We ll have much more analysis on the situation in afghanistan, including effectiveness of the airlift from a former commander ofjoint forces. Researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. I m ina i m in a very noisy 0xford, where the women have been blocking the roads are the last three hours. A golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb, as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. The government says it will use every hour that s left to evacuate as many people as it can from afghanistan. So far, the raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul including 6,300 afghans. But more than 2,000 people who are eligible for relocation are still waiting. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul. It s a race against the cloth here. It s a race against the cloth here. It is a racer fraught with risk and fear. In britain and the us, there are reassurances that all of the foreign nationals who
And the greens agree a new power sharing agreement but stop short of a formal coalition. A new covid drug treatment which involves injecting patients with anti bodies that attacks the virus has been approved by the medicines regulator. And, nicholas cage stars as a truffle forager coming to terms with the loss of his beloved pig. See what anna smith make of this and the rest of this week s releases in the film review at 5. 45. In afghanistan, the taliban is tightening its grip across the country and there are growing concerns about religious and media freedoms under the new regime. The human rights organisation amnesty international says the group murdered 9 men from the hazara minority last month; some of them were tortured. While the german broadcaster deutschewelle says taliban fighters carried out a door to door search to try to find one of its journalists he d left the country, but they shot dead one of his relatives. Here, the prime minister is due to hold a cobra emergency m
Successful female sailing olympian of all time. The belarusian olympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. Good morning. The uk government s vaccination committee is expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be given a covid jab. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. About 1. 4 milliom teenagers would be included in the new roll out. Some countries including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. Tim muffett reports. It began with the elderly and most vulnerable. Since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got lower and lo
Team gb s hannah mills becomes the most successful ever woman olympic sailor, winning gold in the 4 70 class, alongside eilidh mcintyre. It s been one of the hardest weeks of my life, i am sure for eilidh as well. Just every day, feeling sick, not being able to eat, just nerves building up, and yeah, the emotion ofjust we ve done it. It s over, we ve done what we came here to do. There were boxing medals too, for ben whittaker with a silver, and frazer clarke, winning bronze. And the american sydney mclaughlin smashes her own world record, winning the aoom hurdles. Also this lunchtime. Jabs for teenagers more than a million could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. And president bidenjoins calls for the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, to resign over sexual harrassment claims. And coming up on the bbc news channel. A silver for team gb s ben whittaker in the light heavyweight boxing, but the brit was disappointed not to take gold after losing in the final. Good afternoon
From that zone. We could see temperatures 22 23 degrees. It will feel pleasant out there. These showers and thunderstorms in central and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. And eastern areas rumble on and then clearaway. It and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. It turns drier tonight but this new area of low pressure pushes in, that will bring cloud, rain and wind, temperatures will start to lift as well across southern and western areas by the end of the night but it is all change for thursday, friday into the weekend, we have low pressure sweeping in. It will bring more unsettled conditions. It will turn windier as well. Here is the culprit. This area of low pressure, more isobars on the chart as you see hence the winds, only slowly moving eastwards during thursday, bumping into the area of high pressure. It means central and eastern areas staying dry. The cloud picks up and a band of rain spreads eastwards through the day, some could be heavy and thundery, that w