extending a forever exit. in afghanistan, the taliban declaring victory, holding a press conference on the tarmac of the kabul airport with their own special forces. of course, now carrying american weapons captured from the collapsed afghan army, and in a remote province, the taliban even holding a mock funeral, parading coffins draped with american and nato flags. a speaker praising the isis suicide bomber who killed 13 u.s. service members and 200 afghans. at least 200 americans are still stranded in the country and countless afghan allies who helped u.s. troops over 20 years of conflict left behind. we re also keeping a close eye on ida as it brings torrential rain and wind leaving a path of destruction in its wake. millions across louisiana and mississippi are really suffering, dealing with the blustering heat and no power. a new law outlawing all abortions in the state went into effect at midnight, following all of the stories for you and let s begin with afghanistan
and there are warnings of more possible attacks the uk says it will continue evacuation plans. we are able to continue with the programme in the way that we have been running it, according to the timetable that we have got and that is what we are going to do. hello. as we continue our coverage here on bbc news of a double bomb attack in kabul. it took place close to an airport where crowds have been gathering with hope of boarding and evacuation site. they tell assay between 13 and 20 people have been killed. the us confirmed that at least four of its troops have been killed in an attack at kabul airport. several are being treated for injuries. 0ne happened at abbey gate on the other was close to baron hotel, it had been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuation since the airlift began. barbara plett usher is in washington. i m expecting to hearfrom i m expecting to hear from the white house shortly? the i m expecting to hear from the white house short
hello, welcome to the programme. there was a grim, inevitability, about the attack in kabul today. the intelligence was specific, the threat was well known, but amid the fear and desperation of those trying to get out, no conceivable way to stop it. the first explosion camejust before dusk, close to the abbey gate of the kabul airport. it is on the south side of the perimeter, where dense crowds of people had been waiting, some of them knee deep in a sewage drain, for a vanishingly slim chance of escape. there are deeply upsetting images of the dead lying in the water and the wounded being ferried to hospital sometimes on the back of wheelbarrows. not long after there was a second explosion this time outside the baron hotel, further along the airport perimeter, where terrified afghans would surely have been running from the first blast. a senior afghan health officials says at least 60 people have been killed and 140 injured. in the last hour the pentagon has confirmed th
longer be compulsory after the 19th ofjuly although we are advised to keep wearing them. but some people believe that advice won t be enough. a petition demanding we stick with masks until cases fall has been signed by almost 200,000 people, as fiona lamdin reports from bristol: (vt the rules may be changing next week, but here in clevedon, customers will still be asked to wear masks in this boutique. my daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia injune 2018, and went through two and a half years of treatment, and then came out of that treatment in.in covid, so it s hard. it s been tough. those people, like us, that have shielded, that literally didn t leave their homes, you know, for months on end, and people wearing a mask to protect each other made them feel safer. people like martin, who has lung disease. he shielded for the first three months of lockdown. i would feel terrified about going to shop next week, being surrounded by people not wearing masks and not social distan