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and advice to work from home. do you think measures should be brought in? get in touch with us this morning you can tweet me @annita mcveigh or use the hashtag bbc your questions. also this morning. figures released this morning show the rate at which prices are rising jumped to 3.2% last month. it s the sharpest rise in inflation since records began. labour is leading a commons debate later on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit. it s currently due to be scrapped in october. south korea has tested its own ballistic missiles after north korea fired two into the sea overnight. ip coins are being made again after a pause of two years. lockdowns means a lot of coins have been left down sofas and in pockets at home. and the first ever all civilian space flight will take off later today with an entrepreneur, a healthcare worker, a scientist and a data analyst on board. the roll out of coronavirus booster jabs for more than 30 million people across th ....
welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. we begin in afghanistan where taliban fighters are trying to seize the panjeer valley north of kabul, home to anti-taliban forces, the only territory not under taliban control. fresh fighting was reported on saturday with both sides claiming successes. now cnn can t independently verify the accuracy of those reports. in the capital where ordinary afghans have been starved for cash, the largest currency exchange market reopened saturday for the first time in nearly three weeks. even banks that are open are limiting withdrawals. and there s word the kabul airport has resumed some operations. qatar s ambassador said he witnessed the first domestic flight taking off on saturday. journalist ben farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. ben, let s start with the fighting in the pancheer valley. what s the latest on the ....
september 1st, bree that that is off. great to have you back. i can t believe i m allowed back. we have breaking news once again this morning. abortions banned in texas. the texas law, which again is in effect as of now, tries up to end roe versus wade in years of supreme court precedent protecting the right to choose and forbidding states from outlawing abortions before fetal liability. the new law bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women even know that they re pregnant. yeah, that s why there s such a big concern. this law went into effect after midnight. it allows private citizens to bring civil suits against anyone who assists a pregnant person seeking an abortion in violation of the ban. cnn s laura jarrett joins us now. this is such a huge moment. can you tell what you say this means and what you believe is going to be the future of this and whether or not it s going to get blocked? yeah, this could be the de ....
or thank you all for your service, because so many of these afghans, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have worked closely, have fought alongside and have died alongside american military service men and women over the past 20 years. and so i do think you will likely get some kind of response from afghanistan as the news of that speech trickles out, jake. so, dana bash, president biden 13 days ago said that they would get every american out by august 31st and would stay longer if every american wasn t out. obviously events overtook them. there was a terrorist attack, and the president said that it was the unanimous advice of his military and civilian advisers to withdraw august 31st. he said in addition in his speech just now that 90% of the americans who wanted to get out would get out and the administration was still going to work on getting them out, just not through military means. how do you think politically the american people are going to respon ....
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington: for standing by for the louisiana governor set to give an update as hurricane ida barrels toward the gulf coast. the storm is projected to reach category 4 strength is expected to pummel louisiana tomorrow, the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the national weather service urgently warning residents to complete preelparations today, adding, quote, some places are uninhabitable for weeks or months. storm surge of 0 to 15 feet is expected along with winds as strong as 150 miles an hour. mayor of new orleans says if you re going to evacuate, now is the time to leave. evacuation orders are in effect across the state. as you can see right there, look at this video. highways in new orleans look more like parking lots as people try to evacuate. we re tracking this hurricane from all angles. cnn s derek van damme and nadia is on the ground. tom, what s the latest forecast? this thing is strengthening, no doubt about it? no doubt a ....