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. the united states have carried out an air strike in the afghan capital of 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. we ll bring you more on that in moment but here are today s other developments. it comes as the prime minister marks the end of britain s 20 year the end of britain s 20 year military campaign in afghanstan called the efforts by the armed forces heroic and said the uk departure from afghanistan was the culmination of a mission unlike anything we ve seen in our lifetimes . the last flights have begun arrivin
it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington where president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency. the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june. president biden has renewed his call for people to get vaccinated. so many people all over 630,000 americans have lost their lives because of covid 19 will stop and the press keeps wanting me to talk about covid 19 but i m going to mention this one thing, we still have a lot of people not vaccinated. in the pandemic we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so, please, please, please, if you are not vaccinated, protect yourself and the children out there. it is important. meanwhile the problem for many countries in asia which are experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, is that man
the shooting of black lives matter activist sasha johnson. making a splash a rise in lockdown river swimming promts public concern around the state of the uk s waterways. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start in belarus. key members of the government there will be hit with sanctions as the us is drawing up a list of people to target. it s a response to the forcing down of a commercial plane to capture an opposition journalist last week. at a meeting with russian president vladmir putin on friday, the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenka, said the west is trying to destabilise his country. opposition leader svetlana tikhanovskaya seen here with the dutch prime minister last week is due to lead a belarus solidarity march later today, in the lithuanian capital, vilnius. it s one year to to the day since her husband sergei was imprisoned. he was due to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections last year. she s called for
last resort , according to health secretary, sajid javid. the president of south africa pays tribute to desmond tutu as the spiritual father of our new nation . and the archbishop s daughter also spoke movingly at his funeral. we say, thank you, daddy, for the many ways you showed us love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. today is officially the hottest new year s day on record with temperatures reaching 16.2 degrees in st james s park in central london. the actor, comedian and movie legend mel brooks talks to the bbc s alan yentob about his life. that s in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. leading figures in the uk s battle against covid 19 are among more than 1,200 people to be recognised in the new year honours list. knighthoods have been given to the uk government s chief medical advisor professor chris whitty and his deputyjonathan van tam, as well as the chief medical officers for wales a