security adviser jake sullivan suggested american officials were trying to get the taliban to cooperate with the evacuation. we have been working engaging, coordinating with taliban elements on the ground to ensure safe passage. we will continue to work that issue day by day until we ve completed our mission. the pentagon said some 4,000 u.s. troops would be at the airport in kabul by the end of today. the state department said over 1,000 people including u.s. nationals were evacuated today. that tempo will pick up. once again, our nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground for us in kabul. we made it to the military side of kabul airport. this is where the u.s. is carrying out its final withdrawal from afghanistan. the american flag still flies here. this side of the airport has long been an american and nato base and it is full with extra troops brought in to protect the evacuation. this has become effectively the last u.s. military base in
since february. in oregon, some hospitals now down to less than five intensive care beds. the situation is so bad in texas, hospitals have set up triage tents to care for the influx of patients and the governor is now sending some 2,500 out of state medical personnel to help with the surge. kids also facing the burden of this latest spike. some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia already forced to close their doors, return to virtual learning just days into the new school year. in tennessee, parents are fuming after school board approved a temporary mask requirement for elementary schools. we want to know what s on those masks and i ask parents who agree to stand with me now, right now, stand. we want those masks tested. the masks are not any harm at all. they re inconvenient, but they re not a harm. if my son was able to catch covid in last year s environment with the less transmissible variant, consider the spread we ll see this year with the majority of stu
warm welcome to the programme. the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s olympic officials. one that was due to compete in the women s 200 metre event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice she says she was told to pack, and taken to the airport. she then contacted police and said she is now safe. the incident has caused widespread concern. this report contains flashing images. surrounded by police and safe. that is what belarusian athlete krystsina tsimanouskaya believes for now. the sprinter was due to be on the starting blocks later today but says she was forced to pack before being taken to the airport in tokyo against her will. translation: | ask- the international olympic committee for help. i was put under pressure and they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent. i ask the ioc to intervene. tsi
about the risk. there s a clear message that is coming through. this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated. we are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage because unvaccinated people are at risk. this delta variant fueling the rise in new infections which are now up by 70% over the past seven days. hospital admissions have increased by 36%. deaths are up by 26%. here we are again. while all states are seeing upticks in new cases, the cdc says just four states, california, texas, missouri, and florida now account for more than 40% of all cases this past week. 1 in 5 new cases in our country is occurring in the state of florida alone. this is not where the biden administration expected to be after an intensive mass vaccine campaign. right now fewer than 50% of the total u.s. population is fully vaccinated and the numbers of people getting shots continues to fall. white house is now focused on fighting misinformation about th
johnson didn t sack him. borisjohnson, i think, is now exposed a failing the test of leadership in demonstrating the most appalling judgment. gina coladangelo the aide caught on camera with mr hancock has also left her role at the department of health. and the euro dream is over for wales, beaten 4 0 by denmark in amsterdam. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has resigned tonight after breaching covid regulations after being caught kissing and aid. tonight, downing street confirmed sajid javid has been appointed as health secretary. he was the home secretary and communities secretary and is the mp for bromsgrove. mister hancock released a video explaining the decision. this is what he had to say. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everyone in this country has made, that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign. i want to thank people for their incredible sacr