Counting the cost of Pothole Damage. Average repairs rise to nearly £500. Could more of us be claiming compensation from the council . I take a look. Good morning. Temperatures Today could reach 35 celsius in parts of the South East quarter of the country, making it the hottest day of this year so far but further north we have got some heavy thundery downpours. I will have all of the details shortly. Its monday the 12th of august. A doctor who treated Valdo Calocane three years before he fatally stabbed Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace Omalley Kumar in nottingham warned his mental illness was so severe he could end up killing someone, according to medical records seen by the bbc. In their first interview, calocane s Mother And Brother told Bbc Panorama this was one of a series of missed opportunities over three years that could have prevented the killings. Navtej Johal has this report. For so long we thought that it would end in tragedy. But i thought the tragedy would be him taki
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the broadcaster henry bonsu, and the former trade minister, lord jones. Two titans of talk. Chocked full of wise words. Gents, it s good to see you again. Thank you very much. I m losing it. It s what it does to your mind. Although i doubt this is a specialist laughter enough! the ink is dry. All the news is fit to print and has been printed. A covid winter warner, reads the metro as the prime minister announces what the paper describes as a light touch plan a and a tougher plan b to tackle coronavirus. The daily mail s editorial says borisjohnson s plan b has paved the way for compulsory masks, vaccine passports and working from home could be imposed. The i paper also has a plan c a potential fourth national lockdown and more harmful economic and social restrictions. Meanwhile, the times says michael gove has been given the task to save christmas as the britain s food supply the ex
Trudeau is hit by a handful of gravel as anti vax protesters target his campaign for re election. Britney spears father files a petiton to end his controversial 13 year control over her estate we ll have the latest live from la. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Medical workers in the western afghan city of herat say three people have been shot dead when the taliban opened fire on a protest. It comes as the islamist group announced a caretaker government, more than three weeks after they ousted the afghan president and took control of most of the country. The head of the interim cabinet is this man mohammad hassan akhund who also happens to be on a un terror sanctions list. Earlier, hundreds of protesters, many of them women, also took to the streets of the capital, kabul. They were met with warning shots from the taliban. Secunder kermani reports from kabul. Death to pakistan, the crowd chant. They re furious at what they believe is the country s su
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Taliban leaders say they ve taken up positions inside kabul airport and are ready to take control as soon as the americans leave. The us insists it will keep evacuating afghans until the last moment, and that its forces are still in charge of the site. But it s thought they may be out in a matter of hours. Reports now suggest as many as 170 people died in thursday s suicide bomb and gun attack on dense crowds at the airport gates. Our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani, has the latest. And a warning, his report contains distressing images. Distraught relatives search kabul s morgues, looking for their loved ones. This baby you managed to save? but there s another baby? amongst those killed, mohammed niazi, a taxi driver from london who had travelled to kabul to try and help his family get inside the airport. His eldest daughter and youngest child are still missing. His wife was also killed. His brother was at the airport alongside him. I saw some sm
Us military operation in afghanistan was a success. It is up to the afghans themselves, the afghan government, said of the taliban to decide the way forward from the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome if you re watching the bbc in the uk or around the world. The taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years are being removed from power. Reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. They have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the us equipped government army flee from their path. It s been confirmed in the last hour that the president, ashraf ghani, has left the country. These pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. And in the last hour, these images have emerged