What its leaders claim. Warnings of life threatening floods in dangerous Storm Surges as tropical Storm Ida turns its way along the coast of louisiana and mississippi. More Paralympic Success for Great Britain as Andrew Small and Phoebe Pattison claimed gold. Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. The us says it is taking reports of civilian deaths from a Drone Strike it carried out in kabul very seriously. It comes after the so called islamic State Group said it was behind a Missile Attack on the us forces remaining at the airport in kabul. The missiles were intercepted by the us defence systems and no us or afghan casualties were reported. Meanwhile, british ministers and officials are taking part in a number of international meetings aimed at defining a joint approach to the taliban in afghanistan. Rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. The aftermath of a Rocket Attack Close to Kabul Airport. Eyewitnesses say the missiles were launched from a car this morning. Us officials have been warning
The storms strong winds ripped their trailer apart in the middle of the night. They took shelter at a neighbours house. I aint got nothing left. House is gone, car is gone. Sorry. Emergency crews are now focused on rescue operations. The next step, recovery, will be long and difficult. Nada tawfik, bbc news, New Orleans. In tokyo, Jonnie Peacock has won a Bronze Medal in his 100 Metre Sprint final after being paralympic champion for the last two games. Elsewhere, there have been three more golds for great britain for Wheelchair Racer Andrew small, Archer Phoebe Paterson pine and for Sir Lee Pearson in dressage. He is the third most successful british paralympian ever. From tokyo, heres andy swiss. He couldnt do it again, could he . Jonnie peacock chasing a paralympic hat trick. Peacock has struggled with injury since the last games, but he roared out of the blocks. The rest were closing in, though, and the result was one of the most thrilling races in paralympic history. Felix streng,
the woman at the heart of the post office scandal says she ll hand in her cbe but what s the plan for victims? on newsnight tonight, we hear from several former sub postmasters of south asian heritage who believe discrimination at the hands of the post office compounded their suffering. with my parents, because their english is very broken, people would get quite abrupt with them. so you re saying racism, in your mind, was at play? certainly with my parents. an mp who was also a sub postmasterjoins us does he see a plan forjustice for all the victims? also tonight, newsnight has seen nhs documents that say a student s life could have been saved had doctors at a brighton hospital acted sooner, yet an inquest concluded only yesterday there was nothing to trigger further investigation. we ll have an exclusive report. in washington, donald trump has been arguing that he should be exempt from prosecution. ifeel that, as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. and if
the man who was head of the royal mail, which owned the post office at a time when sub postmasters were being wrongly prosecuted, has tonight expressed his heartfelt sympathies to those who he says were so wronged by the tragic miscarriages ofjustice. but adam crozier says he had no involvement in the horizon it issue during his time at the royal mail. his comments come after the former head of the post office, paula vennells, decided to hand back her cbe as a result of the fallout from the faulty it scandal which saw hundreds of sub postmasters wrongly prosecuted. more thani million people have signed a petition calling for her honour to be revoked. here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. it was an insult which added to their injury. new year s honours list. a moment depicted in the recent drama about the post office scandal. paula vennells has got the cbe. you re joking.! services to the post office. today, it was all very different for paula vennells as she cave