hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. rising global gas prices ministers say they ve been assured there s no cause for immediate concern over the supply of gas after a meeting with industry leaders as at least four energy companies are expected to go bust next week. we ve already seen four supplier failures in recent weeks, partly as a consequence of that and partly as other features of the market. it s really difficult to tell whether there will be any more. that s one of the reasons that government is talking to industry this weekend. holiday firms say they expect a surge in bookings after travel restrictions in england are relaxed. france is recalling its ambassadors to australia and the united states in protest over a security deal which includes the uk. us armed forces apologise for their tragic mistake after killing ten innocent people, including seven children, in a drone strike during their final days in afghanistan. now on bbc news, countdown to cop26. hello an
real problem. the scientist behind the oxford astrazeneca vaccine says giving boosterjabs astrazeneca vaccine says giving booster jabs to everyone astrazeneca vaccine says giving boosterjabs to everyone is unnecessary and calls for doses to be sent to other countries in need. eight years after her death, the family of a woman who was killed by her partner is to receive an apology from west midlands police, after their failings in the investigation. and people across the united states prepare to remember 20th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. teenage tennis sensation emma raducanu has become the first british woman to reach a major singles tennis final for 44 years. 18 year old emma beat the 17th seed maria sakkari in the semis of the us open in new york and afterwards called her achievement absolutely mind blowing . she s the first qualifier to ever reach a grand slam final, and the youngest british player ever to re
rapidly deteriorate. and that they feared a catastrophe, which is exactly what came to pass. which is exactly why the biden administration s scrambling and why it s now necessary to negotiate with the taliban. and why, despite evacuation efforts speeding up, some of the growing number of transport planes are leaving kabul less than full. people want to leave simply cannot safely get through taliban checkpoints to the airport. senior pentagon officials have made it clear they re not going into kabul to get afghans or even americans. nor, do officials and this is remarkable even know how many americans, let alone afghans, are still in the country. when asked today, pentagon spokesman john kirby wouldn t say. he wouldn t give a number. i do not have a breakdown. i i suspect that over time as our manifesting process gets more refined, we may be able to be that be there but we don t have that specific breakdown. today, how many americans american citizens remain in
the people of afghanistan have suffered under one of the most brutal regimes. in modern history. a regime with terrorists and a regime at war with women. thanks to our military and our allies and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. tonight, 20 years later, the taliban regime is back. after sweeping across afghanistan s provinces in a matter of days. taliban forces have entered the capital city of kabul. on saturday, the afghan president told the afghan people in a recorded message that remobilizing the nation s security forces was his top priority, but today, ghani fled kabul and supposedly 300,000 strong u.s. funded strong military is all but vanished. afghans the nation s banks and many more are contemplating their fate. you are looking at video by al jazeera of fighters milling about in the presidential palace in kabul. nbc news has verified the authenticity of this video. tonight, we re dedicating the entire show to the imminen
as longtime conservator of her estate, seen a major victory for the singer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe britain and the united states are sending troops back into afghanistan to help their nationals leave. the taliban continue their rapid advance across the country. it now appears that the militants have captured the country s second biggest city, kandahar giving them control of about a third of afghanistan s main cities, as well as much of the countryside. let s get the latest from kabul and our correspondent, yogita limaye. we woke up talking about the fall of city hundred miles north of campbell and we are now talking about many falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling