Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The taliban have taken control of kabul airport, after the united states pulled the last of its troops out of afghanistan. The final evacuation flight left at a minute to midnight last night. It brings to an end to the longest war in american history, in which more than 2,000 us servicemen and women lost their lives. The taliban are back in power, as they were 20 years ago. They ve declared victory and have been celebrating on the streets. Rajini vaidya nathan reports. Heading into a new and uncertain era. Taliban militia now in control of kabul airport and afghanistan. Just weeks ago, this tarmac was packed with afghans desperate to flee. Today, taliban fighters lined the runway, their spokesman congratulating them on what he described as a moment of joy and celebration. Translation: the islamic emirate | of afghanistan wants to have good | relations with the whole world on behalf of the nation. We want to have strong diplomatic relations with
10,000 homes for rental over the next few years. And in 30 minutes the travel show continues its journey from city to coast, meeting the locals in wales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government is signalling that all legal restrictions relating to covid will end on the i9thjuly in england including the wearing of facemasks. The housing secretary, robertjenrick, said the public must learn to live with the virus and use their personaljudgement. Labour said they re keen for the economy to open up but they want to see the science guiding government decisions. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. From the cobbles of york. To the minster, a portrait of england, wandering back to normal, as the government suggests that legal rules around checking into cafes, wearing facemasks and such like are likely to go in a fortnight. I think it is fantastic. I m not sure that masks have been such a great idea in the first place. Personally i won t wear outside but i will cont
From the government s building safety fund for cladding removal. However, to fix other fire safety defects, the leaseholders still face another £6 million in bills, an average of £50,000 each. Willis one of them. I welcome it. It won t help me, my building is over 15 years and even if my building was less than 15 years old, my developer is insolvent so it won t help me. Mrjenrick this morning said on the show that the majority of these buildings were built in the 2000s so it doesn t take a mathematician to work out that by the time the bill is implemented many of those buildings will not benefit from this because they will be over 15 years old. The main issue here is that leaseholders are being landed with bills for leaseholders are being landed with bills for work that they cannot afford bills for work that they cannot afford to bills for work that they cannot afford to pay and they should not have afford to pay and they should not have to afford to pay and they should not
At wembley on wednesday night. Ministers extend the period in which legal action can be taken against housing developers in light of the cladding crisis. Street closures and evacuations after a fire breaks out in strabane. From retail to real estate john lewis outlines plans to build 10,000 homes for rental over the next few years. And coming up it was all stacking up nicely for an engineer who s tasted a sweet victory after breaking an unusual world record. The government is signalling that all legal restrictions relating to covid will end on the 19thjuly in england including the wearing of facemasks. The housing secretary, robertjenrick, said the public must learn to live with the virus and use their personaljudgement. Labour said they re keen for the economy to open up but they want to see the science guiding government decisions. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. From the cobbles of york. To the minster, a portrait of england, wandering back to normal, as t
constituency had been happen again. leaseholders in my constituency had been tracked - happen again. leaseholders in my constituency had been tracked for| constituency had been tracked for the third lockdown in a terrible situation defects, unsure when they can get a mortgage to move on from their property. one said they are at their property. one said they are at their wits end with a small newborn baby so i hope today will help. what about councils and housing associations which, after ten years of austerity, do not have the money to give much relief to desperate leaseholders? has he got any good news for those leaseholders? the honourable news for those leaseholders? the honourable lady raises an important point and we have been working closely with authorities in the aftermath of the grenfell tragedy and i have engaged repeatedly with the national housing federation, who had done excellent work in this regard. we provided funding to help support them and we are focusi