that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2k hour period since the start of the pandemic. a world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb s kadeena cox after a stunning ride in the velodrome. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday s suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack including 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. speaking to the american people president biden had a message for the attackers saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 111,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but there s
manchester united say they ve reached an agreement with the italian clubjuventus to re sign cristiano ronaldo. more than 2a hours after the bomb attack at kabul airport, the details about exactly what happened are only now getting clearer. the number of people killed in the blast has risen to 170, with 181 people injured. that s according to an official at the ministry of public health. after thursday s reports of two explosions, the pentagon has now confirmed there was just one, very close to the airport gate. 0ur correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani has the latest, and a warning, his report contains distressing images. distraught relatives search kabul s morgues looking for their loved ones. this baby, you managed to save? but there is another baby? amongst those killed, mohammad niazi, a british afghan who had travelled into kabul from london to try and help his family get inside the airport. his eldest daughter, youngest child and wife are all still missing. his broth
also, america publishes its assessment of the origins of covid 19, but the results are inconclusive. hello and welcome. i m martine croxall. senior taliban officials say they have taken up positions inside kabul airport and are ready to take control as soon as the americans leave. the us insists it will keep evacuating afghans until the last moment and that its forces are still in charge of the site. but it s thought they may be out in a matter of hours. reports now suggest as many as 170 people died in thursday s suicide bomb and gun attack on dense crowds at the airport gates. let s hear this report now from our international correspondent lyse doucet. it seems in the same way the taliban fighters stole a march suddenly on kabul last week, they re doing the same tonight at the airport. for the past few hours, we ve been watching on social media as senior officials among the taliban and their supporters are posting photographs with exclamations like, the foreign occupation
we have live coverage from france and england. plus china s censors block cnn s coverage of peng shuai. not seen after two weeks after accusing a former government official of sexual assault. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. it is thursday, november 2 25th and after eight days of testimony 23 witnesses and 11 hours of jury deliberation, the family of ahmaud arbery has finally received the verdict they have been waiting for. a jury in southern georgia has found three white men guilty of murder and other charges in the killing of the 25-year-old unarmed black man last year. arbery was out for a jog when he was chased down, then shot, and then killed. this trial has been a long time coming for the arbery family. no arrests were made for about two months. only after a video of the killing was released sparking national outcry. now with the guilty verdict, arbery s parents say their son can rest in peace. have a listen. today was a v
where resistance forces are still holding out, despite demands for surrender. we ll bring you a live report. also this morning, mask confusion. the doj says it may appeal the ruling from a federal judge that suddenly lifted the mask mandate on planes and transit systems if the cdc says it s necessary. meanwhile, more democrats are pushing president biden to delay lifting title 42 until the u.s. has a more solid plan in place for migrants expected to arrive at the border. and we have exclusive new reporting about what the administration wants from congress. and in florida, governor ron desantis is asking lawmakers to consider stripping disney of its self-governing power. we ll take a look into what all of this means, next. and unfolding right now in ukraine, an intense battle for mariupol, the besieged port city, absolutely critical to russia s military strategy. just hours ago, the commander of the last ukrainian troops in mariupol warned his forces are outnumbered and