Dana it was not at a time and a place of our choosing. Bill P Pentagon admitting it did not meet its goal of evacuating every last american or ally despite President Bidens promise to leave No One behind. President biden we wont conduct a Hasty Rush to the exit. Well do it responsibly, deliberately and safely. There is a home for you in the united states if you so choose and well stand with you just as you stood with us. President biden if there are american citizens left well stay until we get them all out. Any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Our first priority in kabul is getting american citizens out of the country as quickly and safely as possible. Dana yet the taliban are now in full control of that airport. The group Marching Triumphantly across the tarmac hours after the last plane took off. Republicans calling it a shameful display of american weakness. He promised the taliban would be out August 31st. Promised The Americans in afghanistan to get them out
How you can save announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening there is News Tonight that officials hope will get many cautious and reluctant americans off the fence and to covid vaccination centers. Pfizer today granted full Fda Approval for its vaccine. The hope now is that americans who have been waiting for a full Fda Signoff will have the reason they need to roll up their sleeves. But the news is also strengthening the hands of companies and institutions that are moving to require workers and students in some cases to be fully vaccinated americans still playing catchup with a virus that infected 180,000 people just this past weekend and took almost 1,200 lives. Miguel almaguer has details. Reporter expected but still historic todays full approval of Pfizers Vaccine for people 16 and older marks another major milestone in the pandemic, coming 97 days after the fda began its official review the first Covid Vaccine to move beyond emergency use authorization. The ne
Fight, in decades. President biden says the much criticised Evacuation Effort from Kabul Airport is accelerating, with american troops expanding the perimeter around the site. In a televised speech at the white House Mr Biden said the taliban had cooperated with the move. Huge crowds of people desperate to get out are continuing to gather at the airport. Anisa kadri reports. Hoping, waiting to leave afghanistan, they gather outside Kabul Airport as gunshots i had. Witnesses said the taliban invited in the air to make people line up in orderly queues, but it is not yet if these shots were triggered in the same instance. These afghans are leaving everything they know to start from Scratch Stop America says it has evacuated 30,000 people in just over one week. Their president hopes they will be no need to extend the August 31 a deadline for a complete us withdrawal. My withdrawal. My Heart Aches for those people you see. We are proving that we can move though thousands of people out of ka
In the uk, all 16 and17 year olds have been offered their first coronavirus vaccine, as a campaign is launched to encourage teenagers to getjabbed warning of the effects of Long Covid. Are you a young person suffering with Long Covid . Tell me what its been like for you by tweeting me, using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. In an emotional interview, a widow tells the bbc how her husband took his own life after relapsing into a Gambling Addiction i looked out of the window and. Two policemen got out the car and the way they walked in, i knew what they were going to say. The tokyo paralympics starts tomorrow. Well be speaking to a Sports Psychologist whos been helping athletes prepare ahead of The Games. And the british boxing olympic Silver Medallist Ben Whittaker achieves his dream becoming mayor of wolverhampton for a day. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A member of the Afghan Security Forces has been killed in an exchange of fire with unidentified gun
Hello and welcome to the programme. The heaviest rain since records began has caused devastation in the central chinese province of henan. The City Ofjung joe has been hardest hit at least 25 people have died mostly on the subway system, where passengers were submerged in waist deep waters. Chinese scientists say Global Warming has made chinas annual Flood Season much more dangerous. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell has the latest. Floodwaters rose around commuters stuck on board underground train carriages. They stood on seats as the level kept rising. Hundreds of passengers were rescued but there were also those who didnt make it, when the system was flooded at a frightening speed. Translation the water was at shoulder level. A child and i both nearly gave up. We were worn out. But i used my arm to hang on, and thats why i am bruised. In zhengzhou, the hardest hit city, footage of dramatic rescues, one after another, has spread across social media. Throughout henan province, street