Of people arrested in the first anti government protests in decades. Plus, keeping busy during an unwanted intermission. How the cast of Mamma Mia found themselves working different jobs during lockdown now theyre ready to go again. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Were drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during americas 20 year military involvement. Evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 Thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. Many more are trying desperately to escape. Our afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani and Camera Operator Malik mu dassir, have this report from kabul. Get back Panic And Chaos close to kabul airport. British soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. British passport holders in the crowd, desperately trying to get through. This is my british passport. Like this Uber Driver
Nearly a week after the earthquake in haiti victims in the some of hardest Hit Areas are still waiting for help plus, keeping busy during an unwanted intermission. How the cast of Mamma Mia found themselves working different jobs during lockdown now theyre ready to go again. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe were drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during americas 20 year military involvement. Evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 Thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. Many more are trying desperately to escape. Our afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani and Camera Operator Malik mu dassir, have this report from kabul. Get back Panic And Chaos close to kabul airport. British soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. British passport holders in the crowd, desperately
Engineers leading The Field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by Kevin Fong at the Victoria And Albert museum, london. Hello, im Kevin Fong, and welcome to the engineers clean energy. We are here at the Victoria And Albert museum In London with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the worlds leading engineers. Now, the Climate Catastrophe threatens All Of Us. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith, professor of physics at oxford, and through of his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, he discovered a thin film of photocells. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of Solar Power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief Technology Officer and Vice President of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest creator of Wind Turbines w
The paralympics get underway in tokyo next week, with the Opening Ceremony on tuesday. Among those making their debut at the games, is the swimmer suzanna hext. But the 32 year old has followed an unusual path into the sport, having first achieved huge success, as an equestrian. Our sports correspondent, andy swiss, has been to meet her. It makes you want to get as much as you can out of life. Harrowing to the olympics, the latest stop on a remarkable porting journey. Latest stop on a remarkable portingjourney. From latest stop on a remarkable porting journey. From her earliest years, she loved riding. In 2012, a horse reared up riding. In 2012, a horse reared up and fell on top of her, leaving her with life changing injuries. I leaving her with life changing inuries. ~ , leaving her with life changing inuries. ~ ,. , injuries. I felt like my whole world fell injuries. I felt like my whole world fell apart. Injuries. I felt like my whole world fell apart. I injuries. I felt like my who
Just opened at the edinburgh international Film Festival and is in cinemas now. You can consume it on digital from the 23rd of august. Phone rings. Who is this . Static. Owen . Is that. I cant hear you. Look out of the window. Next up, a psychological horror, the Night House. Rebecca hall stars as beth, a teacher who is reeling from the sudden death of her husband, owen. Shes left alone in the lakeside home that they shared, having vivid nightmares about a ghostly presence. Rummaging around in owens belongings, she finds sketches that tell a very strange sTory and tries To investigate while navigating her grief. There are plenty of effective scares in this film from direcTor david bruckner, who helmed the rural horror, the ritual. Figures flicker and loom in the shadows, and sudden sounds will have you jumping out of your seat. But the script also explores beths internal affairs. Beths internal fears. She is terrified To discover that she may not have known her husband as well as she t