the last british plane carrying troops and diplomats has now left kabul airport. it brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan. in the past two weeks more than 15 thousand people were evacuated from the country. an estimated 11 hundred eligible afghans and 150 uk nationals were unable to leave. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plane carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. this evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certain
sunshine, the wind light in the south and breezy in the north and it will be a chilly day wherever you are with highs off maybe eight or just about 12 across the far south. towards the end of the week the high pressure topples in from the west and that will kill off the showers and that will kill off the showers and will introduce milder airfrom the atlantic and you can see the blue degrading into yellow and orange towards the end of the week, so another chilly day on thursday and from friday onwards we see a bit more cloud and it turns milder and wetter and windier across northern areas, tending to be drierfurther south. some changes ahead for the end of the week. back to you. that s all from bbc news at six at the climate summit in glasgow. we ll have more at ten, but now on bbc one, wejoin the bbc s news teams where you are. bye for now. hello, and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. a whirlwind 2a hours, but tottenham get their man. we ll look at antonio con
mentally and physically to prepare myself for this race. but for me a big motivation is to do my best. mary moraa of kenya won gold in the final of the women s 800m. morra moved in to top gear in the last hundred metres. britain s keely hodgkinson, who d run the fastest over the distance this year, took the silver medal. olympic champion and defending champion athing mu was third i think everybody from kenya, my coaches, everyone encouraged me that s i was going to get a medal, but we can t predict which medal and i m happy for everything. the united states cruised to victory in the final of men s four x 400m. the americans finished well ahead of the french quartet. one year out from the paris 0lympics, that was france s only medal at these championships. great britain took bronze. the netherlands won the final gold with thrilling finish in the women s four by 400 relay. femke bol who won the individual 400 hurdles title a few days ago, ran a brilliant anchor leg, to overtake
is to do my best. mary moraa of kenya won gold in the final of the women s 800m. moraa moved in to top gear in the last hundred metres. britain s keely hodgkinson, who d run the fastest over the distance this year, took the silver medal. olympic champion and defending champion athing mu was third. i think everybody from kenya, the coaches, my coach, everyone encouraged me that i was going to get a medal, but we can t predict which medal and i m happy for everything. the united states cruised to victory in the final of men s four x 400m. the americans finished well ahead of the french quartet. one year out from the paris 0lympics, that was france s only medal at these championships. great britain took bronze. the netherlands won the final gold with thrilling finish in the women s four by 400 relay. femke bol who won the individual 400 hurdles title a few days ago, ran a brilliant anchor leg, to overtake first great britain, thenjamaica just before the line. there was a chaotic
prepare myself for this race. but for me a big motivation is to do my best. mary moraa of kenya won gold in the final of the women s 800 metres. morra moved in to top gear in the last hundred metres. britain s keeley hodgkinson, who d run the fastest over the distance this year took the silver medal. 0lympic champion and defending champion athing mu was third. i think everybody from kenya, the coaches, my team mates have encouraged the coaches, my team mates have encouraged me since yesterday that you encouraged me since yesterday that you will get a medal but you cannot predict which metal and i m you cannot predict which metal and i m happy for everything. the united states cruised to victory in the final of men s 4 x 400 metres. the americans finished well ahead of the french quartet. one year out fropm the paris 0lympics, that was frances only medal at these championships. great britain took bronze. the netherlands won the final gold with thrilling finish in the wom