So, how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? i m sick to my stomach. We ll bring you the latest on the evacuation from afghanistan. Also this lunchtime. Reporter: are you going to resign, mr raab? labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters lives at risk, after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. The government has defended him. New research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. And. Yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq after an investigation into allegations of racism. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. The former manchester united and scotland striker denis law reveals he s been diagnosed with alzheimer s and vascular dementia at the age of 81. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government says the uk will continue to help people leave afghanist
Secretary, dominic raab, of a dereliction of duty, after reports he declined to phone his afghan counterpart to seek help airlifting interpreters out of afghanistan. But the government has defended his actions. The only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or didn t have any leverage. The number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly, allow planes to fly out, and those people we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out? survivors in haiti ask when is help coming, after saturday s earthquake killed almost 2,000 people. The largest survey of covid infection in the uk has found that both the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines are still offering good protection against the delta variant. And coming up this hour, as the paralympics get under way next week, one campaign will light up uk landmarks to raise awareness of global disability discrimination. Hello and welcome if you r
Them from afghanistan. The government has defended him. New research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. And, unearthed near a berkshire church. The site of an 8th century monastery that was believed to have been lost and has baffled historians. Good afternoon. The government says the uk will continue to help people leave afghanistan as long as american troops remain in control of kabul airport. More british troops are being sent to the afghan capital today to help maintain order. The defence secretary says more than ten flights a day are bringing people back here. Meanwhile, president biden says us troops may have to stay in afghanistan beyond the withdrawal deadline. Outside the perimeter of kabul airport, there is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. Our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. Still chaotic scenes outside kabul airport. Hundreds desperate to ge
After he became the first british athlete to ever win four medals at the games. The telegraph says that booster vaccines are set to be offered to 32 million people in the uk starting next month, with up to 2000 pharmacies poised to deliver the programme. In the times tory mps and travel industry criticise the governement over plans to introduce a new amber watchlist of countries at risk of moving to the travel red list with little warning. And according to the guardian, there s another rebellion awaiting the prime minister over the treasury spending this autumn, after a high profile mp hit out at the intolerable levels of hardship in their blue wall constituency. A daily mail exclusive reveals that growing number of patients are having to pay for life saving surgery because of large nhs waiting lists. According to the ft, there are signs of a housing fever as house prices boom in almost every major economy in the wake of the pandemic, which revives concerns over potential threats t
by tweeting me @annita?mcveigh or by using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. labour demands an investigation into text messages exchanged between borisjohnson and the businessman sirjames dyson. as demand for foodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner marcus rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, healthy family meals. if i could literally go back as a kid, this is the thing that i d learn to do. as well as, like, do what i was doing with my football and stuff, when i went home, i would have loved to have been able to sit down and just learn to cook. the brit awards ceremony will go ahead next month with a live audience of 4,000, who don t need to wear masks or socially distance, but will have to show proof of a negative coronavirus test. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. more than 100,000 black and asian service personnel who died fighting for the british empire were not properly commemorated due to pervasive racism that s acco