welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first: we re drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during america s 20 year military involvement. evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18,000 people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. many more are trying desperately to escape. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani and camera operator malik mudassir, have this report from kabul. yelling. get back! panic and chaos close to kabul airport. british soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. british passport holders in the crowd, desperately trying to get through. this is my british passport! like this uber driver from west london. he s got kids. we ve been waiting. bow long have you been here waiting? how long have you been ere waiting? i came morning, five o clock. still, i m waiting
hello, and welcome to bbc news. we re drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during america s 20 year military involvement. evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. many more are trying desperately to escape. our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani and camera operator malik mu dassir, have this report from kabul. get back! panic and chaos close to kabul airport. british soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. british passport holders in the crowd, desperately trying to get through. this is my british passport. like this uber driver from west london. he s got kids. we ve been waiting. how long have you been here waiting? i came morning, five o clock. still, i m waiting here. in the last three days, i m trying to go inside. and they won t letl yo
and endangered species kenya conducts its first ever wildlife census. hello and welcome. president biden has been speaking about the crisis in afghanistan. he said the united states has made clear to the taliban that any attack on the evacuation mission from kabul would be met by a swift and forceful response. mr biden said he was in constant contact with the taliban about the mission and that 13 thousand people had been evacuated from the country since the 14th of august. let s hear some of what he said. we are going to do everything, everything we can to provide safe evacuation for our afghan allies, partners and afghans who might be targeted because of their association with the united states. but let me be clear, any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. make no mistake, this evacuation mission is dangerous. it involves risks to our armed forces and it is being conducted under difficult circumstances. i cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or
quickly and with force. nearly a week after the earthquake in haiti victims in the some of hardest hit areas are still waiting for help. we have a special report from cuba where we find out what happened to the hundreds of people arrested in the first anti government protests in decades plus, keeping busy during an unwanted intermission. how the cast of mamma mia found themselves working odd jobs during lockdown now they re ready to go again. hello and welcome to the programme: we re drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during america s 20 year military involvement. evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. have now been airlifted out many more are trying desperately to escape. our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani and cameraman malik mu dassir, have this report f
scotland. a bit warmer than yesterday after the cool start in england, it will top out at around 22 degrees stop the showers will continue into the evening before slowly fading. it has been very dry in scotland so far this summer and the rain maybe welcome. in rural spots dipping down to single figures stop a fine start almost again a case of waiting for the shallows to develop. there will be a feeling northern ireland tomorrow, northern and western scotland, a few in the north of england and if you dotted about elsewhere in england and wales. thursday, friday and into the weekend it is all about the low pressure system. not as windy as it was last week. bands of rain and showers will move in. the chance for heavy downpours not raining all the time, there will still be bright and sunny spells around. a breezy picture across the uk and it will turn cooler. on friday that the heavy showers. there could be disrupted downpours around that are thundery on friday and showers will c