Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of Blood Flow to the braIn and cognItIve functIon. And Its the same old Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. It may Be the same old story but one we are delIghted to celebrate. More on the paralympIcs later thIs hour. The talIban have taken control of Kabul AIrport, after the unIted states pulled the last of Its troops out of afghanIstan. The fInal EvacuatIon FlIght left at a mInute to mIdnIght Last NIght. It brIngs to an end to the longest war In amerIcan hIstory, In whIch more than 2,000 us servIcemen and women lost theIr lIves. The talIban are back In Power, as they were 20 years ago. Theyve declared vIctory and have Been celebratIng on the streets. 0ur Correspondent RajInI vaIdyanathan reports. HeadIng Into a new and uncertaIn era. TalIban mIlItIa now In control of Kabul AIrport and afghanIstan. Just weeks ago, thIs tarmac was packed wIth afghans de
The pentagon calling the blast a, quote, complex attack with one Suicide Bomber setting off explosives while being searched at the gate to the airport. U. S. Service members killed are the first american casualties in afghanistan in 18 months. In a Statement Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in part, terrorists took their lives at the very moment these troops were trying to save the lives of others. We mourn their loss. We will treat their wounds, and we will support their families in what will most assuredly be devastating grief. But we will not be dissuaded from the task at hand. An affiliate of isis has claimed responsibility of the attack, believed to be an adversary of the taliban. It came hours after western governments issued multiple warnings about the possibility of a terror attack. The u. S. Embassy In Kabul Last Night Urging Americans to stay away from the perimeter of the airport. The situation remains very fluid. The president has been briefed on the situation and is exp
Go back to where they were. We have to we have to face the new world, and we have to face the new world with a certain amount of willingness to sacrifice and make change, but anyway, thats just thats what i think. Yeah. Well, what are you going to be performing tonight, can you say . We were going to be performing people of the power, which my late husband and i wrote, which is a song that both celebrates the individual and the and the change that we as a as a Human Community to make together. And then we were going to do land which was really on h horses. It was its a you know, an exploration into evolution and i was going to shift the lyrics in terms of focussing on our environment. And then we were to do because the nice with Bruce Springsteen, which i know would have made the people very happy. Yeah. So it is quite a disappointment, but you know, were you know, with all the things that are happening in the world and the things that people are struggling and all the strife in the wo
Themselves fleeing for their lives. Live from cnn center, this is Cnn Newsroom with Robyn Curnow. So Hurricane Henri is barreling towards the northeastern u. S. Right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either Long Island or southern New England. Now, more than 50 Million people Take A Look at this Satellite Image here more than 50 Million people are under Hurricane Or Tropicalstorm warnings. And states of emergency have been declared in New York, Rhode Island, and connecticut. Cnn has just obtained this video of Flooded Streets in downtown hoboken, new jersey. This is part of the Rain System already hitting the northeast. For days, residents have been prepared warned to prepare for situations like this, and to evacuate or to shelter in safe places. And heres what new York Governor Andrew Cuomo told his state. Take a listen. New york tough also means New York smart. And New York smart, today, means get out of Harms Way please. So lets go straight to tyler mauldin. Tyler,
Hurricane henri is closing in on the northeastern u. S. Right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either Long Island or southern New England. More than to 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and States of emergency have been declared in Long Island and connecticut. Heavy rain are already pounded parts of the region. This is what it looked like in Hoboken Saturday Night Storm Surge, coastal flooding and strong winds are expected in parts of the northeast. All right. Lets bring in meteorologist youve been tracking this. What is the latest, tyler . We can now see the eye or the center of henri on radar imagery. About 150 miles to the south of Rhode Island. This band of rain to the north is about to swing into southampton. Southampton that rain youre dealing with in 45 minutes to an hour is directly related to henri. Eventually push into new York City which is now dry, finally. That rain has tapered off and pushed down to the South And West and no