Now theyre ready to go again. Were drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during americas 20 year military involvement. Evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18,000 people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. Many more are trying desperately to escape. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani and Camera Operator Malik mudassir, have this report from kabul. Soldier yelling get the bleep back get back Panic And Chaos close to kabul airport. No, no, no british soldiers guarding a secure compound for those being evacuated. British passport holders in the crowd, desperately trying to get through. This is my british passport. Like this Uber Driver from west london. Hes got kids. We are been waiting, itryand. How long have you been here waiting . I came morning, five oclock, to still im waiting here. In the last three days, im trying to g
Four out of ten Ambulance Trusts in england, have confirmed theyre receiving help from the military, to deal with rising demand this summer. The Coronavirus Pandemic has stretched resources, already under pressure due to Record Call outs. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Yeah, thank you, likewise, loud and clear, over. Darren is a paramedic manager. About to go out On The Road in south 0xfordshire. Usually, he only gets involved in major incidents, but call volumes are so high that hes helping out with day to day cases. Weve come through an exceptionally busy time with the pandemic. A lot of the staff have obviously felt the pressure of that through the months, but they are continuing to go above and beyond. Reports of a female in the River Thames in abingdon. He gets to the scene to find a woman has been pulled from the river by passers by and is being treated by Ambulance Service colleagues. Patient is conscious and breathing. A Call Out takes him to check on an injury in the town
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. 0ur headlines today: soldier yelling: get back, get back! chaos and panic in kabul as thousands crowd the airport, desperate to leave afghanistan. facing a firestorm of criticism, president biden says it s one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history and makes a pledge to us citizens. let me be clear any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. welfare rules for dogs imported to the uk are to be tightened amid a rise in puppy smuggling. the snp and the scottish greens have agreed to work in a formal partnership at holyrood, putting the greens into power for the first time in the uk.
Night, what did you make of it? he is absolutely sticking to this, isn t he? no hint of an apology or an admission that anything is wrong. well, we have to remember who president biden is and how he has felt about this war. we do know that he has certainly authorised the war in both afghanistan and iraq after 9/11, but after the killing of 0sama bin laden, vice president biden thought it was time for the united states to leave. he did not support the surge at the time when he was vice president and he ran on ending this war in afghanistan, and that is something he did. it is also important to know that back in april 75% of americans believe that the united states needed to get out of afghanistan. what we re seeing here is a president following through his campaign promise. even though right now his approval rating is falling, this is something we are certainly