Walkers are urged to respect The Mountain as the number of visitors soars. And britains 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. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to Kabul Airpo
happy saturday. thanks for joining me. we begin this hour with the reality of saa surge in covid cases as the holidays are approaching. the list of curfews and event cancellations are growing. the rocketts calling after their christmas spectacular. ireland is starting an 8:00 p.m. curfew. rio and paris cancelling new year s fireworks shows and health officials are sounding the warning over the threat of the highly transmissable omicron variant. in the u.s., covid hospitalizations are at levels not seen since september which was at the end of the summer surge. today a stunning add mission from kamala harris telling the l.a. times this. we didn t see delta coming. i think most scientists didn t see it. she goes onto say we didn t see omicron coming. that is the nature of what this awful virus has been which as it turns out has mutations and variants. cnn is in new york. state seeing case counts breaking records. tell us more about what officials are doing there to slow the spre
moscow has warned of renewed attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv, saying so-called decision making centers will be targeted if ukrainian forces continue to plan acts of sabotage and carry out military strikes on russian territory. there were a few other details from the russian ministry of defense, but it s been almost two week news since russian forces retreated from the north after failing to take the capital. the french military now saying a large scale russian offensive in the donbas region could happen within days, possibly ten days. but a spokesperson also added russian forces are yet to make any significant territorial gains, at least so far. meantime, ukrainian fighters claimed to have used anti-ship missiles to cause serious damage to the moskva, flagship of the russian fleet in the black sea. russian state media disputing that account, saying a fire detonated on board this guided missile cruiser and it was evacuated. cnn cannot verify either claim. to the south, r
live at the federal courthouse in fort pierce, florida, former president donald trump and his lawyers are fighting to get his documents classified documents case tossed out. and if trump speaks when he leaves, of course we ll bring you that live. on the right of your screen, a georgia courthouse at any moment we could get the judge s decision on fani willis. will she be disqualified? she is the infamous district attorney in trump s georgia election case. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we begin in florida. the judge there considering two motions to dismiss, one on what trump s team says is special counsel jack smith s vagus of the espionage act and the other how he used the presidential record acts. smith claims the motions are trump thinking he is above the law. the hearing comes after special counsel robert hur defended bringing 0 charges against president biden live the this week. biden, of course, illegally retained classified documents. former fe