Of thIs academIc year. Good mornIng. ParalympIcs Gb WIn Gold Number 2a In Tokyo. WheelchaIr Racer Andrew small claIms a 100 Metre TItle, wIth Team Mate HarrI JenkIns wInnIng bronze. Good mornIng. Today once agaIn Is goIng to be a faIrly cloudy day, that cloud thIck enough especIally In the East And South east for some drIzzle. BrIghterskIes In the East And South east for some drIzzle. BrIghter skIes wIll be In parts of the west. All the detaIls and about 25 mInutes. Good mornIng. Its monday the 30th of august. Our top story. The uk wIll reach out to other CountrIes Today to exert pressure on the talIban to respect Human RIghts In afghanIstan and to honour Its promIse of grantIng Safe Passage for those wIth permIssIon to leave. The foreIgn secretary, DomInIc Raab, wIll take part In a serIes of dIplomatIc meetIngs as the fInal Uk Troops return from kabul. Jon donnIson has the detaIls. Back In brItaIn. Some of the fInal raf planes from kabul arrIvIng at BrIze Norton AIrbase In oxfordshIre
The final british flights from afghanistan touch down in the uk, bringing a 20 year Military Campaign to a close. Planes bringing troops involved in the Evacuation Operation landed at Brize Norton in oxfordshire. More arrivals are expected in the coming hours. Us Military Officials say a Drone Strike in kabul has eliminated another deadly Suicide Attack as time runs out for those trying to leave the country. The flights are almost over. What are you going to do now . So, what about us . We are work with them, we support them. President biden pays his respects as 13 us troops among those killed in Thursdays Bombing are brought home. Also in the programme tonight. The Us State Of Louisiana Hunkers down as Hurricane Ida makes landfall, threatening a catastrophic storm surge. Seven more gold medals for great britain at the tokyo paralymics, including the third successive win for hannah cockroft. Good evening. The last planes carrying Uk Troops home from afghanistan have been arriving at ra
President comes out. With us today, former u. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Her husband deployed to afghanistan while she was governor of South Carolina. General Jack Keane that provided oversight for the afghan war, assisting David Petraeus during the u. S. Surge. Jennifer griffin and Greg Palkot who together have decades of experience reporting from the region on the ground. Chief national Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin having first traveled there in 1993 and reported from that multiple times over the last decade. Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot who was embedded with the early battles with the taliban. Were hearing these reports of whats going on on the ground and what may be the beginning of the closing of doors. A lot of people thought they were on this list, people that worked with the afghan national government to build democracy in that country are learning that theyre to stay home. Dont come. Martha, we have just learned from sources that the u. S. Milita
But i would like to reassure the public that we have a dedicated team of officers who are tasked with finding lee, and i would once again appeal to anybody that sees him to call 999. Hello, this is bbc news. The Headlines Chaos and panic outside Kabul Airport as the us advises It Citizens not to go there until they are asked, because of Security Threats outside the gates. Senior taliban figures including the groups co founder, Mullah Baradar arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. Greece has erected a Aokm Fence on its border with turkey, amid wanings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. We are awaiting a Press Conference from The Pentagon in the united states. This is the scene live at the moment. We are expecting to hear from the Pentagon Press Secretary and also an army major general. We are getting the latest on the situation. They will have more information on what is going on in afghanistan, particularly at Kabul Airport. We are not sure if they
President biden says this evacuation is going very well weempleght have no indication that they havent been able to get into kabul in the airport. We made an agreement with the taliban this far. They allowed them to go through. Its in their interest for them to go through. So we know of no circumstance where American Citizens are carrying American Pass poured are trying to get through to the airport. But late yesterday the pentagon announced it was forced to rescue Mission And Grab 1 of 9 americans 200 yards away from the front gazette the airport because of the chaos. Measures were unable to get in. Think chook helicopters launched from the airport and landed just over the walls to a nearby hotel to snatch those americans. There were these are the same 169 americans President Biden mentioned in his Speech Yesterday at the White House. With qatar now closing stores to Afghan Refugees because they say there is no more room u. S. Is announcing Evacuation Flights to germany. Other nations