HurrIcane Ida makes landfall wIpIng out all power In New Orleans. The danger Is not weakenIng at all. Were 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 uks 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 wont 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. Rockets have been fIred towards kabul InternatIonal aIrport, where the us EvacuatIon OperatIon Is drawIng t
I about the situation in the country. I billion people without power as Hurricane Ida turns into louisiana. 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. American forces are making their final preparations to pull out of afghanistan but in their last hours there are not passing without violence. Directed at the withdrawing us military. Security alerts have been issued and there appears to have been a Missile Attack launched towards kabul airport. It seems the projectiles were launched from this vehicle using industrial tubing to direct them. The vehicle was left burnt out. It is not clear who fired them for what they were trying to achieve. So far no details of any casualties and there are reports a us Missile Defence System intercepted the rockets. That comes a day after the us launched a Drone Strike on suspected militants planning a Suicide Bombing near the airport. Howeverthe planning a Suicide Bombing near the airport. However the bbc has visited the site of
Time in emergency Responders Cant reach many of those people who are in need of a rescue. New research suggests thousands of strokes and Heart Attacks could be prevented if people reduced salt in their diet. And after another Gold Medal Haul in the paralympics haul in the paralympics for Team Gb today, well be hearing from the father of andrew small, good afternoon. The islamic State Group has claimed it was behind the Rocket Attack on Kabul Airport today. The united states says the missiles were intercepted by their anti missile system. No us or afghan casualties have been reported. Meanwhile, british ministers and officials are taking part in a number of international meetings aimed at defining a joint approach to the taliban in afghanistan. Rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. The aftermath of a Rocket Attack close to Kabul Airport. Eyewitnesses say the missiles were launched from a car this morning. Us officials have been warning another Terror Attack is highly likely, as the countrys tro
Of thIs academIc year. Good mornIng. ParalympIcs Gb WIn Gold Number 2a In Tokyo. WheelchaIr Racer Andrew small claIms a 100 Metre TItle, wIth Team Mate HarrI JenkIns wInnIng bronze. Good mornIng. Today once agaIn Is goIng to be a faIrly cloudy day, that cloud thIck enough especIally In the East And South east for some drIzzle. BrIghterskIes In the East And South east for some drIzzle. BrIghter skIes wIll be In parts of the west. All the detaIls and about 25 mInutes. Good mornIng. Its monday the 30th of august. Our top story. The uk wIll reach out to other CountrIes Today to exert pressure on the talIban to respect Human RIghts In afghanIstan and to honour Its promIse of grantIng Safe Passage for those wIth permIssIon to leave. The foreIgn secretary, DomInIc Raab, wIll take part In a serIes of dIplomatIc meetIngs as the fInal Uk Troops return from kabul. Jon donnIson has the detaIls. Back In brItaIn. Some of the fInal raf planes from kabul arrIvIng at BrIze Norton AIrbase In oxfordshIre
Warnings of life threatening floods and dangerous Storm Surges as tropical Storm Ida churns its way along the coast of Louisiana And Mississippi states. New research suggests thousands of strokes and Heart Attacks could be prevented if people switched to a common salt subsitute. More Paralympics Success for Team Gb as lee pearson, Andrew Small and Phoebe Paterson Pine claim golds. Good afternoon. The islamic State Group has claimed it was behind the Rocket Attack on Kabul Airport today. The united states says the missiles were intercepted by their anti missile system. No us or afghan casualties have been reported. Meanwhile, british ministers and officials are taking part in a number of international meetings aimed at defining a joint approach to the taliban in afghanistan. Rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. The aftermath of a Rocket Attack close to Kabul Airport. Eyewitnesses say the missiles were launched from a car this morning. Us officials have been warning another Terror Attack is hig