Good evening, trace. The taliban is trying to isolate kabul so officials at the u. S. Embassy there are destroying sensitive materials and documents as the first of 3,000 american troops hit the ground on a mission the pentagon admits iS Potentially dangerous. The movement of forces to kabul has begun. And the world is watching. Afghanistan is spinning out of control. As Reports Flood in of executions and forced marriages. Were gravely concerned by what we are hearing and we are doing everything in our power to try to put an end to this violence and give some semblance of hope, security, stability to the people of afghanistan. [gunfire] President Biden argued now is the time for the Afghan Military to stand up to the taliban three days ago. They have got to want to fight. They have outnumbered the taliban. And i am getting daily briefings. That was tuesday. By today, half of afghanS Provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban. And thats raising eyebrows at the pentagon. We are certa
A campaign has been launched to raise money to build a memorial in St Pauls cathedral to those whove died as a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 Million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside St Pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, St Pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant national events, which is why campaigners say its a Fitting Site for this a covid memorial. Designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to the build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during World War ii. And visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already bee
Hello and welcome. All adults in india can now get a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Thats good News In Theory for a country thats become the first in the world to record more than 400,000 Coronavirus Infections in a single day. But many states in india have closed Vaccine Centres because of a shortage of supplies. And hospitals are still struggling to cope, short of beds and oxygen. Devina gupta has more from the capital delhi. 400,000 and counting. Surging covid cases now making inroads in indias hinterland. These villagers in the Eastern Indian State of 0disha are living in fear. People here are so poor that they cant afford a proper mask, let alone expensive treatment. Now three people have tested positive. Translation there are no facilities for i oxygen in our village. We have to go to the city, but how can we when there is a shortage, even in City Hospitals . And his concern echoed in this private hospital in delhi, where 12 people lost their lives when the Oxygen Stock ran
A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after friday s Deadly Crush at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway during the festival at mount meron, attended by Up To 100,000 mostly ultra orthodoxjews. Mark lobel reports. Mourning a Tragedy One that has shone uncomfortable light on israeli society amid the search for how one of israels worst Peacetime Disasters unfolded. For now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. The dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada and the uk, and at least 12 children and teenagers. During the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. We received several dozen injured people, among them two children who died. And anotHer three orfour children who were severely injured. The crush happened late at night in a passageway in the Mens Section during a religious festival attended by ultra orthodox jews. This man says he saw people screaming in fear on a Steep Ramp tryin
As a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 Million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside St Pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, St Pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant international events, to reflect on significant national events, which is why campaigners say its a Fitting Site for this a covid memorial, designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during World War ii, and visitors will walk through to an area of reflection where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already been uploaded to the online book. Its a different way of doing memo