now, that is a gas # it s all right, jumping jack flash is a gas, gas, gas #. tributes to the rolling stones drummer charlie watts, who s died aged 80. mickjagger simply posts a picture of his bandmate. as competition gets under way at the paralympics, british cyclist dame sarah storey breaks her own world record in qualifying she has the chance of gold within the hour. good morning, temperatures reached just over 26 in parts of scotland. you could see similar here again today but like yesterday areas of cloud floating around and the best of the sunshine in the west. all the details in 25 minutes. presidentjoe biden says he intends to stick to next tuesday s deadline for the us to complete its evacuation in afghanistan rejecting borisjohnson s appeal for an extension. speaking at a press conference last night, he said the mission was under growing threat of an attack by extremists linked to the islamic state group. nomia iqbal reports from washington. up to 6,000 us troop
31st of august would withdraw all the military forces. so if they extend it, that means they are extending it.t. it will provoke reaction. joe biden, they are a terrorist organization and you better assume they mean it and it better get as many u.s. troops into the country immediately to escort and evacuate every american and every ally at risk because tonight, there are so many off our own people now trapped in afghanistan right now, a full evacuation by august 31st seems almost impossible, even adam schiff just warned biden that the urgent task at hand seems actually unlikely. look at this. i think it s possible, but very unlikely, given the number of americans who still need to be evacuated, the number of others who are members of the afghan press, society leaders, it s hard for me to imagine all that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. sean: joe biden, you ve been warned by the taliban and intel community, people on the ground ignored previous
the coronavirus reproduction rate rises in england as cases continue to surge and infection rates have hit their highest level in the uk since february. meanwhile the nhs covid contact tracing app could be made less sensitive when restrictions ease in england a surge in foreign holidays bookings as the government says fully vaccinated uk travellers coming back from amber list countries won t have to isolate afterjuly 19. and coming up mark kermode takes a look at the latest cinematic releases including marvel s black widow, that s in the film review. metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to the murder of sarah everard. the 33 year old disappeared as she walked home in clapham in south london in march this year. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford in kent. the head of the metropolitan police cressida dick said outside court she was sickened and angered by the crimes committed by couzens. our special correspond
and we are live from coventry cathedral, the uk city of culture. street performers and artists are moving through the city to avoid mass crowds due to covid restrictions. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has announced what he called a historic agreement to reform the global tax system. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of at least 15% is seen as a starting point, but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, include apple and microsoft, from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak, said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. our business correspondent katy austin reports. how much tax should multinational companies, particularly tech giants, pay, and where should they pay it? th