the uk enters the final stage of its afghanistan evacuation operation by air. no more people will be called forward to kabul airport to leave. it comes as at least 90 people including 13 american soldiers are now known to have died in the kabul airport suicide attacks. the risk of blood clots is almost nine times higher in those who catch coronavirus, than those who ve had a vaccine, according to a major new study. mark king has been campaigning for all schools and sports clubs to have defibrillators, since his 12 year old son 0liver died from a sudden cardiac arrest, after a swimming lesson. following an appearance on the bbc, alongside former liverpool footballerjamie carragher, the pair were invited to meet the education secretary gavin williamson, to discuss the campaign. they had that meeting yesterday, and ijoined them on theirjourney. preparing for the next step in a journey which started a decade ago, with the death of his son, 0liver. my lucky lock of our 0llie s hair.
in dumfries, debenhams was the biggest shock. gosh, it is a lot bigger on the inside. there has not been much interest in it so far, unfortunately. it is a big unit, this isjust one floor. scott runs a company which has bought this empty shop, bringing in new tenants through donations and public funding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we have the funding can absolutely begin to take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. a food court on the ground floor. upper floors, top floor, potentially residential. it is just how to pay for it. that is the challenge for many of these towns, the vast empty department stores will be tricky spaces to fill. the headlines on bbc news. president biden insists the kabul airlift will continue, despite two attacks killing more than 90 people
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0ver over the past few weeks, i know many of you are tired of me hearing me say this, we have been made aware by our intelligence community that the isis k, and arch enemy taliban, people were freed from both those prisons, and they have planned a complex set of attacks on us personnel and others. this is why the from the outset, i repeatedly said this mission was extraordinarily dangerous and why i have been so determined to limit the duration of this mission. earlier this morning i heard from alberto cairo. he s the head of the physical rehabilitation programme of the international committee of the red cross in afghanistan and described the current situation in kabul as he sees it. kabul is quiet, if you move around,
president biden came in front of the cameras yesterday at the white house and said again that he is committed to this deadline to withdraw all us troops from afghanistan by august the 31st. they still believe they can get every american out of afghanistan who wants to leave by that deadline so the president is sticking to the deadline even when these attacks yesterday. he did say that there is some room, he is committed to remaining until every american is out who wants to get out. the military is also saying that they are working directly with the taliban to try and extend a perimeter around the airport. the taliban is responsible for securing the area around the airport, but officials know it remains a very dangerous situation there. how much olitical dangerous situation there. how much political pressure dangerous situation there. how much political pressure is dangerous situation there. how much political pressure is there dangerous situation there. how much political pressur