A government clampdown on cowboy behaviour by providers of covid tests, offering misleading prices to holiday makers. A new drive to get 16 and 17 year olds to have their covid jab. And giving it their all britain s paralympians prepare for the start of competition in tokyo tomorrow. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a hammer blow for the foxes west ham take the lead and leicester down to ten men. We ll bring you all the news from the london stadium. Good evening. As desperate afghans continue their attempts to flee their country, the defence minister, ben wallace, has said the uk has hours, not weeks to airlift people out. As the deadline of august 31st looms for foreign troops to leave the country, borisjohnson is expected to use a virtual g7 summit tomorrow to urge president biden to keep a military presence there beyond that date. But today the taliban appeared to rule out any delay to the withdrawal and to the current evacuation mission. The prime minister th
With the bbc s leads to sets. Lets get the latest developments in afghanistan. The taliban has warned of consequences if the us and its allies extend their presence in afghanistan beyond their 31st of august deadline. That s eight days from now and there s increasing concerns the evacuations of foreigners and afghans won t be completed. Here s the taliban s spokesman. They should withdraw from afghanistan, let the people start a new chapter of peace and construction. This is not a convincing justification if they say there are a lot of afghans who are working with foreign troops, and they have still not been evacuated. They need to have that action open for them. We are not putting any hurdles in their way, if they have a passport saying that they were issued by the us to them, they can go to commercial flights any time they want to go. That is their right. Of course, we want them to stay in afghanistan and participate in the construction of the country, and there is no risk to the
Walkers are urged to respect the mountain as the number of visitors soars. And britain s paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat their medal haul from rio five years ago. Welcome to bbc news. The defence secretary has warned there are hours, not weeks, left to airlift people out of afghanistan. Diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st deadline forforeign troops to leave. But the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. The ministry of defence says british forces have already airlifted out more than 6,000 people. The focus now, it says, is on a further 1,800 uk nationals and more than 2,200 afghans. The government conceded again today that some who are eligible to come to the uk will be left behind. 0urfirst report comes from our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani who is in kabul. It s crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul air
good afternoon. the us appeals court has delivered another blow to president trump s travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries. it has refused to reinstate the ban, which was suspended yesterday by a federal court in washington state. travellers from the affected countries who had been prevented from travelling have been arriving in the the united states. jane frances kelly reports. passengers arriving in the us while they can. for now, at least, the lifting of president trump s travel ban denying entry to people from seven mainly muslim countries remains. this iraqi family are heading for new york while they can. we are very excited, we are very happy. finally we have been cleared, we are allowed to enter the united states. one man from yemen, a country which is on the list, quickly booked a flight back from turkey, where he d been visiting his fiancee. i m very happy, i know i m free now, i feel safe now. a ruling late on friday byjudgejames robart in seattle