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good morning, welcome to bbc news. i m victoria derbyshire with the latest headlines. a whistle blower has claimed 95% of afghans who applied to come to britain to escape the taliban failed to receive help. the far bigger challenge that we had was cleaning the facts on the ground and getting people safely to the airport so we can get many of those eligible people onto aircraft and out of afghanistan. new covid travel rules come into force anyone travelling to the uk now has to show evidence of a negative coronavirus test. jails in england and wales will be set targets for the first time for keeping out drugs. the of six year old arthur labinjo hughes has said his killer should never be freed. the boy was killed last year by his own dad,
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which means it is still going to be quite a windy day. a blustery day through wednesday. fewer showers and then a slightly calmer day for thursday. that s it for now. i ll be back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and dan walker. our headlines today. dysfunctional and chaotic a foreign office whistleblower delivers a damning verdict of the government s handling of the afghan evacuation. new covid travel rules come into force anyone travelling to the uk now has to show evidence of a negative coronavirus test. with hundreds of homes still without power eleven days after storm arwen, brace yourself for storm barra, with weather warnings
hurricane ida makes landfall wiping out all power in new orleans. the danger is not weakening at all. we re hearing reports of flood waters rising in many communities. are trees coming down, bringing down power lines. roots collapsing. people travelling to the uk from canada, denmark and 5 other new green list countries will not need to isolate as the uk s latest covid travel rules come into force. a new law is being introduced to make school uniforms cheaper in england and wales this autumn, but won t be in place in time for the new school year american actor ed asner best known for playing fictional tv newsman lou grant and voicing the lead of the animated film up , has died aged 91. and coming up this hour. we look at the future of staycations after a bumper yearfor uk holidays, as many of us have opted to holiday at home due to the uncertainty around covid travel restrictions.