Mark milley saying today that getting americans out is the singular focus of the biden administration. The situation is still very dangerous, very dynamic and fluid and we can be proud of those executing this mission. They re currently in harm s way. That needs to be our focus. There will be plenty of time to do aars but right now our mission is to secure that air field, defend that air field and evacuate those faithful to us. There will be many postmortems on this topic but right now is not that time. There s troops at risk and we the united states military and fully intend to successfully evacuate all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan, all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan. They are our priority number one. In addition we intend to evacuate those supporting us for years and won t leave them behind. Milley s comments hours after scenes of chaos unfolded on wednesday outside of what is the only way out of afghanistan. The airport in kabul. The tali
Earlier this month, she noticed the early signs of deterioration starting in her right ear and decided to act. She s been speaking to our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. Suddenly i see this is what i want to be suddenly i see. Kt tunstall has been playing live for three decades, often doing 200 shows a year. Next week, she was to start a three month us tour with hall oates, but what s happening to her hearing has caused her to pull out. It s almost like a siren goes off and you suddenly get this woo oo oo, and it s just a pulse of a noise. The other thing that you can get is that suddenly you can t hear anything and it feels like someone s put a vacuum over your head. Her plan is now to space out live shows, allowing more recovery time, but the brit award winning singer has been struggling with her hearing since the end of 2007. I got off a long haul flight, and i was actually going to a spice girls concert, and i had a nap before i was going to go to the gig, and i woke u
Minutes or so. The uk s vaccine minister says the government is confident that plans to lift a range of covid restrictions will go ahead onjuly the 19th in england, but he also said masks are still expected to be worn indoors. The fortification of the vaccination programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step four and the pm will say more about this. A sixth wimbledon title. And at wimbledon, it s game, set and match for novak djokovic as he beats matteo berrettini by three sets to one to take his sixth grass court title. Lift off for branson the billionaire virgin galactic founder has flown to the edge of space on the company s first ever passenger flight before gliding back to earth safely. Good evening from wembley, where in an hour s time the opportunity england s men have dreamed of for so long will be under way. Dreamed of for so long the final of the euros is upon us. Dreamed of for so long the dreamed of for so long rain has started around the stadium the rain has starte
From the white house. Reporter: hi john, now that this virus is almost as exciting in the united season more people being vaccinated, the focus is on the origin was a manmade or was it from an animal transfer from that to human in remains to be seen. The right of the official of the white house they want to know more and fox news has the state department emails that show inside or in fighting the final days of the trump administration it specifically over this theory that covid19 may have indeed we from a lab of the emails between the departments covid19 investigative team and the armscontrol bureaucracy over the claim that virus originated in the lab somehow escaped. And former acting under secretary for armscontrol and international security route thomas and january the former acting assistant secretary of the bureau of armscontrol. In compliance and is becoming embarrassing and i may say so, more than a little bit worse mores of the abc armscontrol verification compliance is still c
in the last year or so. and he s done some great stuff, and i thank him very much, particularly on helping to encourage vaccine take up amongst more hesitant groups and communities. new figures show fewer than one in five people with covid 19 symptoms request a test, and the number who follow self isolation rules is low. as france goes into a third lockdown we talk to an expert in paris in paris about the situation across the country. and the life and legacy of diana, princess of wales, is to be recognised with a blue plaque in london. one of six new plaques dedicated to pioneering women. good afternoon. a 22 year old has become the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a banned neo nazi terror group. neo nazi terrorist group. benjamin hannam was also convicted of lying on his met police application and having terrorist documents detailing knife combat and making explosive devices, following the trial at the old bailey. hejoined national action after