Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are james rampton, feature writer at the i paper, and rachel watson, deputy political editor at the scottish daily mail. Tomorrow s front pages, starting with: the metro calls it the fall of kabul as the taliban take control of afghanistan s capital with a dramatic picture of helicopters air lifting us embassy staff to safety. The financial times writes that washington s two decade military project ended in chaos as adghanistan s president fled the country. The daily telegraph says thousands of britons and americans are scrambling to flee the country after islamist forces walked into kabul virtually unopposed. The sun also leads with the escape from kabul, adding that the taliban s lightning offensive surprised the uk and the us. The i writes that the taliban is back in power twenty years after being overthrown by us and british forces. The guardian adds that the militant group starte
new zealand s prime minister says an underwater volcanic eruption in the southern pacific caused significant damage to the island nation of tonga and some coastal areas are still cut off. no injuries or deaths have been reported. hello and welcome to bbc news. an australian court has ruled that novak djokovic cannot stay in the country upholding the government s decision to cancel his visa. three federaljudges have dismissed his application and the world s men s tennis number one will not now have the opportunity to defend his australian open title. this was the ruling as it was announced. the orders of the court are, one, the amended application be dismissed with costs, such costs to be agreed or, failing agreement, assist, two, reasons to be published at a later date. the ruling completes a frenetic 11 days. novak djokovic s vaccination exemption was overturned on his arrival in melbourne, only for a judge to rule that border officials had not followed the correct proce
six million people were waiting for planned operations and procedures in november. england s isolation period for coronavirus is reduced to five full days, if there are two negative covid test results on days five and six. vaccinated uk travellers will be allowed back to france from tomorrow as the government in paris relaxes restrictions. a rare interference alert is issued by mi5 to parliamentary offices. it warns of political interference activities on behalf of the chinese communist party. a former syrian colonel is found guilty of the torture of thousands of people at a prison in damascus during syria s civil war. the scale of our river pollution. mps call for a step change in efforts to clean up rivers in england. borisjohnson s future as prime minister remains in the balance, despite his apology for attending a drinks party during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020. some senior conservatives are calling for him to resign. but members of the cabinet have rallied
fa cup final in a row. good morning. the warmest day of the year so far on good friday with temperatures soaring to 23.1; degrees in london. today it will be cooler, there will be sunshine and showers and strong winds developing across the north west. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday 18th april. our main story. russian air strikes have hit multiple targets across ukraine it s as residents of the eastern luhansk region are being urged to evacuate immediately. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are holding on in the besieged port city of mariupol that s despite ignoring demands from the kremlin to surrender. sean dilley reports. mariupol has not yet fallen technically. ukrainian troops who had until recently defended the now occupied streets are held up in the city s vast azovstal steelworks, despite an ultimatum by president putin s forces to surrender no later than yesterday. russian troops know that ukrainians are waiting inside, ready to welcome them wit