auction for the first time. and welcome to manchester, again cristiano ronaldo and united reach agreement on a return to old trafford. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the british operation to airlift thousands of afghan and uk citizens out of afghanistan has begun to draw to a close will supportsjohnson admits not everyone eligible to leave can be airlifted out, but he insists the government will do whatever it could to help those left behind it follows yesterday s suicide bomb attack at kabul airport in which close to 100 people are now confirmed dead. it is also been revealed that two of those killed were british nationals along with the child of another british citizen. the pentagon says 13 us military personnel were among the dead. 0ur correspondent in callable secunder kermani has the latest, and awarding his report contains distressing images. distraught relatives search kabul s morgues looking for their loved ones. this baby, you managed to save? but there is a
the catastrophic scale of the covid pandemic could have been prevented according to an independent report, into the global response. tributes have been paid to a nine year old boy who died after being struck by lightning during a football coaching session. the uk economy shrank by 1.5% in the first three months of the year but gathered speed in march as lockdown restrictions eased. the mediterranean island of lampedusa once again sees an upsurge in migrants over 2000 have arrived in the last few days. the deadly exchange of fire between palestinian militants in the gaza strip and the israeli military has escalated significantly, with the un fearing a full scale war . israel has killed several top hamas military commanders and hamas launched a new barrage of rockets towards israel in response. earlier, an anti tank missile was fired from gaza, killing an israeli soldier. the health ministry in gaza says 53 people have been killed. the worst violence in years in the re
a devastating second wave of coronavirus has seen indian hospitals overwhelmed and widespread shortages of oxygen and medicines. there were 320,000 new infections recorded there today, and deaths are now close to 200,000 in total. for now, however, cricket continues. like today s ipl match between delhi capitals and royal challengers bangalore. for some it s a welcome distraction in a bio secure bubble and keeps people watching indoors for others. it s simply unthinkable that it s still being played. despite the indian cricket board saying the ipl will keep going, several players have pulled out including australian cricketer andrew tye who decided to leave the rajasthan royals on sunday and return home because of the impact covid i9 is having. he s been speaking to alison mitchell. i v e i ve seen going forward. not far from finishing now. probably close to halfway. but yeah, you ve seen with pakistan super league because of covid affecting the players. a lot of players we
thousands of people are facing a seventh night without electricity after storm arwen brought down power lines across the north of england and scotland. more than 100 soldiers were deployed to help out in aberdeenshire, and late this afternoon, durham declared a serious emergency and called on the government to send troops there, too. fiona trott reports. getting urgent help to the most vulnerable in the community, this fire station in ulverston has turned into an emergency hub. pylo ns pylons in cumbria still lying on the ground six days on. preparing them as a massive task. h. preparing them as a massive task. m, ., preparing them as a massive task. ., ., , ., ., task. the scale of devastation is something task. the scale of devastation is something we task. the scale of devastation is something we never- is something we never experience, definitely not in the 15 years that i ve worked in the organisation. you would have to get back to the great storm of 87. we ve had ov
repeatedly at his downing street news conference yesterday about guidance on socialising in the run up to christmas. he urged people not to cancel parties or school nativity plays despite the advice from a senior health official to limit social contact. but the hospitality sector is worried about the potential impact over the next few weeks, as our business correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. they re all ready for the christmas season at this small wine bar and restaurant, but on monday, the phones started ringing. we ve lost, in the last 2a hours, about £8,500 worth of business. we ve had a group booking for today cancelled, a group booking for an event out of house at their offices cancelled tonight, and a further three groups later in the week. on paper, nothing s changed for hospitality today. it should be business as usual. but there s a bit of a chill wind starting to blow through this sector, with some customers getting cold feet. but there are also ple