There and supporting them. You mentioned there and supporting them. You mentioned the there and supporting them. You mentioned the link with football. Sadly, this isnt the first instance of a former footballer being diagnosed with dementia. His. Of a former footballer being diagnosed with dementia. No, it certainly isnt. Diagnosed with dementia. No, it certainly isnt. Its diagnosed with dementia. No, it certainly isnt. Its another diagnosed with dementia. No, it. Certainly isnt. Its another person and what has been a very sad chain of diagnoses over the last few years. Its really important now that we come together with the fa, the always on your society alzheimers society, and what is this link between professional football and dementia. A disease of the brain, so the symptoms like Memory Loss that we think about, but theres lots of others. That can come from a source of different diseases and damage to the brain, and weve really got to find out what is this link between professional
The airport in kabul is the only way to leave the country by air and thousands of foreign nationals and afghans are trying to do that. This gives you some sense of the desperation. A Toddler Being handed over to soldiers at the airport. And this woman is being helped Over The Wall by soldiers. But even getting this close to the airport is difficult. The taliban control the checkpoints on the route to the airport. Kim sangupta is the Defence Editor for the independent and hes in kabul. There is no guarantee that if you go past one checkpoint that you will pass the other. The taliban have got every single checkpoint from the City Centre up centre up to the airport. Theyve also got that checkpoint which then veers right into the military airport. And, really, that chances of getting through these checkpoints depends to a large extent on the type of fighters there are manning them. Some have been ok, but then again, youve got others where fighters are extremely aggressive and quite violent
Of minority groups and for peace and stability. Here, the raf is bringing more Uk Citizens back to safety from afghanistan, and the government is increasing the number of troops to help in the evacuation. Also on the programme. A change to the rules on Self Isolation in england and Northern Ireland if you are pinged. Nearly 1300 people are known to have died in a massive earthquake in haiti and a Tropical Storm is now heading towards the devastated country. And india pull off a stunning victory in the second test against england. And coming up in the sport, on the Bbc News channel. Its a winner takes all clash in the hundred as the southern brave and the Oval Invicibles Go Head to head. Good evening. President biden has tonight sought to defend the manner of the us withdrawal from afghanistan after chaotic scenes at Kabul Airport as desperate afghans tried to flee the country following the Talibans Takeover yesterday. People crowded around departing aircraft, and some even clung on as
Achieved our counterterrorism goals and we should never have been engaged in nation building. barbara, we believe that there. barbara platt usher live from us from washington, dc. just to reiterate what we were talking about earlier, report has come out today as highlighting evidence that that taliban has lists of people who worked with the us and its allies and in some cases those people are now receiving saying they need to cooperate with authorities and will be with under sharia law, and will be with under sharia law, and some copies of those have also been released as we were seeing earlier. so concern growing about how those who work for the americans may be treated which connects to the pressure that we are seeing at kabul airport with many afghan people trying to get out of the country. we will continue to talk about the strain a couple of minutes time. hello again. well, so far this month, the weather has been quite average
All remaining american citizens. they ve also promised to withdraw at least 50,000 afghans. that includes former translators for the us military. the us say approximately seven thousand people have been evacuated so far. this is from a pentagon briefing. the us military footprint in kabul has now more than 5200 total troops on the ground. kabul airport remains secure and open for flight operations. there are now multiple gates that have access for entry into the airfield, which will help expedite processing in a safe and orderly manner. president biden has faced intense criticism both at home and abroad for the way in which the evacuation has been handled. representative jason crow, a colorado democrat and a former army ranger who served in afghanistan said.