Of two people in South London last year by a convicted terrorist could have been prevented. The pressure on Ambulance Services. We have a Special Report as the army are called in to help some hospital trusts. My my my, how can i resist you. And, reinventing their lives. The new careers of the cast of mamma mia. Out of work, due to the pandemic. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the Bbc News channel, well have the latest from the hundred eliminators. Which teams will make it into tomorrows finals . Good evening, and welcome to the Bbc News at six. Amid reports of executions and torture in afghanistan thousands of people continue to mass at kabul s airport, in the hope of being airlifted out of the country. At times, soldiers guarding the perimeter struggled to keep all the desperate people at bay. Nato says so far, more than 18,000 have been airlifted this week, amid criticism of the wests handling of the crisis, while here, the Ministry Of Defence says the uk has flown ou
Terrorist could have been prevented. Nearly a week after the earthquake in haiti, the lucky are getting aid, but many still struggle. And, in at The Deep End the paralympian swimmer going for gold in tokyo. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on the Bbc News channel. A thrilling day of eliminators in the hundred. Oval invincibles are through to tomorrows womens final. Good evening. Amid reports of executions and torture in afghanistan by the taliban, thousands of people continue to mass at kabul s airport, in the hope of being flown out of the country to safety. At times, british soldiers guarding the perimeter have struggled to keep the crowds of desperate people at bay. Nato says so far, more than 18,000 have been airlifted out this week, and President Biden Tonight pledged to repatriate every single american who wants to come home. The uk has flown out 2,400 people, according to the ministry of defence. Many are afghans whod worked with british forces, and 599 are british n
This is bbc news. We will have the headlines and all the main News Stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. This week on the Travel Show out Running Covid at the Olympic Games. The big names rocking Central Park this summer. Siberias Mystery Blast craters. You have an Exploding Crater On Land. That is not something i imagined. And the fears for the future of flamenco. Hello and welcome to tokyo. The Host City for this summers olympic and Paralympic Games and thronging with tourists and sport fans from All Over The World. Maybe not. The State Of Emergency declared earlier this month following a new wave of covid cases means that international and now local spectators are not allowed in to any event in and around tokyo. Nonetheless, trainers and medical staff have headed here from All Around The World for a more subdued games. There were plenty of people here in tokyo who were delighted to see the olympic Opening Ceremony on friday. Even if they had to resig
Is underway, with all eyes on Masters Champion Hideki matsyuama for the hosts japan. Simone biles is out of another olympic event. The star of the us gymnastic team explains the issues that caused her to withdraw. And, The Hill sides in North Wales that are now on a par with, the canals of venice, and the great wall of china. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where President Biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are Vaccinated, orface more testing. The numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national Public Health agency, the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300 nationally since mid june. President biden has renewed his call for people to get Vaccinated. So many people, well over 630,000 americans have lost their lives because of covid 19. And the press keeps wanting me not to talk about covid 19 but im going to mention this one thing, we still have a lot of p
Jobs have been created, and hes been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. Hes about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawis president even honour the promises he made to his own country . Lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Now, lets start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. Thereve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. Whats your assessment of the situation at the moment . You know, it is possible that it is underreported, but we go by what we have officially. And if you look at the figures, this Third Wave has pushed us to that level. Because even Positivity Rate had come back down to almost 0. 5 , and now that rate has gone all the way to 26, 25 . And there are some specific places where more positive cases have been indicated, like the blantyre city. Now, one has to understand that for a country like