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to the siberian tundra. boris johnson will tomorrow set out his covid plan for the winter. but on a visit to the east midlands today, he said he has already made a decision on offering a covid booster to all adults in england. and we are told it is also likely he will side with the chief medical officers of the uk, who have advised him vaccines should be offered to 12 to 15 year olds. here he is how he responded to that question on boosters. that s question on boosters. going ahead, that s already been that s going ahead, that s already been approved. i think that s a good thing, but ijust use the advantage of this session to think everybody who still hasn t yet been vaccinated, the 10% or so who still haven t had a vaccination, please go and get one. the chief medical officer in england, chris whitty, and his counterparts in wales, scotland and northern ireland said the benefits of vaccinating 12 to15 year olds, and reducing transmission of the virus in schools, on b ....
the head of the armed forces has said the uk will end its evacuation of civilians out of afghanistan today leaving troops to return to britain in the remaining aircraft. general sir nick carter said it was heartbreaking that they had not been able to rescue everybody who is eligible. a mass airlift has been under way at kabul airport since the taliban took control of the capital this month. 170 people were killed when the airport was targeted on thursday by a suicide bomber. here s our diplomatic affairs correspondent caroline hawley with the latest. at raf brize norton this morning british military personnel arriving back on uk soil. around a thousand was flown out to afghanistan to help in an unprecedented rescue mission which is now in its final hours. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absently heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out. and i think that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defe ....
because she refuses to get the job. we will speak to both tonight. but first, the invisible president, that is the focus of tonight s angle. we have about 3500 troops redeployed in afghanistan as of tonight, hundreds of thousands of people are trying to get out. china is poised to exploit the situation. the u.s. border under siege with covid infected migrants. and we don t have an actual president in charge. yesterday joe biden started back to d.c. from camp david, read for about 19 minutes, then took no questions and skedaddled off the podium. oh, and then he went back to camp david. now answers were supposed to be provided today by biden s national security advisor, a young chap who looks like he is running for student council. but i sure as would not vote for him after this performance. when a civil war comes to an end with an opposing force marching on the capital, there are going to be scenes of chaos. there are going to be lots of people leaving the country. t ....
still showers to come into monday. we need a glowing, glimmer of good news to cling on to. here it is, quite. slightly quieter and drier by tuesday. thank you, louise lear. and a reminder of our top story. another successful day at the olympics for team gb. history for cyclist laura kenny, becoming britain s most successful female olympian ever after winning gold in tokyo. that s it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good evening. hello, i m olly foster, here s whats coming up on sportsday this evening: out of the madness of the madison, another magical gold for laura kenny alongside katie archibald. they all mean so much to me. i got to be honest, i probably did enjoy that one the most! there s also gold for great britain in the modern pentathlon as kate french saves the best for last. still no athletics gold for team gb but pure muir relief, silver for the scot in the 1500 metres. also coming up in the programme. a ....
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