Shops were shut, schools were closed. Four years on, and life might feel back to normal. But what needs to change if or when the next pandemic hits us? good morning. A public inquiry has been trying to answer that question. Shall be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Today, its first findings will look just at the time before covid, including planning and the state of the nhs, after a decade of spending constraints. We were at the bottom of the table on number of doctors, number of nurses, number of beds, number of itus. If you lose control of your debt and you lose control of your deficit and you lose control of your economy, you end up cutting the health service. Dr saleyha ahsan is a documentary maker and trained army medic. Ijust remember it being a really brutal time, i think. She filmed this working in a covid ward during the pandemic. We were dealing with a killer virus. We hadn t a vaccine at that point. Ppe was short. It was ridiculous. It felt that we were
And in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. Hello and welcome to the programme. As the taliban move into kabul, western countries are moving out, commandeering the airport to evacuate embassy staff and others desperate to leave. The pentagon is sending a further 1,000 american troops to assist with the us evacuation effort. British troops are supporting the evacuation of british and afghan civilians. More than 60 countries have signed a statement saying all afghans and other citizens who want to leave afghanistan must be allowed to depart. They say those in power are responsible for the protection of life and property, and the restoration of order. Graham satchell reports on the latest developments. 0n on board a plane due to leave kabul overnight but at the last minute they are told the flight will not be going. Passengers are forced to rejoin the chaos outside. There is panic and fear everywhere. For20
Was it worth it and for me at the moment, for many of my friends messaging me, i don t think it was. A minute s silence will be held in the uk at 11am, in memory of those killed in the plymouth shooting in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. And double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they ve come into contact with someone with covid. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban have seized control of afghanistan and declared the war over after their forces swept into the capital, kabul. That s triggered scenes of panic, as people desperately try to leave. Just look at this video, filmed at the city s international airport. People are trying to get onto the plane climbing up the outside of the gantry, and force their way onto the boarding walkway. Western countries are evacuating their staff and some other individuals