here in afghanistan, and america and far beyond. rescue operations continue in louisiana as hurricane ida brings life threatening floods millions of people remain without power and from russia with love. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford files her final report from the country, after being labelled a threat to national security. it s six in the morning in singapore, 2.30 in the morning in kabul and six in the evening in washington, where president biden has described the us evacuation mission from afghanistan as an extraordinary success. speaking earlier, the president struck a defiant tone, in a televised address from the white house, the day after the end of america s twenty year presence in afghanistan defending the decision to pull out of the country. we succeeded in what we set out to do in afghanistan over a decade ago. and we stayed for another decade. it was time to end this war. this is a new world. the terror threat has metastasized across the world w
been a big hearted nation, you ve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. new zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid 19 since february. haiti suffers further. after the death toll in saturday s earthquake passes 1,400, a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. and bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. he denies the allegations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban has urged government officials in afghanistan to return to work. it has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. at kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterday s chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. those scenes at the airport have been highlighted by newly rel
crows b of 5.45 million people. the economy grows by nearly of 5.45 million people. the economy grows by nearly 596. new zealand says it will keep its border closed until at least the end of the year to keep covid out more wildfires in italy, as sicily records what could be europe s hottest ever temperature. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the international red cross has warned of a catastrophe for civilians in afghanistan as the taliban continues to advance across the country. the insurgents have taken control of ten of the country s 34 provincial capitals. let s take a look at the latest developments. intense street by street fighting is taking place in the city of kandahar, where the taliban have also taken control of the jail and released hundreds of prisoners. the taliban say they have taken control of the strategically important city of ghazni, which is on the road to the capital, kabul. president ashraf ghani earlier flew to the
we re live outside athens, greece, where flames are swallowing forests and villages whole and many are forced to flee for their lives . a disturbing milestone in america s war with the coronavirus shows that the delta variant is winning the race right now. the u.s. averaging more than a hundred thousand cases each day for the first time since back in february before vaccines were widely available. the worst of it is in florida where hospitalization records are being shattered both in adults and children. florida also seeing its highest number of weekly covid cases ever. still is state s republican governor ron desanta is rejecting mask mandates for schools. i have young kids. my wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. we never have. i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. and in what might be the ultimate example of the glass being half full or half empty, the nation s covid vaccination rate now stands at just over 50%, far short of the lev
i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the final competitions of the 2020 summer olympics are wrapping up with the united states winning the most gold medals and the most medals overall. only a few hours remain before the closing ceremony brings the games to an end. the u.s. has clinched the win in the gold medal count and overall medal counts. let s get the latest on all this with andy scholes of cnn sports. the u.s. was behind the gold medals for almost the whole games here. how did they pull out the win in the snend. it was a complete team effort. track and field grabbed seven golds. on sunday, u.s. women s basketball captured their seventh straight gold medal. and then the u.s. women s volleyball team making some history, winning their first-ever gold medal. and there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that final point to beat brazil in straight sets. women s olympic volleyball, it started back in 1964. the u.s. had medaled five times before making