Than 20 lives with dozens of people still missing more than 15 inches of rain has fallen. Queuing to reach snowdon s Summit Walkers are urged to respect The Mountain as the number of visitors soars. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Britain and america have hours not weeks to evacuate people from afghanistan, according to the Defence Secretary. Pressures growing on us president Joe Biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops beyond his August 31 deadline. We will have continuing coverage now on the crisis in afghanistan. Welcome to a country turned upside down by this sudden and surprising turn of events, just one week ago here in kabul the taliban took over and one week on, they are still trying to consolidate their control across the city. Afghans across the country are still coming to terms with the country turned upside down and their lives turned inside out. We spent the last 2a hours at the international airport in kabul where some of these scenes are very surreal, the
InconsIstency. It Is one that says If the goIng gets tough, we are out. BIdens botched exIt In afghanIstan Is the most astonIshIng dIsplay of gross Incompetence by a NatIons Leader perhaps at any tIme that anyones ever seen. As thousands of afghans try to escape the talIban, europe Is preparIng for thousands of new refugees. A State Of Emergency Is declared In parts of new York State ahead of the Forecast ArrIval of HurrIcane HenrI. They sIng. And Don Everly one half of the everly Brothers Duo wIth hIs late brother PhIl Has dIed at the age of 8a. Hello, and welcome If youre watchIng In the uk or Around The World. The Uks MInIstry of defence says seven people dIed In the chaotIc crowds outsIde Kabul AIrport Yesterday, where thousands are tryIng to flee afghanIstan, a week after the talIban took over the capItal. People have been tryIng to get through checkpoInts In swelterIng heat to reach evacuatIon flIghts. About 4,500 amerIcan troops are In temporary control of the aIrport, wIth arou
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejenny kleeman, a presenter at times radio, and michael booker, editor of The Sunday express. Pretty much all the Front Pages are pretty much all the Front Pages are in, and theres really only One story in town for most of them. The metro calls it the Flight From Hell as people at Kabul Airport tried desperately to escape the Taliban In Afghanistan today. The guardian adds that seven people died in the chaos some clung to the outside of the plane as it took off, and others were crushed in the crowd. The Financial Times leads with a similar image of the runway today, adding that many afghans dread the return of a hardline islamist regime. And the daily mirror, headlining it simply desperate shows the inside of that Plane Writing that more than 600 afghans packed onto the us jet to escape. The times adds that all outbound flights had to be halted after the chaos on the runway. The i writes No
I think its a very difficult read. The bbc has written to Princes William and harry to apologise. Also on tonights programme. Ive just received a message and the message says, victory a step closer to compensation for thousands of women caught in the breast implant scandal. A huge Shake Up in how the railways are run. A bigger role for the state but there will still be private operators. The surge in the indian variant of covid the bbc sees evidence that a failure of Test And Trace was partially to blame. A year on from George Floyds murder, can americas Police Forces ever win back the trust of black people . Coming up on the Bbc News channel, Day One of the pga championship, where the worlds best are finding ways to control the conditions at kiawah island, the longest course in major history. Good evening, and welcome to the Bbc News at six. The bbc has issued a full and unconditional apology after a highly critical report into the way it obtained an interview with diana, princess of
This bank holiday monday delivers the hottest day of the year so far. And a hundred years after the worst massacre in black american history, survivors in tulsa remember the day their neighbourhood was burned down. Good evening. Some scientists advising the government on coronavirus are calling for the lifting of the final lockdown restrictions in england, due on 21stjune, to be postponed. They say they re concerned about rising infection rates, due to the indian variant. Ministers warn that the government cannot make a final decision for another two weeks, but some businesses argue they need clarity now. Here s our health correspondent anna collinson. It is one of the biggest rugby stadiums in the world, but today, thousands have been encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. It s been really good, yeah. Like, i thought the queue was quite long but it moves quite quickly, and everything seems really, like, organised. Ijust sort of want the whole countryjust to come o