city coming up later in sport, manchester city get the biggest win over arsenal as the gunners at sink to the bottom of the premier league. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s last evacuation flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital kabul. the head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said it s heartbreaking that british troops haven t been able to rescue everybody. he said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. the american led airlift of those trying to escape taliban rule is due to end on tuesday. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. the race to finish an unprecedented rescue mission is almost done. the pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two weeks by us forces and its allies. among the planes leaving kabul airport today, the last british evacuation flight for civilians. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as w
and festivals over the bank holiday weekend. two world records for the british cycling couple, husband and wife lora and neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s last evacuation flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital, kabul. the head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said it s heartbreaking that british troops haven t been able to rescue everybody he said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. the american led airlift of those trying to escape taliban rule is due to end on tuesday. and in the last few minutes, the us government has issued a statement saying a fresh attack on kabul airport is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. here s our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the race to finish an unprecedented rescue mission is almost done. the pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country
ten days or so. tens of thousands flee for safety in the us, as hurricane ida intensifies as it approaches louisiana. concerns over rising covid infection rates as large crowds are expected to flock to beaches and festivals over the uk bank holiday weekend. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal that could see its leaders in government for the first time. two world records for the british cycling couple husband and wife lora and neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, us president biden has issued a statement warning that a fresh attack on kabul airport is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. on thursday, the islamic state group in afghanistan killed as many as 170 people, including 13 us military personnel. on friday, us air strikes killed two high profile is members in a drone attack. our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, gave us details of this latest warning from
toughest neighborhoods. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. us presidentjoe biden has issued a fresh warning that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely in the next 2a to 36 hours. on thursday, the islamic state group in afghanistan killed as many as 170 people, including 13 us military personnel. on friday, us airstrikes killed two high profile is members in a drone attack. the taliban has condemned the airstrike, describing it as a clear attack on afghan territory. the bbc s nomia iqbal in washington gave more details on president biden s warning. he gave a statement earlier today. he was actually giving a briefing on another issue but of course afghanistan is still an ongoing crisis here and he was asked about that strike that happened last night confirming the details of that, but he also said that the strike was not the last. he said, i will quote to you, we will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous atta
the british government says the country s 20 year military mission in afghanistan has ended, with the departure of britain s last evacuation flight. almost all remaining british troops, diplomats, and officials have now left. the government in london says it has airlifted more than 15,000 people from kabul in the past two weeks, including around 8,000 afghans. here s our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plane carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. this evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and t