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, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to e
over the uk bank holiday weekend. two world records for the british cycling couple husband and wife lora and neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes downing street have announced that the uk s military evacuation from afghanistan is ending this evening. british forces have been involved in the conflict for 20 years. in the last fortnight, over15,000 people, including 5,000 british nationals and theirfamilies, over 8,000 afghan former uk staff and their families and many afghan people have been brought out of the country on over 100 raf flights. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at downing street. it is an historic moment, really, because not only has the uk are left out of kabul come to an end, but british military operations which have been going on in afghanistan for 20 years are now over. yes. have been going on in afghanistan for 20 years are now over. yes, as ou sa , for
toughest neighborhoods. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. us presidentjoe biden has issued a fresh warning that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely in the next 2a to 36 hours. on thursday, the islamic state group in afghanistan killed as many as 170 people, including 13 us military personnel. on friday, us airstrikes killed two high profile is members in a drone attack. the taliban has condemned the airstrike, describing it as a clear attack on afghan territory. the bbc s nomia iqbal in washington gave more details on president biden s warning. he gave a statement earlier today. he was actually giving a briefing on another issue but of course afghanistan is still an ongoing crisis here and he was asked about that strike that happened last night confirming the details of that, but he also said that the strike was not the last. he said, i will quote to you, we will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous atta
from the government s building safety fund for cladding removal. however, to fix other fire safety defects, the leaseholders still face another £6 million in bills, an average of £50,000 each. willis one of them. i welcome it. it won t help me, my building is over 15 years and even if my building was less than 15 years old, my developer is insolvent so it won t help me. mrjenrick this morning said on the show that the majority of these buildings were built in the 2000s so it doesn t take a mathematician to work out that by the time the bill is implemented many of those buildings will not benefit from this because they will be over 15 years old. the main issue here is that leaseholders are being landed with bills for leaseholders are being landed with bills for work that they cannot afford bills for work that they cannot afford to bills for work that they cannot afford to pay and they should not have afford to pay and they should not have to afford to pay and they s
of the cladding crisis. greece, italy and israel send planes to cyprus to tackle a fatal wildfire on its south coast. and coming up in half an hour a special programme as the ruling communist party marks its centenary. good afternoon. the government is giving strong signals that all legal restrictions around covid protection will end on the 19thjuly as we learn to live with the virus. the housing secretary robertjenrick said this morning that the public must start to exercise personal responsibility, including overfacemasks, rather than the government telling people what to do. our political correspondent, nick eardley, has the details. masks and social distancing have become part of our lives, but for how much longer? with shops open again, pubs serving pints, the government wants to go further, lifting all legal restrictions in england. this morning, ministers suggested legal rules around face coverings were among those likely to go. it does look as if, thanks to the succ