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being caused by hurricane ida. millions of people remain without power. there is still heavy rain in mississippi which is causing a crevice to open up in one highway. two people died in that. america s longest war is over. and on tuesday, millions of afghans woke up to a new reality. the taliban is in charge and all foreign forces have left the country. the taliban said its victory belonged to all afghans. but there s widespread concern about how they intend to govern after their brutal rule 20 years ago. more on that later, but first, the withdrawal. late on monday night, minutes before the august 31st deadline, the last us military flight left kabul airport. the evacuation missions are 120,000 people airlifted out of afghanistan. it is america s top military commander in the region. the withdrawal signifies the end of the military component of the evacuation but also the end of the nearly 20 year mission that began in afghanistan shortly after september the 11th 2001. ....
covid-19. and most importantly, their conditions are far less severe. the overwhelming majority of people in the hospital of covid-19 are almost all those dying from covid-19 are not vaccinated. not vaccinated. if you re fully vaccinated, both shots plus two weeks, your risk of severe illness from covid-19 is very, very, very low. now, i know that parents are concerned about covid-19 cases among their children. i ll be addressing this soon with secretary cordona to discuss how we get our kids back to school safely. cases among children are still rare, and severe cases among children are very, very rare. but i know that parents are thinking about their own kids. it s not as reassuring as anyone would like it to be. so, let me say this as parents to the parents. as you have you have the tools. you have the tools to keep your child safer and two of those tools, above all, are available to you. one, make sure that everyone around your child who can be vaccinated is vacc ....
toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they ve come into contact with someone with covid. and coming up in the next half hour we ll ring you a powerful int with former royal engineerjack cummings he now says the fact that he lost both his legs in an explosion while seving there was not worth it and he now believes two of his friends were killed there, died in vain. good morning. exactly 20 years after they were ousted from power, the taliban are back in control of afghanistan after their forces swept into the capital kabul unopposed last night. there have been scenes of chaos at the airport as thousands of civilians, foreigners and afghan officials try to leave. there are reports five people have been killed in the mayhem. all commercialflights have been suspended and international troops are attempting to organise military evacuations for their citizens. defence secretary be ....
was it worth it and for me at the moment, for many of my friends messaging me, i don t think it was. a minute s silence will be held in the uk at 11am, in memory of those killed in the plymouth shooting in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. and double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they ve come into contact with someone with covid. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban have seized control of afghanistan and declared the war over after their forces swept into the capital, kabul. that s triggered scenes of panic, as people desperately try to leave. just look at this video, filmed at the city s international airport. people are trying to get onto the plane climbing up the outside of the gantry, and force their way onto the boarding walkway. western countries are evacuating their staff and some othe ....
in afghanistan was a success. it is up to the afghans themselves, up it is up to the afghans themselves, up to it is up to the afghans themselves, up to the it is up to the afghans themselves, up to the afghan government, the taliban up to the afghan government, the taliban to up to the afghan government, the taliban to decide the way forward for the taliban to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. hello and welcome. taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. president ashraf ghani is reported to have fled to tajikistan. the remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from kabul airport but even there the security situation is said to have been deteriorating. the latest developments come after the taliban s rapid advance in recent days through provinces across afghanistan. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. as the ta ....