Are on their way back, what s the last 20 years of international involvement achieved? also tonight. Cash for secrets a british embassy worker in berlin is arrested, suspected of spying for russia. Learning the lessons of this year s a level results how universities are coping with record results. All the help they can get we re with british firefighters supporting their greek counterparts. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. Lionel messi outlines his ambitions for paris saint germain. The premier league chief executive says he is fully behind players taking the knee in the new season begins on friday. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. We begin tonight with a conflict happening thousands of miles away but one which has cost british lives and resources for the best part of the last 20 years. Afghanistan is, once again, falling apart. And again it is the taliban, the hardline islamists that once harboured osama bin laden, that are ga
Thousands have arrived in afghanistan s capital kabul in the past few days, where they face an uncertain future. People have been coming in from different parts of the country, as more and more provincial capitals, more and more cities are being taken over by the taliban. Also in the programme: the latest on the huge wildfires affecting greece and other countries. On the greek island of evia, crews from britain, france and the czech republic have joined efforts to try to stop more fires breaking out. And the bbc uncovers evidence of suspected war crimes carried out in libya by russian mercenaries. We have an exclusive report on their activities. Several developments in afghanistan. First, the government is replacing its army chief as the taliban continues their rapid advance. Events on the ground are fast moving. Nine provincial capitals are now in the hands of the militants, and efforts are under way to boost morale among those fighting for the afghan government. This is the afghan pr
For the reform of a levels after a record number of pupils were awarded the top grades. A british embassy worker in berlin is arrested suspected of spying for russia. Wildfires rage across greece, we hearfrom british firefighters supporting their counterparts. A hero s welcome for lionel messi as fans celebrate his arrival at paris st germain after his departure from barcelona. And coming up: under threat seahorses off the coast of dorset. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. After decades of conflict afghanistan is, once again, falling apart. And it is the taliban the hardline islamist group that once harboured osama bin laden which is gaining ground having already taken nine provincial capitals. A us led military coalition to oust the taliban first began in 2001 following the 9/11 attacks but now most of the foreign troops have pulled out. A54 british forces personnel or mod civilians lost their lives. Nearly 2,300 us troops have been killed. And over 120 thousand afghan m
in the middle. also on the programme: a us judge unseals some documents that authorised the fbi to search donald trump s florida home. we ll get the latest from washington. we speak to the former australian prime minister kevin rudd on the tensions in the pacific between the us and china, and beijing s relationship with taiwan. japan launches a nationwide competition to try to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday- singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. the authorities say there s been no damage, and that a u
on his mobility scooter police arrest a man on suspicion of murder. it is not clear what they are trying to target. moments later, it s clear we are the target. explosions. a special report from the front line in ukraine on the troops using drones to attack russian positions. and she s back another big win for emma raducanu as she prepares to defend her us open title. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll have the latest from lord s as england take on south africa in the first test of the series. good afternoon. hundreds of thousands of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland have been getting their a levels and btec results today the first group of students to sit formal exams since the pandemic. the proportion getting top grades has fallen from last year though it s higher than 2019, the last time there were exams. the drop in the highest grades is likely to mean tougher competition for first choice places at university. the first new technical or t lev