countries taking part. and tributes to the rolling stones drummer charlie watts who s died at the age of 80. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 8pm in washington where president biden has made clear that he intends to stick to next tuesday s deadline for the us to complete its evacuation mission in afghanistan. in a televised address from the white house, he said the longer us troops remained at kabul airport, there was growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis k. the taliban has made it clear though, the deadline stays. here s president biden: here s president biden. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruptions to our operations. we ll have more on that in a moment but first
disabled and vulnerable adults in england are facing steep rises in care charges, a bbc report finds. are you or your relatives facing big increases in your care bills? we d like to hear from you. get in touch with me at @annita mcveigh hash#bbcyourquestions #bbcyourquestions despite concerns about covid, and a one year delay, the tokyo paralympics get under way today. us officials say president biden will decide within the next 2a hours whether to defy the taliban and keep american troops in afghanistan beyond the end of this month. the prime minister is to urge world leaders to step up support for refugees fleeing the taliban in afghanistan when he chairs a virtual g7 meeting later. it s expected that france and germany willjoin the uk in pushing president biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops at the moment, us troops depart in a week s time even though evacuations from kabul s main airport may not be completed by then. the us has evacuated and facilitated the
wages here the next seven to perhaps ten days, one of the reasons it is called a blocking high is because of the force of wind it exerts on weather fronts trying to come off the atlantic, they get stroke in the north atlantic, never come our way so it will stay dry and settled. that will be around for the next ten days also. fog in places, bright of afternoons and warm sunshine. looking up the sunshine in the satellite picture and you can see a lot of variable cloud. scotland, the north of england and northern ireland are in the centre of high pressure, beautiful weather around the western isles and then we have a bank of clouds which drifted off the north sea, you can see it is fairly overcast across parts of the midlands and into areas of yorkshire, the south is semi again so temperatures depend on how much you will get handy cloud amounts. the south is semi again. the apps will struggle with the change between clarity and its and then back again, it is not a uniform are
his publicist says he passed away peacefully in a london hospital earlier today tributes have been pouring in from across the music world a number of important developments. the us insists its august 31 to be out afghanistan stays despite the uk and others asking it to extend. and ther taliban says the road to kabul aiport is now now closed to afghans. this is a statement earlier. really trying to control the situation. their way up to the airport has been closed now and afghans are not allowed to go there now and foreigners are allowed to go but we have stopped afghan nationals from going and we are we assuring you to come to your homes and come back to yourjobs and come back to your normal life. there is no dangerfor you. here s our correspondent secunder kermani with the latest from kabul. thousands remain in dire conditions outside the airport including whole families. many of them have no permission to travel or permission to board one of these evacuation flights but