Well 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. Im Ina Im 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 thats 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. Its a race agaInst the cloth here. Its 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 want to
President biden remains committed to a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by August 31st, so time is running out for the thousands of people who are still hoping to leave. The hard deadline is only days away. In recent days, the Evacuation Effort has ramped up. Planes out of the country are now reportedly leaving every a0 minutes. But its increasingly hard for afghan nationals, even those who have permits, to make it to the airport. Thats because the the taliban has said afghans should not head to the airport. Heres One British National whos stuck In Kabul. Getting to the airport is extremely difficult if not impossible. Thousands of people at the foregates of Kabul Airport, and someone with young children and elderly parents. Theres no way for us to get to the gates. And i know people who have attempted to three or four times and have gone back home. In spite of the challenges, the biden administration is emphasising the successes of the Evacuation Effort. Heres a tweet from t
Who went missing 12 years ago, says shes in utter shock over a new Police Search for her daughter. Extinction rebellion set up shop at Oxford Circus on the Third Day of a fortnight of protests across Central London. The protesters have blocked the centre of Oxford Circus, about 2pm this afternoon, around 50 women, members of the Extension Rebellion Womens Group, came through, and a van pulled up, the doors opened and they took these pieces of pink lego out. And Dame Sarah Storey wins the first british gold at the paralympics In Tokyo the 15th gold of her career. Good evening. Welcome to the programme. The government has promised to use every hour left to help as many people as possible escape from afghanistan before us troops withdraw at The End of the month. Nearly 90,000 people in total have now left the country. Latest figures released by the Ministry Of Defence show that more than 10,000 people have been airlifted out of kabul by Uk Forces since 13 august. Of that number, more than
Hello, and welcome to the programme. The pentagon Is makIng plans for the fInal stages of the afghanIstan wIthdrawal, but on the ground the evacuatIon contInue apace. We got more Numbers Today 19,000 People have been flown out of kabul In the last 2a hours. In fact, there Is a flIght leavIng nearly every 39 mInutes from the HamId KarzaI aIrfIeld. And sInce 15 august, when the operatIon began, a total of 88,000 People have been extracted. But theres one Important fIgure we Cant PIn down and thats how many People, IncludIng amerIcans, stIll want to be evacuated or can be by next weeks deadlIne. In the last hour, the us secretary of State Anthony BlInken has been gIvIng some detaIls on the work beIng done to reach them. For the remaInIng roughly 1,000 contacts that we had, who may be amerIcans seekIng to leave afghanIstan, we are aggressIvely reachIng out to the multIple tImes a day through multIple Channels of communIcatIon phone, e maIl, Text MessagIng to determIne whether they stIll wa
Keeps the fans away. The taliban say theyre stopping afghan nationals from going to Kabul Airport because of the chaotic situation there and that they dont want to extend the deadline for the evacuation of foreigners. Despite pressure on the United States to delay The End of the airlift beyond next tuesday, reuters News Agency is reporting that President Biden is going to stick to the deadline. Borisjohnson has been hosting a virtual meeting of G7 Leaders on the situation. This is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. You this is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. This is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. You have got to understand the last few minutes. You have got to understand quite the last few minutes. You have got to understand quite how the last few minutes. You have got to understand quite how much the last few minutes. You have got to understand quite how much has| to understand quite how much has been achieved already since the 14th Of Aug