the two sides were level with just over half an hour's play remaining, when bureta faraimo crossed over to put hull 4 points ahead. but marc sneeds crucial late drop goal proved to be the difference after a late kr try. still to come tonight, castleford host wakefield at 7 oclock sonnyboyliston won the ebor handicap in a photo finish at york. the 10—1 shot, ridden by ben coen, and trained byjonny murtagh, edged out quickthorn with alounak finishing third. pre—race favourite hamish was earlier declared a non—runner back to the cricket and a quick update on the final of the mens�*s hundred at lord's. moeen ali's birmingham phoenix won the toss and decided to field. so southern brave batting first. it's currently 15

fori after 15 balls. the dangerous quinton de kock the man out. that's all from sportsday. have a very good evening. afghanistan has new masters, 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end,

the taliban are back, hours after arriving in cobble, sitting at the president's desk. earlier, cling to power but the man down in the streets is gone. afghanistan has new masters. 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end the taliban are back. hours after arriving in kabul, they were sitting at the president's desk. earlier, president ashraf ghani clinging to the last vestige of power. he has fled to uzbekistan, saying he left to avoid bloodshed. as the taliban moves in, the west moves out. helicopters ferrying diplomats to the airport. this disorderly end was not planned. hundreds of british troops have now arrived in kabul to help with the evacuation of thousands of british and afghan civilians. the operation is well under way. these troops may not be on the ground for long. kabul is in chaos.

people desperate to leave, taking what they can, fearing a bloody assault. there is little violence so far, but a lot of panic. crowds descended on banks, trying to take out their savings. as police officers and security officials abandoned their positions, the taliban urged people to stay calm. but the streets are full of dread. tens of thousands of civilians, displaced by fighting elsewhere, living out in the open. stories of abuses at the hands of the taliban. a translation: the taliban came into our village in the night. after a few days we managed to escape. they were murdering men and boys. they accused them of being in the army or police. they were taken out of their homes and murdered. outside the capital the taliban are tightening their grip. their success has government ministers reeling. in major cities. i did not expect this, but now i might face consequences that i've never even dreamt of. i guess that is the price that we pay for trying to make

this world a little better. at the border with pakistan, afghans are leaving. with or without fighting, the takeover of the taliban looks set to trigger another wave of refugees. can you hear me? 0k. we have got you on the phone. we are going to try to put you on speaker. can our viewers hear that? can you speak? can you introduce yourself? yes. i am a member of the negotiation team. can our viewers hear that?

there is a lot of chaos and confusion in kabul at the moment. can you help us understand what the taliban plan to do at present and next? there should not be any confusion. we assure the people in the city of kabul that their lives and properties are safe. we are the servant of the people and of this country. 0ur leadership have instructed ourforces to remain at the gate of kabul, not to enter the city. we are awaiting a peaceful transfer of power. when you say peaceful transfer of power, what do you mean? what is likely to happen? it means, the city and the power should be handed over to the islamic emirate of afghanistan, then in future we will have an islamic government, and participation. when you say participation, you mean one vote, one person? what do you mean?

participation means that we will have in the government other afghans, in the future governments. but it will all fall under the umbrella of the government of the taliban, the islamic emirate, as you describe it? yes. there will be

an islamic government. there is a lot of concern from women in afghanistan. they have been writing to me and texting me, they are concerned that you will reimpose that regime of the 1990s where girls could not go to school, they could not work. can you give us clarity on what your plans are for that? there are hundreds of schools for girls, universities. girl students are studying. they are continuing their studies. in herat women are telling me that when they arrived at the gates of the university yesterday taliban fighters told them to leave. i am telling you the policy. the policy is that women can have access to education

and to work, and of course they will observe hijab, and that is it. running for their lives, frantically trying to escape afghanistan, this military plane, this is how desperate some afghans are to leave the country. a handful tragically clinging on even after take—off before falling to their deaths. foreign nationals and some afghans are being evacuated. huge crowds gathered after rumours even those without visas could travel. outside the airport, even more chaos. taliban members firing in the air to assert

women are already taking to the streets. we exist, they shout. work, education, political participation is our right. women make up half of afghan society, do not upset us, they tell the taliban, hear our voice. today the taliban also focused on that fear. translation: there will be nothing against women. - our people accept women are muslims, they accept islamic rules. if they continue to live according to sharia, they will be happy, we will be happy. they have said that so many times before. i would not trust them. if they were so keen on women's rights, they would not stop girls going to university, they would not stop women working. fighting finished, time for fun also, taliban—style. an unusual image. it may be but a brief pause before new rules

come into place. 0ne snapshot of how many people, afghans and foreigners, are fleeing as fast as possible. the evacuation from kabul airport proceeds ever more urgently. the taliban are promising stability also. and a government that is different this time around. their words have changed. many wait to see what they mean. this is crowd control, taliban—style.

outside the airport thousands of people desperate to leave. this is the road anyone being evacuated has to travel along. the taliban repeatedly stopped us filming. they do not like the images of so many afghans fleeing their rule. they have denied claims they are at times preventing some afghans with valid documents from entering the airport. but many of those here do not have a visa. they are still hoping somehow to leave. i want to go anywhere else other than here, says this man. all the embassies and offices are closed, what can i do? then taliban fighters bring the interview to an end. the taliban are everywhere you go in kabul. they are heavily armed, but for the most part in the city they are friendly. today saw more protests, expressing defiance to their rule, rallying around the afghan flag.

more chaos outside this embassy, people frantically scribbling their names on pieces of paper, hoping this will somehow lead to a visa. these people have no real information about what they can do to leave afghanistan. they are desperate. they are coming to us, asking us will the canadians give us a visa? the fact is, most of these people will never get one. this family has not spoken to anybody, but heard rumours if they turn up they will find help. there is misery, i cannot even buy bread for my children, says this man. footage of even more chaotic

scenes at the airport. some parents are so desperate, they hand their children over. details on the horrifying story of those who lost their lives. one of the young men who fell from the plane, clinging to it even after take—off, a talented footballer who had played for the national football team. part of a generation facing a deeply uncertain future. of low pressure as it finishes its journey throughout into the continent through the day on sunday.

showers for northern and eastern reaches of england into the small hours but for many, it's a dry with some lingering cloud across the hills on the coast, a bit murky with clearer skies already making quite good ingress towards the rest of the uk, will set us up well for more sunshine urgently than we saw on today sunday, the chance of that sunshine tell some isolated but persistent thundery showers across parts of northern england, the midlands, maybe eastern england through sunday afternoon but more sunshine will equate to a bit more sunday through the week ahead, it looks like there is more fine weather to come.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 19:00pm. crowds continue to gather outside kabul airport, amid reports of chaotic scenes — as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked, because of security threats outside the gates. senior taliban figures — including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar — are in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. greece has erected a 25 mile fence on its border with turkey amid warnings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne. animal welfare campaigners have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling.