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a government clampdown on cowboy behaviour by providers of covid tests, offering misleading prices to holiday makers. a new drive to get 16 and 17 year olds to have their covid jab. and giving it their all britain s paralympians prepare for the start of competition in tokyo tomorrow. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a hammer blow for the foxes west ham take the lead and leicester down to ten men. we ll bring you all the news from the london stadium. good evening. as desperate afghans continue their attempts to flee their country, the defence minister, ben wallace, has said the uk has hours, not weeks to airlift people out. as the deadline of august 31st looms for foreign troops to leave the country, borisjohnson is expected to use a virtual g7 summit tomorrow to urge president biden to keep a military presence there beyond that date. but today the taliban appeared to rule out any delay to the withdrawal and to the current evacuation mission. t ....
with the bbc s leads to sets. lets get the latest developments in afghanistan. the taliban has warned of consequences if the us and its allies extend their presence in afghanistan beyond their 31st of august deadline. that s eight days from now and there s increasing concerns the evacuations of foreigners and afghans won t be completed. here s the taliban s spokesman. they should withdraw from afghanistan, let the people start a new chapter of peace and construction. this is not a convincing justification if they say there are a lot of afghans who are working with foreign troops, and they have still not been evacuated. they need to have that action open for them. we are not putting any hurdles in their way, if they have a passport saying that they were issued by the us to them, they can go to commercial flights any time they want to go. that is their right. of course, we want them to stay in afghanistan and participate in the construction of the country, and there i ....
walkers are urged to respect the mountain as the number of visitors soars. and britain s paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat their medal haul from rio five years ago. welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has warned there are hours, not weeks, left to airlift people out of afghanistan. diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st deadline forforeign troops to leave. but the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. the ministry of defence says british forces have already airlifted out more than 6,000 people. the focus now, it says, is on a further 1,800 uk nationals and more than 2,200 afghans. the government conceded again today that some who are eligible to come to the uk will be left behind. 0urfirst report comes from our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani who is in kabul. it s crowded, filthy and baking hot. but desperate afghans keep c ....
and celebrate his nomination for a big award. a touch of hollywood comes to north wales. but who s responsible for this sign on a hill above wrexham? good on a hill above wrexham? morning. the weather t: similar good morning. the weather today is similar to yesterday in that there will be cloud, and some rain and drizzle, but some shine also and i will tell you where you can expect that in about 25 minutes. it s wednesday the 18th of august. our top story. up to 20,000 afghans will be resettled in the uk over the coming years, under a new scheme announced by the government. it follows the taliban s return to power in afghanistan, which has sparked fears of a refugee crisis. 0pposition parties have criticised the government for not going far enough, as our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. arriving in the uk last night, british citizens and their afghan allies, some of those who have now fled kabul after the taliban takeover. back in afghanistan, many more ....
now it s time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. hello, shorts and t shirts weather once again today pretty much across the board as those temperatures sky rocket. the sun is strong, and here s another reminder ofjust how strong it is. very high uv levels across many parts of england and wales. not quite so high in scotland a bit more cloud here. actually, temperatures across the northern half of the uk will be a somewhat lower today. that s because we have slightly cooler air coming off the atlantic. so 20 in glasgow, for example. in london and the south east, we ll probably hit around 30 31 celsius. balmy evening, balmy night on the way. across the northern half of the uk, we keep the cloud it ll also remain fresher around 11 12 celsius. but the south, look how warm it is! 17 in cardiff, 17 in london. mid teens in liverpool. tomorrow, another hot day. not quite as hot, but i m sure you ll agree, hot enough. hello this is bbc news. the headlin ....