forward on afghanistan s new government. there are satellite images of 6 planes on the ground in northern afghanistan. yesterday a top republican and the house foreign affairs committee mike mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. we have a busy afternoon ahead. we kick it off with trey in qatar. the defense secretary is here to meet with officials. the biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. he will visit kuwait and saudi arabia in the gulf. in a statement over the weekend the pentagon press secretary said secretary austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the united states as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan? there are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. while evacuations can pick up the u.s. military won t be directly involved. the u.s. sec
many pieces and my body is here. my soul is in afghanistan. researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. it s a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career in her eighth games. and once they were hunted to near extinction but now there are plans to release beavers back into the wild to help save the english countryside. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says it will use every hour that s left to evacauate as many people as it can from afghanistan. the raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul including 6300 afghans but more than 2000 people who are eligible for relocation are still waiting. last night president biden rejected pleas from borisjohnson to extend the operation from kabul airport beyond the current deadline of next tuesday. uk troops will have to leave in advance of that, possibly by this weekend, so it s now a
of the home nations to begin vaccinating 16 and 17 year olds. energy costs will rise for millions in october, as the price cap on some tariffs goes up. i know a lot of families, they re strictly on the line, aren t they? so even £20, it s a lot of money, isn t it? it s food for the week. wwildfires threaten the suburbs of athens. thousands have been forced to leave their homes. and, despite a huge petition, no reprieve for geronimo the alpaca, due to be put down after contracting bovine tb. and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel. still no atheltics golds for team gb, but relief for laura muir who has won herfirst outdoor global medal. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team mate, katie archibald, won the women s madison event in the velodrome. they dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. kenny has now taken gold in three consecuti
a trend for rates across most of the uk is falling as nearly 89% of adults in the country have had their first vaccine jab. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team mate, katie archibald, won the women s madison event in the velodrome, at the tokyo olympics. they dominated the 120 lap race winning ten of the 12 sprints. kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, now reports on a historic achievement. two special athletes who complemented each other beautifully. when nine years of brilliance culminates in one record breaking moment. joy for katie archibald, history for laura kenny the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. the madison was a new olympic eve
the mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldn t return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. just leave them to it. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gbs medal tally above 50. and coming up on the bbc news channel: she has waited three olympics to get a medal but holly bradshaw s pole vault bronze is a historic one for britain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has just been placed on the travel red list, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the governm