And football s world governing body, fifa, investigates last night s events in hungary where england players were racially abused during their 4 0 win. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. Paralympicsgb pass the 100 medal mark on day ten in tokyo, as emma wiggs makes history by winning the canoe sprint. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he s had constructive discussions with his counterpart in pakistan about securing safe passage from afghanistan for people entitled to settle in the uk. With kabul s airport still closed, pakistan is crucial in the mission to help people flee afghanistan because the two nations share a land border. He told a news conference in islamabad that britain was sending £30 million of aid to help afghanistan s neighbours cope with refugees. He also said uk experts were heading to the region to co ordinate efforts. This report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. For anyone trying
You can t see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and you having to deal with the aftermath of that. You can t see any of that without being emotional. After the racist abuse directed at england players in hungary, football s world governing body says it is investigating. And stealing a pet is to be made a specific criminal offence in england after a rise in dog thefts during the pandemic. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Ollie pope helps england build a first innings lead over india on his return on day two of the fourth test at the oval. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The uk s vaccines advisory body has said it can t recommend vaccinating healthy 12 to 15 year olds against covid 19 on health grounds alone. It says children are at such low risk from the virus thatjabs would offer only marginal benefit. But thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation said the government should consider wider issues, like disruption to schools.
Without being emotional. World football s governing body opens disciplinary investigations after the racism directed at england players in hungary. And golds in canoeing and athletics paralympics gb top the 100 medal mark in tokyo. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, 0llie pope and chris woakes both score half centuries for england, but it s finely poised in the fourth test against india at the oval. Good evening. The uk s vaccines advisory body has said it can t recommend vaccinating healthy 12 to 15 year olds against covid 19 on health grounds alone. It says children are at such low risk from the virus thatjabs would offer only marginal benefit. But thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation said the government should consider wider issues, like disruption to schools. The health secretary sajid javid has now asked the chief medical officers in all four nations to look at whether those considerations tip the balance. Here s our medical editor, fergus walsh. F
of the former prime minister david cameron for the collapsed firm greensill capital mps vote today on whether to hold a parliamentary inquiry. the family of a pregnant nurse who died with covid 19 hasn t received any money from a fundraising campaign which is now at £186,000, even though it was set up to support her husband and children. young black people have been hit hardest by unemployment during the covid pandemic, according to new research. the resolution foundation think tank said that over the past year, the jobless rate for young black people rose by more than a third to 35%, compared with 24% for young people of asian descent and 13% for young white people. the foundation said that covid had widened existing gaps between ethnic groups. it added that young people had borne the brunt ofjob losses in lockdown: between the second and third quarters of 2020 the unemployment rate among 18 24 year olds rose from 11.5% to 13.6%. i can now speak to kathleen henehan, who s
at the hard rock stadium, winning in under an hour. ben shelton has kept the home fans happy, moving into the third round after a comfortable straight sets win over spain s martin landaluce. the 21 year old did not face a single break point. next up for him the 23rd seed lorenzo musetti. and ninth seed alex de minaur eased past korea s soon woo kwon, winning 6 3, 6 2. he ll face jan lennard struff next. in the women s draw, the americanjessica pegula is through to the last 16. she beat canada s leylah fernandez, the 2021 us open runner up. the 30 year old number fifth seed fought back from 5 3 down in the opening set with a run of five straight games and was the stronger player after that, closing out the win in an hour and 41 minutes. she remains on course for a third consecutive semifinal appearance at a 1000 masters event. she s got emma navarro, her compatriot, next. it was a predictably one sided match between italy and england in the women s six nations championship.