into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plane carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. this evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to e
and in half an hour, a round up of the day s sport. that s in sportsday. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i martine croxall. the uk s last evacuation flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital kabul. the head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said it s heartbreaking that british troops haven t 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. here s 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. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbrea
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in a few moments, for viewers on bbc one we ll have a full round up of today s news with ben brown but first, our top story. 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 transport uk diplomatic staff and military personnel as the operation winds down. it comes as the british ambassador to afghanistan sir laurie bristow said it was time to close this phase of the evacuation effort. our correspondent simonjones has been given more details about the winding up of evacuations effort of afghan civilians in kabul. the operation over the past couple of weeks to get out british citizens and also interpreters and other staff who have helped the british authorities over the past couple of decades in afghanistan. the mod made it clear that today was going to be the d
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 you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s last evacuation flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital kabul. the head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said it s heartbreaking that british troops haven t 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. here s 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. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as w