But is this the time to be asking for more health? hello and welcome. I m christian fraser in london. The british foreign secretary told a committee of mps today that his government had ordered british embassy staff to destroy anything that would hand the taliban a propaganda coup. Yet we now know, in the haste to evacuate, they left behind the contact details of afghans who d worked for the embassy and the cvs of people who applied. Fortunately, they were found by a british reporter, not the taliban gunmen scouring the building. As for the propaganda coup, well, they don t come much bigger than the celebration in kandahar today, at which the taliban paraded the humvees, a helicopter, and an arsenal of weapons they have captured. To the victor goes the spoils of war and the keys to the presidential palace. The taliban are working to form their new government. It will be announced in the coming days, but without any women in senior positions. In an interview with bbc pashto, the deput
Auction for the first time. And welcome to manchester, again cristiano ronaldo and united reach agreement on a return to old trafford. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The british operation to airlift thousands of afghan and uk citizens out of afghanistan has begun to draw to a close will supportsjohnson admits not everyone eligible to leave can be airlifted out, but he insists the government will do whatever it could to help those left behind it follows yesterday s suicide bomb attack at kabul airport in which close to 100 people are now confirmed dead. It is also been revealed that two of those killed were british nationals along with the child of another british citizen. The pentagon says 13 us military personnel were among the dead. 0ur correspondent in callable secunder kermani has the latest, and awarding his report contains distressing images. Distraught relatives search kabul s morgues looking for their loved ones. This baby, you managed to save? but there is another bab
Area will be arriving a weak cold front, i would area will be arriving a weak cold front, iwould not area will be arriving a weak cold front, i would not call it cold because it is not especially cold air but it is certainly fresher air coming from the norwegian sea, bringing some cloud from newcastle danced towards the south east. So a bit more clearly in the east, always worsen across western areas. An steady as she goes on the weather front for the next few days. In fact as far as the eye can see, dry weather, not a raindrop to be seen, and even bank holiday monday is looking fine as well. That s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming on sportsday. The paralympic flame is shining bright in tokyo. We ll look ahead to 12 days of competition. Will dame sarah storey leave japan as the best british paralympian? from the track to the road, she s looking to make histo
Fight, in decades. President biden says the much criticised evacuation effort from kabul airport is accelerating, with american troops expanding the perimeter around the site. In a televised speech at the white house mr biden said the taliban had cooperated with the move. Huge crowds of people desperate to get out are continuing to gather at the airport. Anisa kadri reports. Hoping, waiting to leave afghanistan, they gather outside kabul airport as gunshots i had. Witnesses said the taliban invited in the air to make people line up in orderly queues, but it is not yet if these shots were triggered in the same instance. These afghans are leaving everything they know to start from scratch stop america says it has evacuated 30,000 people in just over one week. Their president hopes they will be no need to extend the august 31 a deadline for a complete us withdrawal. My withdrawal. My heart aches for those people you see. We are proving that we can move though thousands of people out of ka
Without telling the pakistani government. Is this a region, a problem that will come back and haunt? this is something that is not going to be parked once america, britain and the others finally quit? i think it s a very realistic assessment. He s basically suggesting that the taliban will shelter and terrorist groups like alqaeda will allow them to plan on the west. Sort of what we saw happening and 9/11. When we have somebody without authority and much knowledge, giving that kind of warning, i think you have to take that extremely seriously. It seems incredible to me for sure that if you have this regime back in power again, some of those incredible protections we had for the last 20 years are going to be somewhat diminished. Ithink years are going to be somewhat diminished. I think it s really good the mirror has gone on this line. I think it s something the public need to wake up to. Think it s something the public need to wake up ta to wake up to. Both british and americans to