Hello, this is Bbc News with joanna gosling. The headlines. The us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner, following Thursdays Attack which killed as many as 170 people at kabul airport. The Uks Evacuation in afghanistan reaches its final stages. The head of britains Armed Forces told the bbc the number of people left behind would be in the high hundreds. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afraid its absolutely heartbreaking that we cant bring everybody out. A recipe for covid Chaos Government plans for schools are criticised by Education Unions who fear a rise in coronavirus infections. Britains Lorry Driver Shortage the Business Secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of Immigration Rules and told companies to employ uk based staff. Hurricane ida is approaching louisiana forcing the evacuation of high risk areas. And at the paralympics its two gold medals and two World Records for the british Cycling Couple
After the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic state called is K Or Isis k said they carried out that attack. Throughout the week, about 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands more have been left behind. There is a huge Refugee Crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. It couldnt be much worse, or could it . Justin, lets start with you. You know afghanistan well. You used to be in contact regular with the taliban. They are a highly organised group of people but to what extent was it inevitable that afghanistan would fall to them and fall so quickly . Well, when i was covering afghanistan, the government held most of the urban centres and the taliban held most of the countryside. So if you just looked at the area of the country controlled by the taliban, it controlled more than the government. And this was in the period when the
The final Uk Evacuation flight purely for afghan nationals has left Kabul Airport the Ministry Of Defence has confirmed in the last few minutes. The us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner, following Thursdays Attack which killed as many as 170 people at Kabul Airport. A recipe for covid Chaos Government plans for schools are criticised by Education Unions who fear a rise in coronavirus infections. Britains Lorry Driver Shortage the Business Secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of Immigration Rules and told companies to employ uk based staff. Hurricane ida is approaching louisiana forcing the evacuation of high risk areas. And at the paralympics its two gold medals and two World Records for the british Cycling Couple Husband and Wife Lora and Neil Fachie now on Bbc News, Weather World Nick Miller And Sarah Keith Lucas ask if recent environmental disasters could mark a Turning Point in the Worlds Approach to Climate Change. This time on We
And two World Records for the BrItIsh CyclIng couple, Husband And WIfe Lora And NeIl fachIe. And fIve IncredIble moments In afrIcas hIstory. Thats In WItness HIstory In half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. In the Last hour the MInIstry Of Defence has announced that the fInal dedIcated flIght purely for the EvacuatIon Effort from afghanIstan has left kabul. Further flIghts leavIng from the aIrport would be able to carry evacuees but would also be transportIng uk dIplomatIc staff and MIlItary Personnel as the operatIon wInds down. It comes as brItIsh ambassador to afghanIstan SIr LaurIe BrIstow saId It was tIme to close thIs phase of the EvacuatIon Effort. EarlIer, the head of the Armed Forces general SIr NIck Carter saId It was heartbreakIng that they had not been able to rescue everybody who Is ElIgIble. Our dIplomatIc AffaIrs Correspondent CarolIne Hawley reports. At Raf BrIze Norton ThIs MornIng brItIsh MIlItary Personnel arrIvIng back on uk soIl.