Hello and welcome. Us officials say they re looking to fly 6,000 people out of afghanistan over the coming hours, as their much criticised withdrawal gains pace. In total, according to nato, more than 18,000 people have been evacuated from kabul airport since the taliban took over the capital. Meanwhile, the taliban insists there will be no retribution against those who worked with us forces. But an intelligence briefing for the un says militants are stepping up their search for so called collaborators. 0urfirst report comes from our correspondent secunder kermani, in kabul. This is crowd control, taliban style. Outside the airport, thousands of people desperate to leave. This is the road anyone being evacuated has to travel along. The taliban repeatedly stopped us filming. They don t like the images of so many afghans fleeing their rule. They have denied claims they are at times preventing some afghans with valid documents from entering the airport. But many of those here don t have a
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And endangered species kenya conducts its first ever wildlife census. Hello and welcome. President biden has been speaking about the crisis in afghanistan. He said the united states has made clear to the taliban that any attack on the evacuation mission from kabul would be met by a swift and forceful response. Mr biden said he was in constant contact with the taliban about the mission and that 13 thousand people had been evacuated from the country since the 14th of august. Let s hear some of what he said. We are going to do everything, everything we can to provide safe evacuation for our afghan allies, partners and afghans who might be targeted because of their association with the united states. But let me be clear, any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Make no mistake, this evacuation mission is dangerous. It involves risks to our armed forces and it is being conducted under difficult circumstances. I cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or that it wi
Week, new uncertainty for british holidaymakers heading to portugal. In an appearance on an american podcast, prince harry says he wants to break the cycle of the pain and suffering of his upbringing with his own children. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The israeli military has intensified its bombardment of gaza into a fifth day, using artillery, gun boats and air strikes. International calls for de escalation have been ignored, with hamas continuing to fire hundreds of rockets into israel. Explosions lit up the sky over gaza city through the night. The number of people killed in gaza now stands at 119, including 27 children according to the health ministry. Multiple missiles were launched by palestinian militants from gaza towards israel. Eight people have died in israel. And another aspect to the violence sectarian clashes on the streets, betweenjewish and arab israeli citizens who usually live side by side. This is the scene live in gaza. W
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s eight in the morning here in singapore, and six in the evening in the province of saskatchewan where police investigating the stabbing of ten people on sunday have arrested a suspect. myles sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the attacks. the other, his brother, was found dead on monday. a motive for the attacks still isn t clear. i spoke to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who is in melfort, saskatchewan for us. this manhunt for myles sanderson has now concluded, police can affirming that they have taken him into custody. this hunt stretched over three provinces and over the last few days our team has been here and we have seen for ourselves these piercing mobile phone alerts that you get every few minutes from the police saying that he has possibly been cited here, he s been cited there, he was seen in the city of red china which is around three hours from he