has died at the age of 8a. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. president biden will meet virtually with g7 leaders on tuesday to discuss continuing close coordination on afghanistan policy and the evacuation of citizens . the meeting was convened by borisjohnson, who has called on the international community to work together to prevent a humanitarian crisis. nato officials say over the past week at least 20 people have died at kabul airport, where crowds of afghans have continued to gather in a desperate attempt to flee the country. the taliban has blamed the chaos on the united states. but the uk s armed forces minister, james heappey, said the situation at the airport was improving, and that the royal air force had flown out more than 1,700 people in the last 2a hours. today the marshalling that the taliban are doing is making a big difference and so if people have had the instruction from the ministry of defence or the foreign office to come forward and to get on
manchester united are in the europa league final. ole gunnar solskjaer is aiming for his first trophy as the club s manager. villarreal stand in their way. it s the school charity concert with a showbiz twist music legends send in video messages introducing their greatest hits. mickjagger here. i d like to wish everyone at hutchesons all the best for your concert. hope you enjoy the music. good morning. still some rain in the forecast. but the weather will settle down in the next few days. it will turn warmer and drier with more sunshine. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 26th may. the prime minister 5 former advisor, dominic cummings, is appearing in front of mps today, to answer questions about the government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. he is expected to criticise the actions taken, particularly around the decision not to toughen up restrictions last autumn. but mps are likely to question his own choice to travel to barnard castle in the spring. he
he says borisjohnson was fundamentally unfit for the job but the prime minister defends his record. we ve at every stage tried to minimise of loss of life, to save lives, to protect the nhs and we have followed the best scientific advice that we can. we ll be looking at what lessons have been learned. also tonight. the aftermath of the hillsborough disaster the families anger after three men are acquitted of altering police statements. police arrest five as they investigate the shooting of the black lives matter activist sasha johnson. our special reports on forced adoptions we hear from those who ve lived their whole lives in shadow of shame. covid wasn t going to stop them the manchester united fans in gdansk, hoping for a first major trophy in years. coming up on the bbc news channel. the final comes 22 years after ole gunnar solskjaer s goal helped united lift the champions league as a player. will this be his first european trophy as a manager? good evening an
like me felt disastrously short of what to expect. felt. earlier today, his evidence led to angry clashes in the commons at prime minister s questions. the prime ministers former advisers said when the prime ministers former advisers said when the public needed us most, the government failed. does the prime the government failed. does the prime minister agree with that? we with every step try to minimise loss of life, to save lives and protect the nhs and we followed the best scientific advice that we can. fleming there s no the trauma suffered by the people whose unmarried mothers were forced to give them up for adoption as babies what would you have wished for? to have stayed with my mum. to have been have stayed with my mum. to have been allowed to stay with the woman who gave been allowed to stay with the woman who gave birth to me. welcome to bbc news at five o clock. in an extraordinary appearance in front of mps, dominic cummings the prime minister s former
disruption on some of britain s busiest rail lines, after small cracks were found in some high speed trains. there you are. maryam will be with you at seven p:m.. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. yes, good evening to stop a very warm welcome along to the programme. i mjohn watson. warm welcome along to the programme. i m john watson. the headlines tonight. the history makers chelsea, wsl champions for a fourth time. cavani keeps the pl title race alive, as united beat villa. and lewis hamilton battles back to win in spain. good evening. chelsea have won the women s super league title for the second season in a row, a 5 0 victory over reading ending any hopes manchester city had of pipping them to the title on the final day of the season. we ll hearfrom chelsea head coach emma hayes in a moment, but first, our reporterjo currie who was at kingsmeadow. history in their sites. chelsea over that a win at home to reading would notjust hand in the league title but also t