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in their respective cycling events. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us military says it s carried out a drone strike in western afghanistan, targeting what it said was a planner for the islamic state group known as isis k. the group is thought to have carried out the attack on thursday at kabul airport, in which 170 people were killed, inluding 13 american service personnel. in a statement, us central command said that. meanwhile, the last british flights carrying civilian refugees out of afghanistan are leaving kabul today. this report from graham satchell. the final flights leaving kabul airport. the british effort here is all but done. it has been a mammoth logistical operation. injust two weeks, more than 14,000 people airlifted by the raf to safety in the uk. but the ministry of defence ackknowledges as many as 1,000 former interpreters and other staff will left behind. we are so worried about our future. i think it s not fai ....
coronavirus infections. britain s lorry driver shortage the business secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of immigration rules and told companies to employ uk based staff. hurricane ida is approaching louisiana forcing the evacuation of high risk areas. and at the paralympics it s two gold medals and two world records for the british cycling couple husband and wife lora and neil fachie. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us military says it s carried out a drone strike in western afghanistan, targeting what it said was a planner for the islamic state group known as isis k. the group is thought to have carried out the attack on thursday at kabul airport, in which 170 people were killed inluding 13 american service personnel. in a statement, us central command said that the unmanned air strike occurred in the nangahar province of afghanistan. initial indications are that we killed the target. we know of no civilian casual ....
the head of the armed forces has said the uk will end its evacuation of civilians out of afghanistan today leaving troops to return to britain in the remaining aircraft. general sir nick carter said it was heartbreaking that they had not been able to rescue everybody who is eligible. a mass airlift has been under way at kabul airport since the taliban took control of the capital this month. 170 people were killed when the airport was targeted on thursday by a suicide bomber. here s our diplomatic affairs correspondent caroline hawley with the latest. at raf brize norton this morning british military personnel arriving back on uk soil. around a thousand was flown out to afghanistan to help in an unprecedented rescue mission which is now in its final hours. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absently heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out. and i think that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defe ....
and two world records for the british cycling couple, husband and wife lora and neil fachie. and five incredible moments in africa s history. that s in witness history in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour the ministry of defence has announced that the final dedicated flight purely for the evacuation effort from afghanistan has left kabul. further flights leaving from the airport would be able to carry evacuees but would also be transporting uk diplomatic staff and military personnel as the operation winds down. it comes as british ambassador to afghanistan sir laurie bristow said it was time to close this phase of the evacuation effort. earlier, the head of the armed forces general sir nick carter said it was heartbreaking that they had not been able to rescue everybody who is eligible. our diplomatic affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. at raf brize norton this morning british military personnel arri ....
says his party hasn t got complacent, and repeats calls for a general election. these people are so fed up. they are entitled, they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. good afternoon. rishi sunak has formally entered the contest to become the next conservative leader and prime minister. the former chancellor says he wants to lead the country with integrity, professionalism and accountability . he already has the required backing of more than 100 fellow tory mps. this afternoon, suella braverman, the former home secretary became the lastest high profile mp to endorse him. writing in the telegraph ms braverman says the tories all need to compromise but that rishi is the only candidate that fits the bill to deli ....