Hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. The headlines. Twenty years after being sent in, the last british troops have left afghanistan, the evacuation in the wake of the taliban taking charge is over. The effort has been frankly truly humbling to see the hours worked, you know, the exhaustion painted on people s faces. So we tried our best. President biden warns another attack on kabul airport is highly likely within the next 24 hours as us forces prepare to leave. Forecasters warn a storm approaching louisiana could be more powerful than hurricane katrina, which devastated new orleans 16 years ago. Dilemma for doctors a severe shortage of test tubes in the uk means patients needing urgent blood tests could face delays. At the paralympics great britain s hannah cockroft wins her third successive 100m gold. Now on bbc news, on the travel show there s another chance to see the second part of rajan datar s epic railjourney across the united states. I m on a coast to coast trek
The number of new covid cases reported in scotland has hit another record high of more than seven thousand in the last 2a hours. It comes as the scottish health secretary warned that the nhs was facing a perfect storm of pressure. The latest uk coronavirus figures from the government show there were 33,196 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, which means on average there were 34,361 new cases per day in the last week. 61 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 114 deaths a day in the past week. On vaccinations, 88. 3% of adults in the uk, have now had their firstjab and 78. 1; % have had both doses now. Now it s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. For many parts of the country, it has been a cloudy sunday and overnight there will still be a lot of cloud coming in from off the north sea once again. We are likely to find some clearer skies flung across wales and the south west where we saw the sunshine today, temperatures c
Katrina. Plans to ban single use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups in england have just been announced, as part of proposals to tackle what ministers say is the unnecessary use of plastics that wreak havoc with our natural environment. The measures will be considered in a public consultation this autumn, with scotland, wales and northern ireland having similar plans. Here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. This is our bamboo set. Is this the future of eating on the go? paris sells bamboo cutlery across the uk. We are still working with bamboo and hemp. Sustainable items which he hopes are part of the answer to reducing plastic consumption. What do you think about the idea of banning plastic cutlery? yeah, i would vote for anybody who will ban it. I think plastic is everywhere. We cannot get rid of plastic completely, but there are definitely certain areas where we can improve. This is the problem plastic in oceans around the world, deadly for a number of species.
Islamic state in afghanistan with a drone strike following thursday s deadly attack at kabul airport. Meanwhile, the uk s evacuation in afghanistan reaches its final stages the head of britain s armed forces says it s been a success. We ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid, it s absolutely heart breaking that we can t bring everybody out. A recipe for covid chaos government plans for schools are criticised by education unions who fear a rise in coronavirus infections. Hurricane ida is approaching louisiana forcing the evacuation of high risk areas. For weeks now we ve seen images of people crowding around the airport in kabul desperately trying to leave. But stories of hope are emerging too courtney bembridge has this story of one family s tearful reunion in paris. As soon as i saw my mother running to me, all this fear ran away. I rediscovered the smell of my mother and it was something i had forgotten. My mother s tears reminded me of
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in iraq, where pope francis has begun the country s first ever papal visit. he brought a message of tolerance and urged the different religious communities to work together towards peace. the trip is taking place amid tight security, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. still masked, but no longer grounded. pope francis first trip since covid, his riskiest of all a perilous pilgrimage to iraq in the grip of a pandemic. on the first ever papal visit here, he told me he was very happy, calling it special . beneath the pomp is a significant message dialogue between faiths and support for persecuted christians. no open top popemobile here. in a country torn by conflict, an outstretched hand through an armoured car was all most will see. but less protection from the other danger here the pandemic. little social distancing and few masks are what s worrying many. after a meeting with the president, t