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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. good morning and welcome to bbc news. reports say as many as 18,000 people have now been evacuated from afghanistan since the taliban took control of the country less than a week ago. amnesty international has

accused the taliban of killing and torturing nine men from the country's hazara community last month, saying the killings were a horrifying indicator of what taliban rule may bring. 0ur afghan correspondent secunder kermani is in kabul and brings the latest. this is in malistan district in ghazni province, where we've had for a number of weeks now reports of the murder of a number of civilians. in fact, i spoke to one family. they said that two of their sons had been accused by the taliban of working for the government, of working with army. it wasn't true. by the time they brought their id cards out to show to the taliban, the taliban had already shot them in the head. amnesty international detailing the murder of nine other civilians in that area. this is a couple of weeks back when the taliban took it over. and, as you say, there's particular concern about the treatment of the hazara minority. they are a community that has long been persecuted. i have to say that yesterday —

hazara minority are members of the shia sect of islam and yesterday was a holy day for them. they were holding rallies here. some members of the community saying that they felt safe, that they didn't feel they had anything to fear from the taliban. but in this area, in ghazni province, there seems to have been, for some reason or another, very worrying reports of these massacres and these extrajudicial killings by the taliban. i think it underlines the rather chaotic situation in the country. what is happening in one place might not be happening in another. we were just speaking to one senior localjournalist in eastern afghanistan and he said a group of taliban fightersjust turned up at his house to question him, were trying to confiscate his vehicle. another group of taliban fighters then turned up and tried to protect him. difficult to really understand and to fathom exactly what the group's central policy is.

they say they have issued an amnesty for all those linked to the government, that people have nothing to fear, but many aren't necessarily feeling reassured by that and they do worry they will be targeted. certainly around the airport, the taliban are not keen on us filming, they don't want these scenes of so many afghans fleeing the country to be broadcast internationally any more. i think they want to project an image of stability and that undermines it. just even the tone of different taliban members, you can see kind of a big disparity at times. very friendly, very approachable, talking to us, offering us tea, wanting to know who we are, where we come from. at other times, very aggressive, threatening to break our camera. so that really i think speaks to this kind of broader dichotomy in the taliban's behaviour at the moment. 0n the one hand, they are engaging in discussions with senior political figures here in afghanistan about a future system of governance, and many taking that as a very promising sign that any kind of new government might not necessarily be solely dominated by the taliban even though they are in such firm control of the country. 0n the other hand, we've had reports like the one drawn out

for the united nations about people being targeted, members of... former members of the intelligence services, people who had cooperated with international forces, being systematically hunted down and detained by the taliban, well a real dichotomy, and it's not always easy to get reliable information, particularly from outside of kabul, with many localjournalist either having fled the country, trying to flee the country are being too worried to report what's really going on. that is the latest from secunder kermani. 18 million people in afghanistan, nearly half of the population, depend on life—saving assistance. the country was already suffering from extreme drought, before the displacement caused by the taliban takeover. international aid charities have appealed for more funding in order to provide continued support. nilab mobarez, acting president of the afghan red crescent society, is in kabul and explained the difficulties they're facing. the fighting is much less.

before, the problem was that fighting was making everybody slow down. now it's a different kind of difficulty which is a lack of governmental systems and international ngos and the slowdown for the fact that systems cannot work, even two days ago. yesterday was a holiday, but on wednesday banks were not working, so this is another type of difficulty, but absolutely, it is existing. that was nilab mobarez speaking to us earlier. the situation in afghanistan is of course being watched very closely round the world. i'm joined now byjean mackenzie in brussels, danjohnson in delhi and steve rosenberg in moscow

to bring us up to date with how the afghanistan crisis is being seen in their regions. first, tojean in brussels. good morning, jean. good morning, jean. like in the us and the uk, _ good morning, jean. like in the us and the uk, european _ good morning, jean. like in the us and the uk, european countries - and the uk, european countries really scrambling to get their people out of afghanistan in recent days, evacuation flight taking thousands out of the country and those are continuing today. 0vernight we heard the news from the german broadcaster deutsche welle that the taliban was raiding homes in the west of the country searching for one of theirjournalists, who is now safely in germany, but the taliban killed a member of his family. 0n whether the eu... europe's top diplomats say this week dialogue is crucial but that is to ensure humanitarian aid goes into the country, it goes to those in need so we avert a humanitarian crisis. he said it is not any guarantee that you is going to recognise a taliban government. there has been some soul—searching

certainly going on in european capitals this week about the limited role that europe has had to play in all of this, as we know it was a us decision, and it is one that its european nato partners had no say in. and there is criticism of his decision to withdraw and that will certainly be something reflected when nato's foreign ministers meet shortly. really the big question is now european politicians are turning to is how to stop a large number of afghanistan any refugees turning up on europe's border. they do not want to see a repeat of 2015 when more than a million refugees made their way to europe from syria, iraq and also afghanistan. nobody expects to see those sorts of numbers, but crucially six years after the 2015 migration crisis the european countries have not been able to agree on a deal about how to resettle migrants and clearly the pressure is on now for them to come to some sort of agreement. also, for

the member states here, to decide how many each one of them will be willing to take in, how many refugees from afghanistan. we can now cross over to our correspondent in delhi, danjohnson. now cross over to our correspondent in delhi, dan johnson._ in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean. in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean- refugees — in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean. refugees will— in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean. refugees will be _ in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean. refugees will be looking - in delhi, dan johnson. thank you, jean. refugees will be looking for| jean. refugees will be looking for safe places in the region and such a major— safe places in the region and such a major power— safe places in the region and such a major power in this area, india, they— major power in this area, india, they may— major power in this area, india, they may take the burden. they have only been_ they may take the burden. they have only been a _ they may take the burden. they have only been a limited number of flights— only been a limited number of flights this week, we understand three _ flights this week, we understand three or— flights this week, we understand three or four and only three 300 or 400 refugees have arrived to india on those _ 400 refugees have arrived to india on those flights. indian diplomats have been evacuated from kabul and embassy— have been evacuated from kabul and embassy there has been closed down. we don't _ embassy there has been closed down. we don't understand indian government has any connections or lines _ government has any connections or lines of— government has any connections or lines of communication with the taliban — lines of communication with the taliban. but there is already a substantial afghan refugee population here in india numbering 15,000 _ population here in india numbering 15,000 or— population here in india numbering 15,000 or 16,000, and they are expecting — 15,000 or 16,000, and they are expecting many more people to come.

what those _ expecting many more people to come. what those people's status will be in future, — what those people's status will be in future, how long they can stay and what — in future, how long they can stay and what sort of certainty, security they will— and what sort of certainty, security they will have is a major question because, — they will have is a major question because, talking to some of that refugee — because, talking to some of that refugee population over the last two days, _ refugee population over the last two days, even— refugee population over the last two days, even some who have been here for a decade — days, even some who have been here for a decade or more, they don't fora decade or more, they don't enioy_ for a decade or more, they don't enjoy full— for a decade or more, they don't enjoy full rights, they can't always work— enjoy full rights, they can't always work or— enjoy full rights, they can't always work or study to the same level as people _ work or study to the same level as people with proper citizenship here. some _ people with proper citizenship here. some in— people with proper citizenship here. some in india were concerned by an announcement from the indian government that it would prioritise hindu _ government that it would prioritise hindu and — government that it would prioritise hindu and seek refugees over any other— hindu and seek refugees over any other groups seeking to leave afghanistan. there is a major concern — afghanistan. there is a major concern here about the refugees in the region— concern here about the refugees in the region —— hindu and sikh refugees _ the region —— hindu and sikh refugees. and also about the security— refugees. and also about the security situation and whether the potential — security situation and whether the potential for a terrorist situation to flourish— potential for a terrorist situation to flourish in afghanistan could pose _ to flourish in afghanistan could pose a — to flourish in afghanistan could pose a real threat to india, something of major concern, and many foreign _ something of major concern, and many foreign affairs experts here see the disintegration of the afghan government and the collapse of the country _ government and the collapse of the country now into the hands of the talihan— country now into the hands of the taliban once again as a win for their— taliban once again as a win for their age—old regional rivals pakistan, something that will put

people _ pakistan, something that will put people here in india on edge even more _ people here in india on edge even more. what about the russian perspective? we can now go to moscow and hear— perspective? we can now go to moscow and hear from steve rosenberg. thanks— and hear from steve rosenberg. thanks very much. russia is taking a pragmatic— thanks very much. russia is taking a pragmatic approach— thanks very much. russia is taking a pragmatic approach to _ thanks very much. russia is taking a pragmatic approach to what - thanks very much. russia is taking a pragmatic approach to what is - pragmatic approach to what is happening _ pragmatic approach to what is happening in— pragmatic approach to what is happening in afghanistan. - pragmatic approach to what is i happening in afghanistan. yes, moscow— happening in afghanistan. yes, moscow officially— happening in afghanistan. yes, moscow officially continues - happening in afghanistan. yes, moscow officially continues to i happening in afghanistan. yes, - 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to develop a working relationshipj with the taliban, to try to engage with the taliban, to try to engage with them — with the taliban, to try to engage with them. the _ with the taliban, to try to engage with them. the russian _ with the taliban, to try to engage with them. the russian embassyl with the taliban, to try to engage i with them. the russian embassy in kabul— with them. the russian embassy in kabul is _ with them. the russian embassy in kabul is staying _ with them. the russian embassy in kabul is staying open. _ with them. the russian embassy in kabul is staying open. in— with them. the russian embassy in kabul is staying open. in fact, - with them. the russian embassy in kabul is staying open. in fact, the i kabul is staying open. in fact, the taliban— kabul is staying open. in fact, the taliban we — kabul is staying open. in fact, the taliban we believe _ kabul is staying open. in fact, the taliban we believe is _ kabul is staying open. in fact, the taliban we believe is providing - taliban we believe is providing security— taliban we believe is providing security outside _ taliban we believe is providing security outside the _ taliban we believe is providing security outside the embassy. | taliban we believe is providingl security outside the embassy. i think— security outside the embassy. i think moscow's _ security outside the embassy. i think moscow's view _ security outside the embassy. i think moscow's view is - security outside the embassy. i think moscow's view is it - security outside the embassy. i think moscow's view is it needs security outside the embassy. i- think moscow's view is it needs this dialogue. _ think moscow's view is it needs this dialogue. it— think moscow's view is it needs this dialogue, it meets _ think moscow's view is it needs this dialogue, it meets this _ dialogue, it meets this relationship, _ dialogue, it meets this relationship, in - dialogue, it meets this relationship, in an - dialogue, it meets this - relationship, in an attempt to try to establish _ relationship, in an attempt to try to establish a _ relationship, in an attempt to try to establish a degree _ relationship, in an attempt to try to establish a degree of- relationship, in an attempt to try| to establish a degree of influence over the — to establish a degree of influence over the taliban, _ to establish a degree of influence over the taliban, to— to establish a degree of influence over the taliban, to try _ to establish a degree of influence over the taliban, to try to - to establish a degree of influencel over the taliban, to try to prevent afghanistan — over the taliban, to try to prevent afghanistan from _ over the taliban, to try to prevent afghanistan from turning - over the taliban, to try to prevent afghanistan from turning into - over the taliban, to try to prevent afghanistan from turning into a i afghanistan from turning into a stating — afghanistan from turning into a stating post _ afghanistan from turning into a stating post for— afghanistan from turning into a stating post for islamist - afghanistan from turning into a stating post for islamist no - afghanistan from turning into a i stating post for islamist no tints. the last— stating post for islamist no tints. the last thing _ stating post for islamist no tints. the last thing moscow _ stating post for islamist no tints. the last thing moscow wants - stating post for islamist no tints. the last thing moscow wants is l stating post for islamist no tints. i the last thing moscow wants is for istandst— the last thing moscow wants is for islamist fighters— the last thing moscow wants is for islamist fighters to _ the last thing moscow wants is for islamist fighters to move -

the last thing moscow wants is for islamist fighters to move north . the last thing moscow wants is for islamist fighters to move north to| islamist fighters to move north to target _ islamist fighters to move north to target countries _ islamist fighters to move north to target countries like _ islamist fighters to move north to target countries like uzbekistan, i target countries like uzbekistan, kurdistan. — target countries like uzbekistan, kurdistan, and— target countries like uzbekistan, kurdistan, and then _ target countries like uzbekistan, kurdistan, and then to— target countries like uzbekistan, kurdistan, and then to threatenl kurdistan, and then to threaten russia — kurdistan, and then to threaten russia itself. _ kurdistan, and then to threaten russia itself. i— kurdistan, and then to threaten russia itself. ithink— kurdistan, and then to threaten russia itself. i think moscow i kurdistan, and then to threaten . russia itself. i think moscow sees opportunities _ russia itself. i think moscow sees opportunities as _ russia itself. i think moscow sees opportunities as well— russia itself. i think moscow sees opportunities as well in _ russia itself. i think moscow sees opportunities as well in the - opportunities as well in the situation _ opportunities as well in the situation to— opportunities as well in the situation to try _ opportunities as well in the situation to try to - opportunities as well in the situation to try to boost - opportunities as well in the situation to try to boost its| situation to try to boost its influence _ situation to try to boost its influence in _ situation to try to boost its influence in the _ situation to try to boost its influence in the region - situation to try to boost its influence in the region in l situation to try to boost its - influence in the region in central asia by— influence in the region in central asia by helping _ influence in the region in central asia by helping countries- influence in the region in central asia by helping countries like - asia by helping countries like tajikistan— asia by helping countries like tajikistan and _ asia by helping countries like tajikistan and uzbekistan - asia by helping countries like tajikistan and uzbekistan to. asia by helping countries like - tajikistan and uzbekistan to bolster their defences. _ tajikistan and uzbekistan to bolster their defences. 0ne _ tajikistan and uzbekistan to bolster their defences. one more - tajikistan and uzbekistan to bolster their defences. one more thing. . tajikistan and uzbekistan to bolster their defences. one more thing. i. their defences. 0ne more thing. i think— their defences. 0ne more thing. i think it— their defences. one more thing. i think it would — their defences. one more thing. i think it would be _ their defences. one more thing. i think it would be interesting - their defences. one more thing. i think it would be interesting to i their defences. one more thing. i. think it would be interesting to see later today— think it would be interesting to see later today if — think it would be interesting to see later today if vladimir— think it would be interesting to see later today if vladimir putin - think it would be interesting to see later today if vladimir putin says i later today if vladimir putin says something — later today if vladimir putin says something about _ later today if vladimir putin says something about the _ later today if vladimir putin says something about the situation i later today if vladimir putin says something about the situation in afghanistan _ something about the situation in afghanistan. he _ something about the situation in afghanistan. he is— something about the situation in afghanistan. he is due _ something about the situation in afghanistan. he is due to - something about the situation in| afghanistan. he is due to discuss the situation _ afghanistan. he is due to discuss the situation there _ afghanistan. he is due to discuss the situation there with - afghanistan. he is due to discussl the situation there with chancellor angela _ the situation there with chancellor angela merkel— the situation there with chancellor angela merkel who _ the situation there with chancellor angela merkel who will— the situation there with chancellor angela merkel who will be - the situation there with chancellor angela merkel who will be arriving later today — angela merkel who will be arriving later toda . ,, .,, , later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow, later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow. dan _ later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow, dan johnson _ later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow, dan johnson in _ later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow, dan johnson in delhi, - later today. 0k, steve rosenberg in moscow, dan johnson in delhi, and| moscow, danjohnson in delhi, and jean mackenzie in brussels, thank you all very much for that round up on global reaction. thank you. the foreign secretary dominic raab is facing further scrutiny in the uk after it emerged that a phone call he should have made last week to

help evacuate interpreters in afghanistan never actually happened. we had earlier it is unlikely dominic raab will resign, we heard from nick eardley... yes, he was urged to contact his counterpart _ yes, he was urged to contact his counterpart in afghanistan to speed up counterpart in afghanistan to speed up the _ counterpart in afghanistan to speed up the process of getting some interpreters who had worked with the uk out _ interpreters who had worked with the uk out of _ interpreters who had worked with the uk out of the country. we knew yesterday — uk out of the country. we knew yesterday that mr raab didn't make that call _ and we've also heard ministers on the airwaves this morning saying that even if that call had been made, it might not have made that much of a difference because things were changing so quickly. but there has been considerable criticism of dominic raab for not

making the call in the first place, and i think there will be even more criticism now that we know that call didn't take place at all. a couple of questions the government will be asked. one, had mr raab agreed to make the call, would it have happened, would he have had enough priority to make sure that conversation with what was the then afghan government happen? and, secondly, why didn't he then returned from his holiday until the monday, if the government knew how rapidly deteriorating the situation was over friday and saturday when kabul was eventually taken over by the taliban on sunday. opposition parties have called on mr raab to resign. there is no sign of that happening. when he was asked about it yesterday, the foreign secretary said he wasn't going to do so. but i think it also helps the opposition paint a picture of a government that wasn't prepared, firstly, for the taliban's rapid advance and the collapse

of the afghan government, but secondly, there will now be accusations that the government took too long to act when it became clear that the taliban was taking over. nick eardley speaking there. that was a round—up of reaction today and that growing pressure on dominic raab. let's talk to the labour mp and shadow foreign office minister stephen kinnock. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we heard they arejust a forjoining us on bbc news. we heard they are just a selection of some of they are just a selection of some of the questions that have been put to the questions that have been put to the government. what are your top priorities regarding the situation in afghanistan?— priorities regarding the situation in afuhanistan? ~ . .. , in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to _ in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to resign _ in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to resign because - in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to resign because we - in afghanistan? well, dominic raab i does need to resign because we need a foreign secretary who is actually able to take control of this situation to the greatest extent possible, to be completely focused

on the task at hand and not having to spend all his time fending off very serious and damaging questions about his ability to do the job. so he has to resign immediately. if he doesn't, borisjohnson should finally start showing some leadership and sack him, because the government, the entire government, is being driven off course by all of the speculation about dominic raab's future. 0nce the speculation about dominic raab's future. once that the speculation about dominic raab's future. 0nce thatjob has been done, we hopefully would have someone in place with some chance of doing the job property, and we then need to be working really closely with allies, with the united states in particular, around carving out a safe corridor in kabul so that people who we need to get out can physically make it to the airport. and that is going to require very skilful engagement and negotiation with the taliban on the ground, and it's going to require really strong

and good engagement with washington, dc and other partners. and it really is time to start seeing a complete step change in the performance of this government, which until now has been completely asleep at the wheel and guilty of staggering complacency. so i really hope we will start to see them snapping into action over the coming hours and days. action over the coming hours and da s. , ., ., ., i. days. 0k, before we get onto your oint days. 0k, before we get onto your point about _ days. 0k, before we get onto your point about what _ days. 0k, before we get onto your point about what should _ days. 0k, before we get onto your point about what should happen i days. 0k, before we get onto your . point about what should happen next, what do you make of the government's defence that no call that have changed the trajectory of what actually happened?— changed the trajectory of what actually happened? that's complete nonsense. the _ actually happened? that's complete nonsense. the senior _ actually happened? that's complete nonsense. the senior aides - actually happened? that's complete nonsense. the senior aides around | nonsense. the senior aides around dominic raab were recommending he made that call. they will not have been making that recommendation unless they had clear information which demonstrated it would be a very good thing to do and would deliver a positive outcome and potentially save lives for the one or two or six who knows how many

interpreters that have been so brave and put their lives on the line for the british and to whom we owe such a debt of gratitude. what a dreadful dereliction of duty that dominic raab couldn't even be bothered to get up off his sun lounger and make that phone call. it is simply unacceptable and this thing about whether it wouldn't have helped anyway, why where the senior aides making that recommendation in the first place? mr making that recommendation in the first place? m— first place? mr kinnock, are you supporting _ first place? mr kinnock, are you supporting dominic— first place? mr kinnock, are you supporting dominic grieve's - first place? mr kinnock, are you | supporting dominic grieve's call, then, for an investigation by the intelligence and security committee? because your colleague, kevinjones, has said that what took place was a huge spectacular failure in intelligence. is this the right thing to do?— intelligence. is this the right thing to do? intelligence. is this the right thin to do? ., , ., , thing to do? there has to be a very dee look thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at _ thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at all _ thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at all of _ thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at all of the _ thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at all of the lessons - thing to do? there has to be a very deep look at all of the lessons that| deep look at all of the lessons that need to be learned from this, both in terms of the failure of

intelligence, failure of coordination with our failure of planning. it seems that scenario planning. it seems that scenario planning didn't take place because the only scenario they looked at was the only scenario they looked at was the hyper optimistic one of the afghan army and afghan government holding firmly against the taliban, and no contingency plan was put in place where that didn't happen. these evacuations should have been happening weeks or even months ago once we had seen the writing on the wall. so serious questions in terms of intelligence, in terms of coordination and in terms of the evacuation process. but what i think it also poses is a very serious question about britain's role in the world going forward. we do have a government that has spent the last five or six years alienating many of our allies, five or six years alienating many of ourallies, breaking five or six years alienating many of our allies, breaking international law and really coming across as a government that isn't committed to

the international order and multilateralism and therefore we have seen the way in which the americans have acted, with hardly consulting the british government. that poses serious questions about how isolated we are now as a country, so certainly lessons have to be learned about the specifics of what has happened with this whole afghanistan tobacco, but i think bigger questions have to be asked about —— afghanistan debacle. but bigger questions about the future strategy for our country in the world. ,, , strategy for our country in the world. ., , ~' strategy for our country in the world. ,, , ,, ., ,, strategy for our country in the world. ., , ,, ., ,, world. stephen kinnock, thank you ve much world. stephen kinnock, thank you very much for— world. stephen kinnock, thank you very much for your _ world. stephen kinnock, thank you very much for your time _ world. stephen kinnock, thank you very much for your time on - world. stephen kinnock, thank you very much for your time on bbc . world. stephen kinnock, thank you - very much for your time on bbc news. thank you. there have also been a lot of questions and concerning reports coming out of afghanistan about evacuations. certainly the us has said they are upping the number of evacuations over the next few days, but also reports from amnesty international, who have highlighted the fact that some of the minority

communities, in particular the hazara community, are being targeted by the taliban. let's discuss this further. with me now is melissa monteiro, chief executive officer community migrant resource centre based in australia, which provides settlement information and support and advocacy to migrants and refugees. thank you forjoining us here. just explain to us exactly... i have given a picture of what is involved, but what do you actually do when you are approached by a refugee. brute are approached by a refugee. - provide settlement information and referral. all the support. we take them through the whole suite of everything related to their settlement once they are in australia, in sydney, right from finding a job australia, in sydney, right from finding ajob to australia, in sydney, right from finding a job to finding a house, to getting accommodation, to getting

english classes, connecting them with the community, and if they don't speak the language we are helping them break their social isolation, helping them to connect with all of the essentials you would need to successfully live and settle down in sydney. the cultural orientation is very important, but sometimes it is more important for them to feel part of the community by being employed and meaningfully and gainfully employed. employment is one of our biggest drivers. after employment, we are hopeful people are settled and have a roof over their heads, so accommodation becomes the next important one. speaking the language. english and communication is after. what speaking the language. english and communication is after.— speaking the language. english and communication is after. what do you make of what _ communication is after. what do you make of what we _ communication is after. what do you make of what we are _ communication is after. what do you make of what we are hearing - communication is after. what do you make of what we are hearing from i communication is after. what do you | make of what we are hearing from the report that has been released by amnesty international? they talk particularly about the hazaras. if i

have read this correctly, they are the third largest ethnic group in afghanistan. what are you hearing and what you make of that report? the hazaras are in sydneyjust like all the other afghan nationals here in sydney, and in sydney they are part of a larger community where we are all working together and we are trying our best as community organisations in bringing the community together, no matter what background you come from. so there are those issues where they have come from. in previous years they have come from afghanistan but as organisations we are doing our best in helping the community to connect, helping through community groups, social groups, breaking that isolation in the groups and working with the schools, working with young people in schools, all the time trying to make these connections

happen here. trying to make these connections happen here-— happen here. what sort of relationship _ happen here. what sort of relationship to _ happen here. what sort of relationship to the - happen here. what sort of relationship to the taliban happen here. what sort of- relationship to the taliban have with the hazara community? why is there such concern? alumni as we all know, the hazara limit in particular have faced . , ., , know, the hazara limit in particular have faced . , . , , have faced many, many decades -- welcome as — have faced many, many decades -- welcome as and _ have faced many, many decades -- welcome as and of— have faced many, many decades -- welcome as and of years _ have faced many, many decades -- welcome as and of years of - welcome as and of years of persecution, and with the taliban it was even more. and that has not changed and that report its clearly outlining the extent of the damage that has been done and the persecution to this group. i that has been done and the persecution to this group. i wonder if ou persecution to this group. i wonder if you could — persecution to this group. i wonder if you could just — persecution to this group. i wonder if you could just update _ persecution to this group. i wonder if you could just update us - persecution to this group. i wonder if you could just update us on - persecution to this group. i wonder if you could just update us on the l if you could just update us on the number of expected refugees from afghanistan that australia will be receiving. what do you know? australia has confirmed that 3000 places have been confirmed, i know. but, unofficially, orjusta places have been confirmed, i know. but, unofficially, orjust a few minutes ago, half an hour ago, i just heard it could be 13,000, so

the government is looking at increasing that number, but i have not confirmed that as yet, just heard that. not confirmed that as yet, 'ust heard thatfi not confirmed that as yet, 'ust heard thahfi not confirmed that as yet, 'ust heard that. ., heard that. 0k, well, we will wait for confirmation, _ heard that. 0k, well, we will wait for confirmation, but _ heard that. 0k, well, we will wait for confirmation, but thank - heard that. 0k, well, we will wait for confirmation, but thank you i heard that. 0k, well, we will wait| for confirmation, but thank you for telling us the story of the hazara clinic and australia. melissa monteiro, thank you.- clinic and australia. melissa monteiro, thank you. thank you for havinr monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me- — monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me- -- _ monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me- -- of— monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me. -- of the _ monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me. -- of the hazaras - monteiro, thank you. thank you for having me. -- of the hazaras and l having me. —— of the hazaras and australia. having me. -- of the hazaras and australia. ., ., having me. -- of the hazaras and australia-— australia. you are watching bbc news. australia. you are watching bbc news- let's _ australia. you are watching bbc news. let's turn _ australia. you are watching bbc news. let's turn our— australia. you are watching bbc news. let's turn our attention l australia. you are watching bbc| news. let's turn our attention to events taking place in haiti, where foreign aid has finally started to trickle in five days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2000 people, flattened tens of thousands of buildings in the country's south—west and left many injured. courtney bembridge has more. this was a welcome sight for haitians waiting desperately for foreign aid. translation: idon'tl have a job, i don't have water, i don't have food. my house was destroyed, there is nothing. roads and bridges were badly damaged in the earthquake and heavy rain since has brought mudslides,

hampering efforts to get help where it's most needed. and then complicating matters, many humanitarian organisations are based in port—au—prince and have to travel through gang—controlled territory to reach this area here. the un's been able to negotiate access for us, which is how i was able to go this week, but that's not secure and it's not certain that we'll be able to access those roads in the future. haiti is the poorest country in the americas and it's still recovering from a 2010 earthquake which killed more than 200,000 people. thousands have been injured in the latest quake and remain cut off from help. us air crews reached some of the remote areas and took critical patients to port—au—prince, while others are being treated in makeshift hospitals. there are also concerns about a looming public health crisis. the sanitation situation is quite critical and it is our hope that we don't have an outbreak of cholera. so we are preparing for a public health disaster.

all the while, tremors are adding to the anxiety. translation: we are afraid to go inside, so we sleep - on the ground in the street. tens of thousands of buildings have been reduced to rubble, many of them yet to be searched and officials say the death toll will continue to rise. courtney bembridge, bbc news. new zealand has extended its nationwide lockdown forfour more days. it had been due to end at midnight on friday local time. all of the country will remain at its highest level of covid restrictions, after recording 11 new cases. on tuesday, new zealand was plunged into a national lockdown when it announced one local case of the delta variant. the total number of cases in the outbreak has now hit 31. 0ur correspondent, shaimaa khalil,

gave us this update. the whole of new zealand is going to remain under the strictest lockdown, that's level four lockdown until tuesday. this is the first time in more than a year that a level four lockdown has been imposed in new zealand. of course, this is a country that's been hailed as a success story in eliminating covid—19 and controlling outbreaks by snap lockdowns. the real concern, of course, is this is the delta variant and they're really, really concerned about the spread of the outbreak. now it's concentrated in auckland. so there are indications that new zealand's largest city is going to remain under strict lockdown even beyond tuesday, but now there are cases that have travelled into wellington — into the country's capital. three of the new cases reported in wellington now and so contact tracers are saying they need time

to get on top of the virus, to find out exactly where the close contacts have been. we know that the first case that was announced this week was of a new zealander that had just come back from sydney, had been in hotel quarantine, tested positive and then was taken to hospital. there is still a missing link of how that ended up with community cases. there are 12 cases as well that are under investigation. jacinda ardern said new zealand is generally in a good position still at this stage of the outbreak but they don't want to draw any conclusions yet and that's why we're seeing new zealand still under lockdown. and, of course, the prime minister more than once making a comparison in reference to what's happening in australia, what's happening here where i am in sydney, where cases continue to grow. that was correspondent in sydney. that was our correspondent in sydney. the uk home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees after a 5—year—old boy, who recently arrived in the uk, fell to his death from a window on the ninth floor of a hotel.

mohammed munib majeedi and his family were put up at the hotel in sheffield as part of the government's resettlement scheme. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. a new life in a new country that's ended in tragedy. this hotel in sheffield is now the scene of a major investigation into a dreadful accident. the victim, a five—year—old afghan boy, mohammed munib majeedi. he had recently arrived with his parents and four siblings from kabul — refugees given protection in the uk because his father worked in the british embassy. police and ambulances were called to the 0y0 metropolitan hotel on wednesday afternoon, after the boy fell from a ninth—floor window. the translator working with the afghan families being housed there said all of them were devastated. the boy and his family came to the uk under the government scheme to protect people who were at risk from the taliban. the home office says everyone is deeply saddened at the tragic death.

refugee charities are demanding a wider investigation into how families arriving in the uk are being treated. there are claims that some residents had concerns about windows. those claims may be part of the police's investigation. but while the home office says it was told of no safety concerns, it has moved all families to alternative accommodation. dominic casciani, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. let's remind you of our headlines today. evacuations from afghanistan gather pace — as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. more pressure on the foreign secretary, dominic raab, as it emerges that a key call to afghan officials about evacuating interpreters from the country was never made at all. waiting for aid and answers — why is it taking so long for help to reach the victims of haiti's earthquake?

new zealand extends its nationwide lockdown for four more days after recording 11 new cases. tracking by air, land and sea — kenya undertakes its first national wildlife census — counting all the animals in the country. crowds of people desperate to leave afghanistan are continuing to gather at kabul airport as the us intensifies its evacuation efforts. meanwhile here in the uk, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is facing growing pressure to resign after it emerged a phone call he asked a junior minister to make to his afghan counterpart never took place. colonel richard kemp is a former commander of the british forces in afghanistan, and he says there has been

a ministerial lack of urgency. it was a dire situation, it got even worse but there could have been assistance from the government in kabul to help the interpreters we wanted to move out and other people we wanted to move out. i think one thing that may be misunderstood in some quarters is that in particular if you're dealing with the afghans, and the same goes for many other countries in the region, they won't deal with someone at a lower level than them. it's got to be the equivalent, it's got to be the equivalent level, and that's extremely important for afghans. certainly, even if they would answer the call, they wouldn't be influenced by them. so i think that's... i've experienced that myself working in afghanistan that, you know, for example, if somebody at a higher level than me sent me with a message to his opposite number, i wouldn't be received. iwould be ignored. so, that's important. i think this whole attitude in a way typifies what's often been seen

throughout this campaign in afghanistan, which is a ministerial lack of urgency, lack of understanding of the need to put as much effort as quickly as possible behind decision—making, behind gaining resources and support for the fighting. it's crucial, in many cases, in battle, in a conflict situation. they expect our soldiers to do that yet somehow, very often, ministers themselves don't do the same thing. why do you think that is, colonel? is it's something that's developed more recently or not? i think it is, because certainly in recent generations, we've got very few politicians and even fewer political leaders who have had military experience, who have experienced conflict first hand and understand the necessities, the need for rapid, as churchill would call it, action this day.

whereas in previous generations, i think there were far more, given we had gone through two world wars, far more political leaders with military experience who had greater understanding of the sort of thing. colonel, i'm sure you've been watching things unfold over the weekend. you must have played through a scenario that you would have expected. what should have happened? well, my first point i think would be that we should not... president biden should not have made a decision to unconditionally withdraw. but given that's what he did back in may, i think that the real problem was the speed at which he did it. it was far too quick, and it didn't give time for the afghan government and the afghan security forces to readjust and plan and prepare for a totally different situation they were now facing in so many ways. secondly, he did it at the height of the taliban fighting season.

if he'd waited and maybe, you know, done a more drawn—out withdrawal, waited at least until the autumn or the winter, then we would not have been in the taliban fighting season. we're now at the height of the taliban fighting season. in the autumn and the winter they far less potent. they tend to, you know, be a great deal less active, and therefore we would not have seen, i don't think, the real descent into chaos we have seen now and the speed of the fall of the afghan government. and then i think... there was a great deal of unpreparedness, i'm sure, among the british and the american governments for what was going to happen. they didn't really appreciate it and it meant they weren't properly advised or their advisers did not have the necessary assessments and intelligence from the ground. that was colonel richard kemp, a former commander of the british forces in afghanistan in 2003.

in scotland, a new power sharing agreement between the snp and the greens has been agreed. the deal will take the greens into a national government for the first time anywhere in the uk. it will also give the scottish government a majority to pass legislation at holyrood, including a new independence referendum bill. the co—operation agreement between the two parties stops short of a full coalition. the subscription site 0nlyfans, known for its adult content, has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from one 0ctober. 0nlyfans said the change had come after pressure from banking partners. the site has grown during the pandemic and says it has 130 million users. the announcement comes after bbc news had approached the company for a response to leaked documents concerning accounts which posted illegal content. thousands of people have been unlawfully detained in police

custody in england and wales because of delays in transferring them to mental health beds. a 2018 government report looked at seven police forces and estimated there were as many as 4,500 cases per year. unlawful detainment occurs when police powers to hold someone under criminal law end but a bed can't be found. sean dilley reports. i was in bed and he came into my room with a pillow and put the pillow over my face. and i managed to push him away and i said, "why are you doing this to me?" and he says, "my thoughts are telling me if i kill you now, "i won't experience the pain of you dying when i grow up." this is blue. this is thomas, annette's 15—year—old son. earlier this year, he twice attempted to take his mother's life. but she insists he's not a killer

and he's not a criminal. instead, she says, he was experiencing an acute mental health crisis. so the next thing, i could hear them saying, "right, we're going to arrest you on suspicion "of attempted murder." my heart sank. i didn't call them to have him arrested. i called them to help him. thomas was taken to southend police station. the next day, he was identified as needing hospital admission but it wasn't until three and a half days after his arrest that he was found a suitable bed. essex police said that after his arrest, thomas was bailed. following his release from custody they supported him in a safe environment within essex police premises, in a specially designated room for vulnerable children, while they worked hard with their partners in health and social care to find the best place for him to receive the care he needed. but thomas' case isn't isolated. we used freedom of information laws

to force publication of a sensitive government report from july 2018 that estimated there were between 3900—4500 cases where people in mental health crisis were unlawfully detained in police custody in england and wales in a year. a lack of suitable mental health beds was most often the cause. police sources have told me they've been working closely with nhs partners to reduce significantly the number of times people are unlawfully held until beds become available. nobody, though, has been able to provide any figures, as they're not recorded and the picture's different too depending where you are, with some forces managing to end the practice completely and in other areas, unlawful detentions are still happening. you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. it was the concerns of this recently retired chief constable that prompted the report. there's a point that comes out where actually somebody could be released from custody, wasn't being released from custody and at that point, i would deem that to be unlawful detention whilst we're waiting for a bed, a mental health bed to become available.

a number of my colleague chief constables around the country said that the chief has given the authority for people to be kept unlawfully in custody and any challenges that came, then the chief would deal with that. this approved mental health professional, who prefers to remain anonymous, attends custody and has the power to detain people under the mental health act, but he can only do that when beds are available. people like me are being asked to do things without being resourced or equipped to do it properly. i would describe the system as being dysfunctional and struggling to cope. i felt like my heart was wrenched out of me. it really broke me. they need to put more funding into it. and they need to help people. they need to support these children and adults. the government says it is committed to supporting people experiencing a mental health crisis, but annette marshall thinks they system has

failed her and her son. sean dilley, bbc news. south africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world. recent outbreaks of rioting highlighted some of the major social issues the country faces. with three out of four young people unemployed, what hope is there for the next generation? 0ur reporter, vumani mkhize, has been to meet one young entrepreneur, who's attempting to beat the odds and build a business in one of johannesburg's most challenging townships. around here, there are young men running around with guns, shooting at people, just doing a whole lot of gang type of things, you know. eldorado park injohannesburg is a tough neighbourhood. it's an area that has struggled with drugs, gangsterism and high unemployment.

but a young local entrepreneur is working hard to change that. this is my pop—up store in the local neighbourhood. roemello shembe is just 21—years—old but believes his clothing brand, called anti—gang, can be a positive force in the community. anti—gang stands against bullies, murderers, people who steal, thieves, like rob your cars and all of those type of things. south africa's unemployment rate sits atjust under 33% but for the youth, the figure is much worse, a staggering 74% and as we saw with the recent looting and rioting that rocked the country, there is a lot of dissatisfaction and for young people like roemello, they are having to find creative and innovative ways in order to make a living. but in a stagnant economy, how important are young talented entrepreneurs like roemello to the future of south africa? in a word, critical. the majority of south africans

live in townships. if they cannot find an economically active role, then we have a serious problem as a society and therefore it is incumbent on all of us to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to participate in the economy because, if they do not, we will have more and more social unrest. roemello has now teamed up with the local mall to bring his designs to a wider market. i believe that if more of us could take a risk and do what our heart really wants us to do, we can change the country and make it a better place. vumani mkhize, bbc news. that report from johannesburg. supermarket chain, morrisons, has accepted an improved offer from one of the two american private investment groups battling

to take over the company. the morrisons board said that the £7 billion deal from clayton, dubilier and rice was �*good value' for shareholders. earlier, our business correspondent katy austin gave us the details. this is just the latest step in the tale of what has become a bidding war over britain's fourth largest supermarket. there was a previous offer from a different group supermarket. there was a previous offerfrom a different group in supermarket. there was a previous offer from a different group in the us, fortress group, about 6.7 billion. this new offer is £7 billion. this new offer is £7 billion. the morrisons board is recommending this to shareholders now. morrisons you might think might look an attractive prospect at the moment because retailers have done quite well through the pandemic. people are always going to want to buy food and morrisons has a number of characteristics which are a bit different. it owns most of its

sites, for example, which is quite different to a lot of other supermarkets who might have sold some and leased them back. both bidders have been keen to stress they won't just sell off those sites, they want to keep them. morrisons also has its own supply chain. it's one of the largest producers of fresh food in the uk. that is another important characteristic these bidders might have their eye on. but really, both of them are saying they don't really want to change anything and that is one of the reasons that morrisons board has recommended this to shareholders. the shareholders do get the final say and we understand now there will be a meeting in october where they will be able to 0ctober where they will be able to vote on this proposal. that october where they will be able to vote on this proposal.— vote on this proposal. that was katie austin _ vote on this proposal. that was katie austin speaking - vote on this proposal. that was katie austin speaking to - vote on this proposal. that was katie austin speaking to me i vote on this proposal. that was - katie austin speaking to me earlier. 0ptometrists across the uk say they're diagnosing higher numbers of children with short—sightedness since the start of the pandemic. the college of optometrists says this is down to less time being spent outside due to covid restrictions — and more time using screens. fiona lamdin has been speaking

to one family about how they manage their eye health. like many children, keira, oliver and lauren love spending time inside on screens. right, guys, screens off, time to get outside, please. but their parents are all too aware of the damage it could be doing to their eyes. both ali and james are optometrists. with three young kids, they do spend quite a lot of time on the screen, especially in the holidays. and if they've had a lot of time on the screen, then we are mindful to try to get them outside, because being outside, that can negate the fact that they have been sat on the screen all morning, potentially. and just trying to limit that time and make them have regular breaks. were you concerned during lockdown their eyesight might deteriorate? yes, especially our eldest, because she probably spent the most time on the screen and she's a little bit short—sighted already. so, yeah, i was conscious that could potentially get worse over the last year. do your parents limit how much time you spend on your screen?

an hour on the school days no, we have half an hour on school days and an hour at the weekend. no, we have an hour and a half at the weekends. we have half an hour and then an hour. 0h. 0k, come and have a seat here for me, monty. eight—year—old monty is having his eyes tested for the first time in two years. we're going to do a little check for you today. last time we saw you was september 2019, so it has been a little while, mu m, yeah? during lockdown, opticians did stay open but, according to the college of optometrists, around 6 million appointments were postponed. i think i was concerned because we had not been to the opticians for a long time. and also, certainly, monty hasjust come out of isolation, so he has spent quite a lot of time playing minecraft with his friends as the only way of sort of chatting to them. and he's been getting closer and closer to the screen as he's been playing.

so itjust seemed a bit, for boy who's onlyjust eight, being really close to the screen, seemed a bit odd. oh, so you are a little bit short—sighted. we've got —1.25 on the right and a —1 on the left. and as with so many children, monty will need a pair of glasses. we're definitely seeing a huge increase in the myopia for children and at a younger age. we know that patients who spend a lot of time indoors and a lot of time with near work are more at risk of becoming short—sighted. we have had a lot of children who have had to be at home, home—schooling, and they've had to use screens all day. and probably a huge decrease in outdoor time, as well, because, for a time, we were very limited with the amount of time we could be outdoors. so the combination of the two could have a huge impact on the rate of myopia. and so, this summer, the college of optometrists is encouraging children to spend

at least two hours a day outside. there's good evidence that shows that the more time you spend outside, particularly between the ages of five and 12, the less likely you are to become short—sighted. and that's because that when you're outside, your eyes are more relaxed, you're focusing on objects further away. we also think that the sunlight might affect the way that the eye grows. so actually spending time, not using a device outside, the sunlight's actually encouraging a child's eye to grow into the right shape for adulthood. 0k, come and have a seat there, monty. an increasing number of pupils like monty will be heading back to school with glasses next term. pop those on and keep them out, any that you try on. but, in the meantime, his mum says he will be spending much of the summer outdoors. fiona lamdin, bbc news. a record 20 places have applied to be the next uk city of culture. the government awards the title every 4 years, helping to bring tourism and investment to different areas.

this year, groups of towns were encouraged to apply and there have been bids from every nation in the uk. the winner will be announced next year. kenya is conducting a national wildlife census — it's the first of its kind in the country. kenya is home to vulnerable and endangered species, including lions, giraffes and the only two surviving northern white rhino species in the world. ferdinand 0mondi reports from the marine parks and forest reserves of coastal kenya. kenya is undergoing the biggest animal count in its history. from above, researchers record wildlife in the country's open lands and check the rest of them, including human activity close to protected areas. this aerial count is just one method kenya's wildlife service is using to count

all of the country's wildlife. this is one of kenya's forest reserves. there's lots of wildlife here and that includes hundreds of elephants. i'm told, but it is so difficult to spot them from above even with an extra pair of eyes and as we are tracking them on foot. jamila is one of rangers tasked to count the elephants on foot, but in this heavy forest, the elephants know where to hide. so researchers count by the consistency of their dung. we were taught how to see the age of the dung, to know if it's fresh or it's over 24 hours. so when you see like this one, it is over 50 centimetres, no destruction, and also when it's fresh, it smells, it has an odour, it is also smooth in colour.

so we've just been driving around the forest reserve looking for elephants and then right in front of our path, there is a herd right in front of us. actually, it's a bigger group than what you can see because we've spotted some crisscrossing, i can see some feeding and others playing and the rules here is that the elephants have the right of way, so we just have to wait. kenya has carried out wildlife surveys before but this is the first time the country attempts to count all species on kenyan lands and waters. particularly the census has been done on the endangered species. the elephants, the rhinos and a few others. but we don't have proper census for giraffe, for pangolin, we don't have census for zebras. this count is also important for marine conservation. this here is a mangrove forest, a breeding area for fish and so fishing here is regulated and the researchers hope that the results of this census

will help show the impact of such conservation efforts on marine life. kenya's marine parks alone generate over $1 million annually but the government says they can do more. it wants to use its marine data to accelerate the blue economy and the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth and jobs. conservation is very central to the blue economy. you need to manage the environment better, so with this type of information, you are going to identify those critical areas that need to be zoned out. this is kenya's biggest ever animal census and its results could encourage better conservation for future generations. ferdinand 0mondi, bbc news, coastal kenya. a prototype of a humanoid robot, designed for "dangerous, repetitive, or boring work" is set to be launched by tesla next year.

at a showcase of his company's developments in artificial intelligence, elon musk said the robot would "eliminate tasks people don't like to do". it will run on the same techonology used by tesla's self—driven vehicles. india's taj mahal will reopen for night viewings on saturday for the first time in more than a year. the vast white marble mausoleum in the city of agra is a huge tourist attraction, and viewing it by moonlight is a particular draw. but viewings after dark were ended completely during the coronavirus lockdown imposed in march 2020 and never reinstated. tourist organisations in agra said it was a good first step, but would have little effect on the industry until the city's 10pm curfew — another measure to curb the spread of coronavirus — was lifted.

you have been watching bbc news. plenty more coming up shortly and don't forget, plenty on the website as well. joanna gosling will be with you at the top of the hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keeith lucas. hello. the weather is looking a little bit mixed over the next couple of days. we have got some rain arriving through the weekend, particularly during the day on saturday. but for today, well, a day of sunny spells for much of the uk. rain will arrive in the west later on and that's going to slowly spread its way eastwards over the next 24—48 hours or so. all courtesy of this fairly slow—moving weather front moving its way in from the atlantic. high pressure sitting out to the south—east of the uk. so some fairly settled weather for many areas today. the morning cloud thinning and breaking to leave some sunny spells through the afternoon, particularly for parts of eastern scotland, central and eastern england, wales seeing a bit of brightness breaking through. northern ireland, though, turning increasingly wet with the arrival

of this frontal rain. and the breeze picking up around some of these irish sea coasts in the west, aw well, whereas for central and eastern areas, most places seeing relatively light winds today. not great in terms of temperature but perhaps a little bit warmer for some of us than recent days with a southerly breeze. 22 degrees or so our top temperature. into this evening and overnight then, this area of rain continues its progress further north and eastwards. so some rain across much of scotland overnight, western parts of england and wales too. for east anglia and the south—east, you should stay dry overnight and still mild with temperatures for most of us 13—16 degrees, with clearer skies and some slightly fresher weather arriving in northern ireland first thing on saturday. so we start saturday with this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain. one or two heavy bursts in there across some central parts of england and wales as well, edging eastwards, arriving across east anglia during the early afternoon. so some pretty wet weather lingering for southern and eastern scotland. a little bit brighter for the west later on but equally some scattered heavy showers, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well. now into saturday night and on into sunday, eventually we're

going to push this area of low pressure away towards the east. but it could still linger close to eastern england, i think, through the day on sunday. so still the potential for some showery rain, particularly in the east first thing. and then through the spine of the country, we could see one or two heavy showers just building through the afternoon. something a little bit drier working in from the west and temperatures at best around about 17—22 degrees on sunday. and then looking ahead into the new week, well, high pressure builds. we're going to see winds rotating around that area of high pressure, so not coming in from a particularly warm direction. temperatures not great for the time of year but a lot of dry weather with some sunshine around too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at 11... evacuations from afghanistan gather pace — as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. more pressure on the foreign secretary, dominic raab, as it emerges that a key call to afghan officials about evacuating interpreters from the country was never made at all. the home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees, after a 5—year—old boy fell to his death from a hotel window in sheffield. morrisons has accepted an improved offer from one of the two american private investment groups involved in a takeover battle for the company. the deal would be worth seven billion pounds. in scotland — the snp and the greens agree a new power sharing agreement —

but stop short of a formal coalition. the subscription site 0nlyfans has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from october. hello and welcome to bbc news. crowds of people, desperate to leave afghanistan, are continuing to surround kabul airport. reports suggest as many as 18,000 people have now been evacuated since the taliban took control of the country less than a week ago. amnesty international has accused the taliban of killing and torturing nine men from the country's hazara minority last month, saying the the killings were a �*horrifying indicator of what taliban rule may bring'.

0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul, and has more details. this is in malistan district in ghazni province, where we've had for a number of weeks now reports of the murder of a number of civilians. in fact, i spoke to one family. they said that two of their sons had been accused by the taliban of working for the government, of working with army. it wasn't true. by the time they brought their id cards out to show to the taliban, the taliban had already shot them in the head. amnesty international detailing the murder of nine other civilians in that area. this is a couple of weeks back when the taliban took it over. and, as you say, there's particular concern about the treatment of the hazara minority. they are a community that has long been persecuted. i have to say that yesterday — hazara minority are members of the shia sect of islam and yesterday was a holy day for them. they were holding rallies here. some members of the community saying

that they felt safe, that they didn't feel they had anything to fear from the taliban. but in this area, in ghazni province, there seems to have been, for some reason or another, very worrying reports of these massacres and these extrajudicial killings by the taliban. i think it underlines the rather chaotic situation in the country. what is happening in one place might not be happening in another. we were just speaking to one senior localjournalist in eastern afghanistan and he said a group of taliban fightersjust turned up at his house to question him, were trying to confiscate his vehicle. another group of taliban fighters then turned up and tried to protect him. difficult to really understand and to fathom exactly what the group's central policy is. they say they have issued an amnesty for all those linked to the government, that people have nothing to fear, but many aren't necessarily feeling reassured by that and they do worry they will be targeted. certainly around the airport, the taliban are not keen on us filming, they don't want these scenes of so many afghans fleeing

the country to be broadcast internationally any more. i think they want to project an image of stability and that undermines it. just even the tone of different taliban members, you can see kind of a big disparity at times. very friendly, very approachable, talking to us, offering us tea, wanting to know who we are, where we come from. at other times, very aggressive, threatening to break our camera. so that really i think speaks to this kind of broader dichotomy in the taliban's behaviour at the moment. 0n the one hand, they are engaging in discussions with senior political figures here in afghanistan about a future system of governance, and many taking that as a very promising sign that any kind of new government might not necessarily be solely dominated by the taliban even though they are in such firm control of the country. 0n the other hand, we've had reports like the one drawn out for the united nations about people being targeted, members of... former members of the intelligence services, people who had cooperated with international forces, being systematically hunted down

and detained by the taliban, so a real dichotomy, and it's not always easy to get reliable information, particularly from outside of kabul, with many localjournalists either having fled the country, trying to flee the country are being too worried to report what's really going on. 18 million people in afghanistan, nearly half of the population, depend on life—saving assistance. the country was already suffering from extreme drought, before the displacement caused by the taliban takeover. international aid charities have appealed for more funding in order to provide continued support. nilab mobarez, acting president of the afghan red crescent society is in kabul and explained the difficulties they're facing. the fighting is much less. before, the problem was that fighting was making everybody slow down. now it's a different kind of difficulty which is a lack of governmental systems and international ngos

and the slowdown for the fact that systems cannot work, even two days ago. yesterday was a holiday, but on wednesday banks were not working, so this is another type of difficulty, but absolutely, it is existing. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is facing further scrutiny, after it emerged that a phone call he was urged to make last week — to help evacuate interpreters from afghanistan — never happened. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is at westminster. the lone wells is at westminster. briefing against raal those the briefing against raab, from those who work with them, it's coming thick and fast. the foreign secretary has _ coming thick and fast. the foreign secretary has been _ coming thick and fast. the foreign secretary has been under - coming thick and fast. the foreign j secretary has been under pressure coming thick and fast. the foreign i secretary has been under pressure in over a number of days. first after the newspaper reports where it emerged he had been seen on a beach

in crete on sunday on the day that kabul collapsed. then it was said he was advised to make a phone call to the afghan foreign minister to help evacuate interpreters the safety... he advise a junior minister, even though he was told it had to be made by him. the call was never made. the government said the reason it was delegated was because dominic raab was busy on other calls and the reason it never happen was because it was not possible to arrange this call before the afghan government collapse. we've had people like the armed forces minister also say that one phone call wouldn't necessarily have made a difference to the trajectory at which the afghan government collapse, or at which the airlift operation to evacuate people was started, but i think this is certainly added to growing questions that the government is now facing. labour have called for the foreign

secretary to resign, called it an unforgivable display of leadership that he should be on a holiday at a time where we are going to one of the biggest foreign policy crises of our time. we've had tory mps, both privately and publicly expressed frustration at which the foreign secretary has handled this crisis, and i think this is certainly a question now that the governments want to be facing about its general preparedness for this crisis. yes, it is summer recess at the moment, which is the period when mps and those advising them tend to be on holiday for a summer break, but there are questions about why did there are questions about why did the government not see this coming? why did they not anticipate this when troops were starting to be withdrawn from afghanistan? and also, was the pm advising his top secretaries of state to not go on holiday at this time? and why was the foreign secretary on holiday at a time when, as we purred, officials were advising him to make some of these key phone calls? —— as we've heard. with me now is simon conway, halo trust's director of capabilities, the charity that is clearing landmines

and explosive devices from afghanistan who has had a constant presence in the country since 1988, including the years when the taliban last ruled. thanks forjoining us. what's the situation now in terms of the presence there and how safe it is? 0utside presence there and how safe it is? outside of kabul, in many of the areas where we have been working, head act, kandahar, up in the north, the situation, certainly for a two and a half thousand staff is relatively safe and secure —— herat. 0ur relatively safe and secure —— herat. our equipment is secure, vehicles, mine detectors, the body armour we need to work. we suspended our operations at the weekend, but we are hoping to start work again tomorrow. we had a specific request from the director of mine action, with a specific request actually from the new islamic emirate of

afghanistan, from the taliban, to start clearing ordinance, unexploded bombs from the recent conflict, around one of the northern cities. so we're going to deploy a team there tomorrow. i won't say which team it is, because we are going to have to do it to a road move, but we are hoping to get back to work. tentatively at first, carefully, but there is an absolutely huge requirement for clearance, particularly given that there is the possibility three and a half million displaced people may be beginning to move and we are seeing signs already they're beginning to move back to their homes. that is always a very dangerous period, immediate the post—conflict, before going back to their homes, not familiar of what they are walking into and a real potential for a they are walking into and a real potentialfor a big spike in casualties. we are absolutely keen to get back to work as soon as possible. to get back to work as soon as aossible. �* . to get back to work as soon as aossible. . , ., to get back to work as soon as possible-— to get back to work as soon as

aossible. . , ., , ., , ., possible. are these local staff are international _ possible. are these local staff are international staff _ possible. are these local staff are international staff able _ possible. are these local staff are international staff able to - possible. are these local staff are | international staff able to remain? because many charities have had to evacuate international stuff because it's not been safe for them to stay. we got the last two of our international staff out on sunday. we had a very small component of international staff in the country. the senior management of our programme are afghan and have been at it for 30 years and we have well established links into the taliban, in terms of communication, routes of communication. so we only have national stuff in there at the moment but there is two and half thousand, a large number, a year ago we had to be and have thousand and it's been a great shame to see the funding falling away. now is the time when we need renewed support for afghanistan, so that we can get rid of all the unexploded bombs that literally place, all of the ied is. that killed so many british and

american soldiers, they are cooling afghans, ordinarily women and children, so they need to be cleared. —— they are cooling —— they are killing. shes cleared. -- they are cooling -- they are killing-— are killing. as you say, the work is vital for the _ are killing. as you say, the work is vital for the country. _ are killing. as you say, the work is vital for the country. it _ are killing. as you say, the work is vital for the country. it requires i vital for the country. it requires international funding. vital for the country. it requires internationalfunding. a lot vital for the country. it requires international funding. a lot of international funding. a lot of international funding. a lot of internationalfunding is international funding. a lot of international funding is currently on hold, access for the taliban to its resources that are overseas has currently been frozen. while the world looks and learns about how the taliban is operating, do you have any thoughts on that at the moment, because obviously they are saying they are different this time around, but we have the report from amnesty, the report from the un today indicating otherwise. i the report from the un today indicating otherwise. i mean, halo works in a lot— indicating otherwise. i mean, halo works in a lot of _ indicating otherwise. i mean, halo works in a lot of countries, - indicating otherwise. i mean, halo l works in a lot of countries, myanmar and libya and other places where you can take issue with who is in charge. the fact is that we are

directly funded by donors and the vast majority of our funding goes to the salaries of our national afghan staff, who come from some of the proudest villages in the world. so it is not as if giving us funding is funding the taliban, it certainly isn't. what it is doing is securing the lives and livelihoods of ordinary afghan people, and we are beginning to get some quite positive noises, actually, in the last 24 hours, from certain governments have said they are suspending development, but in terms of humanitarian aid, they recognise that really something needs to be done at least to be done very quickly. there is a lot of people going to be on the move in the next few weeks and we need to make sure they don't get blown up in the process. they don't get blown up in the arocess. ., ~' they don't get blown up in the arocess. ., ~ , ., they don't get blown up in the arocess. . ~ , ., ., ., , the home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees after a five—year—old boy,

who recently arrived in the uk, fell to his death from a window on the ninth floor of a hotel. mohammed munib majeedi and his family were put up at the hotel in sheffield as part of the government's resettlement scheme. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. a new life in a new country that's ended in tragedy. this hotel in sheffield is now the scene of a major investigation into a dreadful accident. the victim, a five—year—old afghan boy, mohammed munib majeedi. he had recently arrived with his parents and four siblings from kabul — refugees given protection in the uk because his father worked in the british embassy. police and ambulances were called to the 0y0 metropolitan hotel on wednesday afternoon, after the boy fell from a ninth—floor window. the translator working with the afghan families being housed there said all of them were devastated. the boy and his family came to the uk under the government scheme to protect people who were at risk from the taliban. the home office says everyone is deeply saddened

at the tragic death. refugee charities are demanding a wider investigation into how families arriving in the uk are being treated. there are claims that some residents had concerns about windows. those claims may be part of the police's investigation. but while the home office says it was told of no safety concerns, it has moved all families to alternative accommodation. dominic casciani, bbc news. in scotland, a new power sharing agreement between the snp and the greens has been agreed. the deal will take the greens into a national government for the first time anywhere in the uk. it will also give the scottish government a majority to pass legislation at holyrood, including a new independence referendum bill. the co—operation agreement between the two parties stops short of a full coalition. and we'll have more on this at around 11:45 this morning — when we speak to our political editor for scotland, glenn campbell. the headlines on bbc news... evacuations from afghanistan gather

pace — as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. more pressure on the foreign secretary, dominic raab, as it emerges that a key call to afghan officials about evacuating interpreters from the country was never made at all. the home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees, after a 5—year—old boy fell to his death from a hotel window in sheffield. the board of the uk's fourth biggest supermarket chain, morrisons, has accepted a seven billion pound offer from one of the two american private investment groups involved in a takeover battle. last night, clayton, dubilier & rice increased its bid, beating an offer of 6.7 billion from a consortium led by fortress. the morrisons board say the new deal "represents good value for shareholders while at the same

time protecting the fundamental character of morrisons". i'm joined now by adam leyland, editor of food and drink industry magazine the grocer... why are they so desperately by morrisons? the why are they so desperately by morrisons?— why are they so desperately by morrisons? , ., _ , morrisons? the first thing to say is the 're morrisons? the first thing to say is they're paying _ morrisons? the first thing to say is they're paying a _ morrisons? the first thing to say is they're paying a of _ morrisons? the first thing to say is they're paying a of money. - morrisons? the first thing to say is they're paying a of money. the - morrisons? the first thing to say isj they're paying a of money. the key thing is they have a lot of money right now, flush with money, these american companies from quantitative easing. british supermarkets are cheaper since brexit, because of course the value of the pound against the dollar has weakened. they are more affordable and also quantitative easing means they have so much money, deals that previously would have been unthinkable and impossible. above all, it is really covid, supermarkets are great assets to own, the stock market doesn't seem to value them, perversely likes of the liberator etc, fast growth technology companies in the food space and covid has reminded us all

that supermarkets are essential retailers and make a loss of money, but there is that cash generation that the market seems to value —— make a lot of money. that the market doesn't seem to value. clearly these private equity businesses do. ldrdl’heh private equity businesses do. when ou look at private equity businesses do. when you look at the _ private equity businesses do. when you look at the share _ private equity businesses do. when you look at the share price, - private equity businesses do. when you look at the share price, the new offer represents a 60% premium to the share price before that takeover interest emerged in mid june. so the uplift is massive. is it going to lead to other supermarket chains are being looked at differently? i lead to other supermarket chains are being looked at differently?- being looked at differently? i think it almost certainly _ being looked at differently? i think it almost certainly is. _ being looked at differently? i think it almost certainly is. we - being looked at differently? i think it almost certainly is. we have - it almost certainly is. we have already seen as those sold to private equity. the interesting thing i guess about morrisons as it is a higher valuation now, 7 billion is a higher valuation now, 7 billion is higher than asda, and as that is bigger, so that has already gone and there is a lot of speculation around sainsbury�*s, but there is even talk that tesco may be skipped up, which

would be quite extraordinary, because those are some very big prices —— scooped up. but there is so much money in the system and that undervaluation by the stock market, for whatever reason, in british food and drink assets like this. fiend for whatever reason, in british food and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, _ and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, how— and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, how it _ and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, how it would - and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, how it would be i about morrisons, how it would be going forward? it has been said it won't be any different, but is that guaranteed? it won't be any different, but is that guaranteed?— guaranteed? it can never be guaranteed- _ guaranteed? it can never be guaranteed. it _ guaranteed? it can never be guaranteed. it can - guaranteed? it can never be guaranteed. it can be - guaranteed? it can never be - guaranteed. it can be guaranteed more than it could previously because following that craft acquisition of cadburys, there were changes made at a governmental level that provide, require businesses, acquiring businesses, to make commitments. but they only last for 12 months and after that they are free to do... it is much harder to be held to account after that. that said, the commitments they made are the same as the ones, broadly speaking, that fortresses made and that was the first time those intentions had been spelt out. that

does provide some reassurance up to a point, and there's lots of words, lots of words going on to make people feel confident in this bit about retaining not only the structure and foundation, but the culture, the culture of the morrisons business. lots of support for the model, re—sharing worries about the real estate, morrisons owns up to 80% of their stores and a real fear they will be sold off and the business will be saddled with debt. a whole bunch of commitments that see dnr have made in this latest document that came through. at the end of the day, you have to say, is the price that truly counts for shareholders, 7 billion. it's a big premium, she said. it is 25% nearly more than its original bid. it's not getting it on the cheap, probably paying a premium relative to asda.

thousands of people have been unlawfully detained in police custody in england and wales because of delays in transferring them to mental health beds. a 2018 government report looked at seven police forces and estimated there were as many as 4,500 cases per year. unlawful detainment occurs when police powers to hold someone under criminal law end but a bed can't be found. sean dilley reports. i was in bed and he came into my room with a pillow and put the pillow over my face. and i managed to push him away and i said, "why are you doing this to me?" and he says, "my thoughts are telling me if i kill you now, "i won't experience the pain of you dying when i grow up." this is blue. this is thomas, annette's 15—year—old son. earlier this year, he twice attempted to take his mother's life. but she insists he's not a killer and he's not a criminal.

instead, she says, he was experiencing an acute mental health crisis. so the next thing, i could hear them saying, "right, we're going to arrest you on suspicion "of attempted murder." my heart sank. i didn't call them to have him arrested. i called them to help him. thomas was taken to southend police station. the next day, he was identified as needing hospital admission but it wasn't until three and a half days after his arrest that he was found a suitable bed. essex police said that after his arrest, thomas was bailed. following his release from custody they supported him in a safe environment within essex police premises, in a specially designated room for vulnerable children, while they worked hard with their partners in health and social care to find the best place for him to receive the care he needed. but thomas' case isn't isolated. we used freedom of information laws to force publication of a sensitive

government report from july 2018 that estimated there were between 3900—4500 cases where people in mental health crisis were unlawfully detained in police custody in england and wales in a year. a lack of suitable mental health beds was most often the cause. police sources have told me they've been working closely with nhs partners to reduce significantly the number of times people are unlawfully held until beds become available. nobody, though, has been able to provide any figures, as they're not recorded and the picture's different too depending where you are, with some forces managing to end the practice completely and in other areas, unlawful detentions are still happening. you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. it was the concerns of this recently retired chief constable that prompted the report. there's a point that comes out where actually somebody could be released from custody, wasn't being released from custody and at that point, i would deem that to be unlawful detention whilst we're waiting for a bed, a mental health bed to become available.

a number of my colleague chief constables around the country said that the chief has given the authority for people to be kept unlawfully in custody and any challenges that came, then the chief would deal with that. this approved mental health professional, who prefers to remain anonymous, attends custody and has the power to detain people under the mental health act, but he can only do that when beds are available. people like me are being asked to do things without being resourced or equipped to do it properly. i would describe the system as being dysfunctional and struggling to cope. i felt like my heart was wrenched out of me. it really broke me. they need to put more funding into it. and they need to help people. they need to support these children and adults. the government says it is committed to supporting people experiencing a mental health crisis,

but annette marshall thanks the system has failed her and her son. thanks the system has failed her and herson. —— thanks the system has failed her and her son. —— thinks the system has failed her and her son. let's speak to labour's shadow minister for mental health and a&e doctor — dr rosena allin—khan welcome. thank you forjoining us. first of all, i wonder what you think about the fact this is a report that was carried out or finalised in 2018, not publish, on the out now because of the freedom of information request. what do you think about that? i of information request. what do you think about that?— think about that? i think it is really important _ think about that? i think it is really important that - think about that? i think it is really important that we - think about that? i think it is really important that we are | think about that? l think it is - really important that we are seeing this report... the report showing that for one half thousand people unlawfully detained by the police per year, due to a lack of suitable beds, makes for alarming reading. that was obviously the picture in 2018. that's the most recent data and, as we've said, this has had to sort of be forced out. do you have

reason to believe the figure would be any different now? i reason to believe the figure would be any different now?— be any different now? i personally believe the _ be any different now? i personally believe the figure _ be any different now? i personally believe the figure is _ be any different now? i personally believe the figure is probably - be any different now? i personally| believe the figure is probably even higher than 2018. we have seen a decade of decline in mental health services under this tory government, but i think we need to be absolutely clear, this wouldn't happen to someone experiencing a physical health condition in police custody. if somebody in police custody was having a heart attack or a stroke, they would be taken immediately to a place of safety. somebody who is having an acute mental health crisis absolutely has to be able to have the same treatment. police simply aren't trained for this, don't know how to handle such cases, and we know that this has a detrimental knock—on long—term impact on someone's recovery and chances of having a relapse. someone's recovery and chances of having a relapse-— having a relapse. thomas' mother summed it — having a relapse. thomas' mother summed it up _ having a relapse. thomas' mother summed it up in _ having a relapse. thomas' mother summed it up in that _ having a relapse. thomas' mother summed it up in that apartment i having a relapse. thomas' mother. summed it up in that apartment she said she did not call be pleased to

have a son arrested, she called for them to help him. when there is understanding around that and literally not the option to send somebody to the right environment because it is in the capacity, what needs to be —— what needs to change? there has to be an immediate, urgent implementation of a national strategy to tackle this lack of mental health services, and the health inequalities that exist within our communities. look, i work on the front line a&e in their nhs and i can tell you that we don't need mental health, shiny fancy equipment, we need staff of which there are not enough, we need beds of which there are not enough, and a quarter of all mental health beds have been cut since 2010. that amounts to 6000 beds. when you ask me if i think the situation may well be worse now than 2080, i am sure of

it. ~ , ., be worse now than 2080, i am sure of it. . , ., _ be worse now than 2080, i am sure of it. ., be worse now than 2080, i am sure of it. when you say that it wouldn't ha -en if it. when you say that it wouldn't happen if someone _ it. when you say that it wouldn't happen if someone was - it. when you say that it wouldn't| happen if someone was suffering it. when you say that it wouldn't - happen if someone was suffering from a physical health condition, i mean, they don't pose a risk to anyone if they don't pose a risk to anyone if they are sent in hospital... i guess they are sent in hospital... i guess theissue they are sent in hospital... i guess the issue here as there is concern around the risk of someone poses in around the risk of someone poses in a volatile situation, which doesn't require specialist handling. so the changes that you talk about obviously are not going to happen quickly. in the meantime, what is the best option for somebody any difficult situation? is a police cell actually the only viable option? cell actually the only viable 0 -tion? ., ., ., cell actually the only viable o-tion? ., ., ., ., ,, option? know, what we are talking about is for— option? know, what we are talking about is for them _ option? know, what we are talking about is for them to _ option? know, what we are talking about is for them to go _ option? know, what we are talking about is for them to go to - option? know, what we are talking about is for them to go to an - about is for them to go to an appropriate place of safety. if somebody has a physical health condition and someone on castets having a stroke or heart attack, they would go to a hospital where they would go to a hospital where they would go to a hospital where they would be a properly treated. if something is having a mental health crisis, for example, an acute psychotic episode they would need to

go to an appropriate mental health bed that could deal with their knees. shes bed that could deal with their knees. �* . ., ., . bed that could deal with their knees. a . , ., knees. as far as i understand, the issue as they _ knees. as far as i understand, the issue as they are _ knees. as far as i understand, the issue as they are not _ knees. as far as i understand, the issue as they are not available. i knees. as far as i understand, the issue as they are not available. so what is the alternative? this issue as they are not available. so what is the alternative?— issue as they are not available. so what is the alternative? this is the issue, we what is the alternative? this is the issue. we need _ what is the alternative? this is the issue, we need to _ what is the alternative? this is the issue, we need to properly - what is the alternative? this is the l issue, we need to properly resource mental health services in this country so the beds are available. a quarter of all mental health beds have been cut since 2010. we also know that people are being sent... the number of people being sent over 300 kilometres away from where they live, for mental health treatment, has doubled in the last four years. all this talk of parity of esteem between mental and physical health, this report highlights we are simply not seeing that. if something goes wrong with their heart, we know what to do. if something goes wrong with our lungs, we know what to do. if someone is having a mental health crisis, it is another part of our body that needs help when something is going wrong, why should people not be treated fairly in the same way, just because it may be their brain that is undergoing a stress?

it is so important that people with mental health issues are treated fairly. we are seeing waiting lists through the roof, health inequalities laid bare, particularly inequalities laid bare, particularly in this report. the racial disparity under the mental health act underlines the need to address health inequalities and the report also shows that if you are from a back —— black and minority ethnic background, you are more likely to find yourself unlawfully detained any presell. find yourself unlawfully detained any presell— find yourself unlawfully detained an resell. . , ., any presell. final question to you on dominic— any presell. final question to you on dominic rab, _ any presell. final question to you on dominic rab, the _ any presell. final question to you on dominic rab, the foreign - on dominic rab, the foreign secretary, coming under pressure for not making calls on afghanistan while on holiday in crete comedy think it is then? i think hisjob is untenable. it is an abomination that he refused to take calls while on the beach and delegated to somebody else who didn't even make the necessary calls. and while he was enjoying a

holiday with his family, there were interpreters and their families and people who have worked so hard to protect our interests in afghanistan, and the afghan people, their lives were being put at risk. he should resign with immediate effect and if he doesn't resign, the prime minister should sack him. the government said even if he had made that call, it wouldn't have made any difference because the key people involved were in the process of trying to leave the country themselves. do you accept that even if he had made calls, it might not have had much of an impact? dominic raab should — have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have _ have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have been _ have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have been back- have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have been back in - have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have been back in the i have had much of an impact? dominic raab should have been back in the uk appropriately dealing with one of the biggest issues of our time. it is hisjob, it is his role and responsibility, and as such he absolutely failed in that role and his job untenable. absolutely failed in that role and hisjob untenable. is he must not remain the foreign secretary. his job untenable. is he must not remain the foreign secretary. thank ou ve remain the foreign secretary. thank you very much _ remain the foreign secretary. thank you very much for — remain the foreign secretary. thank you very much forjoining _ remain the foreign secretary. thank you very much forjoining us. - remain the foreign secretary. thank you very much forjoining us. thank| you very much for 'oining us. thank

ou. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's austin. good morning. we start with golf because england's georgia hall is fighting for the lead at the women's open at carnoustie. she's made six birdies in her second round, but three dropped shots on the back nine and she's fallen back to seven under. she was nine under par in the solo lead at one point. south korea's kim sei young is level with her, having also struggled after the turn along with american lexi thompson. scottish amateur louise duncan is four shots back, one over today after a brilliant four—under round yesterday. world number one nelly korda tees off at around ten to one. arsenal have confirmed the permanent signing of midfielder martin 0degaard from real madrid. the norweigen international, who spent the second half of last season on loan with arsenal, has re—joined the club for a fee reported to be in the region

of £30 million. 0degaard is unlikely to take part in sunday's game against chelsea as his visa application process is ongoing. after christmas when martin was on the team, he performed on a completely different level. he is someone we admire. it cannot be lighter around the place for what he brings to the team, and still at the age of his career he has the potential. chelsea's kai havertz should be playing though. the midfielder is raising funds at the moment to help flood victims in his home country of germany. at least 58 people have died after torrential rain hit the west of the country, leaving nearly 4,000 residents in emergency accommodation. havertz has donated custom made boots and 200,000 euros towards red cross germany, who are helping to re—home families.

from the one day to the other day, your friends are not there. maybe you've lost one of your family members. also, i don't know, your home and all these things. it seems like far—away and also like the past and nobody is talking about it any more but still the people, they are just living and sleeping in small rooms with a lot of other people and they don't have, for example, energy or something like that. so it's hard for me and i want to help. to tennis, and world number two naomi 0saka is out of the cincinnati masters after a surprise third—round defeat to a wild card player. world number 76jil teichmann beat the japanese star in three sets in the best victory of her career. 0saka made 41 unforced errors in the match and only hit 17 winners. the reigning us and australian open champion recently took a break from tennis after experiencing anxiety and depression.

australia's head coach dave rennie say he's angry at new zealand's decision to cancel their third bledisloe cup match over covid travel restrictions. with new zealand entering a snap lockdown, they've cancelled next weekend's game in perth and two home matches against south africa. rennie said their players only found out through social media and that rugby australia weren't consulted. and it's the eliminators in the hundred today, with a place in tomorrow's inaugural final up for grabs. this evening, southern brave play trent rockets in the men's competition, but first up in the women's it's the oval invicibles who host birmingham phoenix, and invicibles' bowler tash farrant has already got her sights on the top prize. i mean, i have seen the trophy, actually, it's huge! so i don't know if i can pick that up but i reckon a couple of us could. 0bviously with it being the first year, it makes it even more special.

for us, getting to the final and the brave doing well and being underdogs, we are feeling confident. i think we have some big match players and i'm sure we will do our best to try and get there. and you can watch 0val invicibles versus birmingham phoenix from 2.30pm on bbc two. more sport on bbc news a little later on. see you later, thank you. as we've been hearing, amnesty international has accused the taliban of killing and torturing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. the hazara community is afghanistan's third largest ethnic group. they mainly practise shia islam and have long faced persecution in the predominantly sunni country. one of the report's author's — brian castner, a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international — joins us now. he's just returned from afghanistan. can you tell us more about what your report has uncovered? riff

can you tell us more about what your report has uncovered?— report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot — report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot of _ report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot of focus _ report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot of focus on _ report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot of focus on kabul - report has uncovered? of course, so there's a lot of focus on kabul now. there's a lot of focus on kabul now as there should be but there was fighting throughout afghanistan for months leading up to this. before the major dominoes of the provincial capitals fell, many more smaller rural districts in smaller cities fell under taliban control and what often happened was the taliban would cut cell phone service in those areas so it's been difficult to tell what has happened in those areas they have taken over. we have uncovered that at least one of them in a timely village that nine men were tortured and executed, this is for perspective village of about 30 homes, only 40 men lived their total and in the course of two days, nine of them ended up dead. ldrdihat and in the course of two days, nine of them ended up dead. what have you been able to — of them ended up dead. what have you been able to ascertain _ of them ended up dead. what have you been able to ascertain about _ of them ended up dead. what have you been able to ascertain about why - of them ended up dead. what have you been able to ascertain about why it - been able to ascertain about why it is they were particularly picked out, and what happened to them? thea;r out, and what happened to them? they said, the out, and what happened to them? the: said, the people out, and what happened to them? tte: said, the people who out, and what happened to them? tteg said, the people who we spoke to who buried the bodies and some family members, they said they asked the

taliban why this was happening and the taliban commander told them that in a time of war everyone dies and it doesn't matter. we don't know what is happening in other places. we don't know if this is magnified or multiplied throughout but what we have seen in areas we can get reports there's often reprisals against people volleying associated to the government all being associated with the americans. there was fighting with hazara militias, so whether it was an ethnic reprisal or of government reprisal, i mean we have seen of this in the last few months. things have really deteriorated in afghanistan. is deteriorated in afghanistan. is there any reason to believe this is an isolated incident? you mentioned the difficulty of finding out what is happening elsewhere because of the mobile phone network being cut. there is no reason to believe this is isolated. there have been

incredible reports out of a place near kandahar that there have been many targeted killings there. we know in the areas that do have cell service that the taliban are going house to house, they have lists, they are looking for people. sometimes they just take they are looking for people. sometimes theyjust take weapons and things, it is generally looting, and sometimes they are looking for specific people. so unfortunately we don't have evidence of other specific crimes at least related like this, but it is something we will continue looking at and it is extremely challenging like i said, because service is cut and it involves talking to people who to flee. ~ ., involves talking to people who to flee. . ., ., ., ., ,, flee. we are out of time, thank you very much- — flee. we are out of time, thank you very much- we _ flee. we are out of time, thank you very much. we have _ flee. we are out of time, thank you very much. we have some - flee. we are out of time, thank you very much. we have some breaking news to bring you, which hasjust come through from the royal courts ofjustice in london.

a terrorist has been largely killed, sudesh amman was shot as he ran towards officers with a knife. the coroner sitting at the royal courts ofjustice had directed thejury coroner sitting at the royal courts ofjustice had directed the jury to return a conclusion of lawful killing. we can go to daniels sandford for a look back at what happened. sudesh amman leaving his probation hostel. 35 minutes later, two and surveillance officers shot him dead outside boots. in the immediate aftermath, witnesses couldn't believe their eyes, but police quickly realised he was

wearing a suicide belt and cleared the area. sudesh amman died before they could be sure it was fake. amman had been arrested age 17 on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. footage on his phone shows the depth of extremism. he was jailed for possessing and sharing terrorist material but under the rules at the time he had to be released half way through his sentence. he was held at belmarsh prison, and if anything during his time there became more radical, mixing with the brother of the manchester bomber, the failed parsons green bomber and the leader of a plot to blow up planes with liquid explosives. the mercury intelligent recorded that amman wanted to kill the queen, become a suicide bomber and joined isis. a pledge of allegiance to the leader

of the islamic state group was found in his cell. a senior counterterrorism officer, wrote to the prison governor asking if there was a way of delaying amman's release but there wasn't so the decision was made to follow him with arm surveillance officers wherever he went. they watched as he bought aluminium foil, parcel tape and drinks bottles in poundland. they knew these could be used to make a fake suicide belt but felt they didn't have enough to arrest him or recall him to prison, and so it was that on the 2nd of february last year, ten days after his release, amman was being followed through south london by a team of surveillance officers. in streatham high road, an officer whose identity is protected was only a few metres behind. amman still a knife and ran out of the shop. the officer gave

chase. he stabbed two people as he ran along, thankfully both survived. then another officerjoined the pursuit. when amman turned on the officers, they feared for their lives. they said they had no choice but to shoot him. the jury concluded it was unlawful killing. daniel sandford, bbc news, streatham. and we will be live at the court for reaction to that when it comes through. firefighters battling france's worst wildfire of the summer fear changing winds over the weekend could make it harder to battle the blaze that has already burned for five days. over 1,000 firefighters are tackling the wildfire in the var region to the west of saint tropez. it's been a bad year for wildfires in many parts of the world. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris explains why it's getting climate scientists so worried. thanks, joanna.

last week's report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change made the link between a warming planet and extreme weather events very explicit. and when it comes to wildfires, 2021 looks like breaking a number of unwanted records. in europe, there's been a lot of focus on countries around the mediterranean in recent weeks. these pictures are from greece. but there have also been serious fires in turkey, italy, and algeria, where more than 70 people have been killed by wildfires this month. and in the last few days as we've heard, dangerous fires here in france, as well as israel, lebanon and spain. many of the worst fires in southern and western turkey, and there have been more than 200 of them, have now been brought under control. but look at the amount of land that has burnt in turkey so far this year — more than eight times the average over the previous 12 years. and that means more greenhouse gases being released, heating up the planet even more, so, it's a vicious circle. it's also been a brutal year so far in the western united states,

which has seen record—breaking high temperatures and severe drought. across the us, more than 3.5 million acres have been burned so far this year. that's a million more than at this point in the 2020 fire season — which ended as the most destructive on record. these are before and after images of fire destruction near lake almanor in california, where the huge dixie fire has been burning for more than a month. another big fire has broken out in the state this week. but by far the largest wildfires anywhere on the planet right now are in siberia in the russian far east. the fire burning in the sakha republic or yakutia is probably the biggest on earth this century, and could well become the biggest ever recorded. this is the plume of smoke, captured on a satellite image, drifting across the arctic ocean towards the north pole. and across the country, 60,000

greenpeace russia estimates that more than 60,000 square miles have burnt this year. again, that means huge amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere. this chart shows how much more carbon has been released so far this year by fires in the sakha republic than in previous years. to put it in perspective, that 2021 figure is roughly equivalent to all the carbon dioxide emissions the whole of the uk produced in 2019. of course, wildfires aren't new, they've always happened. but the changing climate means they are going to happen more frequently and with greater intensity, increasing both greenhouse gas emissions and serious air pollution. it's another big reason why efforts to limit the rise in global temperature will be a key focus of the un climate summit in glasgow in november. new zealand has extended its nationwide lockdown forfour more days. it had been due to end at midnight on friday local time.

all of the country will remain at its highest level of covid restrictions, after recording 11 new cases. on tuesday, new zealand was plunged into a national lockdown when it announced one local case of the delta variant. the total number of cases in the outbreak has now hit 31. the subscription site 0nlyfans, known for its adult content, has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from the 1st of october. 0nlyfans said the change had come after pressure from banking partners. the site has grown during the pandemic and says it has 130 million users. the announcement comes after bbc news had approached the company for a response to leaked documents concerning accounts which posted illegal content. megan barton—hanson is a tv personality and former love island star. she uses the site to post adult content. welcome, thanks for joining welcome, thanks forjoining us. will anything you post fall foul of these new restrictions? tate. anything you post fall foul of these new restrictions?—

new restrictions? no, i think that is a big common _ new restrictions? no, i think that is a big common misconception, l is a big common misconception, everyone thinks it has to be hardcore, but it is really not. it's a great way to interact with fans and have a more personal connection, but ijust think it is really sad this is the case because to some people's whole career and they will be losing out on so much money. so for you it won't make any difference at all? ., ., ., , ., ., at all? no, the ma'ority of what i -ost is at all? no, the ma'ority of what i post is exactly — at all? no, the ma'ority of what i post is exactly the— at all? no, the majority of what i post is exactly the same - at all? no, the majority of what i post is exactly the same as - at all? no, the majority of what i post is exactly the same as what | at all? no, the majority of what i i post is exactly the same as what is on instagram, bikini underwear pictures that people post for free, but i do worry. it is reinforcing the fact sex work is shameful by banning the people who do more hard—core content. 50 banning the people who do more hard-core content.— banning the people who do more hard-core content. so what is your thinkinr hard-core content. so what is your thinking on — hard-core content. so what is your thinking on who _ hard-core content. so what is your thinking on who does _ hard-core content. so what is your thinking on who does benefit - hard-core content. so what is your thinking on who does benefit from| thinking on who does benefit from this ban? t thinking on who does benefit from this ban? . ~ . thinking on who does benefit from this ban? , ,, , , . ., this ban? i 'ust think it is such a shame this ban? ijust think it is such a shame because _ this ban? ijust think it is such a shame because the _ this ban? ijust think it is such a shame because the banks - this ban? ijust think it is such a - shame because the banks obviously aren't happy and i think it is finding investors or something, i read, why 0nlyfans is banning it but this is the only reason it is so

big, because of the adult content creators, and it's a safe space for them to sort out this content. so it is just really sad. i feel like just when we are moving forward and progressing, it is a massive step back. 50 progressing, it is a massive step back. ., ., , , back. so how does posting this material online _ back. so how does posting this material online move - back. so how does posting this material online move things i back. so how does posting this - material online move things forward, and how does that represent progress for you? t and how does that represent progress for ou? . ~' ., and how does that represent progress for ou? , ,, ., , ., , for you? i 'ust feel like for years women for you? i just feel like for years women have _ for you? i just feel like for years women have been _ for you? i just feel like for years women have been used - for you? i just feel like for years women have been used for- for you? i just feel like for years | women have been used for music videos or like the sexy person in a james bond film for example or worked for big corporations making porn. this is for women at home who have been struggling, there woman can put out her own content at her own prices and make a taxable income and now we are being penalised for that so it is sad and ashamed the banks wouldn't want to accept money from women and men who are just consenting adults who want to put that media out there. it is weird.

in terms of it being an empowered choice for somebody, how do you see that? i choice for somebody, how do you see that? , “ choice for somebody, how do you see that? , ~ , that? i definitely think it is empowering- _ that? i definitely think it is empowering. like - that? i definitely think it is empowering. like i - that? i definitely think it is empowering. like i said, l that? i definitely think it is i empowering. like i said, big corporations and pornography companies have made so much money from exploiting women and this just puts the power back in the creators' hands. so many friends of mine used to work for glamour magazines, they are not around any more, and they are not around any more, and they are making so much money doing this. for me and my friends, it is not affecting us, but for those with more explicit content i think it is such a shame. d0 more explicit content i think it is such a shame.— more explicit content i think it is such a shame. do you think it has drawn more _ such a shame. do you think it has drawn more people _ such a shame. do you think it has drawn more people into _ such a shame. do you think it has drawn more people into using - such a shame. do you think it has. drawn more people into using their bodies though for making money? yes. bodies though for making money? yes, of course, bodies though for making money? yes, of course. but — bodies though for making money? yes, of course, but what _ bodies though for making money? .es of course, but what is the issue with that? it is 2021. if people are consenting, it is a website used for adults, i don't understand why there is still a stigma around sex work and people making money and profiting from their body. hagar and people making money and

profiting from their body. how do ou feel profiting from their body. how do you feel when — profiting from their body. how do you feel when you _ profiting from their body. how do you feel when you put _ profiting from their body. how do you feel when you put out - profiting from their body. how do you feel when you put out a - profiting from their body. how do i you feel when you put out a picture? what sort of responses do you get from people that have that interaction with you? obviously it is ruite interaction with you? obviously it is quite positive. _ interaction with you? obviously it is quite positive. i _ interaction with you? obviously it is quite positive. i think- interaction with you? obviously it is quite positive. i think that - interaction with you? obviously it is quite positive. i think that is i is quite positive. i think that is another misconception. i have women following lee who are empowered and sex workers as well, i have bisexual men following me. it's notjust about the pictures, people come to me for advice about coming out or different relationship questions so it is not as seedy as it is making out but obviously all of this in the press will make it look a lot worse. but yes, i get a good response. it is a nicer community than instagram or or other social media sites because people are paying to see our content, you don't get any trolling. what do you think it will make to the site overall once these changes coming in october? t the site overall once these changes coming in october?— the site overall once these changes coming in october? i think a massive

art of coming in october? i think a massive aart of the coming in october? i think a massive part of the content _ coming in october? i think a massive part of the content creators - coming in october? i think a massive part of the content creators are - part of the content creators are explicit people who do all of this explicit people who do all of this explicit stuff so i think a big chunk of their money is going to go. and i don't know where these people, i guess they will have to go to a competitor app or something like that, so yes, it is a shame. thank ou for that, so yes, it is a shame. thank you forjoining — that, so yes, it is a shame. thank you forjoining us. _ that, so yes, it is a shame. thank you forjoining us. thank- that, so yes, it is a shame. thank you forjoining us. thank you. - let's get more now on the new power sharing agreement between the snp and the greens which has been agreed at holyrood. the deal will take the greens into government for the first time anywhere in the uk. 0ur scotland political editor glenn campbell is at holyrood. how is it going to work? well, we will see the details this afternoon. the scottish cabinet has been meeting this morning to approve this agreement between the leaders of the snp and the co—leaders of the scottish greens. it will as you say take ranging to government for the first time anywhere in the uk. it will look a lot like a coalition, but actually it will stop short of

being a full coalition. so not the sort of arrangement the liberal democrats had with the conservatives under david cameron at westminster, but it will be a deeper relationship than that between the dup who supported theresa may's government after 2017. supported theresa may's government after2017. basically supported theresa may's government after 2017. basically the greens will be signed up to the vast bulk of the scottish government's programme but they have negotiated opt out! in areas of policy where there are disagreements that they can't resolve. so it looks like they will have a couple ofjunior ministers in the scottish government, as a party they will be able to criticise the government of which they are part on areas of policy where there is that fundamental disagreement. it is based on the arrangement that the greens have with jacinda ardern's government in new zealand. and i know the scottish greens have been taking advice from there and they have said the scottish greens need to be sure they get some big policy

winds in exchange for the support they will now be lending to the scottish government, and also warning them they will probably have to hold their nose and swallow what they describe as a few dead rats along the way. in other words, being in government means accepting some things that you don't fully agree with. ., ~ things that you don't fully agree with. . ,, ,~. a record 20 places have applied to be the next uk city of culture. the government awards the title every four years, helping to bring tourism and investment to different areas. this year, groups of towns were encouraged to apply and there have been bids from every nation in the uk. the winner will be announced next year. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. in the week when a hollywood—style sign appeared on a slagheap overlooking wrexham, it has been confirmed that the town is now aiming to become the uk's city of culture 2025. wrexham county borough's entry is one of 20 that have been put forward. including a bid spanning both sides of the scotland—england border. dumfries and galloway and the scottish borders are joining

forces with northumberland, cumbria and the city of carlisle — a combined area almost 15 times the size of london. and cornwall�*s bid is very much as a county, rather than its only city, truro. coventry�*s time as the city of culture has not gone to plan. covid meant that the start was delayed five months. but events are now up and running. the 360 allstars start a three—week run there today. and the organisers insist that the city has benefited. the city of culture is really the beginning of a journey, it's not the end of the journey. it's the beginning of thinking about the role that culture can play in cities in bringing people together and creating pride and expressing identity, in supporting regeneration and economic development, in promoting tourism and really putting your city on the map.

a long list will be revealed at the end of next month, with the winner announced in may, as coventry�*s year in the spotlight comes to an end. colin paterson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. the weather is looking a little bit mixed over the next couple of days. we have got some rain arriving through the weekend, particularly during the day on saturday. but for today, well, a day of sunny spells for much of the uk. rain will arrive in the west later on and that's going to slowly spread its way eastwards over the next 24—48 hours or so. all courtesy of this fairly slow—moving weather front moving its way in from the atlantic. high pressure sitting out to the south—east of the uk. so some fairly settled weather for many areas today. the morning cloud thinning and breaking to leave some sunny spells through the afternoon, particularly for parts of eastern scotland, central and eastern england, wales seeing a bit of brightness breaking through. northern ireland, though, turning increasingly wet with the arrival of this frontal rain. and the breeze picking up

around some of these irish sea coasts in the west, aw well, whereas for central and eastern areas, most places seeing relatively light winds today. not great in terms of temperature but perhaps a little bit warmer for some of us than recent days with a southerly breeze. 22 degrees or so our top temperature. into this evening and overnight, then, this area of rain continues its progress further north and eastwards. so some rain across much of scotland overnight, western parts of england and wales too. for east anglia and the south—east, you should stay dry overnight and still mild with temperatures for most of us 13—16 degrees, with clearer skies and some slightly fresher weather arriving in northern ireland first thing on saturday. so we start saturday with this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain. one or two heavy bursts in there across some central parts of england and wales as well, edging eastwards, arriving across east anglia during the early afternoon. so some pretty wet weather lingering for southern and eastern scotland. a little bit brighter for the west later on but equally some scattered heavy showers, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well. now, into saturday night and on into sunday, eventually we're going to push this area of low pressure away towards the east. but it could still linger close

to eastern england, i think, through the day on sunday. so still the potential for some showery rain, particularly in the east first thing. and then through the spine of the country, we could see one or two heavy showers just building through the afternoon. something a little bit drier working in from the west and temperatures at best around about 17—22 degrees on sunday. and then looking ahead into the new week, well, high pressure builds. we're going to see winds rotating around that area of high pressure, so not coming in from a particularly warm direction. temperatures not great for the time of year but a lot of dry weather with some sunshine around too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news — i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at midday... an inquest finds sudesh amman, who was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two people in streatham last february, was lawfully killed. evacuations from afghanistan gather pace — as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. more pressure on the foreign secretary, dominic raab, as it emerges that a key call to afghan officials about evacuating interpreters from the country was never made at all. morrisons has accepted an improved offer from one of the two american private investment groups involved in a takeover battle for the company. the deal would be worth seven billion pounds. in scotland — the snp and the greens agree a new power sharing agreement — but stop short of

a formal coalition. the subscription site 0nlyfans has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from october. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a terrorist who was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two people in south london, was lawfully killed, an inquestjury has concluded. sudesh amman, 20, was shot as he ran towards undercover armed officers with a kitchen knife in streatham in february last year. moments earlier he had stabbed two pedestrians, a man and a woman. both survived the attack. let's cross to our correspondent at the royal courts ofjustice in london helena wilkinson. tell us what you've been hearing tell us what you've been hearing

there. the tell us what you've been hearing there. ,., . ,, ., ., tell us what you've been hearing there. . ,, ., ., ,~. there. the background that you mention to _ there. the background that you mention to this _ there. the background that you mention to this case _ there. the background that you mention to this case was - there. the background that you mention to this case was that l there. the background that you - mention to this case was that sudesh amman, 20 years old, on the 2nd of february last year, he left his probation hostel, he had been released from prison ten days earlier after having served a sentence for terrorism offences. he went out onto a busy street, a shopping street in london on a sunday afternoon in broad daylight, went into a hardware store, picked up went into a hardware store, picked up a knife, ran out of the shop, stabbed two pedestrians, demand and a woman, they both as you say, but the man was seriously injured and was, at the time, being followed by armed undercover officers and at the point those officers gave chase and sudesh amman turned towards the officers with this kitchen knife, 20 centimetres long, in his hand, and it was at that point, outside a boots shop that the armed officers

stabbed him. we have had the inquest here at the royal court ofjustice, the last 20 minutes the jury has returned with their conclusions —— the armed officers shot him. they have a conclusion the armed officers who shot sudesh amman had shot him, he had been killed lawfully. it wasn't a difficult task for the journey, in the sense that the coroner, before they went out to deliberate their conclusions, the coroner had directed them to return a lawful killing conclusion. but the jury a lawful killing conclusion. but the jury was also asked a number of questions. three questions that they had to answer, and in one of those questions, they related to some purchases that sudesh amman had made two days before he carried out this attack in streatham. he had bought a number of items that were known to be items that could be used to make a fake suicide belts, and that is indeed what he went on to do. the

jury indeed what he went on to do. the jury was asked whether the probation service should have recalled sudesh amman after they found out he had bought those items. thejury amman after they found out he had bought those items. the jury said that the probation service had missed an opportunity in not recalling him back to prison. as i say, at the time, he was under armed undercover 24—hour surveillance, and my colleague has the background to the case. sudesh amman leaving his provision hostel, a hoax suicide under his jacket concealed by a jd sports bag. 35 minutes later to arm surveillance officer shot him dead outside boots. in the immediate aftermath, witnesses couldn't believe their eyes, but police quickly realised he was wearing a suicide belt and cleared the area. sudesh amman died before they could be sure it was fake.

amman had been arrested age 17 on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. footage on his phone shows the depth of extremism. he was jailed for possessing and sharing terrorist material but under the rules at the time he had to be released half way through his sentence. he was held at belmarsh prison, and ifanything, during his time there became more radical, mixing with the brother of the manchester bomber, the failed parsons green bomber and the leader of a plot to blow up planes with liquid explosives. the prison's mercury intelligence system recorded that amman wanted to kill the queen, become a suicide bomber and joined isis. a pledge of allegiance to the leader of the islamic state group was found in his cell. a senior counterterrorism officer, wrote to the prison governor asking if there

was a way of delaying amman's release but there wasn't so the decision was made to follow him with arm surveillance officers wherever he went. they watched as he bought aluminium foil, parcel tape and drinks bottles in poundland. they knew these could be used to make a fake suicide belt but felt they didn't have enough to arrest him or recall him to prison, and so it was that on the 2nd of february last year, ten days after his release, amman was being followed through south london by a nine—man team of surveillance officers. in streatham high road, an officer whose identity is protected was only a few metres behind. amman stole a knife and ran out of the shop. the officer gave chase. he stabbed two people as he ran along, thankfully both survived. then another officer joined the pursuit.

when amman turned on the officers, they feared for their lives. they said they had no choice but to shoot him. the jury concluded it was unlawful killing. daniel sandford, bbc news, streatham. so what that jury so what thatjury conclusion so what that jury conclusion tells us is that none of the evidence in terms of the shooting by the armed officers of sudesh amman, that wasn't challenged during the inquest, and it was accepted that the officers, the two armed officers, undercover officers, who shot sudesh amman dead outside that book store had no choice other than to do what they died. we heard during the inquest evidence from both of those undercover officers, both of those undercover officers, both said they feared for their lives but also the lives of members of the public who are out on the street that day. a conclusion that armed officers lawfully killed sudesh amman, the 20—year—old

terrorist, who had been released ten days earlier from prison. just before his release from prison, you've got a sense from daniel's report of the concern about the risk he posed to the public. the police had described him as one of the most dangerous individuals they had investigated, and today the judy�*s saying that the probation service missed that opportunity, that they should have recalled him to prison, which may have prevented the attack last february in which two people were injured. thankfully they survived the attack. we have a statement from the foreign secretary, dominic raab, on twitter where he says he is responding to the inaccurate media reporting over recent days two... whispering in our little corresponding to tell us more. —— let's bring in our

political correspondent. t0 more. -- let's bring in our political correspondent. to recap the statement _ political correspondent. to recap the statement comes _ political correspondent. to recap the statement comes after- political correspondent. to recap the statement comes after a - political correspondent. to recap - the statement comes after a number of newspaper reports are essentially saying the foreign secretary was advised to make a key phone call on friday to the afghan foreign minister, seek help in evacuating afghan interpreters from afghanistan. it later emerged that not only was that god delegated to a junior minister, but then the call wasn't made at all. —— not only was the call. a statement giving a bit more about what has happened. he said on friday advice was put to his private office to call the afghan foreign minister. he then said the call was delegated because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport. 0n the advice of both the director and the director—general, who were overseeing the response. he is also the afghan foreign minister did agree to take that call, and it was targeted to a junior minister, but was unable to because the situation deteriorated so quickly in the afghan government did collapse in

the next couple of days. he stands by that decision to prioritise the security at the airport, citing the fact that 204 people were evacuated on monday, but i think the pressure on monday, but i think the pressure on dominic raab are certainly still there, facing questions about why he was still on holiday on the weekend after those newspaper reports he was seen on a beach in crete on sunday, the day that campbell collapsed. facing numerous calls from opposition parties to resign today —— kabul collapse. the shadow secretary saying it was unforgivable he was on holiday during one of the biggest foreign policy crises. faced some criticism from his own conservative mps about his handling of the crisis. there is a question for the foreign secretary after the statement about how much was he really prioritising some of the things he was saying while he was still on holiday over the weekend? it is —— is it important to also note the pressure has emerged from briefing from those who actually work with him, as far as we can

tell? , ., �* , . tell? yes, that's right. while 0 a aosite tell? yes, that's right. while opposite the _ tell? yes, that's right. while opposite the first _ tell? yes, that's right. while opposite the first newspaper| tell? yes, that's right. while - opposite the first newspaper reports about him being seen on the beach were from eyewitnesses there, as you say, these briefings have come from officials in the foreign office themselves, in terms of the ones both citing that advice that was giving to him about making the fee —— key phone call with the afghan foreign minister that was then delegated to a junior minister, but also the briefings that were then given about the fact this call never happened. i think this is certainly going to add pressure to the foreign secretary, because while he may be standing by his position, and he may have received support from cabinet colleagues, as well as from some conservative mps who have been coming out on the masses today on social media, sort of defending his work and the foreign secretary was my position, certainly this does suggest there are people within his own department who are not very happy about the way he has handled this response. happy about the way he has handled this response-— this response. there is growing concern in _ this response. there is growing concern in afghanistan - this response. there is growing concern in afghanistan about i concern in afghanistan about religious and media freedoms under the new taliban regime. the human rights group amnesty international

has accused the teledyne of killing nine men last month in the country's hazara minority. —— the taliban. a german broadcaster says taliban fighters carried out a door—to—door search to find one of its journals and shot dead one of his relatives. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul, and has more details. this is in malistan district in ghazni province, where we've had for a number of weeks now reports of the murder of a number of civilians. in fact, i spoke to one family. they said that two of their sons had been accused by the taliban of working for the government, of working with army. it wasn't true. by the time they brought their id cards out to show to the taliban, the taliban had already shot them in the head. amnesty international detailing the murder of nine other civilians in that area. this is a couple of weeks back when the taliban took it over. and, as you say, there's particular concern about the treatment of the hazara minority.

they are a community that has long been persecuted. i have to say that yesterday — hazara minority are members of the shia sect of islam and yesterday was a holy day for them. they were holding rallies here. some members of the community saying that they felt safe, that they didn't feel they had anything to fear from the taliban. but in this area, in ghazni province, there seems to have been, for some reason or another, very worrying reports of these massacres and these extrajudicial killings by the taliban. i think it underlines the rather chaotic situation in the country. what is happening in one place might not be happening in another. we were just speaking to one senior localjournalist in eastern afghanistan and he said a group of taliban fightersjust turned up at his house to question him, were trying to confiscate his vehicle. another group of taliban fighters then turned up and tried to protect him. difficult to really understand and to fathom exactly what the group's central policy is.

they say they have issued an amnesty for all those linked to the government, that people have nothing to fear, but many aren't necessarily feeling reassured by that and they do worry they will be targeted. certainly around the airport, the taliban are not keen on us filming, they don't want these scenes of so many afghans fleeing the country to be broadcast internationally any more. i think they want to project an image of stability and that undermines it. just even the tone of different taliban members, you can see kind of a big disparity at times. very friendly, very approachable, talking to us, offering us tea, wanting to know who we are, where we come from. at other times, very aggressive, threatening to break our camera. so that really i think speaks to this kind of broader dichotomy in the taliban's behaviour at the moment. 0n the one hand, they are engaging in discussions with senior political figures here in afghanistan about a future system of governance, and many taking that as a very promising sign that any kind of new government might not necessarily be solely dominated by the taliban even though they are in such firm control of the country.

0n the other hand, we've had reports like the one drawn out for the united nations about people being targeted, members of... former members of the intelligence services, people who had cooperated with international forces, being systematically hunted down and detained by the taliban, so a real dichotomy, and it's not always easy to get reliable information, particularly from outside of kabul, with many localjournalists either having fled the country, trying to flee the country are being too worried to report what's really going on. 18 million people in afghanistan, nearly half of the population, depend on life—saving assistance. the country was already suffering from extreme drought, before the displacement caused by the taliban takeover. international aid charities have appealed for more funding in order to provide continued support. nilab mobarez, acting president of the afghan red crescent society is in kabul and explained the difficulties they're facing. the fighting is much less.

before, the problem was that fighting was making everybody slow down. now it's a different kind of difficulty which is a lack of governmental systems and international ngos and the slowdown for the fact that systems cannot work, even two days ago. yesterday was a holiday, but on wednesday banks were not working, so this is another type of difficulty, but absolutely, it is existing. the home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees after a five—year—old boy, who recently arrived in the uk, fell to his death from a window on the ninth floor of a hotel. mohammed munib majeedi and his family came to sheffield as part of the government's resettlement scheme. his father is believed to have worked at the

british embassy in kabul. the home office says it was not aware of any safety concerns at the hotel. the headlines on bbc news... an inquest finds sudesh amman, who was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two people in streatham last february, was lawfully killed. evacuations from afghanistan gather pace — as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara minority last month. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has defended his handling of the crisis in afghanistan, just before taliban militants entered kabul — amid calls from labour for him to resign. good afternoon. we start with golf because england's georgia hall remains right

in contention for her second women's open title in four years — she's in the clubhouse and tied at the top of the leaderboard at the moment, after her second round at carnoustie. she made six birdies as one of friday's early starters to move to seven under par — alongside american mina harigae. scottish amateur louise duncan is 4 shots back — bogeying the last for a one over round of 73. world number one nelly korda tees off in about half an hour. arsenal have confirmed the permanent signing of midfielder martin 0degaard from real madrid. the norway international — who spent the second half of last season on loan with arsenal — has re—joined the club for a fee reported to be in the region of £30 million. 0degaard's unlikely to take part in sunday's game against chelsea as his visa application process is ongoing. newcastle manager steve bruce has continued to advise his players to stay off social media after new signing joe willock received racial abuse online on thursday.

the midfielder — who's just signed permanently from arsenal — said he was thinking about quitting social media. bruce said people should be made accountable for what they're writing, and his advice to them all his players is to stay off it. another top men's player will be missing from tennis's us open at the end of the month. rafa nadal will not play again in 2021 because of a foot injury. he's already missed wimbledon and the olympics and said he'd not had the ability to train and prepare in the way that he wanted to. now, one of the stories of the tokyo 0lympics was simone biles pulling out of the women's gymnastics team final at the last minute, that was after suffering with the 'twisties', which gymnasts describe as a kind of mental block —— biles withdrew before saying she wanted to protect her mental health. she's been speaking about what happened.

i feel like it was ifeel like it was probably i feel like it was probably built up of things over the past years that i have suppressed. i'm in therapy, go therapy pretty religiously and it's just something that took hold of me, because your body and remind mind tells you when enough is enough and ijust think that tells you when enough is enough and i just think that is unfortunately when it happens, so, thinking back it's like, i wouldn't wish that on anyone, obviously, buti it's like, i wouldn't wish that on anyone, obviously, but i wouldn't change anything for the world because i also did so good and gave an outlet for athletes to speak up about their mental health and their well—being and learn that you can put yourself first before the athlete. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the supermarket chain morrisons has accepted an improved takeover bid worth seven billion pounds from the american private equity group, clayton, dubilierand rice. this beats a previous offer from the us investment group, fortress. earlier the editor in chief of industry magazine the grocer,

adam leyland, told me why these american groups have such interest in morrisons... the key thing is they have a lot of money right now, flush with money, these american companies from quantitative easing. british supermarkets are cheaper since brexit, because of course, the value of the pound against the dollar has weakened. they are more affordable deals and also quantitative easing means they have so much money, deals that previously would have been unthinkable aare now possible. above all, it is really covid, supermarkets are great assets to own, the stock market doesn't seem to value them, prefers deliveroo, fast growth technology companies in the food space and covid has reminded us all that supermarkets are essential retailers and make a lot of money, but there is that cash generation that the market seems to value. that the market

doesn't seem to value. clearly these private equity businesses do. when you look at the share price, the new offer represents a 60% premium to the share price before that takeover interest emerged in mid june. so the uplift is massive. is it going to lead to other supermarket chains being looked at differently? i think it almost certainly is. we have already seen asda sold to private equity. the interesting thing i guess about morrisons is it is a higher valuation now, seven billion is higher than asda, and asda is bigger, so that has already gone and there is a lot of speculation around sainsbury�*s, but there is even talk that tesco may be scooped up, which would be quite extraordinary, because those are some very big prices. but there is so much money in the system and that undervaluation by the stock market, for whatever reason, in british food

and drink assets like this. and what about morrisons, how it would be going forward? it has been said it won't be any different, but is that guaranteed? it can never be guaranteed. it can be guaranteed more than it could previously because following that craft acquisition of cadburys, there were changes made at a governmental level that provide, require businesses, acquiring businesses, to make commitments. but they only last for 12 months and after that they are free to do... it is much harder to be held to account after that. that said, the commitments they made are the same as the ones, broadly speaking, that fortress has made and that was the first time those intentions had been spelt out. that does provide some reassurance up to a point, and there's lots of words,

lots of words going on to make people feel confident in this bid, and about retaining not only the structure and foundation, but the culture, the culture of the morrisons business. lots of support for the model, reassuring words about the real estate, morrisons owns up to 80% of their stores and a real fear they will be sold off and the business will be saddled with debt. a whole bunch of commitments that cdnr have made in this latest document that came through. at the end of the day, you have to say, it's the price that truly counts for shareholders, seven billion. it's a big premium, as you said. it is 25% nearly more than its original bid. it's not getting it on the cheap. in fact, probably paying a premium relative to asda. in scotland, a new power—sharing agreement between the snp and the greens has been agreed. the deal will take the greens into a national government

for the first time anywhere in the uk. it will also give the scottish government a majority to pass legislation at holyrood, including a new independence referendum bill. the co—operation agreement between the two parties stops short of a full coalition. well, we will see the details this afternoon. the scottish cabinet has been meeting this morning to approve this agreement between the leaders of the snp and the co—leaders of the scottish greens. it will, as you say, take greens into government for the first time anywhere in the uk. it will look a lot like a coalition, but actually it will stop short of being a full coalition. so not the sort of arrangement the liberal democrats had with the conservatives under david cameron at westminster, but it will be a deeper relationship than that between the dup who supported theresa may's government after 2017.

basically the greens will be signed up to the vast bulk of the scottish government's programme but they have negotiated opt out in areas of policy where there are disagreements that they can't resolve. so it looks like they will have a couple ofjunior ministers in the scottish government, but as a party, they will be able to criticise the government of which they are part on areas of policy where there is that fundamental disagreement. it is based on the arrangement that the greens have with jacinda ardern's government in new zealand. and i know the scottish greens have been taking advice from there and they have said the scottish greens need to be sure they get some big policy wins in exchange for the support they will now be lending to the scottish government, and also warning them they will probably have to hold their nose and swallow what they described as a few dead rats along the way. in other words, being in government means accepting some things that

you don't fully agree with. new zealand has extended its nationwide lockdown forfour more days. it had been due to end at midnight on friday local time. all of the country will remain at its highest level of covid restrictions, after recording 11 new cases. on tuesday, new zealand was plunged into a national lockdown when it announced 0ne local case of the delta variant. the total number of cases in the outbreak has now hit 31. 0ur correspondent, shaimaa khalil gave us this update. the whole of new zealand is going to remain under the strictest lockdown, that's level four lockdown until tuesday. this is the first time in more than a year that a level four lockdown has been imposed in new zealand. of course, this is a country that's been hailed as a success story in eliminating covid—19 and controlling outbreaks by snap lockdowns. the real concern, of course, is this is the delta variant and they're really, really concerned about the spread of the outbreak. now it's concentrated in auckland.

so there are indications that new zealand's largest city is going to remain under strict lockdown even beyond tuesday, but now there are cases that have travelled into wellington — into the country's capital. three of the new cases reported in wellington now and so contact tracers are saying they need time to get on top of the virus, to find out exactly where the close contacts have been. we know that the first case that was announced this week was of a new zealander that had just come back from sydney, had been in hotel quarantine, tested positive and then was taken to hospital. there is still a missing link of how that ended up with community cases. there are 12 cases as well that are under investigation. jacinda ardern said new zealand is generally in a good position still at this stage of the outbreak but they don't want to draw any conclusions yet and that's why we're seeing new zealand still under lockdown. and, of course, the prime minister more than once making a comparison

in reference to what's happening in australia, what's happening here where i am in sydney, where cases continue to grow. the subscription site 0nlyfans, known for its adult content, has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from one 0ctober. 0nlyfans said the change had come after pressure from banking partners. the site has grown during the pandemic and says it has 130 million users. the announcement comes after bbc news had approached the company for a response to leaked documents concerning accounts which posted illegal content. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. the weather hasn't been changing in a hurry over recent days. we've had a fair amount of cloud and temperatures on the cool side. a bit of sunshine around but we have got some rain arriving from the west later on today. before it arrives, sunny spells for many areas but it is looking a bit unsettled through the weekend. now the morning cloud and mist clearing to leave some sunny spells during the afternoon for much of the uk. some persistent rain, though,

pushing across northern ireland at times and the breeze picking up in the west too. but ahead of that, 22 or 23 degrees in the sunnier spells. this evening and overnight sees that rain pushing across much of scotland, into northern england as well and arriving across south—west england and wales too. the south—east of england and east anglia stays dry over night and some drier weather moving into northern ireland as well. temperatures overnight, 13—16 degrees. into saturday, early morning, rain particularly in the north and the west edges its way eastwards through the day. some sunny spells but also some heavy, possibly thundery showers for the west later on, 17—21 degrees. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: an inquest finds sudesh amman, who was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two people in streatham last february, was lawfully killed. evacuations from afghanistan gather pace as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men from afghanistan's hazara

minority last month. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has defended his handling of the crisis in afghanistan, just before taliban militants entered kabul amid calls from labourfor him to resign. morrisons has accepted an improved offer from one of the two american private investment groups involved in a takeover battle for the company. the deal would be worth seven billion pounds. in scotland, the snp and the greens agree a new power—sharing agreement but stop short of a formal coalition. the subscription site 0nlyfans has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from october. foreign aid has started to trickle into haiti, five days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,000 people and flattened tens of thousands of buildings in the country's south—west. courtney bembridge has more.

this was a welcome sight for haitians waiting desperately for foreign aid. translation: idon'ti have a job, i don't have water, i don't have food. my house was destroyed, there is nothing. roads and bridges were badly damaged in the earthquake and heavy rain since has brought mudslides, hampering efforts to get help where it's most needed. and then complicating matters, many humanitarian organisations are based in port—au—prince and have to travel through gang—controlled territory to reach this area here. the un's been able to negotiate access for us, which is how i was able to go this week, but that's not secure and it's not certain that we'll be able to access those roads in the future. haiti is the poorest country in the americas and it's still recovering from a 2010 earthquake which killed more than 200,000 people. thousands have been injured in the latest quake and remain cut off from help. us air crews reached some

of the remote areas and took critical patients to port—au—prince, while others are being treated in makeshift hospitals. there are also concerns about a looming public health crisis. the sanitation situation is quite critical and it is our hope that we don't have an outbreak of cholera. so we are preparing for a public health disaster. all the while, tremors are adding to the anxiety. translation: we are afraid to go inside, so we sleep - on the ground in the street. tens of thousands of buildings have been reduced to rubble, many of them yet to be searched and officials say the death toll will continue to rise. courtney bembridge, bbc news. uk retail sales slumped in july from june. it was the biggest month—on—month fall since january, and it was much worse than expected.

analysts had predicted a 0.2% increase for the month. our business correspondent emma simpson is at bicester village. we have had the retail sales figures out this month, a mixed bag so we thought we would take the mood here in bicester village. this is a different part of retail, this park is a designer outlet with around 160 brands, a lot of them high end. plenty of shoppers out, the car park is almost full. let's talk to darcy who has come out to talk to us from the cosmetics section. is this normal? plenty of shoppers out. tt normal? plenty of shoppers out. it definitely is. we were very quiet when _ definitely is. we were very quiet when we — definitely is. we were very quiet when we opened, then it picked up and it— when we opened, then it picked up and it has— when we opened, then it picked up and it has been nice to get our customers— and it has been nice to get our customers back since then. not all the same customers _ customers back since then. not all the same customers because - customers back since then. not all the same customers because you i customers back since then. not all - the same customers because you have lost your foreign visitors, which really got the tills ringing here. definitely. if i compare this tiny

versus— definitely. if i compare this tiny versus 2019, we have dropped massively in our tourism but it is really— massively in our tourism but it is really nice — massively in our tourism but it is really nice because we got a lot more _ really nice because we got a lot more locals than we did back then. and it _ more locals than we did back then. and it is _ more locals than we did back then. and it is nice — more locals than we did back then. and it is nice to see in the last few months tourism start to pick back— few months tourism start to pick back up— few months tourism start to pick back up and we are excited to get back up and we are excited to get back into — back up and we are excited to get back into that. so back up and we are excited to get back into that.— back up and we are excited to get back into that. so are they actually saendinr back into that. so are they actually spending or— back into that. so are they actually spending orjust — back into that. so are they actually spending orjust having _ back into that. so are they actually spending orjust having a _ back into that. so are they actually spending orjust having a walk - spending orjust having a walk around? spending or 'ust having a walk around? a , spending or 'ust having a walk around? a, , ., spending or 'ust having a walk around? , ., ., , , , around? many do actually, yes, we ret some around? many do actually, yes, we get some big _ around? many do actually, yes, we get some big spending _ around? many do actually, yes, we get some big spending in _ around? many do actually, yes, we get some big spending in the - around? many do actually, yes, wel get some big spending in the village and you _ get some big spending in the village and you often see people with many bags~ _ and you often see people with many bags~ and _ and you often see people with many bags and they are definitely spending in benefit, which makes us happy _ spending in benefit, which makes us ha a _ . ., ., , spending in benefit, which makes us ha... ., ., i] spending in benefit, which makes us l happy-— mascara happy. what are they buying? mascara and brows. anything _ happy. what are they buying? mascara and brows. anything above _ happy. what are they buying? mascara and brows. anything above the - happy. what are they buying? mascara and brows. anything above the mask. and brows. anything above the mask is selling _ and brows. anything above the mask is selling really well. andi is selling really well. and i suppose — is selling really well. and i suppose the _ is selling really well. and i suppose the outside - is selling really well. and i - suppose the outside environment helps. suppose the outside environment helas. . ., , suppose the outside environment helas. , . , ., , helps. yes, anything that makes aeaole helps. yes, anything that makes people feel _ helps. yes, anything that makes people feel safe, _ helps. yes, anything that makes people feel safe, definitely - helps. yes, anything that makes people feel safe, definitely yes. | people feel safe, definitely yes. how confident are you for the months ahead? t how confident are you for the months ahead? ~' . ., ., ahead? i think we will continue to aick u- ahead? i think we will continue to pick up and _ ahead? i think we will continue to pick up and keep _

ahead? i think we will continue to pick up and keep going. _ ahead? i think we will continue to pick up and keep going. we - ahead? i think we will continue to pick up and keep going. we have | pick up and keep going. we have things— pick up and keep going. we have things like — pick up and keep going. we have things like christmas and black friday— things like christmas and black friday to — things like christmas and black friday to look forward to, and if we continue _ friday to look forward to, and if we continue to— friday to look forward to, and if we continue to go the way we are, it will pick— continue to go the way we are, it will pick up — continue to go the way we are, it will pick up again. | continue to go the way we are, it will pick up again.— will pick up again. i can't believe ou will pick up again. i can't believe you mentioned _ will pick up again. i can't believe you mentioned black— will pick up again. i can't believe you mentioned black friday - will pick up again. i can't believe - you mentioned black friday already! as you can see, it is getting really quite busy in bicester village and a lot of shopping bags too. box office takings at uk cinemas are half the amount they were before the pandemic. audience tracker comscore says cinemas have taken around £65 million since they were allowed to reopen last month. in the same weeks for 2019, that figure was £129 million. many major movies that were delayed by covid have finally been released in cinemas this summer, but have not enticed the numbers they would have previously expected. i can now speak to phil clapp, chief executive of the uk cinema association. welcome, thank you forjoining us. talk us through these figures and what they mean for the viability of cinemas. t what they mean for the viability of cinemas. ~ .

what they mean for the viability of cinemas. ,, , ., cinemas. i think it is worth remembering _ cinemas. i think it is worth remembering that - cinemas. i think it is worth remembering that 2019 i cinemas. i think it is worth | remembering that 2019 was cinemas. i think it is worth - remembering that 2019 was one of cinemas. i think it is worth _ remembering that 2019 was one of the best years for cinema going in the last 50 years so it is a high bar to expect cinemas to reach that immediately, and we are only three months on from cinemas across the uk being able to open in the middle of may. so there is a great deal of positivity in these figures and you mentioned figures being pushed back —— films being pushed back. they are now returning to cinemas, and the return of audiences. it's not to pretend there are not challenges ahead but there is a great deal of optimism within the sector. the way aeo ale optimism within the sector. the way aeaole are optimism within the sector. the way people are watching _ optimism within the sector. the way people are watching has _ optimism within the sector. the way people are watching has obviously . people are watching has obviously changed and the way films are being released has also changed, which i guess at this point it is hard to know how long—lived those new habits might be, but with films becoming available quickly on streaming, are you concerned that it could mean actually the audience doesn't come backin actually the audience doesn't come back in the way you would hope? taste back in the way you would hope? we see back in the way you would hope? e see little evidence of the impact of

streaming on cinema attendance. historically cinema has been very resilient to tv and home entertainment and now streaming on the home, and most of the people who are the most enthusiastic consumers of streaming films are our best customers. they love film, they want to see some on the big screen and some at home. we have good reason to be optimistic notwithstanding the fact people are aware of the public health position, improving though it is there are still some audience sectors we need to work harder to get back. but these figures are a basis under foundation for a great deal of optimism going forward. haste deal of optimism going forward. have an films in deal of optimism going forward. have any films in particular _ deal of optimism going forward. have any films in particular stood out as being a particular draw since audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring _ audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring to _ audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring to be _ audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring to be back- audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring to be back to - audiences were allowed back? so it's almost reassuring to be back to the i almost reassuring to be back to the routine we had before the pandemic which is the big titles, be they

black widow, peter rabbit, but what we are currently lacking are the mid—market and small films to bring in a more diverse audience. but as the confidence in the sector comes back, no doubt we will return to that ebb and flow of diversity of films for all audiences across the weeks and the coming months. fiend films for all audiences across the weeks and the coming months. and how man films weeks and the coming months. and how many films are — weeks and the coming months. and how many films are there _ weeks and the coming months. and how many films are there out _ weeks and the coming months. and how many films are there out there - weeks and the coming months. and how many films are there out there just - many films are there out there just waiting for the right time to be released? 0ne waiting for the right time to be released? one of the really high profile examples is the new james bond, no time to die, due out in september. how many other films are piling up waiting to be released? taste piling up waiting to be released? e have a very strong films laid into 2022 and we are to a place now where pretty much every weekend there is a big film being released. and there is a big film being released. and those speak to notjust is a big film being released. and those speak to not just youth audiences but also adults and families so you mentioned bond but

we have the new marvel film coming out in a couple of weeks, then we have the long—awaited film adaptation of dune, and the remakes of ghostbusters and topcon, so that will appeal to the broadest possible audience and we can get people back in front of the big screen where films are supposed to be seen as soon as possible.— soon as possible. thank you very much. phil clapp, chief executive of the uk cinema association. thousands of people have been unlawfully detained in police custody in england and wales because of delays in transferring them to mental health beds. a 2018 government report looked at seven police forces and estimated there were as many as 4,500 cases per year. unlawful detainment occurs when police powers to hold someone under criminal law end but a bed can't be found. sean dilley reports. i was iwas in i was in bed, he came into my room

and put a pillow over my face. and i managed to push him away and i said, "why are you doing this to me?" and he says, "my thoughts are telling me if i kill you now, "i won't experience the pain of you dying when i grow up." this is blue. this is thomas, annette's 15—year—old son. earlier this year, he twice attempted to take his mother's life. but she insists he's not a killer and he's not a criminal. instead, she says, he was experiencing an acute mental health crisis. so the next thing, i could hear them saying, "right, we're going to arrest you on suspicion of attempted murder." my heart sank. i didn't call them to have him arrested. i called them to help him. thomas was taken to southend police station. the next day, he was identified as needing hospital admission but it wasn't until three and a half days after his arrest that he was found a suitable bed. essex police said that after his arrest, thomas was bailed.

following his release from custody, they supported him in a safe environment within essex police premises, in a specially designated room for vulnerable children, while they worked hard with their partners in health and social care to find the best place for him to receive the care he needed. but thomas' case isn't isolated. we used freedom of information laws to force publication of a sensitive government report from july 2018 that estimated there were up to 4500 cases where people in mental health crisis were unlawfully detained in police custody in england and wales in a year. a lack of suitable mental health beds was most often the cause. police sources have told me they've been working closely with nhs partners to reduce significantly the number of times people are unlawfully held until beds become available. nobody, though, has been able to provide any figures, as they're not officially recorded, and the picture's different too depending where you are, with some forces managing to end

the practice completely and in other areas, unlawful detentions are still happening. you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. it was the concerns of this recently retired chief constable that prompted the report. there's a point that comes out where actually somebody could be released from custody, wasn't being released from custody and at that point, i would deem that to be unlawful detention whilst we're waiting for a bed, a mental health bed to become available. a number of my colleague chief constables around the country said that the chief has given the authority for people to be kept unlawfully in custody and any challenges that came, then the chief would deal with that. this approved mental health professional, who prefers to remain anonymous, attends custody and has the power to detain people under the mental health act, but he can only do that when beds are available. people like me are being asked to do things without being resourced or equipped to do it properly. i would describe the system as being dysfunctional and struggling to cope. i felt like my heart

was wrenched out of me. it really broke me. they need to put more funding into it. and they need to help people. they need to support these children and adults. the government says it is committed to supporting people experiencing a mental health crisis, but annette marshall thinks the system has failed her and her son. thousands of people desperate to leave afghanistan are continuing to surround kabul airport. the us is trying to accelerate numbers and has the capacity to fly out 9,000 a day but says it's restricted by a range of factors, including the speed of processing paperwork. joining me now from kabul is 0baidullah baheer — a lecturer at the american university of afghanistan. you chose to stay when others were leaving and i want to read from an

article you wrote on wednesday when you described very powerfully what you described very powerfully what you are experiencing as your city fell. you said it is mind—boggling how fast are some well defining moments happen to us, from entering a meeting to exiting it my world had changed. people were running and —— running in panic and the traffic was jammed. the day kabul fell will stay with me for a very long time. why did you decide to stay stu marc because this is our country. we can't give _ because this is our country. we can't give up — because this is our country. e can't give up on it and i do understand a lot of us are under threat, a lot of people have been trying to leave, but if all of us leave itjust create an echo chamber, it creates a world that is barren of any contradictory voices. we have to stay for future generations who have no option of leaving, so the country will need people. they will need academics and

professionals, and some of us has to stay if we ever want to imagine an afghanistan that is a functioning state to begin with.— state to begin with. what is the ci like state to begin with. what is the city like now? _ state to begin with. what is the city like now? the _ state to begin with. what is the city like now? the air _ state to begin with. what is the city like now? the air is - state to begin with. what is the city like now? the air is dense. | city like now? the air is dense. there is so _ city like now? the air is dense. there is so much _ city like now? the air is dense. there is so much anxiety - city like now? the air is dense. i there is so much anxiety amongst city like now? the air is dense. - there is so much anxiety amongst the population. if you would go out on a normal thursday afternoon in kabul, you would probably not even get very far with the amount of traffic and how much the city was buzzing, and now you go out onto the roads and you probably see more taliban than people on the road. so people are anxious, they are holding their breath, everything is on a knife edge and we have to see what system the taliban have in mind and what they create in the coming days, but they create in the coming days, but they have to do that in haste because the longer they wait, the more people get anxious, the more things will go out of hand. hagar more people get anxious, the more things will go out of hand. how many of those you — things will go out of hand. how many of those you know _ things will go out of hand. how many of those you know and _ things will go out of hand. how many of those you know and love _ things will go out of hand. how many of those you know and love have - things will go out of hand. how many of those you know and love have left | of those you know and love have left

and how many have stayed? t of those you know and love have left and how many have stayed?- and how many have stayed? i drove throu:h and how many have stayed? i drove through one — and how many have stayed? i drove through one of _ and how many have stayed? i drove through one of kabul's _ and how many have stayed? i drove through one of kabul's famous - through one of kabul's famous suburbs and the houses of most of my friends were empty. most people like me come from abroad and who are trying to make a change in the country have left or are in the process of leaving, but i'm hoping there are more people here. it's just been so crazy and overwhelming, we haven't been able to reach out, so we have found each other two or three days later. 0nce so we have found each other two or three days later. once the dust settles, we'll know for sure exactly how many stayed and how many left. as a contradictory voice left behind, and you said how important you believe it to be that voices like yours remain and are heard, does it make you feel vulnerable?

everyone is vulnerable, but some of us... those for leaving are not unpatriotic, they are not cowards, they are doing what is right for them. sometimes, you have to do is choose more altruistic way, and obviously that incurs risks as well. and you never know when someone in this lawlessness that we are in chooses to exercise personal justice. but we have to do lay low but not give up on our voices because this initial period is crucial. if we lay back and let them establish whatever role they want, we will never have a voice, but if at this time we show we exist and female news anchors showing up at work, girls going to school, we are seeing voices coming out, people standing for the national flag.

seeing voices coming out, people standing for the nationalflag. all of those are important symbols that we don't want to give up on, and the taliban need to realise that we share this country with them. that is our common home. they might have won the battle, but if they are going to create a sustainable society in afghanistan, they will have to accept that people like us exist and inclusion needs to include other voices that are not their own. the taliban says it is different. do you believe there will be a readiness to accept voices that don't agree with what they say? t don't agree with what they say? i think there is a very long road, don't agree with what they say? t think there is a very long road, and there is this quote by a sudanese peacemaker who said, we have finally reached the top of the hill after an arduous path to peace, so it is never going to be easy. the idea is that people don't trust them and that people don't trust them and thatis

that people don't trust them and that is because for 20 years they have fought the system that these people existed in. so when they come in, it is a shock for them as it is to us because we haven't been face—to—face before. the first time i walked up to a taliban i talk to him, for him it was shocking that i was like him. i knew his culture, his language and greetings, and that is how we win, one interaction at a time, we negotiate on the margins and try to reconcile the visions of the world. it is just that the taliban need to start matching their words with their actions because there is a disparity, and there are people being dragged out for having worked with the government. women have been stopped for getting into their workplaces, and that doesn't go well with the statements they have given. so they have to start rolling out policies and establish a government as soon as possible if they are planning on winning people is back. and creating a society that

can be sustainable for afghanistan. you said you are laying low for now, what does that mean? how are you able to get out, get supplies? what is life like for you right now and those like you? t is life like for you right now and those like you?— is life like for you right now and those like you? i had an interesting interaction- — those like you? i had an interesting interaction- l— those like you? i had an interesting interaction. i was _ those like you? i had an interesting interaction. i was trying _ those like you? i had an interesting interaction. i was trying to - those like you? i had an interesting interaction. i was trying to go - those like you? i had an interesting interaction. i was trying to go back| interaction. i was trying to go back home to get a few things two nights ago, and i saw a tire in the middle of the road and i saw two taliban fighters rushing out waving for me to stop. as i pulled down my window, i apologised for not having realised it was a checkpoint and his answer to me was, bless you brother, drive home safe. so they are being decent with their interactions with the common people, it isjust laying low means that i personally think that there are better ways of going about there are better ways of going about the flag issue or the rights issue,

because right now there are fighters out on the road who are in subordinating, who are taking things on hand, and they have heard people that have come out to protest for the flag. this is a conversation that needs to happen with the leadership and needs to happen with the actions and voices of the other leaders that have been left here. and so that is what laying low means, being smart about what you take a stand for and when and how. but we will not give up on the rights and dreams of the afghan people, and we do accept this new reality. it's not like we are aloof to it, we are not living in an alternative reality for ourselves, but they have to accept it as well, they have to accept us as a reality and we have to have that conversation at one point or another. ., ~ conversation at one point or another-— conversation at one point or another. ., ,, , ., ., ., , another. thank you for 'oining us. on cue another. thank you for 'oining us. on fer — another. thank you for 'oining us. on cue for having h another. thank you for 'oining us. on cue for having me. _

long—term youth unemployment hit a five—year high during the pandemic with with more than 200,000 under 25s out of work for more than six months. sarah corker has been finding out what this means for the career prospects of this age group. i think it will easily take at least two or three years to be getting back to where i was pre—pandemic. i had five interviews between february and march. three of them were rescinded because of the pandemic. a lot of what you realised from the past year is - like, life is short. you might as well be doing something that you love and that _ you're passionate about. when we first met portrait photographer drew back in october, covid restrictions were tightening and his manchester business was struggling. i already cut down all my expenses. i haven't left the house in months so i stopped paying for my office. i've got rid of all of that stuff. and it's not enough. today, his outlook is much brighter. as entertainment and art venues have reopened, his bookings are coming back but he knows the recovery will take time. what was the longest period of time

that you went without any work? about 11 weeks. and how did you get through that period financially? honestly, i don't know how i got through it. compared to a regular month, i'm still at around 40, 50% of what i was doing pre—pandemic. it's building and it's getting there but it's painfully slow. during the pandemic, competition forjobs has been fierce. here in hull, 20% of people live in workless households. david has two degrees and had applied for more than 100 jobs. you're out of control of your own life, at a point as to, where's the money going to come? you can't really think long—term. so you're constantly thinking about, how am i going to get a job? in the end, he left his home city and moved to manchester to find new opportunities. he is now working for an organisation which supports disabled people. if you're the type of person that's applied for a lot ofjobs, like anybody has at the minute, i suppose, and you don't get those responses, it can really hurt.

i do count myself lucky that i've ended up in this position. for others, lockdown has led to reinvention. cece from london quit herjob in advertising to follow her artistic dreams. i've gone from a large office in the middle of soho to being at home, painting in my bedroom. it's definite ups and downs of kind of, this is the most exciting thing ever and, oh, my god, what have i done? and the career change is paying off. she's just moved into her own studio. being able to actually work on bigger pieces, have people come into the studio and see the work and talk to them and it not being in my bedroom, and on a more practical level not smelling paint fumes every night and actually not waking up with a headache is really nice. and while it may take longer for their careers to recoverfrom the pandemic, there is optimism for better times ahead. sarah corker, bbc news, in hull.

now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there, the main notable feature of this month is how cloudy the weather has been and today will be in pretty cloudy day, but there will be a few areas where the cloud sheet cracks apart to allow some sunshine through, for example area in the peak district. we have low pressure to the west and this eco cloud working into westernmost areas is a weather front that has already started to spread outbreaks of rain in, and that rain is forecast to get heavier and steadier in northern ireland. eventually we will see splashes of rain for western scotland. the brightest areas most likely across eastern england, northern scotland, where you could see some sunny spells coming through. the top temperature of about 23 degrees. 0vernight tonight, this weather front will continue to move northwards and eastwards, with

the rain erratically pushing in. there will be heavy bursts mixed in but also mist patches over the high ground and it will be a mild night. temperatures in liverpool and hull staying at 16 degrees for our overnight low. a wet start to the weekend but the weather front clear out the way and sunday will be the better of the two days of the weekend. but not entirely dry, still some showers around. 0n weekend. but not entirely dry, still some showers around. on saturday many will have rain and it will be heavy at times, particularly across wales and northern england. that is where the wettest weather will be but the rain will be extensive. it clears away from western areas with showers following later in the afternoon, a bit of sunshine, and temperatures at their highest in the eastern england. 0therwise about 18 or19 eastern england. 0therwise about 18 or 19 degrees in the west. sunday should see the majority of that rain clearing out of the way pretty quickly. then the skies will brighten up with some sunshine but in the afternoon we will see showers develop some of them could be slow

moving, potentially quite heavy with the odd rumble of thunder mixed in as well. where the sunshine comes out, it won't feel too bad. into next week, a big change in the weather patterns are on the way. high pressure builds in, and it won't be a heatwave, the hottest air stays trapped towards the mediterranean, but nonetheless in the sunshine next week it will feel warm with temperatures reaching the low 20s pretty widely. that is your weather.

the stabbing of two people in south london by a convicted terrorist could have been prevented, says an inquestjury. sudesh amman launched an attack in streatham last year while under surveillance — after being released halfway through a prison sentence. the inquest ruled he was lawfully killed by police — but that he could have been detained in the days before his attack. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime. the taliban continues to tighten its grip on afghanistan — amnesty international says nine members of a minority group were tortured and murdered by theirforces. there and murdered by theirforces. was a lot of there and murdered by their forces. was a lot of fighting ethnic there was a lot of fighting with ethnic militia supporting the us

military in this area so