Air strike, this time In Kabul. Officials say an imminent Isis K Threat has been stopped. Hurricane ida makes landfall on the Louisiana Coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The last planes carrying Uk Troops home from afghanistan have started to land at Raf Brize Norton in oxfordshire, in southeast england. Their departure from kabul marked the end of 20 years of a british Military Presence in the Country, during which A57 Service personnel were killed. Prime Minister Borisjohnson has warned the taliban that any future diplomatic relationship would depend on whether it allowed afghans who want to leave to do so and whether womens rights will be respected. Heres our political correspondent iain watson. One of the last british flights from kabul landing in the uk this morning. The prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of
Thousands of people left their homes ahead of its arrival. This is going to be a devastating hurricane, a life threatening storm. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Us defence officials say theyve carried out an Air Strike On a vehicle in the afghan capital to prevent another Bomb Attack by the islamic state group. A spokesman said the target was a Car Bomb that had posed an imminent threat to kabul s internatiOnal airport. Our chief internatiOnal CorrespOndent Lyse Doucet reports. A House On Fire in a fast burning crisis, said to be a Rocket Attack streets away from kabul airport. It may have been the target. The us says it unleashed a drOne strike, too hitting a vehicle of Suicide Bombers heading to the airport. And next to the airfield, gunfire. This a likely salvo from taliban guards struggling to cOntrol the crowds. Today, military flights are still taking off but britains airlift has ended. Not lOng now before america packs up, too. In a fleeting t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, january 11th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. new this morning, voting rights advocates in georgia are speaking out on their plans to boycott president biden s speech today in atlanta. they say without a concrete plan to pass election reform laws that have, so far, been blocked by republicans, and also some resonant democrats, the president shouldn t bother coming. here s what the founder of black voters matter told us here on new day just moments ago. he gave a very passionate speech, not only the one he gave for the commemoration last week of january 6th, but, remember, he gave a very passionate speech back in philadelphia, back in july. but then literally for seven months, we heard nothing else about voting rights from him. so now is not the time for another speech. and to be clear, we believe in using the presidency as a bully pulpit. we would have loved that the president use the pr
and later carl bernstein is here about chasing history and why he decidesed to write it all down. first, a story you will only see on reliable sources, tests for social media sites to dominate our public discourses. we know that facebook contributes to right wing radicalization. this new washington post republicia probe said facebook played a critical role that spread false narratives of foment violence last year. but this is so much about a year or single day in the country, they hyper charged political polarization and cultural divides which populists already exploit. the denialism is now. january 6th was the breaking point for some, including some inside facebook. this week s brand-new the wall street journal headline, facebook s former election boss now questions social media s impact on politics. katie harbath said she left facebook disillusioned you about now the journal says she s pushing for more online guardrails. quoting the story, she s the highest ranking
conditions from paint him as not to brain cancer. hello and welcome. the usjustice department says it s reached agreement with huawei executive mung wanjo to end the bank fraud case against her. the deal will avoid a trial and should allow her to leave canada and return to china by the end of the year. ms mung has been attending a hearing in a new york court virtually from canada, where she s been forced to remain for nearly three years, after the us applied for her extradition. a court there is expected to give its ruling on the case in a few hour s time. she has always maintained her innocence. zhaoyin feng from the bbc s china service is in new york and gave me this update. so the hearing at the new york court just wrapped up. she pleaded not guilty to four charges in the us and she also reached an agreement to the us government which means the us government would hold off from persecuting her until december next year. and if she complies with the additions set by the cour