Hot on friday. Sandra good morning. Dropping stuff off the desk left and right. It is friday indeed. Good to see you as well. Sandra smith, americas newsroom. By the way, surveying the damage outside of the new York Area here the city got hard hit but all this is days after it rolled through louisiana in the southeast parts of that state and the president will be there later today. Bill we were on the Air Yesterday and the scope of this was coming in focus for a lot of people. Now were a day and a half removed from it and see what it is left. Sandra rivers are still rising in some areas as crews look for people who may still be trapped in some of their homes or even cars. Bill the rain overwhelmed drainage systems. Roads out of commission. The Bronx River Parkway in New York. Sandra one of the most deadly aspects of this storm has been the tornadoes. Officials confirming that The Storm spawned at least 10 tornadoes. Allout assault catching people completely offguard. Devastating. My bo
Afghanistan late this afternoon. Actually just a few members ago, wrapping up. Utah Republican Congressman Chris Stewart was in that classified hearing, he will join us momentarily. But, first, Correspondent Trey Yingst starts us off tonight with a wrapup live from dough doha,qatar. Are good evening, today civilians do everything they can to flee the country now under taliban rule. We know there will be continuous flights out of afghanistan on military planes. Heres a look at whAt Those efforts are like. A c17 fires flares as it departs from the airport in kabul. The purpose to counter any possible antiaircraft missile targeting the plane with just 8 days until american troops are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan, evacuations are of vulnerable people are are are Security Threats against u. S. And its allies. Outside the walls of the airport a shootout erupted early this morning, american, nato and afghan troops all firing back at gunman who killed one afghan soldier. Officials
And Spain And Italy are through to the Semi Finals of Euro 2020 after beating Switzerland And Belgium respectively. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Lots coming up. First the un Security Council has met to discuss the crisis in ethiopias tigray region. Eight months of fighting means Hundreds Of Thousands of people are now at risk of starvation. The ethiopian government has denied allegations that its been blocking aid getting through. This is after tigrayan rebels took control of much of the Northern Region this week. The un World Food Programme says its up and running again but access is still difficult. Courtney bembridge has the latest. An extraordinary moment after months of brittle conflict. Celebrations on the streets of tigray s Capital Michele after rebel fighters took over the city. They have declared victory over the government troops mekelle. But eight months of fighting has left its mark. ~. ,. Months of fighting has left its mark. , i i i i i months of fighting has left its
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejoe wilson, the Uk Politics reporter at bloomberg, and sian griffiths, the Education Editor at the sunday times. Lets catch up with the front pages again that theyve both been looking at. The future of quarantine The Times writes that fully vaccinated people may not need to isolate if they come into contact with someone with the virus, a change it says could be made within weeks. Isolating also takes the front of the mail, as it leads with reports of calls to reform rules or risk crippling the economy. And another split in westminster, as Michael Gove becomes the second Cabinet Minister to part ways with their wife in the space of a week. The telegraph focuses on whether any social distancing rules could have been broken. A victory for decency the Labour Leader sir Keir Starmer s reaction to the by Election Win in Batley And Spen leads on the front of the guardian. Its trading that takes t
Hello and welcome. The last american troops have left Bagram Air base, the us military S Centre of operations throughout two decades of Occupation And Engagement in afghanistan. The departure is a signal that the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country is imminent. A taliban spokesman described the handover of bagram as a positive step. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports. Bagram air base, afghanistan, the most strategically vital base in the country. Last night, the us military pulled out after nearly 20 years there. It follows a decision by President Biden for us forces to leave afghanistan by september 11. Were on track exactly as to where we expected to be, but i wanted to make sure there was enough running room, that we wouldnt be able to do it all till september. There will still be some forces left, but its a rational drawdown with our allies. The base has now been handed over to afghan government forces. But all over the country, theyre coming under