Continues to spiral from one crisis to another. Para Badminton And Indias rising badminton star, Palak Kohli both prepare to make their debut, at the tokyo paralympics. The deadline was created by the United States, yet its now the taliban that seems to have the power to allow any extension to it or not. Certainly the diplomatic pressure is growing to give troops a bit more time to help evacuate as many people as possible from afghanistan. Britain, france and germany are all pushing for it, while the United States says it hasnt ruled out troops staying a little longer. But the taliban are hostile to the idea saying it would breach a previous agreement. This report from kabul is by secunder kermani. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to Kabul Airport. So many children in such a terrible place. This woman worked alongside german forces. She has documents proving it but no permission to travel. Ive been here with my kids for the past five days, waiting f
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are jason beattie, Assistant Editor of the Daily Mirror and sian griffiths, Education Editor of the sunday times. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. The guardian says britain has begun a last Ditch Scramble to get people out of kabul amid warnings from the senior diplomat on the ground that staying past the 31st of August Deadline may not be realistic and risks provoking the taliban. While the Financial Times Sastoe Biden the i says the uk is pressurising President Biden to extend the evacuation deadline, but the taliban are warning of consequences if western troops stay any longer to continue their refugee airlifts. The metro highlights a taliban Spokesman Warning that western forces would provoke a reaction if they were not gone by The End of the month, which he describes as a Red Line. Meanwhile, the daily telegraph reports that a suspect on the uks no Fly Watchlist made it to bri
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Jason beattie, Assistant Editor of the Daily Mirror and sian griffiths, Education Editor of the sunday times. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with. According to the Times Britain is increasingly resigned to having to conclude its evacuation from kabul by The End of the week after the taliban warned that any delay in thewithdrawal would cross a red line. While the metro highlights a taliban spokesman, warning that western forces would provoke a reaction if they were not gone by The End of the month. The guardian says britain has begun a last Ditch Scramble to get people out of kabul amid warnings from the senior diplomat on the ground that staying past the 31st of August Deadline may not be realistic and risks provoking the taliban. The i says the uk doesnt want to set a date for the last Raf Flight out of kabul for fear of worsening the situation there. Meanwhile the Daily Telegraph r
A Government Clampdown on Cowboy Behaviour by providers of covid tests, offering misleading prices to Holiday Makers. A new drive to get 16 and 17 year olds to have their covid jab. And giving it their all britains paralympians prepare for the start of competition in tokyo tomorrow. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel, a Hammer Blow for the Foxes West Ham take the Lead And Leicester down to ten men. Well bring you all the news from the london stadium. Good evening. As desperate afghans continue their attempts to flee their country, the defence minister, ben wallace, has said the uk has hours, not weeks to airlift people out. As the deadline of August 31st looms for foreign troops to leave the country, borisjohnson is expected to use a virtual G7 Summit Tomorrow to urge President Biden to keep a Military Presence there beyond that date. But today the taliban appeared to rule out any delay to the withdrawal and to the current evacuation mission. The Prime Minister this eve
Pfizer s two dose covid nineteen vaccine has received full approval from the us food and drug administration the firstjab to be licensed in the country. this opens the door to employers of any kind insisting that its workers be vaccinated. that means private companies, major corporations, restaurants and even the us military can now mandate jabs. here s president biden making that very point at the white house earlier. more companies in the private sector are to step up with vaccine requirements to reach millions more people. if you are a business leader, a nonprofit leader, state or local leader who has been waiting for full or part fda approval, i call on you to do that now. the paralympics are getting under way injapan and not only is para badminton making its debut at tokyo 2020, so is india s rising star palak kohli. growing up disabled, palak never knew such a thing as the paralympics existed, let alone that she would go on to compete for her country.