when the delta variant spread has discourageded some people from flying, shopping and eating out. the president mentioning the delta variant the key reason why job numbers are coming out like this today and assuring middle class americans their taxes will not go up so long as you don t make over $400,000 a year. he said the rich, billionaires can stay rich and continue to own the two or three homes. he said that two or three times. those taxes will go up. but assuring the american people that things will get better once we get through this pandemic and we ll continue to watch and hear from the president later if he does comment on afghanistan. you heard a reporter there asking him a question about that. he did not answer and he walked away from the podium. anyway, we will continue our coverage here. we begin with a fox news alert. president biden heading to louisiana today. a packed afternoon. he will be touring the damage inflicted on the gulf coast by hurricane ida, some 90
and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. hello and welcome to the programme. don t go to kabul airport. that s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised unless instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. translation: we ve got a legal visa. - many people who are coming h
the country s worst since 2010. police have now named the victims. and much of southern europe continues to bake bone dry, after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. hello and welcome to the programme. we to the programme. will start in afghanistan. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afg hanistan s second largest city kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital kabul, and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group s f
in the uk, a vigil has been held to remember the victims of thursday s mass shooting the country s worst since 2010. police have now named the victims. and much of southern europe continues to bake after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afghanistan s second largest city, kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul. and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group s fighter
carefully by scientists. the united nations has urged afghanistan s neighbours to keep their borders open, potentially allowing tens of thousands of people fleeing fighting against the taliban, to reach safety. aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their sweeping advance across the country. the taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, the red areas show where they had control. a month later more and more districts have fallen under their control leaving the map looking like this. latest reports suggest they now control another provincial capital, pali alam, just 45 miles south of the capital kabul, from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their games, the fighters found themselves walking through their provinci