in thursday a suicide bombing in afghanistan. u.s. has struck back at terrorist, two isis k bombers were eliminated by a drone less than 2 miles from the airport in kabul. the deadline to withdraw is quickly approach, we ll have more on the latest development in afghanistan, we begin with hurricane ida our report mike tobin is with us in new orleans. reporter: we re in one of the ebbs with the wind but it comes and goes, something that remarkable, is here on canal street, as far as the eye can see all power went out. the entire city went dark, about 45 seconds ago, all power came back on. power outages were feared and promised and are materializing, here in the crescents city we saw power out then return. one thing we re watching, are the so many light fixtures here. they are really getting a work out in terms of foundation as the wind picks up, they are moving. some minimal damage is that billboard it is dangerous. because it is made out of sheet metal, it has peeled off and
henri is bearing down on the northeast. there are dangerous storm surges and widespread power outages that are feared. yeah, and right now the storm has downgraded to a tropical storm from a hurricane. it is about 65 miles south of long island, new york. severe weather conditions being felt across southern new england. and it is bringing some heavy rains and strong winds already to the region, which officials say people need to be prepared for. here is what one new york emergency management official told us earlier. we have been in conversation with the power company. they are staging crews. they have crews out in the area ready to respond. i know they brought in a lot of assets from out of the area. we are hopeful we don t see a lot of outages, but people have already noticed they should expect that power could be out for seven to ten days, maybe even two weeks if we start to see significant, you know, devastation in the way of, you know, trees coming down on power lin
fighting the fires. the boyfriend of esther dingley a british woman who went missing while hiking in the pyrenees last year has found her body and belongings. and under threat the sea horse species off the coast of dorset but hopes environmentally friendly moorings could help save the vital sea bed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the us president, joe biden, has called on afghanistan s leaders to unite and fight , as the taliban claim to have captured nine out of 3a provincial capitals. the militants say they ve taken the north eastern city of faizabad. but afghan officials say air strikes and commando attacks have left dozens of taliban militants dead in other parts of the country. the washington post is reporting that us intelligence officials believe kabul could fall within ninety days. at a news conference overnight, president biden said he did not regret his decision to withdraw us troops. we ve spent over $1 trillion over 20 years, we trained and equippe
wildfires are continuing to burn in algeria in north africa, california and parts of greece. and under threat sea horses off the coast of dorset. divers put this screw anchor into the sea bed, then connect it to these rubber pieces here, dense rubber, this is what replaces the chains on a traditional mooring that are said to do so much more damage. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. the premier league s chief executive says he s fully behind players taking a knee when the new season begins on friday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are calls for an overhaul of the way a levels are assessed and graded in the future, after this year s results saw record numbers given top marks. almost 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded a or a , fuelling concerns that soaring grades risk undermining confidence in the system. ministers are reported to be looking at replacing the traditional a to e grades with numbers, similar