Hello. Despite the international criticism There Has been of the us withdrawal from afghanistan, no one should question the professionalism or the resolve of the troops staging the evacuation. Amid all the obvious dangers and chaos that surrounds the kabul airfield, they have evacuated over 40,000 people so far, 16,000 in the last 2a hours. That is impressive. But the Uk Defence secretary said today the operation will last only as long, as The Americans stick with it. And ahead of Tomorrows G7 virtual summit, borisjohnson has signalled loudly that he would like President Biden to extend the August 31st deadline so they can bring more people out. The taliban said today if there was such a delay there would be consequences. This morning, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the security cordon. Us, german and afghan soldiers responded. 0ne Afghan Guard was killed. From kabul, here is secunder kermani. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. S
Walkers are urged to respect The Mountain as the number of visitors soars. And britains paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat Their Medal Haul from rio five years ago. Welcome to Bbc News. The Defence Secretary has warned there are hours, not weeks, left to airlift people out of afghanistan. Diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st Deadline Forforeign troops to leave. But the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. The Ministry Of Defence says british forces have already airlifted out more than 6,000 people. The focus now, it says, is on a further 1,800 Uk Nationals and more than 2,200 afghans. The government conceded again today that some who are eligible to come to The Uk will be left behind. 0urfirst report comes from our afghanistan Correspondent Secunder kermani who is in kabul. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to Kabul Airpo
Into trouble with his visa for the Australian Open. We start in the us, where exactly one year so on from the capitol hill riot, President Biden has condemned his predecessor, donald trump, for the role he played that day. The democrats have held several events marking the anniversary, including a minutes silence in the us house of representatives. Heres President Biden speaking from inside the capitol building. The former president of the United States of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He has done so because he values power over principal. Because he sees his own interests is more important than his countries interest and americas interest. Vice president Kamala Harris also spoke about what happened that day. Here she is. What they were assaulting were the institutions that values the ideals that generations of americans have marched, picketed, and shed blood to establish and defend. The president s speech blamed the Capitol Riot On Trump and his
finally freed 82 of the nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by islamist militants three years ago have now arrived in the capital abuja. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british olympic diver marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and stories about charlie chaplin s extraordinary life from the silent film icon‘s son are told in witness. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here s our political correspondent, ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low a