than hurricane katrina which devastated new orleans 16 years ago. dilemma for doctors a severe shortage of test tubes in the uk leaves gps with difficult choices about which patients get blood tests. great britain claims a historic first paralympic medal in wheelchair rugby, after storming to gold with a superb win over three time champions the united states. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united states have carried out an air strike in the afghan capital, kabul. a missile launched from a drone targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to carry out an attack at kabul airport. these are the latest pictures we have from the afghan capital. speaking to the bbc s us partner network cbs news, a military official said we are confident we hit the target we were aiming for. borisjohnson has vowed to use all the political, economic and diplomatic levers available to put pressure on the taliban to maintain women s rights and stop
britney spears and joey jones on the dramatic developments happening by the minute in afghanistan. sandra: that s where we begin this hour on america reports. the dire situation in afghanistan out of control as new reporting from our pentagon team suggests the country s capitol kabul could next to fall. the biden administration is sending thousands of troops back in just a couple of weeks before the president s deadline for our troops to be gone. i am sandra smith on a busy friday afternoon. this is america reports. welcome trace. i am trace gallagher in for john roberts. first of 3 infantry battalions is en route to kabul. a u.s. defense official told fox news kabul could fall as soon as tomorrow. the pentagon works to evacuate embassy staff. they are asking the taliban not to attack the embassy. sandra: they captured afghanistan s second and third largest cities. it is estimated that the taliban controls two-thirds of that country as president biden planned a depa
overlooking the river thames, our home for the next couple of hours, as we mark the opening of a new parliamentary session. it s been a time of national crisis since the last state opening, back in december 2019, and the government s new programme will no doubt include measures to recover from the effects of the terrible pandemic. the queen will attend today s event, her first major event since the death of the duke of edinburgh. her majesty will be accompanied this morning by the prince of wales, but the usual display of ceremonial splendour will be more or less absent because of the current restrictions. the other big difference is that the number of mps and peers here today is rather limited. the queen s speech is being delivered just a few days after the extensive elections in scotland, wales and england, which gave new impetus to the debate on the constitutional future of the united kingdom. earlier this morning, the prime minister borisjohnson left number 10 for the hou
friends steps to keep themselves safe and friends and family safe. fire engulfs the parliament building in south africa after its sprinkler system failed. and the kenyan anthropologist and politician and the kenyan anthropologist and politician richard leakey famous for fossii politician richard leakey famous for fossil discoveries which shed light on human fossil discoveries which shed light on human evolution has died at the a-e on human evolution has died at the age of on human evolution has died at the age of 70~ hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. secondary schools in england have been told that children should wear face coverings in classrooms to help stop the omicron covid 19 variant from disrupting the new term. the move brings england into line with the rest of the uk. unions have welcomed the advice while also warning that staff shortages could once again lead to some children being taught at home. sanchia berg reports. i