hello and welcome to the programme. the last british plane carrying troops and diplomats has now left kabul airport. it brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan, culminating in the evacuation of more than 15 thousand people from the country in the past two weeks. an estimated 11 hundred eligible afghans and 150 uk nationals could not get out. 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,
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also tonight, an emergecy leaders summit at the elysee as things go from bad to worse in ukraine. that meeting is coming to a close this hour. we will bring you all the reaction. good evening. by any measure, this is the year of the climate election. 4 billion people, that s roughly half the world s population, will vote on green policies that will impact not only them and theirfamilies but generations to come. the science is not on the ballot. that was settled a long time ago. what is in question is what the leading parties around the world intend to do about the crisis, specifically, what is their plan to phase out oil, gas, and coal? and nowhere is that question more important than in the united states the largest emitter of climate pollution in history, and the second largest annual emitter behind china. the man who has been steering us policy on climate isjohn kerry, who will step down in the coming months. so a time then to reflect on what has been achieved, and just