Facing fierce criticism of his handling of this us withdrawal. We will look at one other straying today s programme, the devastating earthquake in haiti. At least 1300 people are now thought to have died in that 7. 2 magnitude quake. Injuly, president biden was asked if the taliban seizing power was inevitable once us troops left. The likelihood there is going to be at taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. And owning the whole country is highly unlikely and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. Now, though, in au:ust, these are pictures of the taliban in the presidential palace. They are in power, president ghani has fled the country and the afghan military largely offered no resistance. Injuly, president biden was asked whether he saw any parallels between the us withdrawal from afghanistan now and the infamous moment in us history its rushed withdrawal from saigon in vietnam in 1975. Zero. What you have his entire brigades break
bit better, a few showers around but still disappointing in terms of temperatures. jane. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m lizzie greenwood hughes, here s what s coming up. heartbreakfor germany at the women s world cup they re out in the group stages. instead, celebrations for morocco who go through to the last 16 for the first time in their history. at the netball world cup england are full of confidence after a stunning win over top side australia. i don t think you can underestimate mentally what that tells me about where the group are at. i think that s a scary thing and something to really look forward to. and defending champions great britain crash out of the team pursuit a
coutts bank raised concerns internally that nigel farage was xenophobic and racist, and cancelled his account. well, he s here, and he s not best pleased. the former brexit leader has found an ally in rishi sunak, who has promised a crackdown on banks denying accounts to customers on the basis of their opinions. we ll ask, should financiers be free to choose their customers? also tonight. women have been out on the streets of afghanistan today facing down water cannon and tear gas, protesting about the tabilan s closure of every beauty salon in the country by the end of friday, which will leave more than 50,000 beauticans without a wage. we ll be speaking live from kabul to the feminist activist mahbouba serja. in our latest nhs investigation, we ask serious questions about one of the companies making millions from the nhs to review trusts. when we see there is millions of pounds being spent on consultants, we have to ask why that money is being spent, where it is being spent
statement in the past hour. i want putin and all his allies, all his friends, his government, i want them all to know that they will be held responsible for what they have done with our country, with my family, with my husband. more on that in the next family, with my husband. more on that in the next half family, with my husband. more on that in the next half an family, with my husband. more on that in the next half an hour. - more on that in the next half an hour. the final ruling in donald trump s civil fraud trial is expected later. the former president faces a 370 million dollarfine and restrictions on doing business in new york. in the uk labour wins two by elections in a further blow to the governing conservatives. our top story this hour breaking news from russia, where the prison service has announced that the jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny has died. in a statement, it said he felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness. us sec