And two World Records for the BrItIsh CyclIng couple, Husband And WIfe Lora And NeIl fachIe. And fIve IncredIble moments In afrIcas hIstory. Thats In WItness HIstory In half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. In the Last hour the MInIstry Of Defence has announced that the fInal dedIcated flIght purely for the EvacuatIon Effort from afghanIstan has left kabul. Further flIghts leavIng from the aIrport would be able to carry evacuees but would also be transportIng uk dIplomatIc staff and MIlItary Personnel as the operatIon wInds down. It comes as brItIsh ambassador to afghanIstan SIr LaurIe BrIstow saId It was tIme to close thIs phase of the EvacuatIon Effort. EarlIer, the head of the Armed Forces general SIr NIck Carter saId It was heartbreakIng that they had not been able to rescue everybody who Is ElIgIble. Our dIplomatIc AffaIrs Correspondent CarolIne Hawley reports. At Raf BrIze Norton ThIs MornIng brItIsh MIlItary Personnel arrIvIng back on uk soIl.
And in half an hour, a Round Up of The Days sport. Thats in sportsday. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. I martine croxall. The uks last Evacuation Flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital kabul. The head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said its heartbreaking that british troops havent been able to rescue everybody. He said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. The american led airlift of those trying to Escape Taliban Rule is due to end on tuesday. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. The race to finish an unprecedented Rescue Mission is almost done. The Pentagon Says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two weeks by us forces and its allies. Among the planes leaving Kabul Airport today, the last british Evacuation Flight for civilians. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afraid its absolutely heartbreaking that we cant brin
City coming up later in sport, Manchester City get the biggest win over arsenal as the gunners at sink to the bottom of the premier league. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The uks last Evacuation Flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital kabul. The head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said its heartbreaking that british troops havent been able to rescue everybody. He said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. The american led airlift of those trying to Escape Taliban Rule is due to end on tuesday. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. The race to finish an unprecedented Rescue Mission is almost done. The pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two weeks by us forces and its allies. Among the planes leaving Kabul Airport today, the last british Evacuation Flight for civilians. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afr
And festivals over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Two World Records for the British Cycling couple, Husband And Wife Lora And Neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The uks last Evacuation Flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital, kabul. The head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said its heartbreaking that british troops havent been able to rescue everybody he said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. The american led airlift of those trying to Escape Taliban Rule is due to end on tuesday. And in the last few minutes, the us government has issued a statement saying a fresh attack on Kabul Airport is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. Heres our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. The race to finish an unprecedented Rescue Mission is almost done. The pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two we
Are you ready black people? are you ready? and at 5. 45, mark kermode has the film review including a look at new release summer of soul. This afternoon it s been announced the uk has recorded more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time since mid january. In the past 2a hours there were a further 51,870 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk and another 49 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for covid bringing the uk total to 128,642. Earlier this afternoon official figures suggested that one in 100 people in the uk had coronavirus last week. It comes just days before the end of restrictions in england and scotland on monday. Our health correspondent james gallagher is here. That top line takes us back to january. Explain the context of all of this. , ,. , , of this. Let us rewind six months and we had of this. Let us rewind six months and we had 50,000 of this. Let us rewind six months and we had 50,000 cases of this. Let us rewind six months a