that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2k hour period since the start of the pandemic. a world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb s kadeena cox after a stunning ride in the velodrome. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday s suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack including 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. speaking to the american people president biden had a message for the attackers saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 111,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but there s
also this lunchtime. a new record for the number of migrants crossing the english channel in a single day 1,000 people made the journey yesterday. the young carers who may not be getting the support they need because the authorities don t even know they exist. and could this be independence day for britney spears? a judge is expected to end the legal arrangment which has controlled her life. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. 0n the eve of the autumn international with australia, england are dealt a blow, with ellis genge out after testing positive for covid. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a new draft agreement at the climate change summit in glasgow calls on governments around the world to do more to tackle global warming. it s the last scheduled day of the crucial cop26 conference though the talks may stretch into the weekend. the draft deal asks countries to cut greenhouse gas emissons at a faster pace, but softens commitments to reduce
is breezy out there too but still very mild for this time of year. we have got an area of low pressure with us at the moment. it is going to edge further eastwards but still bringing outbreaks of rain and over the next few hours it will be heaviest in the pennines. further south the rain light and patchy. one or two sharper showers moving through on the breeze. bit of brightness here and there, but the gusts of wind between 40, 45mph round coast and hills in the north an west. temperatures round 10, 15 degrees so several above average. as we move into the evening hours most of the rain eases away to the east. it becomes light and patchy in the south. clearer sky also be for western scotland, into north west england so temperatures here just about into singlify yours but for most a frost free mild night. double figures to kick off the weekend. we start saturday, a bit of cloud. a breeze close though the east coast, bringing showers for east anglia, the sett too. the cloud incr
just over two weeks ago, christina found her grandmother, who lives in cheltenham spa, slumped in a chair, having a stroke. it was a blue light emergency. the ambulance should have arrived in 18 minutes. but instead, it took nearly six hours. it then queued outside hospital for an another three. it was then that an ambulance lady, i asked her how long it was going to take for my nan to get a ct, because ijust needed to know whether or not it was a stroke. and she told me, well, your nan s event happened last night. so we would only administer the medication that would reverse any permanent damage within that three hour window. how did you feel? ijust broke down in tears on the floor. whistle blowers from inside the ambulance services have told the bbc the system is at breaking point. this 999 call handler said even patients whose hearts have stopped are facing delays. there was a call for a cardiac arrest, and there was an eta in excess of 50 minutes. the nearest available cr
of undermining respect for parliament after they allegedly got drunk on a flight to visit uk forces in gibraltar. fw de klerk, the last white president of south africa, and a key figure in the country s transition to democracy, has died at the age of 85. communities across the uk come together for armistice day, a year after commemorations were disrupted by the pandemic. the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow has entered its last hours with countries being urged to step up their efforts and reach a meaningfulfinal deal. let s cross now to glasgow and my colleague annita mcveigh. welcome back to glasgow. the president of cop26, alok sharma, has told negotiators that the world is watching and that they cannot fail them by not securing a climate deal. mr sharma said the latest draft text is a significant step forward, but urged countries to step up their efforts on the penultimate day of talks. we won t get an update on that draft until friday, by the way. it comes