure discrimination. that is gglobal questions: sexism and violence against women in a patriarchal world. to bring you this a