Justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc s South Asia Correspondent and was in a Mortar Attack by the taliban. So he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to you all. Lets start with that ben, shelley . Lets start with that, then, shall we . On thursday, a Suicide Bomb Attack at Kabul Airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. Ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of Islamic State called isk said they carried out the attack. Throughout The Week, 100. 000 people were evacuated throughout The Week, 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands left behind. Theres a huge Refugee Crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. It couldnt be much worse or could it . Justin, lets start with you. You know afghanistan well. You were in contact regularly with the taliban. They are highly highly or
Palestinian conflict, nuclear talks with iran, and the alleged Sedition Plot that the king has called the most painful episode of his reign. Then, as covid19 makes a stunning comeback, nations react. Britains quarantined Prime Minister actually further opened up england this week. They mandated a Total Pass for leisure travel. Well examine the pandemic. But heres my take. There is a striking thing that distinguishes this pandemic from all others in history, the speed with which humankind came up with a vaccine. It is unprecedented and still breathtaking that within months of the arrival of a novel virus, scientists were able to develop and test several vaccines that all proved to be highly effective at preventing serious illness. But what science has given, politics seems to be taking away. Despite having ample supplies of the vaccine, america is stuck with roughly 60 of the Adult Population fully vaccinated, ensuring that the pandemic will linger perhaps forever. Given the tools to en
And that takes us to look at the weather prospects. Time at the weather prospects. For a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. Yesterday Northern Ireland broke its all time Temperature Record for the second time in less than a week. The question is will temperatures climb even higher today and so far in Northern Ireland the highest temperature we have seen is at armagh above 29 degrees and the warmest place of all so far today is aberystwyth at 31, compare that with Aberdeen Atjust 15 degrees. Why the difference . The Satellite Picture makes it clear, aberdeen has a lot of low cloud, Mr And Mark stretching into the North East of england, tending to retreat to the coast but lingering in places this afternoon. Elsewhere, a lot of sunshine, one or two isolated thunderstorms popping up two isolated thunderstorms popping up at some of those really heavy, quite a lot of rainfall in places, highest temperatures in the west, 32 in Northern Ireland, would once again break that record and further
A remote part of Eastern IndIa to fInd out how theyve vaccInated 80 of adults, way above the natIonal average. Only 2a hours to go before the OlympIcs OpenIng Ceremony and the show s dIrector has been sacked. And were lIve In scarborough as part of a serIes of reports about lIfe In Coastal BrItaIn lookIng at the challenges and opportunItIes In seasIde towns. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. RetaIlers are callIng on the government to make Food Workers whove had both doses of a vaccIne, exempt from the Self IsolatIon rules whIch they say are makIng It IncreasIngly dIffIcult for some shops to keep theIr shelves stocked. Almost 620,000 people receIved a Contact TracIng alert In the last week. The government has saId the IsolatIon Rules wIll be relaxed for only a very small number of crItIcal workers, before wIder changes In england next month. Theo leggett reports. Empty shelves In supermarkets, retaIlers are warnIng that too many staff are In IsolatIon after beIng contacted by Nhs
Details about the Building Structural Integrity from a 2018 Engineers Report that warned of what was described as major structural damage that required immediate repair. Despite that, cnn has learned that residents were assured that The Tower was in, quote, very good shape. Lets begin our special coverage this hour, cnns Rosa Florez has the latest on the search efforts. Youre not very far away from where all of this is unfolding. Update our viewers. Reporter well, according to the Fire Chief, they are using every single tool in their tool box. Very aggressively. Canines, cameras, Sonar And Weve seen drones over the debris site. Theyre using a Grid Pattern to Search And Rescue, looking for signs of life. The Weather Today has been a little bit better. It was better yesterday which helped the search efforts. All of this as were learning more from a 2018, a structural survey that exposed a lot of the deficiencies in this building. It said, quote, that there were structural major structura