we ll report on the afghan families here in the uk desperately worried about loved ones who are stranded. inside, ifeel like i am broken into many, many pieces. my body is here, my soul is in afghanistan. we ll be live with our correspondents in kabul, washington and westminster. also this lunchtime. researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. and dame sarah storey adds another gold medal to her glittering career. a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb, as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. and once they were hunted to near extinction but now there are plans to release beavers back into the wild in england to help save the countryside. and coming up on the bbc news channel: anderson s in the mood. jimmy gives england the perfect start to the third test against india at headingley. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says it will use every hour that s le
even if they re bad. i ve prayed daily for something. researchers say booster shots of the covid vaccine may be needed, after a study suggests waning protection we have a special report from the seaside town of rhyl, where poverty levels are among the worst in wales. and dame sarah storey wins the first british gold at the paralympics in tokyo, the 15th gold of her career. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, it s been a brilliant day for england s cricketers, bowling india out forjust 78 runs in the third test at headingley. good evening. the government has promised to use every hour left to help as many people as possible escape from afghanistan before american troops withdraw at the end of the month, with nearly 90,000 people now having left the country in total. latest figures released by the ministry of defence show that more than 10,000 people have been airlifted out of kabul by uk forces since august the 13th. of that number, more than
so, how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? i m sick to my stomach. we ll bring you the latest on the evacuation from afghanistan. also this lunchtime. reporter: are you going to resign, mr raab? - labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters lives at risk, after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. new research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. and. yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq after an investigation into allegations of racism. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. the former manchester united and scotland striker denis law reveals he s been diagnosed with alzheimer s and vascular dementia at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says the uk will continue to help people lea
make it to the uk. his death from a hotel window in sheffield. the foreign secretary says he will not resign over criticism of his overall handling of the refugee crisis. also. new research finds the covid vaccine offers a strong protection against the delta variant. you are superheroes. really? and the paralympicsjoin a global campaign to improve the lives of a billion disabled people around the world. and coming up on the bbc news channel, yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq after an investigation into allegations of racism. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they can t get out, then their children might. many
them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. new research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. and, unearthed near a berkshire church. the site of an 8th century monastery that was believed to have been lost and has baffled historians. good afternoon. the government says the uk will continue to help people leave afghanistan as long as american troops remain in control of kabul airport. more british troops are being sent to the afghan capital today to help maintain order. the defence secretary says more than ten flights a day are bringing people back here. meanwhile, president biden says us troops may have to stay in afghanistan beyond the withdrawal deadline. outside the perimeter of kabul airport, there is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. still chaotic scenes outside kabul airport. hundreds despe