this is bbc news: i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden says the us is on course to complete the evacuation mission in afghanistan by his deadline of next tuesday. each day of operation brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate. at kabul airport — as the taliban now say no more afghans will be allowed there — there's continued desperation. in other news — a crucial court rulings expected in brazil that could have a dramatic impact on both lives and landscape.

and — tributes to the rolling stones drummer — charlie watts — who's died at the age of 80. hello and welcome. president biden has said the us is on course to complete the evacuation mission in afghanistan by his deadline of next tuesday. mr biden was speaking in a televised address from the white house after rejecting calls from borisjohnson and other nato allies to extend the airlift from kabul airport. the us president said the evacuation should be complete as soon as possible as he feared an attack on kabul airport by islamic state—affiliated militants. here's our washington correspondent nomia iqbal.

up up to 6000 us troops are on the ground in kabul trying to help thousands of people leave afghanistan. more than 7000 miles away, their commander—in—chief stuck to his plan. commander-in-chief stuck to his ian. commander-in-chief stuck to his ian, , ., ., commander-in-chief stuck to his ian. , ., ., . ., , plan. the sooner we can finish, the better- _ plan. the sooner we can finish, the better. each _ plan. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day _ plan. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of - the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. operations brings added risk to ourtroops. but, a operations brings added risk to our troops. but, a completion by august 31 depend upon the teller band continuing to cooperate full access to the airport for those who are transporting out, no disruptions to our operations. president biden rejected pleas from other g7 nations to extend the deadline for the evacuation mission. without the power of the us military, the uk has admitted it would not have the ability to stay. however, prime minister borisjohnson who chaired the meeting said

leaders agreed on a road map for engaging with the taliban. the number one condition we are setting _ the number one condition we are setting it — the number one condition we are setting it g7 is that they have -ot setting it g7 is that they have got to — setting it g7 is that they have got to guarantee, right the way through. — got to guarantee, right the way through, two august 31 and beyond. _ through, two august 31 and beyond, a saved passage, safe passage — beyond, a saved passage, safe passage for those who want to come — passage for those who want to come out _ passage for those who want to come out-— come out. about this poses a risk. it come out. about this poses a risk- it is _ come out. about this poses a risk. it is the _ come out. about this poses a risk. it is the taliban - come out. about this poses a risk. it is the taliban who - risk. it is the taliban who ultimately have decided this deadline because the group said the us and allied forces have to leave by the end of the month or face consequences. the biden administration is confident it can make deadline and that whoever wants to leave will be able to. since august 14 will be able to. since august 1a he said more than 70,000 people, including afghan allies, have been flown out of harms way. the us has already begun to leave funders hundreds of soldiers fly back home the numbers of desperate people arriving at the airport keeps increasing. just under a week

is all they have to get out. as the taliban tightened its grip on afghanistan. the un human rights council has decided against an independent fact—finding mission for afghanistan, despite the un saying it's received credible reports of human rights abuses by the taliban — including summary executions, the recruitment of child soldiers and restrictions on women and girls. 0ne women's rights activist — afghan popstar aryana sayeed — says she feared for her life and had to flee. courtney bembridge reports. i am aryana sayeed. i am a singer and a women's rights activist from afghanistan. it is for these reasons that she has fled her home country. two days after the taliban entered kabul, she made it onto a us plane with herfiance. he was lucky enough that one of the afghan translators was there, and he recognised my fiance when he took off his mask and apparently spoke to the american soldiers and told them, like, this is the fiance

of a very famous singer in afghanistan and uk should let them in because if they catch them they will kill them. like, there is no question about that. but she worries about the women left behind. here she shares of the united nations human rights chief. the fundamental red line will be the taliban's treatment of women and girls and respect for their rights to liberty, freedom of movement, education, self—expression and employment. guided by international human rights norms. the human rights council held an emergency session on tuesday after what it said is credible reports of human rights abuses. why some taliban who were and are still talking differently, - restrictions and violations - are already taking place as we speak. we have documented that the taliban advances came with summary executions, disappearances, restrictions on women, media and cultural life. this is not ancient history.

this is a earlier this month, and this is today. four years ago in kabul, thousands of young women were watching arya na sayeed perform. now they are being told to stay at home for their own safety. the taliban says it is only temporary but many fear it is just the beginning. i'll be speaking to a former british royal marine — who runs an animal shelter in kabul later in this bulletin, so do stay with me for that. let's get some of the day's other news. new research suggests that the protection given by two doses of the pfizer and astrazeneca coronavirus vaccines starts to wear off within six months. the latest analysis by the zoe covid study looked at more than a million positive test results between may and july. the researchers say their findings show that booster jabs will be needed.

democrats in the us house of representatives have reached a compromise that brings president biden�*s one—trillion— dollar infrastructure bill a step closer to being enacted. they've agreed to vote before the end of setember on legislation already approved by the senate. it would see a vast expansion of social services and climate initiatives. us vice president kamala harris has accused beijing of �*coercion and intimidation�* over its claims to large parts of the south china sea. the hotly disputed territory has long been a bone of contention. ms harris has now arrived in vietnam for the next leg of her south east asian tour and she reaffirmed us stars of the music world have been paying tribute to the talents of charlie watts — the drummer with the rolling stones who's died in london aged 80. david sillito looks back at his life. crowd chants "charlie!

charlie!" ijust play the drums for keith and mick. i don't play them for me. charlie watts — cool, calm and distinctly dapper, the steady back beat of the rolling stones. in a statement, the band said it was with immense sadness they were announcing the death of their beloved charlie watts. amongst the tributes, eltonjohn, ringo starr, paul mccartney. charlie was a rock and a fantastic drummer. he was though always a reluctant rock star. i can't play the drums at home, so i walk about, and to play the drums, i have to go on the road, and to go on the road, i have to leave home. it's like a terribly vicious circle — it's always been my life. a graphic designer by trade, he was not expecting his evening sideline with a little blues band called the rolling stones to make him famous. we'd like to play a bo diddley number...

all right! i'm all right! but forfellow drummer, kennyjones from the small faces and the who, he was a crucial part of the stones�* magic. charlie was a lovely, | smart, amazing guy. the reason he was such a great. drummer is because he had such a great feeling about himself and for others. _ the way he delivers the beat was absolutely spot—on. - he is the heart and the soul of the rolling stones. - but his real passion was jazz and rather than drugs and groupies, he liked antique silver and classic cars — even though he didn't drive. but even the sensible stone had his moments. he knew he had a problem when the high priest of debauchery, keith richards, took him aside one day and gave him a talking to. married for more than 50 years, he was always happiest at home with his dogs and horses, but his place in music history is on stage keeping it together with the world's greatest rock and roll band.

mikael wood is pop music critic at the la times. i think as a paragon of style. he was a drummer who wasn't trying to impress you at every moment with his technique or his flash or his showy ability but his ability to lay back and sit in what musicians call the pocket and to propel the music with a kind of understated swing that was all his own. find swing that was all his own. and that is what _ swing that was all his own. and that is what is _ swing that was all his own. and that is what is coming through. just how understated he was in every way despite the fame and the worldwide acclaim and yet

it drummers specifically are paying tribute in saying that actually, for them, he was a real icon. he was one they learned from. they wanted follow his technique. what he was doing. follow his technique. what he was doing-— was doing. yes, exactly. you know, musicians _ was doing. yes, exactly. you know, musicians talk - was doing. yes, exactly. you know, musicians talk about | know, musicians talk about restraint which two non—musicians can be this nebulous concept but i think charlie watts embodied it. he always knew when to play, he knew when not to play, which i think a sort of a next level wisdom. it is the drama's code but elevated to a different plane where you sword have realised that here is what you need to do to be impassive but here's what you need not to do to be impressive, anyway. find to be impressive, anyway. and the rolling _ to be impressive, anyway. and the rolling stones as a band, is a band that is that did not disband. they have not retired. but charlie watts the rolling stones, going forward? it is but charlie watts the rolling stones, going forward? it is a aood stones, going forward? it is a good question. _ stones, going forward? it is a good question. i _ stones, going forward? it is a good question. ithink- stones, going forward? it is a good question. i think they i good question. i think they have shown us that they will go

forward. i don't think they have any misgivings about going forward but whether or not it is really the stones without him, i don't know. it is going to be different creature. there is going to be some different cell to it but i have no doubt they will keep going without him. �* , ., , ., they will keep going without him. �* , ., 4' ., him. and in terms of, you know, the -e him. and in terms of, you know, the type of _ him. and in terms of, you know, the type of person _ him. and in terms of, you know, the type of person he _ him. and in terms of, you know, the type of person he was, - him. and in terms of, you know, the type of person he was, we i the type of person he was, we have mentioned he was understated but it is quite interesting to hear and my colleague was makepeace him talking about his real passion forjazz talking about his real passion for jazz which talking about his real passion forjazz which can be, you know, more different what he was doing with the stones. —— make my colleague's piece. i make my colleague's piece. i talked to him before they were going to head out on their 50th anniversary tour and ronnie wood hyped up the amount of a hassle they were doing and said they were unbelievable, we are doing more songs than we have ever done, blah blah. and then i asked charlie and he said, i have no idea what he's talking about. we'rejust have no idea what he's talking about. we're just doing what we

have always done. so it cut through the hype that the rest of the stone instead. he through the hype that the rest of the stone instead.— of the stone instead. he will be remembered _ of the stone instead. he will be remembered and - of the stone instead. he will be remembered and an - of the stone instead. he will- be remembered and an absolute legend. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts charlie watts who has died at the age of 80. watts who has died at the age of 80. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: should beavers be introduced to the waterways of england — the public are being asked for their opinion. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, and unfamiliar light will appear in the southeastern sky — an orange glowing

disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair— what katrina achieved injust hours. - three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off—duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben chimes this is bbc news — the latest headlines. president biden says the us is on course to complete the evacuation mission in afghanistan by his deadline of next tuesday. in kabul — there are desperate scenes at the airport — as the taliban say no more afghans will be allowed there. south africa's fishing sector feeds more than

three million people in the country every day. it provides everything from affordable canned fish, to rock lobster served in a fine dining restaurant. it's difficult for women and small companies to break into the industry, but vumani mkhize reports from cape town on how some are trying to change that. some fishy business. this fish processing plant is owned by an empowerment trust of over 300 black women. most of whom are single mums and division through the ranks at the company. through the ranks at the company-— through the ranks at the coman . . ., ., , company. women are fast, they are creative. — company. women are fast, they are creative, they _ company. women are fast, they are creative, they come - company. women are fast, they are creative, they come with - are creative, they come with solutions. the industry needs that. in solutions. the industry needs that. ., ., ., ., that. in a white male dominated industry these _ that. in a white male dominated industry these women _ that. in a white male dominated industry these women are - industry these women are transforming the sector. i5 transforming the sector. is believe as women we have to see yourself— believe as women we have to see yourself higher and at the moment we are led by males. so ithink— moment we are led by males. so

i think ail— moment we are led by males. so i think all these women that are here, _ i think all these women that are here, we can make a great team— are here, we can make a great team and— are here, we can make a great team and we are empowered to be ina team and we are empowered to be in a directive level where we have — in a directive level where we have to _ in a directive level where we have to manage the business. for letting if it is not as easy as it looks, especially at the pace these women work. wow. that is quicker than a minute. —— for letting. let's see if i can do the trim 0k? did i do thejob? can do the trim 0k? did i do the “ob? , can do the trim 0k? did i do the job?- now— can do the trim 0k? did i do the job?- now i - can do the trim 0k? did i do the job?- now i can - can do the trim 0k? did i do the job?- now i can say| can do the trim 0k? did i do thejob? yes. now i can say i the “ob? yes. nowl can say i can the job? yes. nowl can say i can fill it _ the job? yes. nowl can say i can fill it a — the job? yes. nowl can say i can fill it a fish. _ the job? yes. nowl can say i can fill it a fish. fishing - the job? yes. nowl can say i can fill it a fish. fishing is - can fill it a fish. fishing is an essential part of the economy which provides about 90,000 jobs. economy which provides about 90,000jobs. but economy which provides about 90,000 jobs. but the government allocates quotas for fishermen, determining how many fish can be caught. in an industry with limited resources it is difficult for smaller players to bacon. i difficult for smaller players to bacon-— to bacon. i don't want to create an _ to bacon. i don't want to create an impression - to bacon. i don't want to | create an impression that to bacon. i don't want to i create an impression that it to bacon. i don't want to - create an impression that it if you open— create an impression that it if you open the industry. if you do that— you open the industry. if you do that you can break something

that is— do that you can break something that is not— do that you can break something that is not broken. but of course, _ that is not broken. but of course, there are subsectors within— course, there are subsectors within the _ course, there are subsectors within the industry and you can create — within the industry and you can create new players in those spaces _ create new players in those spaces if _ create new players in those spaces if you are able to demonstrate that doing so is not going to take awayjobs or hurt _ not going to take awayjobs or hurt investment. it is not going _ hurt investment. it is not going to _ hurt investment. it is not going to make the current players _ going to make the current players unviable. small-scale fishina players unviable. small-scale fishing companies _ players unviable. small-scale fishing companies have - players unviable. small-scale fishing companies have been | fishing companies have been struggling to make a profit with the quote has received. existing businesses need to be recognised _ existing businesses need to be recognised for— existing businesses need to be recognised for the _ existing businesses need to be recognised for the investmentl recognised for the investment that they— recognised for the investment that they have _ recognised for the investment that they have shown. - recognised for the investment that they have shown. and . recognised for the investmentl that they have shown. and the employment _ that they have shown. and the employment that _ that they have shown. and the employment that they - that they have shown. and the employment that they have i employment that they have created. _ employment that they have created. in _ employment that they have created, in order— employment that they have created, in order to- employment that they have created, in order to remain| created, in order to remain viable _ created, in order to remain viable and _ created, in order to remain viable and sustainable. - created, in order to remain| viable and sustainable. and hopetuiiy_ viable and sustainable. and hopefully get _ viable and sustainable. and hopefully get more - viable and sustainable. and hopefully get more quota . viable and sustainable. and| hopefully get more quota to grow — hopefully get more quota to crow. , . . hopefully get more quota to crow. , , , . ., , grow. despite the challenges, women and — grow. despite the challenges, women and fishing _ grow. despite the challenges, women and fishing are - grow. despite the challenges, women and fishing are findingj women and fishing are finding ways to break down barriers and to transform the industry. ways to break down barriers and to transform the industry. brazil's supreme court is due

to make a ruling which might have a profound effect on the country's indigenous people — as well as the future of the amazon rain forest. the decision could restore territory that was lost decades ago. it might also become an obstacle to further deforestation. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. for generations they have lived among these hills, fished in these waters. a proud people, they maintain their rituals and dance and prayer. they used to own so much more of this land, but then the settlers moved in. translation: before, they killed us with guns, slowly, one by one. now they kill us with the stroke of a pen, slowly. they have been reduced to this small much of it is too steep for agraculture. translation: how are we to grow plants?

we live in this hole. there is no way we can move. that is why we are fighting. as long as they don't do what we want we will fight. and hundreds have taken that fight to the capital of brasilia. their case hinges on an interpretation of the country's constitution, adopted in 1988. which tribes were officially recognised at that time, and what land were they are entitled to. the consequences could be huge. thousands of hectares sold by the state to private companies, including tobacco companies, in the 1950s, would be returned to their original owners. translation: it is very sad. brazilian society needs to understand that we don't want anything that belongs to someone else. we only want what is documented. which are the traditional lands of our people. the government insists that there are too few indigenous people living on too much land.

blocking economic expansion. they disagree. but if they lose they say they will resist until the end. the opening ceremony for the delayed paralympic games has wrapped up in tokyo. 4,000 disabled athletes from more than 100 and 60 countries are taking part in two weeks of competition. but tokyo's national stadium was still the focal point of the ceremony, which started with a firework display against the skyline of the city. (gfx) dozens of dancers started the show, invoking the japanese tradition of puppetry. then came the athlete parade, led by the six athletes of the refugee team. the flag of afghanistan was carried by a volunteer as a show of solidarity, as its athletes are unable to compete.

0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has more from tokyo, you can see behind me here the national stadium inside them at the moment they opening ceremony for the paralympic games is well under way. you may also be able to see that there are a lot of police around me here in the streets. you may be able to hear them as well using their megaphones to tell people to disperse. there are quite large numbers of people who gathered here outside the stadium again tonight to watch the fireworks, tonight to watch the fireworks, to get a sense of the atmosphere is the paralympic it is opened. not nearly as many as we saw for the opening of the olympics were literally tens of thousands of people were out on the streets here. partly that is because the situation for ko that has changed dramatically in the last few weeks. infection rates here in tokyo have risen

sharply. we are now seeing 20 or 25,000 new infections a day injapan and more than 10,000 people in tokyo waiting for hospital beds with covid. and without the authorities and police you can see behind me are trying to disperse people and stop them coming out and gathering in places that could cause the infection to spread more. so many people have asked me how did the people of tokyo feel about the paralympics feel about the pa ralympics going feel about the paralympics going ahead? is there enthusiasm? is there hostility? i think the answer is emotions here are again very makes. there is not hostility towards the games itself or the athletes. we are very welcoming of the people who have come to compete and they will watch the games on television with enthusiasm as they did with the olympics. the hostility is mainly towards the international olympic committee and the japanese government for and the japanese government for a very bad management they have made of the covid pandemic. the very slow roll—out of vaccines here and the fact that this sort of been pushed ahead with

despite the fact that the pandemic has been worse and worse. the other thing to say about the paralympics is that it is a chance for disabled people to showcase their talents to the world and to show that they are basically fundamentally no different from anybody else and to that end the japanese government was hoping to have tens of thousands of schoolchildren come and attend the event and that has had to be scaled back and because of that and the impact of these games on the stigma surrounding in asia, unfortunately, may be reduced. a public consultation is getting under way, to ask if beavers should be re—introduced to england's rivers. the creatures were once widespread throughout britain, but were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. studies have shown that the return of the mammals could help to restore river habitats. but farmers have expressed concerns, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle

reports. beavers well once a common sight in britain's waterways. but could we soon see them again in england's with this? that is the focus of a government consultation asking for peoples views on the mammals return? it for peoples views on the mammals return?- for peoples views on the mammals return? it is exciting news. mammals return? it is exciting news- beavers _ mammals return? it is exciting news. beavers were _ mammals return? it is exciting news. beavers were once - mammals return? it is exciting i news. beavers were once present across the northern hemisphere of the world and they were hunted to extinction 400 years ago in britain. and they have slowly for the last 20 or 30 years been reintroduced. primarily in enclosures. under government trial last year ended on the river which is still first world population to be studied, a five year trial, and they concluded that beavers could stay over the last year we have been waiting for the government to close this consultation. which is to form a consensus on what happens

with future wild releases. beavers were wiped out 400 years ago, hunted for their meat and the glossy fire. today there are wild populations in scotland after the introductions and with a star. the trials in wales and england have been assessing the mammals' impact on the environment. the consultation will last for 12 weeks and after that we will find out lost species is ready to make a comeback. we'll have more on afghanistan on our website— there is a live page updated with all the latest developments — just log on to bbc.com/news you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ sallybundockbbc. we will have a look at all the business stories in a moment

for you. amazon is among those big businesses who is today appealing for new staff, supply chain issues are causing problems for amazon and others and we will talk about that in just a moment. hello there. western scotland was the warmest part of the country on tuesday and it will be again on wednesday. we had cooler, cloudier conditions in some parts of the country, mind you, particularly here in the midlands, and that cloud is still around in the same place at the moment. high pressure still in charge, keeping it dry, but we've got more cloud coming down across the north sea that'll push further inland during the day. but we start with some mist and fog patches in scotland and northern ireland, then the sunshine comes out in many areas. there's the cloud coming in off the north sea, into eastern england, through the midlands and towards parts of wales. and we'll have more cloud again across the northern isles of scotland, but also, cloudier skies in the northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow.

and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 24 celsius. could make 24 in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest.

but the cloud should thin and break. sunshine comes out across many western parts of the uk, but there'll be more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more especially across eastern parts of england. and here, temperatures may be no better than 16 or 17 degrees. further west in the sunshine, it will be warmer, although not quite as warm as wednesday. with that weather front out of the way by the end of the week, we still have high pressure in charge. still a cool breeze coming in around some of those north sea coasts, and we'll see some cloud developing, particularly inland across england and wales on friday. more in the way of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, and the weather should brighten up a bit more across east anglia and the southeast. but temperatures are going to be near 18—20 celsius at the end of the week.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines more disruption for some of the uk's biggest brands — now amazon is offering a bonus to attract new staff as supply chains grinds to a halt. airbnb offers to house 20,000 afghan refugees globally, saying it needed to act in "one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time". and it's game on for gamers — as the world's largest video gaming event kicks off berlin but without fans in the room will a virtual event prove to be as big a hit?