this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines. the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today — and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. that is effectively where we start to the next stage, the evacuation of our troops. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded — president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. we will not forgive, we will not forget — we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make _ forget. we will hunt you down and make you — forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. in other news: a new study finds

that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2k hour period since the start of the pandemic. a world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb�*s kadeena cox — after a stunning ride in the velodrome. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday's suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack — including 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians.

speaking to the american people — president biden had a message for the attackers saying, �*we will hunt you down, and make you pay.�* the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 111,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but there's an acceptance amongst uk officials that it isn't possible to remove everybody. with the un warning — up to half a million more refugees could flee afghanistan by the end of the year. 0urfirst report is from jonathan beale. this is the scene of yesterday's deadly— this is the scene of yesterday's deadly suicide attack. just outside the airport. deadly suicide attack. just outside the airort. ., , ., , ., , the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across _ the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the _ the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the ground, - the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the ground, the - strewn across the ground, the remnants of more than 90 people killed. many more were wounded. men,

women and children hoping to get on a flight to freedom, never imagining that some of them would be leaving like this. and seared on the memories of those who survived. me and my group memories of those who survived. mj: and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we did not enter the airport because of the security situation. wounded everywhere, i cannot explain what we saw today. my word is silent. , , 4, what we saw today. my word is silent. , , ~ ., , , silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed — silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed responsibility - silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed responsibility for| silent. extremists linked to isis - have claimed responsibility for this evil attack. have claimed responsibility for this evilattack. dust have claimed responsibility for this evil attack. dust from plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the south side of the airport. the first last a suicide bomb near abbey gate, the second outside the baron hotel where the british had been evacuating detainees. at the white

house the stars & stripes work lowered for the 13 us service personnel also killed. inside, a president under pressure promised revenge. we president under pressure promised revenue. ~ ., president under pressure promised revenje. ~ ., ., revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. _ revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we _ revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will - revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt - revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you | will not forget. we will hunt you down _ will not forget. we will hunt you down and — will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. the president romised to down and make you pay. the president promised to continue _ down and make you pay. the president promised to continue the _ down and make you pay. the president promised to continue the us _ down and make you pay. the president promised to continue the us airlift - promised to continue the us airlift in these last few days with the deadline looming but for britain it is almost at an end. it has now closed its evacuation handling centre at the airport. h0 closed its evacuation handling centre at the airport.- closed its evacuation handling centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. _ centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. at _ centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. at about - centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. at about 4:30am| will be processed. at about 4:30am we authorised the closure of the baron hotel, our processing centre, and the product across the british government officials that were working there and the military and people inside it for processing. that is now closed, the abbey gate

is currently closed and will remain so and we are currently processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. the final -hase will fly them out today. the final hase of will fly them out today. the final phase of this _ will fly them out today. the final phase of this operation - will fly them out today. the final phase of this operation will- will fly them out today. the final phase of this operation will be i phase of this operation will be getting british troops out. in the rush, they will have to leave some of their equipment behind. they have already flown out nearly 15,000 people though the defence secretary said with deep regret some would be left behind. the hope now is the rest may be able to escape by other means. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul and she gave us her assessment of the mood there. these are dark hours in afghanistan and darker still after the savage attack at kabul airport yesterday which killed at least 90 people. an attack claimed by the islamic state

group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull—out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide

bombing at kabul international airport. i'm joined now by sir malcolm rifkind, former defence and foriegn secretary. we know that not all of those people that the british forces were trying to get out will be got out. what are your thoughts on that? ht is to get out will be got out. what are your thoughts on that?— your thoughts on that? it is pretty jrim and your thoughts on that? it is pretty grim and very _ your thoughts on that? it is pretty grim and very serious _ your thoughts on that? it is pretty grim and very serious but - your thoughts on that? it is pretty grim and very serious but not - grim and very serious but not something the united kingdom presence in kabul can change. the taliban controlled the perimeter of the airport, president biden has not sought to seek an extension of the departure. there may be other ways they are able to get out. it is a long and very porous border between afghanistan and pakistan and many will be trying that route over the days to come. it is not certain also how much risk they will be at at the hands of the taliban. i don't say i trust the taliban but so far they are tone has been more emollient and

reasonable than 20 years ago. they claim, i repeat claim, they are not going to accept revenge on those who helped the united states early nato forces. ht helped the united states early nato forces. . , , , helped the united states early nato forces. ., , , , _ ., , forces. it has been seen by many around the _ forces. it has been seen by many around the world _ forces. it has been seen by many around the world as _ forces. it has been seen by many around the world as a _ forces. it has been seen by many around the world as a debacle i forces. it has been seen by many| around the world as a debacle for western forces, a disaster even. what is your view of what has happened and your view ofjoe biden�*s decisions on all of this? j biden's decisions on all of this? i would use the word tragic rather than tobacco. it is a tragic outcome but became inevitable once the president insisted there was no movement from the august the 31st deadline but the rot began with president trump when he decided to have bilateral negotiations between the americans and the taliban and it was not permitted for the afghan elected democratic government to be present at the negotiations of the future of their own country. the last time that kind of thing happened was neville chamberlain and

adolf hitler dismembering czechoslovakia without the checks allowed to be present. that destroyed the confidence in the room of the afghan government must have had a devastating impact on the afghan military.— had a devastating impact on the afghan military. had a devastating impact on the afj han milita . ., .,, ., afghan military. there are those who sa the afghan military. there are those who say the british _ afghan military. there are those who say the british and _ afghan military. there are those who say the british and nato _ afghan military. there are those who say the british and nato have - afghan military. there are those who say the british and nato have been . say the british and nato have been too reliant on the americans, they could have done their own thing. would that not have been a possibility? j would that not have been a possibility?— possibility? i have heard occasionally _ possibility? i have heard occasionally members i possibility? i have heardi occasionally members of possibility? i have heard _ occasionally members of parliament and some media people speculating to that effect. i think it is totally absurd. the military capability and contribution in afghanistan that the united kingdom would make, the idea that would make a difference to the future of afghanistan when the americans themselves with our vast numbers and personnel had failed i don't think carries an iota of credibility. don't think carries an iota of credibility-— don't think carries an iota of credibili . j �* ., ., credibility. and good britain have done more _ credibility. and good britain have done more to _ credibility. and good britain have done more to get _ credibility. and good britain have done more to get the _ credibility. and good britain have done more to get the people - credibility. and good britain havei done more to get the people who credibility. and good britain have - done more to get the people who have helped british troops for so many years out of afghanistan? we have

seen stories in the papers for months about interpreters desperate to get out of afghanistan in britain actually being quite so to help them. j actually being quite so to help them. ., �* ~j , , ., them. i don't think they were slow to hel. them. i don't think they were slow to help- one _ them. i don't think they were slow to help. one has _ them. i don't think they were slow to help. one has to _ them. i don't think they were slow to help. one has to be _ them. i don't think they were slow to help. one has to be objective . them. i don't think they were slow l to help. one has to be objective and fair. as far as we can tell the embassy reacted rapidly and once the news was coming through, what we have had is a situation that even the taliban have themselves have said publicly they did not anticipate. the sudden dramatic collapse of the afghan government, the fleeing of the president abroad, and the surrender of the afghan military all happening in ours, not days. so military all happening in ours, not da 5. ., , military all happening in ours, not da 5. , ., military all happening in ours, not da s. , ., ., days. so nobody had anticipated that. you days. so nobody had anticipated that- you say — days. so nobody had anticipated that. you say nobody _ days. so nobody had anticipated that. you say nobody had - days. so nobody had anticipated - that. you say nobody had anticipated that, was that not in itself an intelligence failure? j that, was that not in itself an intelligence failure?- intelligence failure? i would imagine. — intelligence failure? i would imagine. i— intelligence failure? i would imagine, i don't _ intelligence failure? i would imagine, i don't know, - intelligence failure? i would imagine, i don't know, i- intelligence failure? i would i imagine, i don't know, iwasn't imagine, i don't know, i wasn't involved, but i would imagine they had various scenarios from best to worst case scenarios and the worst

case would have been a sudden and unexpected collapse of the afghan government. that means if you only have a few hours to exit your embassy and find safe exit for all who work there and destroy all the paper, we read of various lists of people's names and addresses being found. that would require an enquiry. in normal circumstances, leaving them is around would be unforgivable, there would be no possible exportation. what may be happened on this occasion and it seems from the report i have heard as a possible reason, as they were burning and destroying lots of these papers but the brazier in which they were being burned didn't burn them all and by that time most of the personnel had fled the embassy. what personnel had fled the embassy. what is the long-term _ personnel had fled the embassy. what is the long—term future of afghanistan now in your view? in control of the taliban but also you see these extremists like islamic state and isis were even more

extreme than the taliban and extremely dangerous? we extreme than the taliban and extremely dangerous? extreme than the taliban and extremel danjerous? ~ ., ., , extremely dangerous? we have always known that the — extremely dangerous? we have always known that the taliban, _ extremely dangerous? we have always known that the taliban, who _ extremely dangerous? we have always known that the taliban, who have - extremely dangerous? we have always known that the taliban, who have a - known that the taliban, who have a rather uncomfortable relationship from our point of view with al-qaeda, have despised the islamic state people including the people responsible for the terrorist attacks. you have a rather curious commonality of interest. the taliban have the same interest at this moment of time as united states, united kingdom, russia and china, and destroying the islamic terrorist group responsible for the suicide bombings. that has humiliated the taliban because it is now happening under their government and they have to explain why it happened and why it won't happen again, so the pressure already being put by the united states and uk and the russians and chinese, that the new taliban government must take effective measures to destroy any possibility of terrorist attacks by al-qaeda or islamic state from their

territory. we don't know how the taliban are discussing this issue but they must be very concerned about it and it is worth just remembering before we jump to conclusions that ghastly though the taliban are from their point of view they have never been interested in acts of terrorism outside of afghanistan. they are not a global organisation. so they have no interest and that is why islamic state despises them. they have no interest in globaljihad. they have a desire to have total control in afghanistan, so particularly like what has happened in the last 2a hours over the suicide bombings, that will have brought home to some of the unreconstructed members of the taliban leadership that it must be in their own interest to ensure that cannot happen from within their territory. in that cannot happen from within their territo . , ., , , ., , territory. in my last question is what is the _

territory. in my last question is what is the future _ territory. in my last question is what is the future now - territory. in my last question is what is the future now of - territory. in my last question is i what is the future now of western liberal interventionism as it is sometimes called. the idea of sending troops into place like afghanistan or iraq or libya, they have all ended variously in humiliation and failure by the west, so does that mean it is all over? j so does that mean it is all over? i think you are a bit out of date, if i may say so. the attraction of western liberal interventionism died in the aftermath of the iraq war, for which tony blair and george bush were responsible, so the problems in afghanistan and the presence in afghanistan and the presence in afghanistan goes back a lot earlier. my afghanistan goes back a lot earlier. my final comment if you will allow me is that afghanistan must never be combined with iraq. the reason for going in and iraq was unjustifiable, for afghanistan it was entirely justifiable. the biggest terror attack the world had ever known. we are back to square one with the

taliban and control 20 years later as they were 20 years ago. forgive me, we as they were 20 years ago. forgive me. we have _ as they were 20 years ago. forgive me, we have never— as they were 20 years ago. forgive me, we have never seen _ as they were 20 years ago. forgive me, we have never seen the - as they were 20 years ago. forgive l me, we have never seen the repeat, because of the invasion of afghanistan and the elimination of the taliban 20 years ago, that effectively destroyed al-qaeda as an organisation capable of launching anything on the scale of 9/11 and we haven't seen anything remotely like that for the last 20 years. the concern is now the taliban are back in power, are they the same taliban? will they be possibly supportive of al-qaeda and i try to answer that a few months ago when you asked me your earlier question.— your earlier question. always great to talk to you. _ your earlier question. always great to talk to you, malcolm _ your earlier question. always great to talk to you, malcolm rifkind, i to talk to you, malcolm rifkind, former defence and foreign secretary. let's speak to our political correspondent susan hulme. the latest political reaction to what has been happening in afghanistan with the end of the british airlift. the news that some

will be left behind. that british airlift. the news that some will be left behind.— will be left behind. that is right, the focus is _ will be left behind. that is right, the focus is very _ will be left behind. that is right, the focus is very much _ will be left behind. that is right, the focus is very much been - will be left behind. that is right, the focus is very much been forl will be left behind. that is right, i the focus is very much been for the ministry of defence on getting those mast people out in these very last hours and getting the remaining british military personnel and equipment out which will be over the next few days. that will be long before that 31st of august deadline, the government had wanted that extended and failed to get president biden to do that. the british forces have to be got out before the us ones leave because the us are really securing the airport, so over the weekend we see the last of those coming home. the defence secretary ben wallace was speaking very enthusiastically this morning about how many people had been able to get out but expressed his sadness that not everyone will have. as i think we have probably heard from sir malcolm rifkind, we dojust we have probably heard from sir malcolm rifkind, we do just see the

beginnings that there may be quite a long time where there is an analysis of how this was handled by the foreign office in the run—up to this, why it wasn't foreseen and how it has been handled.— it has been handled. thank you very much indeed- _ 0ur washington correspondent barbara plett—usher told us yesterday's attacks could cause major political fallout in the us. it is very sombre. there is a sombre mood in washington with the flags at half mast. they haven't seen this many casualties in one day in the military in a decade, so they are trying to process that, but inside the white house there is a scramble to figure out what the political fallout is going to be. the strategy of the administration so far has been to keep their heads up, not apologise for the chaos and focus on this massive, nearly unprecedented they and hoped things will stabilise over time and that long—term what americans would remember asjoe americans would remember as joe

biden americans would remember asjoe biden ended the war. now the situation has changed and they don't know exactly what the outcome will be and certainly the republicans are poised to make as much political capital out of this as they can. some of them have been calling for joe biden to resign or be impeached. there is criticism and concerns among some democrats about the security coordination at the airport, questions about the strength of islamist extremism, whether the americans should leave. for mr biden this is a personal as well as political blow. this is exactly the reason he decided to withdraw from afghanistan. he didn't want to see any more american troops killed there and he says this has reinforced his belief that he made the right decision but he is known to keep in his breast pocket the names of the war dead and now he will have to add to it those killed on his watch. there's been a surge in the number of afghans arriving at the us air force's ramstein base in germany. it's a temporary home to wait

for their next flight — to a new life in the united states — but keeping pace with the scale of arrivals is a huge logistical challenge. jean mackenzie visited the base in the hours before the attacks in kabul. the smile says it all. these are the lucky ones. kabul�*s latest evacuees touched down near minutes ago. there is evidence of the chaos they left behind. families have been separated, more than a dozen children are here alone. some arrivals are treated for gunshot wounds, still fresh from their struggle to get out of the country. but the us commander running this base urges people not to lose sight of their gains. this is about humanity and there are young women that can read today, there are people that are alive today because of the us. whatever policy decision and whether it's 20, 30 years, that's way out of my league. but i'm just focused on people are coming today and the people that we have helped over those 20 years. this is a mission like no other

in the air base's history. in a week, it has been transformed into both a refugee camp and an international airport. the pressure is on, they are expecting 10,000 people to arrive here today alone. this is by far the biggest moment in this operation. they won't say when the last flight is expected, only that by tonight, they expect to be at capacity at this airbase. so it is clear that we are into the final push to get people out. there are nowjust a handful of days before all us troops are scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan. we know the task on the ground is daunting. what we are working on right now is focused on getting as many people out of afghanistan as possible and bringing them to safe locations. what is the plan for the people who you can't get out? so, that's, that's a tough question and i... we are going to keep on advocating to get people out of afghanistan through our channels.

but on this tarmac, there is relief. this is the final leg of their escape. a flight to the us and a new home. a world away from the one they fled. jean mckenzie, bbc news, ramstein air base, in germany. the united nations has told the bbc that afghanistan could fall into famine, if it doesn't receive urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 1a million people are facing the threat of starvation, following a recent drought and mounting food prices. and the world health organisation says its medical supplies in the country will last only a few more days. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been speaking to people across afghanistan. in this hospital, now guarded by the taliban, lies 18—month—old abdul. malnourished, his mother cannot afford to feed him. we were sent these pictures by a doctor in the north—east region of badakhshan,

one of the country's poorest. there, and across afghanistan, we have been told that food and gas prices have risen since the taliban took charge. millions were already on the brink of starvation. now, the un says it urgently needs more money to avert a crisis. afghanistan stands on the brink of another humanitarian disaster. without that money coming in, we will not be able to supply food to those 20 million people who are already poor. so it could be a famine? absolutely. and what we will see, if we cannot get our food bundles to them, but because of the drought, because of the conflict, people cannot feed themselves. for years, conflict has ravaged this nation.

earlier this month, explosions rocked this market in helmand province. the scene of some of the heaviest fighting where british troops lost their lives. just weeks ago, the emergency hospital in the area was full of the war wounded. today, where battles were once bought, an uneasy calm. some who have fled the city have now returned but are homeless. on this border, we have a variety of large weapons from machine guns... this man is a doctor who stayed behind to help those in need. people need humanitarian help. they need foods, medication. the problem is for those whose homes were ruined in the bombings, they don't have the funding to leave their homes.

this week in the northern city of dozens have been boarding buses to get to kabul. the un says the conflict has forced has more than half a million afghans to flee their homes this year alone. there is a lot of problems. the taliban are here also, and they don't want to let people go out of the country. this man is just one of them. his mother lives in india. she fled to delhi a decade ago after her husband was killed by the taliban. now she is terrified for her son. translation: he is really scared. the taliban are beating people up in front of him every day. they say they are not the same as before but they are. the taliban have not changed. the doctor i talked to agrees that words from the taliban in kabul do not reflect the reality. we changed his voice. as i am talking to you right—

now, girls are not allowed to go to school where i am. many women are not allowed to work. even before the taliban took control, afghans were suffering. now across the country, there are real fears for the future. the world may have left, but afghanistan still needs help. now the rest of the day's news. the risks of having a covid jab are dwarfed by the dangers of catching the virus, according to a major new study of vaccinations. scientists looked at the records of more than 29 million people who received their first dose between december and april — and found the chance of developing blood clots was almost nine times higher in people who catch covid—19 than in those who'd had a vaccine. naomi grimley has the details. lisa shaw was a well—loved presenter on bbc radio newcastle.

she died aged 44 in may after suffering from an unusual brain clot, one of the very rare side effect after an astrazeneca vaccine. researchers at several uk universities have been trying to pin down the risks over the possible side effects, sometimes seen with either the astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizerjab, and then compare them to the risks of getting the virus itself. for every 10 million people vaccinated with astrazeneca, an extra 107 would be hospitalised or die from thrombocytopoenia, which can cause internal bleeding and haemorrhages. but that's nearly nine times lower than the risks of the same condition following natural infection, and crucially, no higher than with other vaccines such as the flu jab. the astrazeneca vaccine also had a slightly higher risk of blood clots in veins, but again, this was 200 times lower than the risk

if you caught covid. in those receiving the pfizerjab, there was an increased risk of stroke, but this will still 12 times lower than the risks that came with infection. the researchers hope it will provide context to some of the headlines over the last few months. these vaccines appear to be very, very safe. a small number of people do get these outcomes, sadly. these risks seem to be comparable with other vaccines such as the flu vaccine. if you develop covid—19, the risks of these same outcomes from our data are just so much higher. nhs england says it has got new data showing that 100,000 lives have been saved by covid jab so far, and it's still less than a year since the vaccination push started. naomi grimley, bbc news. scotland has recorded a record number of daily covid cases as the number surged above 6,000

for the first time. in her daily briefing, the first minister nicola sturgeon said the sharp rise was a "cause for concern" — but the scottish government was not currently considering the introduction of a circuit breaker lockdown. we are reporting another very sharp rise in cases today. 6835 we are reporting another very sharp rise in cases today.— rise in cases today. 6835 positive cases reported — rise in cases today. 6835 positive cases reported yesterday. - rise in cases today. 6835 positive cases reported yesterday. that . rise in cases today. 6835 positive cases reported yesterday. that is rise in cases today. 6835 positive i cases reported yesterday. that is by far the highest number in a single day so far and it represents 14.2% of all tests carried out. i should also say, for some context, that there was also a record number of tests carried out yesterday. that doesn't entirely explain for the rise but it does give some important context. a79 people are in hospital currently. that is 53 more than

yesterday and a7 in intensive care which is the same as yesterday. sadly a further four deaths have been reported in the past 2a hours and it takes the total number of deaths registered under this daily definition to 8103 and as always my condolences go to everyone who has lost a loved one. as of this morning, a,095,a63 people have received a first dose of vaccine and 3,629,a82 have received a second dose. the vast majority of people over the age of a0, 90 5% of them, have had two doses of the vaccine and are now fully vaccinated. 72% of 30-39 and are now fully vaccinated. 72% of 30—39 —year—olds have had both doses, for the 18—29 —year—old age

group so far a6% have had second doses although second doses are ongoing in that age group and i can tell you that in 16 and 17—year—olds, where the beginning of vaccination is much more recent, almost half, aa%, have had their first. so these rates of vaccination are positive and continue together as, even in the face of case numbers such as those i have reported today, optimism for the remainder of our path through this pandemic. we know that if we are fully vaccinated we are somewhat less likely to get covid although as i said on tuesday around one third of new cases at the moment are of people who have been vaccinated. however, even more importantly we know that being fully vaccinated makes it significantly less likely to fall seriously ill from covid. that is why the high number of new cases we are seeing has not so far led to the same

number of hospitalisations that we saw on previous waves of the pandemic. that said, the case numbers we are seeing at the moment are still cause for concern. in the last seven days we have reported more new cases than at any previous time in the pandemic, although i refer back to my point about higher levels of testing, but case numbers have roughly doubled over the course of the past seven days. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. 0urarea of high 0ur area of high pressure is going to continue to bring this find and settled weather through the weekend andindeed settled weather through the weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. today it is dry across the board best of the sunshine across northern and the west there. there's more clouds in the central and eastern part. more of a breeze across the southeastern corner. that is how it's going to remain tonight. we will hold onto the breeze. terrible cloud, but lately clear spells across the west. temperatures

will drop to single figures. just about double figures further east. we start the weekend off honest similar no. plenty of sunshine around. a patchy cloud further south. more of a breeze here. but light winds further north and west. i think it is going to be slightly warmer on saturday. 21 to 20 two —— 22. similarstory warmer on saturday. 21 to 20 two —— 22. similar story on sunday. for many of us, monday is a bank holiday and it looks like it's going to stay dry. hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines... the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today — and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and we will fly them

out today. that is effectively where we start to move to the next stage which is the evacuation of our 1000 troops. which is the evacuation of our 1000 troops. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded — president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. in other news... a new study finds that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times higher than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2a—hour period since the start of the pandemic. sport now... and the latest from the paralympics in tokyo. here is gavin. it's been another medal filled day

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natasha baker claimed silver on keystone dawn chorus, in the grade three dressage. a superb performance saw her finish behind gold medal winner tobias jorgensen of denmark. rixt van der horst takes bronze. baker had the lead at one point. but had to settle for second — and adds to gb's success in para—equestrian, after lee pearson's gold yesterday. england are pushing for an innings victory against india on day three of the third test at headingley. england's first innings ended quickly for a32 in the morning. but they still amassed a huge lead of 35a, following india's dismal 78 all out. india's openers held firm second time round until craig 0verton struckjust before lunch — jonny bairstow taking a brilliant catch in the slips. a few moments ago they were 73 for one, still trailing by 281 runs live commentary right now with test match special on radio five live sports extra. the bbc understands manchester united are in talks to sign cristiano ronaldo after he told juventus he no longer wants to play for the italian club.

ronaldo has spent three years in italy — but was left out of the starting 11 for their first league game of the new season last weekend. manchester city were interested but it is now neighbours united who are trying to do a deal. watch this space! the draw for the europa league group stages has taken place — leicester have tough job on their hands — they're in with italian giants napoli. spartak moscow and legia warsaw make up the other sides in their contingent. rangers face a battle with ligue1�*s lyon in their group. fellow scottish premiership side celtic take on germany's bayer leverkusen. while west ham, on their return to european football, are in group with dinamo zagreb. that is all the sport for now. we will keep you updated with all of the sports. yes, it will be interesting if renaldo came back to the premier league. thank you very much. let's return to our top story now and the situation in afghanistan. the taliban's takeover poses a major challenge for the international community. there was plenty of rhetoric

at the g7 meeting earlier this week on the leverage the west might use against afghanistan's new rulers. but, after 20 years on the ground, what influence can western nations actually have, now that they're gone. here's caroline hawley. the taliban triumphant inside the presidential palace when they took kabuljust 12 days ago. its leaders are sanctioned as terrorists, but they are in charge of afghanistan now and calling the shots. as the taliban advance through the country, western leaders had warned they would be international pariahs if they took power by force. they would be cut off from funds. now it has happened, and there is the dilemma of exactly how to respond. the g7 leaders, and leaders across the eu, nato and the un, all agreed that we will stand united in our approach to the taliban. the g7 has very considerable leverage, economic, diplomatic and political.

now that the last troops are almost gone, most countries have political influence, while russia and china keep their embassies in the capital. the departing west may have less financial leverage than they hope. there are other ways for the taliban to raise revenue, as they have already been doing. it is notjust about drugs, which does get a lot of attention, but the taliban can generate billions from its control over lucrative trade routes and it controls the whole country. and there are other partners, and i think particularly the role of china could be pivotal here. earlier this week, the taliban proudly tweeted a picture of them it meeting the chinese ambassador. the americans did have extensive dealings with the taliban, talks that led to the deal struck in doha last year. it paved the way for the us to withdraw from afghanistan without being attacked,

and the taliban promised in return not to harbour terrorists as they had during the last rule. education for girls is another key demand of the west, along with wider human rights, issues that won't particularly concern beijing. the difficulty with using economic leverage is that it only works if the target of your leverage has no other options. and in this case, the taliban does have the option of looking to the regional countries for support, and those countries, china, russia, iran, pakistan, are likely to be more flexible in their expectations of the taliban. the fear is that deepening poverty as well as fear will push more afghans to leave. europe is desperately worried that the taliban takeover, like the syrian war, will lead to a new flood of refugees that can't be contained in the region. so much is at stake now and so much riding on these men. they have not yet formed a government, but their next steps will dictate how the rest of the world responds.

caroline hawley, bbc news. just a line of news coming into us. the queen is going to be attending the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow. it is in november and it is being seen as an absolutely crucial meeting of world leaders in fighting climate change. i suppose you could say the fact that the queen is going to gojust underlines say the fact that the queen is going to go just underlines the importance that the uk attaches to that cop26 summit on climate change in glasgow in the autumn. the queen will be attending and environmentalists seeing that as one of the great hopes really for getting some real progress in emissions targets on climate change. afghans fleeing the crisis have

begun arriving in calais, joining those who have fled the taliban in the past few months. president emmanuel macron has said that more than 2000 afghans deemed at risk are among the people france has evacuated from kabul on military flights. those flights are due to end today, though the french government says it's taking a "prudent" approach. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson has been speaking to afghans in calais. among the regulars lining up for lunch at a well—known migrant camp near calais, a new face. mohammed arrived here a week ago after getting on a french evacuation flight from kabul airport. i come airport, too many families, too many kids, too many child crying, "please, give me a way, i want to go out, any country." no england, no france, any country. mohammed tells me he worked for one of afghanistan's political parties, whose members were targeted by the taliban.

i tried there at the us army — he say, "no, ijust take family, child or family. without family, i can't take you." so the next day i tried for the french... ..aeroplane. so... he accept me. this man fled the taliban six years ago after local leaders suspected him of passing information to the army. when they couldn't find him, they killed his father instead. he's speaking every day with the family he left behind. we are already really afraid, really scared. they can't... theyjust stay in the house. and i was saying, i will get you out, don't worry, but my brother say, "if you send visa, how will you go to airport? every area at's now controlled by the taliban. they are checking everything." aid agencies say they're expecting

a big influx of afghans here over the next few weeks. calais has been home to those fleeing the taliban for years. theyjust don't arrive in france on a military plane. mohammed's journey is not over. like many here, he wants to get to the uk. his plan is to hide inside a refrigerated lorry. afghans in the camps here are telling us they believe more than 60 people have made it to the uk in refrigerated lorries through this ferry terminal just in the past week. we've got no way of verifying these figures, but the picture that is emerging is of afghans who've escaped their country preparing to risk their lives again. with britain watching events in afghanistan, afghans here are watching the channel and asking themselves, what's one more risk? lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial premises in the midlands where explosions

and a strong chemical smell have been reported. a huge plume of thick, black smoke can be seen billowing from the site onjuno drive in leamington spa. giles latcham sent this update from the scene. yes, it started between ten and 10:30am. thick, black plumes of smoke. it's billowing up into the sky. they are visible up to 20 miles away from here. it is coming from an industrial estate. it is to the rear of this building. it is not farfrom the mao motorway. there are number of businesses on that site including a firm that makes astroturf. another building supplier. also a tender yard. lots of combustible material. we do not know where the seat of the fire is or where it began. there is a report of seeing barrels exploding

into the sky. i was a short distance away and i could see what seemed to be like charred lumps falling from the sky and landing on cars on buildings, on people. wrote have been shut for several hours now. the residents have been told to stay in their homes, close the doors and windows. 0r their homes, close the doors and windows. or in some cases the homes have been evacuated. hundreds of people from this close alone have been moved out in the past hour. we keep hearing the sound of sirens. lots of fire personnel here. some police. the local mp has tweeted that he believes chemicals are involved in this fire and indeed some residents have reported a strong chemical smell. the ambulance service is here, but at this stage, we have no reports of casualties. the chief inspector of prisons has criticised 'chronic failings' in the management of chelmsford prison in essex. in a letter to the government, charlie taylor warns that inmates are not being kept safe, in what's described as one

of the country's "most violent" local prisons. ministers have 28 days to come up with a plan to improve conditions there. a solicitor has appeared in court accused of injecting food with blood at three supermarkets in west london. he is 37 and from fulham, is accused of carrying out the offences on wednesday evening at little waitrose, sainsbury�*s local and tesco express on fulham palace road. he did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance at isleworth crown court on 2ath september. the headlines on bbc news... the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today — and admits some people will be left behind. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded. president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. and a new study finds that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times

than from having the vaccine. five years ago this weekend, the last bhs store closed forever — and since then other department store chains have also disappeared from the high street. in 2016, our main department store chains had a67 stores across the uk. but now — just 79 are left. more than 200 premises are still empty — however, some have been reborn — as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. look at all these lockers. yeah, this is a measure of the human scale of what's happened to bhs. there are 250 lockers in here. five years on, brand—new hotel bedrooms. the old bhs staff canteen, now a bustling restaurant. this hotel chain jumped at the chance to move in. buildings like this don't come along very often.

seeing so many people get use of the space is just fantastic. we've had the opportunity to create newjobs for people and to keep this building alive. oh, boy. well, the view is the same, but this has been completely transformed. it's amazing. and what's this big hole? the big hole in many ways was key to the viability of the scheme, being able to form hotel bedrooms. i bet that was expensive. it wasn't cheap. this was one of the biggest bhs stores — here on edinburgh's princes street. today it's still a work in progress. that's where the old escalator was. it's gone, as well as all the asbestos. this shop floor has been completely stripped back and ready for new occupiers. there is going to be retail here — just a lot less of it. and this project's been relatively quick.

bhs had 163 stores. a0 are still vacant, although half of these do have plans in place. the challenges are often financial. it costs a lot of money and takes a lot of time to turn large—format space into new uses. we need to be heading towards mixed uses. the demand for retail space is far, far less than it was. in smaller towns, it's far harder to make the numbers add up. in dumfries, debenhams was the biggest shop. gosh, it's a lot bigger on the inside. there has not been much interest in it, unfortunately, not so far. a lot of space? it's a big unit, and this isjust one floor. scott runs a company which has bought these empty shops, bringing in new tenants through donations and publicfunding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we had the funding, absolutely we could take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. with maybe a food court

on the ground floor. upper floors, top floor, potentially residential. it's just how to pay for it. that's the challenge for so many town centres. these vast, empty department stores will be trickiest gaps to fill. emma simpson, bbc news, dumfries. let's bring you the very latest on the airlift out of kabul airport. and we are just hearing that the last italian flight has left. these are live pictures from the scene there. the last italian plane has left with afghan civilians on board. as generally the airlift is wound down. also we are just hearing from the germans who have been in kabul. a german army officer who founded a support networks as germany has only

managed to get half of them out of afghanistan. the british defence secretary ben wallace said today the british evacuation is now in its final hours with that august 31 deadline set by the united states approaching. and confirming that some people that britain had been hoping to get out will in fact be left behind. that is the scene there in kabul. the last italian plane has now left. it's been called scotland's route 66. the north coast 500 has become one of britain's tourist success stories, offering visitors stunning views of the highlands, along 500 miles of road. but some people who live along the route say its booming popularity has come at a price, as tim muffett reports. the north coast 500. in terms of boosting visitors to an area often overlooked, it's one of british tourism's biggest success stories. that's £30 altogether then, please. you're getting a 500 t—shirt? yes.

why are you getting that? just to say i've been. we are in the camper van, me and my friend. the north coast 500 was launched six years ago. it linked up existing roads around the coastal edges of the north highlands, and rebranded them as a breathtaking, 516—mile journey. a kind of scottish equivalent of america's route 66. but success is leaving its mark. i think north coast 500 has brought extra tourism to places that perhaps weren'tjust ready and expecting the boom that it has brought. photos have been posted on social media showing what is claimed to be mess and damage left by holiday—makers. the main downsides, i think, for local residents is that there has been a lot of promotion of the route, but it hasn't really been backed up by the infrastructure. things like litter bins, toilets and so on. there has been a bit of problem behaviour associated with that. much of the route consists

of narrow, winding roads. there have been several accidents. this one was filmed two years ago on a time—lapse camera. thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. learn how to use a passing place. if you are in the middle of nowhere, you have to stay on the same side of the road that you are on. there's obviously a lot of people coming here, and there will be a lot of people wild camping. and most people who wild camp will be clean, but itjust takes one person to ruin it for everybody, who leaves a load of rubbish. the castle of mey in caithness. 0nce owned by queen elizabeth, the queen mother. they had about 18,000 visitors a year. once the nc500 took off, we had nearly 29,000, which is a record. people are coming up and saying, oh, we can do it in two days. but it's 516 miles. i think if we all take our time to it, and go at a normal pace, then there is enough room for everybody. the route is promoted by a private company, north coast 500 limited. in a statement, the company stressed that it has always encouraged visitors to follow its advice

on safe driving, overnight parking and waste disposal, and that the route had delivered huge economic benefits to a fragile part of scotland. we have done a lot this year, on that we've brought more toilets in. it's probably never going to be enough. but we are a remote community appear, and it's very difficult to provide what would be expected in the city centres. as foreign travel gets easier, many predict pressure on the nc500 route will ease. but others worry that crowds, cars and camper vans risk spoiling this stunning part of the world. tim muffett, bbc news. much more coming up at three o'clock. let's pause for a look at the weather forecast. it comes from staff. this fine settle spell is set to continue and into much of next week as well. there are variable amounts of cloud again like yesterday, but

some areas will stay sunny. it will feel a touch warmer than yesterday. that is because there will be a bit more sunshine around. the area of eye pressure dominating the scene. —— high—pressure. the central and east areas will see the patchy clouds with some sunny spells. greater chance of sunny spells across the southeast. the best of the sunshine is across scotland, northern ireland, the western fringes of wales and into western england as well. 21, 22 will be the high. still quite cool along the coast. particularly across the southeast corner. this evening it will be dry. lengthy clear spells across the north and the west. temperatures here dropping into single figures, but for most where we have the cloud and breeze, just into double figures. very little change into this weekend. the area of high pressure will stay put and it will one main drive. we should

see some good spells of sunshine. the centre of the high drifts towards the centre of the uk. we could have one or two showers. perhaps towards coastal kent, but i think it should stay largely drive. variable amounts of cloud around. more of a breeze in the southeast. the winds will be light here in the north and the west. it will feel warmer on saturday afternoon. highs i think into the low 20s. may be 2a degrees in central belt of scotland. we could even see higher temperatures across central and southern england as well. for sunday, a similar story. we will pick up some moisture on the northerly breeze across northern areas. it might bring a little bit more cloud across scotland, northern ireland. the best the sunshine again across southern and western areas. highs of 22 and 23. it will be

cooler along the coast. monday it is going to be another dry day. some cloud around. the bus the sunshine in the west. top temperatures 20 or 21.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines. the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today — and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. that is effectively where we start to move to the next stage, the evacuation of our troops. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded — president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. in other news: a new study finds that the risk of blood clots

from catching covid is nearly nine times higher than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2a hour period since the start of the pandemic. 12—year—old boy makes nearly £300,000 during a school holiday after making a series of artworks and selling nft tokens. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday's suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack — including 13 us military personnel.

most of the dead were afghan civilians. speaking to the american people — president biden had a message for the attackers saying, 'we will hunt you down, and make you pay.�* the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 1a,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but there's an acceptance amongst uk officials that it isn't possible to remove everybody. with the un warning — up to half a million more refugees could flee afghanistan by the end of the year. 0urfirst report is from jonathan beale. this is the scene of yesterday's deadly suicide attack. just outside the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the ground, the remnants of more than 90 people killed. many more were wounded.

men, women and children hoping to get on a flight to freedom, never imagining that some of them would be leaving like this. and seared on the memories of those who survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we did not enter the airport because of the security situation. wounded everywhere, i cannot explain what we saw today. my word is silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed responsibility for this evil attack. dust from plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the south side of the airport. the first blast a suicide bomb near abbey gate, the second outside the baron hotel where the british had been evacuating detainees.

processing evacuees. at the white house the stars & stripes work lowered for the 13 us service personnel also killed. inside, a president under pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. the president promised to continue the us airlift in these last few days with the deadline looming but for britain it is almost at an end. it has now closed its evacuation handling centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. at about a:30am we authorised the closure of the baron hotel, our processing centre, and the product across the british government officials that were working there and the military and people inside it for processing.

that is now closed, the abbey gate is currently closed and will remain so and we are currently processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. the final phase of this operation will be getting british troops out. in the rush, they will have to leave some of their equipment behind. they have already flown out nearly 15,000 people though the defence secretary said with deep regret some would be left behind. the hope now is the rest may be able to escape by other means. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul and she gave us her assessment of the mood there: these are dark hours in afghanistan and darker still after the savage attack at kabul airport yesterday which killed at least 90 people. an attack claimed by the islamic state

group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull—out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide bombing at kabul international airport.

0ur washington correspondent barbara plett—usher told us yesterday's attacks could cause major political fallout in the us. it is very sombre. there is a sombre mood in washington with the flags at half mast. they haven't seen this many casualties in one day in the military in a decade, so they are trying to process that, but inside the white house there is a scramble to figure out what the political fallout is going to be. the strategy of the administration so far has been to keep their heads up, not apologise for the chaos and focus on this massive, nearly unprecedented airlift and hoped things will stabilise over time and that long—term what americans would remember asjoe biden ended the war. now the situation has changed and they don't know exactly what the outcome will be and certainly the republicans are poised to make as much political capital out of this as they can. some of them have been calling forjoe biden to resign or be impeached.

there is criticism and concerns among some democrats about the security coordination at the airport, questions about the strength of islamist extremism, whether the americans should leave. for mr biden this is a personal as well as political blow. this is exactly the reason he decided to withdraw from afghanistan. he didn't want to see any more american troops killed there and he says this has reinforced his belief that he made the right decision but he is known to keep in his breast pocket the names of the war dead and now he will have to add to it those killed on his watch. well, joining me now is sharif karimi former british interpreter who is still in afghanistan. he is, i should stress, content for

us to name him. thank you for joining us. i want to make clear, you must be nervous, you must be fearful about your future in afghanistan but you are happy for us to name you. afghanistan but you are happy for us to name yon-— afghanistan but you are happy for us to name you. yes, we have been told in the last day — to name you. yes, we have been told in the last day to _ to name you. yes, we have been told in the last day to go _ to name you. yes, we have been told in the last day to go to _ to name you. yes, we have been told in the last day to go to the _ in the last day to go to the airport. we went to the airport and the taliban did not let us into the gate so we were waiting there for five hours and then we came back home but now we are here and we have left from the flight and left from the location. j left from the flight and left from the location.— left from the flight and left from the location. ~ , ., ., ~ ., the location. i think you worked for the location. i think you worked for the british army _ the location. i think you worked for the british army for _ the location. i think you worked for the british army for three - the location. i think you worked for the british army for three years - the british army for three years with british troops.— the british army for three years with british troops. yes. but what was the position _ with british troops. jj:3 but what was the position because i think the ministry of defence said your contract was terminated so you did not necessarily qualify. what is your understanding that in the end

your understanding that in the end you are qualifying to be airlifted out by the british?— out by the british? yes, it was wronj , out by the british? yes, it was wrong. it _ out by the british? yes, it was wrong. it was _ out by the british? yes, it was wrong, it was a _ out by the british? yes, it was - wrong, it was a misunderstanding. i worked for three years as an interpreter and then i resigned. when i resigned i came home by road, so they told me you were terminated and i argued my case and said i am not, i resigned. not terminated. then they reviewed my case and said, ok, you had not been terminated, you had resigned. then they sent me to an invigilator. but had resigned. then they sent me to an invigilator-_ an invigilator. but you have been left behind _ an invigilator. but you have been left behind despite _ an invigilator. but you have been left behind despite that, - an invigilator. but you have been left behind despite that, and - an invigilator. but you have been left behind despite that, and so. left behind despite that, and so what are you doing now and how worried are you about the taliban being in control of afghanistan? actually, i am scared that we will

be killed by taliban. we encourage the uk government to find another way for us, from a third country from afghanistan to the uk if it is possible. if that is a commercial flight, a third country, but the safest way for us.— safest way for us. would you consider _ safest way for us. would you consider trying _ safest way for us. would you consider trying to _ safest way for us. would you consider trying to get - safest way for us. would you consider trying to get out. safest way for us. would you consider trying to get out by| safest way for us. would you - consider trying to get out by land, perhaps driving out through one of the land borders out of afghanistan? we don't know exactly because some of the countries need visa and their embassies are closed and i don't know exactly what is happening next because most other countries and embassies are closed, we cannot get visa and when we cannot get visa we cannot travel to the countries. [30

cannot travel to the countries. do ou cannot travel to the countries. do you feel in any way let down by the british? as i said, there was the sort of disagreement about whether you qualified for being helped, for being airlifted, and as you say you have been left behind. do you feel you have been let down having worked for the british for a number of years? for the british for a number of ears? ., �* , ., . , for the british for a number of ears? ., �* , years? no, the british forces and the mod and _ years? no, the british forces and the mod and the _ years? no, the british forces and the mod and the people - years? no, the british forces and i the mod and the people responsible for our relocation, they are responsible because they didn't build the right thing at the right time. they should have been doing this months ago, years ago, when the situation was getting worse by day by day. i got the letter one day, two days ago, it is not fair. so we know they did not do that thing for

us. ~ . . know they did not do that thing for us. j ., , , ., know they did not do that thing for us. . . , know they did not do that thing for us. what is your family situation? you are a father _ us. what is your family situation? you are a father of _ us. what is your family situation? you are a father of four, - us. what is your family situation? you are a father of four, is - us. what is your family situation? you are a father of four, is that i you are a father of four, is that right? are you in hiding, is your family in hiding?— right? are you in hiding, is your family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there _ family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there is _ family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there is no _ family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there is no place - family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there is no place to - family in hiding? yes, we are hiding in kabul. there is no place to go - in kabul. there is no place to go outside for shopping or go for picnic or go outside like this. jhmd picnic or go outside like this. and ou are picnic or go outside like this. and you are worried, _ picnic or go outside like this. and you are worried, frankly, that the taliban will try and get revenge on you because you worked with the british army?— british army? exactly. the us government _ british army? exactly. the us government announced - british army? exactly. the us government announced that l british army? exactly. the us i government announced that and british army? exactly. the us - government announced that and i don't know how they got the biometric system but they have. they know some of the people.— know some of the people. because of course, know some of the people. because of course. the — know some of the people. because of course, the taliban _ know some of the people. because of course, the taliban have _ know some of the people. because of course, the taliban have said - know some of the people. because of course, the taliban have said they - course, the taliban have said they are different from the last time the taliban were running afghanistan.

they are not different, because this is their first time because they want to show to the world we are good people, not bad people, but after months, after one year they will do what they want to do, like before. j ., , ., ~j will do what they want to do, like before. j ., , ., ~ . before. and do you think there are many people _ before. and do you think there are many people like _ before. and do you think there are many people like you _ before. and do you think there are many people like you who - before. and do you think there are many people like you who have . before. and do you think there are - many people like you who have worked for western forces, whether for the british are americans who are still stuck in afghanistan, stuck in kabul and very scared?— and very scared? yes, nobody likes us, the and very scared? yes, nobody likes us. they say. _ and very scared? yes, nobody likes us. they say. you — and very scared? yes, nobody likes us, they say, you work _ and very scared? yes, nobody likes us, they say, you work for - and very scared? yes, nobody likes us, they say, you work for the - us, they say, you work for the infidels, you work for the americans and the british, you are their slaves and spies, so that is why nobody likes us.— slaves and spies, so that is why nobody likes us. with the attacks that we saw _ nobody likes us. with the attacks that we saw yesterday, _ nobody likes us. with the attacks that we saw yesterday, islamic i that we saw yesterday, islamic state, isis k, are you worried about

them as well because they are even more extreme than the taliban? yes. more extreme than the taliban? yes, that is coming- _ more extreme than the taliban? yes, that is coming. we _ more extreme than the taliban? yes, that is coming. we know— more extreme than the taliban? jj:3 that is coming. we know they will more extreme than the taliban? jjj:3 that is coming. we know they will be coming and they will fight with the taliban. ~ . . coming and they will fight with the taliban. ~ . , i. , ., ., taliban. what is your message now to the british government, _ taliban. what is your message now to the british government, to _ taliban. what is your message now to the british government, to the - the british government, to the british ministry of defence about you and about other people like you who worked for the british were still in afghanistan? what would you say to the british government now? j say to the british government now? i would encourage the uk government and the modjust would encourage the uk government and the mod just to make a would encourage the uk government and the modjust to make a plan would encourage the uk government and the mod just to make a plan for us, make a safe plan for us to a third country orfrom us, make a safe plan for us to a third country or from afghanistan to the uk on commercialflights. we would encourage them to help us out as soon as possible and make a safe way for us. but as soon as possible and make a safe wa for us. �* as soon as possible and make a safe way for us—

way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming _ way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to _ way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an _ way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, - way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, it i way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, it is| airlift is coming to an end, it is pretty much over. do you still have hope that you can get out of afghanistan, you and yourfamily can get out? j afghanistan, you and your family can jet out? ., , get out? i hope. if the uk government _ get out? i hope. if the uk government tries - get out? i hope. if the uk government tries that - get out? i hope. if the uk| government tries that they get out? i hope. if the uk - government tries that they can do it, because we are just like, government tries that they can do it, because we arejust like, maybe we will be like 100 families, 150 families, they can do, if they want to do itjust into hours but i don't know why they are not doing it. thousands of people who are not employees of uk forces, they are civilians who they evacuated. the main people who worked for them are left behind for the taliban. i don't know what is going on. you left behind for the taliban. i don't know what is going on.— left behind for the taliban. i don't know what is going on. you think the british should _ know what is going on. you think the british should have _ know what is going on. you think the british should have tried _ know what is going on. you think the british should have tried harder- know what is going on. you think the british should have tried harder to i british should have tried harder to get everyone out who worked for the army? get everyone out who worked for the arm ? . get everyone out who worked for the arm ? , ., ., ., get everyone out who worked for the arm ? , ., . . , army? first of all, at the first

staje, army? first of all, at the first stage. we _ army? first of all, at the first stage, we were _ army? first of all, at the first stage, we were a _ army? first of all, at the first stage, we were a priority. - army? first of all, at the first j stage, we were a priority. we army? first of all, at the first - stage, we were a priority. we should have been evacuated firstly. after that whoever they wish to get evacuated, they should get their wish. most of the interpreters are left. the people which i know, 20, 25 people they got the letters and have left. i don't know what kind of process they were doing. jbjhd have left. i don't know what kind of process they were doing.— process they were doing. and can i 'ust process they were doing. and can i just asked. — process they were doing. and can i just asked, were _ process they were doing. and can i just asked, were you _ process they were doing. and can i just asked, were you at _ process they were doing. and can i just asked, were you at the - process they were doing. and can i just asked, were you at the airport| just asked, were you at the airport trying to get out?— just asked, were you at the airport trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport. _ trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport, we _ trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport, we weren't _ trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport, we weren't to - trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport, we weren't to the - to the airport, we weren't to the abbey get, and we tried a lot but the taliban said we would shoot you if you do not leave the place and after five hours i left the place and came home. so after five hours i left the place and came home.— after five hours i left the place and came home. i. . .,

and came home. so you are layer and could have actually _ and came home. so you are layer and could have actually been _ and came home. so you are layer and could have actually been caught - and came home. so you are layer and could have actually been caught up i could have actually been caught up in the islamic state attacks that killed so many people?- in the islamic state attacks that killed so many people? yes, the uk government — killed so many people? yes, the uk government did _ killed so many people? yes, the uk government did not _ killed so many people? yes, the uk government did not have _ killed so many people? yes, the uk government did not have a - killed so many people? yes, the uk government did not have a specificl government did not have a specific plan for that. there was not any contact person to call and to tell them that we are here, please come and escort hours. there was nobody to his quarters, we werejust and escort hours. there was nobody to his quarters, we were just told to his quarters, we were just told to go to this place but we were not organised well. we should have been organised well. we should have been organised well. we should have been organised well to successfully get in the airport but we have not seen anything like this. you in the airport but we have not seen anything like this.— anything like this. you are disappointed, _ anything like this. you are disappointed, clearly i anything like this. you are| disappointed, clearly more anything like this. you are i disappointed, clearly more than disappointed, clearly more than disappointed, you are angry with the way you have been treated? absolutely, i am disappointed. the uk government should not have done this. they should have operated as

before and now as soon as possible they can make a way for us. they have opportunities to do that. if they want to do it they can do it right now. they want to do it they can do it right now-— they want to do it they can do it rijht now. . , ., , right now. really hope you do stay safe and your _ right now. really hope you do stay safe and your family _ right now. really hope you do stay safe and your family stay - right now. really hope you do stay safe and your family stay safe i right now. really hope you do stay safe and your family stay safe and | safe and your family stay safe and thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us and really, good luck to you for the future.- luck to you for the future. thank ou so luck to you for the future. thank you so much- — luck to you for the future. thank you so much- a _ luck to you for the future. thank you so much. a former - luck to you for the future. thank l you so much. a former interpreter for the british _ you so much. a former interpreter for the british army _ you so much. a former interpreter for the british army who _ you so much. a former interpreter for the british army who are i you so much. a former interpreter for the british army who are still. for the british army who are still in afghanistan, desperate to get out. you're watching bbc news. let's turn their attention to the latest on coronavirus. the risks of having a covertjab are dwarfed by the dangers of having the virus. according to a major new study of vaccinations. scientists looked at the records of more than 29 million people who received their first dose between december and april — and found the chance of developing blood clots was almost nine times higher in people who catch covid19 than in those who'd had a vaccine. naomi grimley has the details.

lisa shaw was a well—loved presenter on bbc radio newcastle. she died aged aa in may after suffering from an unusual brain clot, one of the very rare side effect after an astrazeneca vaccine. researchers at several uk universities have been trying to pin down the risks over the possible side effects, sometimes seen with either the astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizerjab, and then compare them to the risks of getting the virus itself. for every 10 million people vaccinated with astrazeneca, an extra 107 would be hospitalised or die from thrombocytopoenia, which can cause internal bleeding and haemorrhages. but that's nearly nine times lower than the risks of the same condition following natural infection, and crucially, no higher than with other vaccines such as the flu jab. the astrazeneca vaccine also had a slightly higher risk

of blood clots in veins, but again, this was 200 times lower than the risk if you caught covid. in those receiving the pfizerjab, there was an increased risk of stroke, but this will still 12 times lower than the risks that came with infection. the researchers hope it will provide context to some of the headlines over the last few months. these vaccines appear to be very, very safe. a small number of people do get these outcomes, sadly. these risks seem to be comparable with other vaccines such as the flu vaccine. if you develop covid—19, the risks of these same outcomes from our data are just so much higher. nhs england says it has got new data showing that 100,000 lives have been saved by covid jab so far, and it's still less than a year since the vaccination push started. naomi grimley, bbc news. scotland has recorded a record

number of daily covid cases — as the number surged above 6,000 for the first time. in her daily briefing, first minister nicola sturgeon said the sharp rise was a "cause for concern" — but the scottish government was not currently considering the introduction of a circuit breaker lockdown. we are reporting another very sharp rise in cases today. 6835 positive cases reported yesterday. that is by far the highest number in a single day so far and it represents 1a.2% of all tests carried out. i should also say, for some context, that there was also a record number of tests carried out yesterday. that doesn't entirely explain for the rise but it does give some important context. a79 people are in hospital currently. that is 53 more than yesterday and a7 in intensive care which is the same as yesterday.

sadly a further four deaths have been reported in the past 2a hours and it takes the total number of deaths registered under this daily definition to 8103 and as always my condolences go to everyone who has lost a loved one. as of this morning, a,095,a63 people have received a first dose of vaccine and 3,629,a82 have received a second dose. the vast majority of people over the age of a0, 90 5% of them, have had two doses of the vaccine and are now fully vaccinated. 72% of 30—39 —year—olds have had both doses, for the 18—29 —year—old age group so far a6% have had second doses although second doses are ongoing in that age group and i can tell you that in 16

and 17—year—olds, where the beginning of vaccination is much more recent, almost half, aa%, have had their first. so these rates of vaccination are positive and continue together as, even in the face of case numbers such as those i have reported today, optimism for the remainder of our path through this pandemic. we know that if we are fully vaccinated we are somewhat less likely to get covid although as i said on tuesday around one third of new cases at the moment are of people who have been vaccinated. however, even more importantly we know that being fully vaccinated makes it significantly less likely to fall seriously ill from covid. that is why the high number of new cases we are seeing has not so far led to the same number of hospitalisations that we

saw on previous waves of the pandemic. that said, the case numbers we are seeing at the moment are still cause for concern. in the last seven days we have reported more new cases than at any previous time in the pandemic, although i refer back to my point about higher levels of testing, but case numbers have roughly doubled over the course of the past seven days. nicola sturgeon with the latest coronavirus briefing. firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial premises in the midlands where explosions and a strong chemical smell have been reported. a huge plume of thick, black smoke can be seen billowing from the site onjuno drive in leamington spa. giles latcham sent this update from the scene. 0ur reporter bob hockenhull is at the scene. we can still see the smoke behind you. we can still see the smoke behind ou. ., we can still see the smoke behind ou. ., . ., , we can still see the smoke behind ou. ., , ., ., you. you can, it is not quite as hijh as

you. you can, it is not quite as high as when _ you. you can, it is not quite as high as when the _ you. you can, it is not quite as high as when the fire - you. you can, it is not quite as high as when the fire started l you. you can, it is not quite as| high as when the fire started at 10:30am this morning but obviously it is still very much in evidence on the speculation is the fire service will have to be here all weekend to damp it down. the fire started at 10:30am. smoke was seen billowing 100 metres up into the air and could be seen from 30 miles away. there are quite a few factories and warehouses on this industrial estate. the people working there were told to leave and to get further away. also there are a number of houses where residents have had to be moved on as well. there is a 70 metre corbin at the moment. we have not had it totally confirmed what we believe this fire started at a poly urethane chemical plant. there were a number of explosions but they have died down over the past two hours. the police have said one person is still unaccounted for and searches continue for that person. what looks like polystyrene was also seen

falling from the air earlier this morning around the site of the smoke. as you can see, the smoke is very much in evidence in the fire service believes it will be here until monday at least and so factory workers have been sent home for the day. this site is also home to a newly built government funded covid testing site and it was due to be an open day here today. that has had to be cancelled. the testing site is just across the road from where the fire started so hasn't been affected. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. 0urarea of high 0ur area of high pressure will bring this fine unsettled weather through the weekend and into much of next week. ., ., , the weekend and into much of next week. ., , , the weekend and into much of next week. ., , week. today it is dry across the board with _ week. today it is dry across the board with the _ week. today it is dry across the board with the best _ week. today it is dry across the board with the best of - week. today it is dry across the board with the best of the i week. today it is dry across the i board with the best of the sunshine across northern and western areas. more cloud services central and

eastern parts, more of a breeze across the south—east corner. that is how it will remain tonight and we hold on to the breeze, variable cloud across northern and eastern areas but the temperature could drop to single figures for many areas, just about double figures further east with more cloud and a breeze. we start the weekend off on a similar note with plenty of sunshine and a bit of low cloud and mist affecting north and west scotland and patchy cloud further south and east. more of a breeze but lighter winds further north and east, a warmer day, low 20s in central and southern england. for more story on sunday and for many of his monday as a bank holiday, looks like it will stay dry and settled.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines... the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today and admits some people will be left behind. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded. president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. in other news... a new study finds that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times higher than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2a hour period since the start of the pandemic. and coming up, a 12—year old boy makes nearly £300,000 during his school holiday after creating a series of pixelated artworks and selling non—fungible tokens. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here's gavin.

hello there. the bbc understands manchester united are in advanced talks to sign cristiano ronaldo after he told juventus he no longer wants to play for the italian club. ronaldo has spent three years in italy since joining from real madrid. manchester city were interested but it is now neighbours united who are trying to do a deal and bring back theirformer player, who spent six years at old trafford between 2003 and 2009. this is what 0le gunnar solskjaer said this morning. it has been speculation, this morning and the last few days. we have always had good communication. i know bruno has been talking to him as well. he knows what we feel about him. and if he was ever going to move away from... he knows that we are here. . move away from... he knows that we are here. , ., . .

are here. yes, the portugalteam could potentially _ are here. yes, the portugalteam could potentially sway _ are here. yes, the portugalteam could potentially sway that. i yes, the portugal team could potentially sway that. 0ur football reporter simon stone believes ronaldo's return to manchester united is a strong possibility. first of all, we have that you ventas match confirming that ronaldo no longer wish to play for them. he turned up at the training grounds, said his goodbyes, left. 0ur said his goodbyes, left. our understanding is that he is now on a plane to portugal to meet his long—time adviser. then pep guardiola said bernardo would be signed, he would be decided where —— he would be the one to decide where he would be the one to decide where he would be the one to decide where he would go. we have since found out that manchester city are not going to do a deal. ronaldo said he knew what... now we to do a deal. ronaldo said he knew what. .. now we find to do a deal. ronaldo said he knew what... now we find out to do a deal. ronaldo said he knew what. .. now we find out that there are talks to sign him. with him returning to the club that he left in 2009. it has been an amazing

couple of hours to make there is a bit of work to do yet. that couple of hours to make there is a bit of work to do yet.— bit of work to do yet. that was simon stone. _ that was simon stone. england are pushing for an innings victory against india on day three of the third test at headingley. england's first innings ended quickly for a32 in the morning. but they still amassed a huge lead of 35a, following india's dismal 78 all out. india's openers held firm second time round until craig 0verton struckjust before lunch — jonny bairstow taking a brilliant catch in the slips. a few moments ago they were 102 for one, still trailing by 252 runs live commentary right now with test match special on radio five live sports extra. britain's kadeena cox retained her 500 metre time trial paralympic title with a stunning ride in tokyo. cox won cycling and athletics gold at the rio games, and knew she had to beat the time set by canadian world champion kate o'brien to win britain's seventh gold of the games. and she smashed that with a brilliant ride, setting a new world record in the process, much to the delight of her family watching at home.

i have been speaking to her all week. i said you are bringing home a gold. i will say she smashed it. she has overcome these extra obstacles as well. the passion and the drive is what keeps the focus and keeps her going. she is what keeps the focus and keeps her jjoin. ., .,, is what keeps the focus and keeps her jjoin. ,, ., , ., is what keeps the focus and keeps herjjoin. ,, , ., . . her going. she has proven that all thian are her going. she has proven that all things are possible. _ her going. she has proven that all things are possible. she - her going. she has proven that all things are possible. she has- her going. she has proven that all things are possible. she has donej her going. she has proven that all. things are possible. she has done it today _ she has done it today. hannah russell and reece dunn both claimed gold on another successful day in the pool for british swimmers russell retained her 100 metre backstroke title finishing just over half a second ahead of her nearest rival. it's russell's third games. she won two golds in rio before taking a break in 2018 and 2019 to deal with mental health issues. reece dunn made up for the disappointment of finishing second in the butterfly on wednesday with his first paralympic title in the 200 metres freestyle. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. and hopefully more updates on what ronaldo is up to. can't wait to hear. he's not coming to liverpool, but i'm not sure we need him.

anyway... let's get more now on our main story and the situation in afghanistan. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport, despite yesterday's suicide bomb attack and there's concern that thousands of people could be left behind. it's a concern shared by former defence and foreign secretary, sir malcolm rifkind who spoke to me earlier. it is pretty grim and it's pretty serious, but it's not something that the united kingdom's presence in kabul can change. the taliban control the perimeter of the airport, president biden has not even sought to seek an extension —— they have not sought an extension of the evacuation. there may be other ways in which they will be

able to get out. of course there is a long and very porous border between afghanistan and pakistan. i'm sure many afghans who feel the need to leave will be trying that route over the days to come. it is not yet certain also how much risk they will be at at the hands of the taliban. i don't say i trust the taliban, but so far, their tone has been more emollient and more reasonable than 20 years ago. and they claim, i repeat, they claim, that they are not going to exact revenge on those who helped the united states or the nato forces. it has been seen by many people around the world as a debacle, really, for western forces there. a disaster, maybe even. what is your view of what has happened and your view ofjoe biden's decision on all of this? well, i would use the word tragic rather than debacle. i think it is a tragic outcome, but it became inevitable. once the president insisted that there was no movement from the august 31 deadline. but the rot actually began with president trump when he decided to have bilateral negotiations between the americans and the taliban and it was not permitted for the afghan elected democratic government to be present at negotiations about the future of their own country.

i mean, the last time that sort of thing happened, i'm afraid to say, was chamberlain and adolf hitler dismembering czechoslovakia without the czechs being allowed to be present. so that destroyed the confidence of the afghan people in their own government and it must�*ve had a devastating impact on the morale of the afghan military. but though are those that say, actually, british and nato have been too reliant on the americans. they could have done their own thing in afghanistan. would that not have been a possibility? i have heard occasionally members of parliament and some media people speculating to that effect. i think it is absurd, i'm sorry to use such a word. i think it is totally absurd. the military capability and contribution in afghanistan of the united kingdom would make, the idea that that would make a difference to the future of afghanistan when the americans themselves with far vaster numbers and personnel have failed, i just don't think carries an iota of credibility. and could britain have done more to get the people who have helped

british troops for so many years out of afghanistan? because we have been seeing stories in the paper for months, frankly, months and months, about interpreters desperate to get out of afghanistan and britain actually being quite slow to help them. i don't think they were slow to help. i think one has got to be objective and fair here. as far as we can tell, the embassy reacted rapidly and once the news was coming through, what we have had is a situation which even the taliban themselves have said publicly they did not anticipate. the sudden, dramatic collapse of the afghan government, the fleeing of the president abroad and essentially the surrender of the afghan military all happening in hours, not days. so nobody had anticipated that. you say nobody anticipated that, was that not itself a failure, an intelligence failure, somewhere along the line, that we didn't know? no, no. i would imagine, i don't know, i was not involved.

but i would imagine, we had various scenarios from best— to worst—case scenario. and the worst—case scenario would have been a sudden and unexpected collapse of the afghan government. now that itself means that if you only have a few hours to empty your embassy to find safe exit for all the people who work there, to destroy all the paper. we read today's stories about various lists of people's names and addresses being found. now, that is going to require an inquiry. in normal circumstances, such names and addresses being around would be unforgivable. there could be no possible explanation. what maybe, i don't know, what maybe happened on this occasion, it seems from reports i've heard is a possible reason why it happen is they were burning and destroying lots of these papers, but the receptacle where they were being burnt clearly did not burn them all. by that time, probably most of the personnel had fled the embassy. what is the long—term... what is a long—term future of afghanistan now in your view?

in the control of the taliban, but also you see, these extremists, like islamic state—k, isis—k with whatever you want to call them, who are even more extreme than the taliban and extremely dangerous. well, we have always known that the taliban who have a rather uncomfortable relationship, from our point of view, with al-qaeda, they have despised the islamic state people, including those responsible for the terrorist attacks. so you have now a rather curious commonality of interests. the taliban have the same interest at this moment in time as the united states, the united kingdom, russia, china in destroying their islamic terrorist group responsible for the two suicide bombings in the last 2a hours. that has humiliated the taliban because it is now happening under their governance. they have to explain why it happened and why it will not happen again. i think the pressure that is already being put by the united states, by the uk, but also actually by the russians and the chinese, that the new taliban government must take effective measures to destroy

any possibility of terrorist attacks by al-qaeda or the islamic state from the territory. we don't know how the taliban are discussing this issue. they must be very concerned about it. and it is worth just remembering before we jump to conclusions that ghastly though the taliban are from our point of view, they have never been remotely interested in acts of terrorism outside of afghanistan. they are not a global terrorist organisation, although they may have used, they have used, terrorism within the country. so they have no interest, that is why the islamic state despises them. they have no interest in globaljihad. what they do have, obviously, is a desire to have total control in afghanistan. so that might, particularly in the light of what has happened in the last 2a hours with the suicide bombings, that will have brought home to some of the unreconstructed members of the taliban leadership that it

must be in their own interest as well as what the rest of the world is expecting from them. to effectively ensure that cannot happen from within their territory. of western, liberal interventionism as it is sometimes called? the idea of, you know, sending troops into places like afghanistan or iraq or libya, they have all ended variously in humiliation and failure for the west. does that mean it is all over? well, i think you are a bit out of date about this. the attractions of so—called western liberal intervention, using your armed forces, died in the aftermath of the iraq invasion, the iraq war. for which tony blair and george bush were responsible. so i don't think anyone has been very keen... it is how you extricate yourself from where you already are because the problems in afghanistan and the presence in afghanistan goes back a lot earlier. but in any event, my final comment, if you will allow me, is afghanistan must never be combined with iraq. the reason for going to iraq was unjustifiable. in afghanistan, it was entirely justifiable. the biggest terrorist

attack the world had ever known, the 9/11 bombings, 7000 people killed. but we are back to square one. we are back to square one with the taliban in control 20 years later as they were 20 years ago. no, we are not. forgive me, first of all, we have never seen the repeat because of the invasion of afghanistan and the elimination of the taliban 20 years ago, that effectively destroyed al-qaeda as an organisation capable of launching anything on the scale of 911. and we have not seen anything remotely like that for the last 20 years. so the concern is now that the taliban are back in power, are they the same taliban? are they going to be indifferent or positively supportive of al-qaeda ? and i tried to comment on that just a few months ago, when you asked me earlier question. this is the scene in washington. at the pentagon where we are expecting a briefing from the defence department there on what happened in kabul yesterday with those

devastating terrorist attacks and the deaths we know of 13 us service pearson al. we will be getting an update from the pentagon. —— personnel. it will be an on camera briefing in the pentagon. the airlift, we now know, is winding up in kabul airport. the swiss are the very latest to have announced that they have ended now there a evacuation operation. a few minutes ago we reported that the italians had flown their last plane out of kabul airport. had flown their last plane out of kabulairport. it had flown their last plane out of kabul airport. it is very much the finalfew kabul airport. it is very much the final few hours kabul airport. it is very much the finalfew hours for kabul airport. it is very much the final few hours for the airlift operation for all the western nations who have been involved in afghanistan. afghans fleeing the crisis have begun arriving in calais, joining those who have fled the taliban in the past few months. president emmanuel macron has said that more than 2000 afghans deemed at risk are among the people france

has evacuated from kabul on military flights. those flights are due to end today, though the french government says it's taking a prudent approach. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson has been speaking to afghans in calais. among the regulars lining up for a well—known lunch, a new phase. mohammed arrived here a week ago after getting on a french evacuation flight from kabul airport. icame i came from the airport. to many families, too many children climbing amex saying please give me way, i want to get out. anycountry. not england, not france, anycountry. mohamed tells me he worked for one of afghanistan's political parties whose members were targeted by the taliban. j whose members were targeted by the taliban. . ,, taliban. i tried there at the us arm . taliban. i tried there at the us army- they — taliban. i tried there at the us army. they said _ taliban. i tried there at the us army. they said no, _ taliban. i tried there at the us army. they said no, i- taliban. i tried there at the us army. they said no, i take i taliban. i tried there at the us. army. they said no, i take child taliban. i tried there at the us i army. they said no, i take child or family. not without family cannot take you. the next day i tried for friends. —— for france. the french

are plain and he accepted me. this man fled the _ are plain and he accepted me. this man fled the taliban six years ago after local leaders suspected him of passing information to the army. when they could not find him, they killed his father instead. he is speaking every day to the family he left behind. , . . , . ., left behind. they are really afraid. reau left behind. they are really afraid. really scared- _ left behind. they are really afraid. really scared. they _ left behind. they are really afraid. really scared. they cannot - left behind. they are really afraid. really scared. they cannot go i left behind. they are really afraid. | really scared. they cannot go out. they— really scared. they cannot go out. they stay— really scared. they cannot go out. they stay in — really scared. they cannot go out. they stay in the house. and i will say they stay in the house. and i will say l _ they stay in the house. and i will say i will— they stay in the house. and i will say i will bring you out of the country _ say i will bring you out of the country. don't worry. and they say, if you _ country. don't worry. and they say, if you send — country. don't worry. and they say, if you send a — country. don't worry. and they say, if you send a visa, how are we going to get— if you send a visa, how are we going to get to _ if you send a visa, how are we going to get to the airport? every area is now controlled by the taliban, they are checking everything. eight ajen are checking everything. eight agency say — are checking everything. eight agency say they _ are checking everything. eight agency say they expect - are checking everything. eight agency say they expect a i are checking everything. e gjjt agency say they expect a big influx of afghans here over the next few weeks. kele has been home to those fleeing the taliban for years, they just do not arrive in france on a military plane. mohammed'sjourney

military plane. mohammed's journey is military plane. mohammed'sjourney is not over. like many here, he wants to get to the uk. his plan is to hide inside a refrigerated lorry. afghans in the camps here are telling us... were going to go to that pentagon briefing now. as from previous days, no exception i will give you an operation of day and then we will turn it back over to mr kirby. don't have a lot of additional detail to offer you about the attack yesterday at the abbey gate. but i can tell you that we do not believe there was a second explosion at or near the baron hotel. that it was one suicide bomber. we are not sure how that report was provided. we do know it is not any surprise that in the confusion of very dynamic events like this it can cause information to sometimes be misreported or

garbled. we felt it was important to correct the record with you all here. you have now seen that we have updated our casualty list to include a 13th servicemember killed in action. 0urthoughts a 13th servicemember killed in action. our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the families and to the team—mates that we have lost. this is a devastating time for these goldstar families, a title no one wants to hold, but we absolutely hold in the utmost respect. i can also report that two flights landed at ram stein today carrying our wounded personnel from the attack. these personnel have been transferred to on the a regional medical centre. in kabul commanders on the ground continued to assess the risk in a dynamic situation as they have been since the beginning.

force protection remains paramount with the continued threat. we have continued the evacuation mist in the yesterday as you saw, as you reported last night. i will give you an update of how things have gone in the last 2a hours. yesterday, 35 us military aircraft, 29 c7 teens and six c—130s departed with approximately 8000 500 personnel —— 8500 personnel. combined with the 5a coalition departures. an additional a000 personnel left couples. 89 flights total yesterday out of kabul, totalling approximately 12,500 evacuees now safely out of afghanistan in a 2a hour period. in the past 2a hours, more than 300 american citizens were evacuated

from afghanistan bring the total to approximately 5100. we continue to maximise our efficiency since we began the evacuation approximately 111,000 evacuees have departed safely. the state department, councillor officer continued to screen and process people arriving at gates around kabul. some gates have been closed as we reported but american it is in sieve applicant and vulnerable afghans with the designated and proper credentials will continue to be processed for the departure. there are still people awaiting flights out of afghanistan. we have the ability to include evacuees on us military airlift until the very end. the

department of defence has the continued responsibility to support the state department in the ongoing movement evacuating through intermediate staging basis and save hastens —— safe havens all the way to the united states in the coming days. on that topic, here is a quick update on the military installations and our safe havens and staging basis that are helping to transition all of these flights. bases are receiving steady people to process. today there would be about 19 flights and approximately 5000 passengers in germany, italy and spain including the naval station there in spain. they will be about 3300 people transported from europe to the united states. i cannot say

enough how important the contribution of our allies and partners has been in this massive global operation. additionally, more evacuees continue to arrive in the states and moving to designated installations throughout. the commanding general will provide a more focused briefing on this extensive effort. i will reiterate what was said yesterday, there are more than 5000 us service members in harm's way, saving as many people as they can. it is a noble mission. we have seen first—hand how dangerous that mission is. but isis will not deter us from accomplishing this mission. we appreciate your thoughts and prayers for all of our service members who are carrying on this mission today. above all, we remain

focused on evacuating american citizens and other personnel designated by the department of state, safeguarding the lives of those whom we are providing assistance and keeping american troops safe. thank you. 0k, ok, i 0k, ijust ok, i just have 0k, ijust have one other thing to an end _ 0k, ijust have one other thing to an end it— 0k, ijust have one other thing to an end it is— 0k, ijust have one other thing to an end it isa— 0k, ijust have one other thing to an end it is a good segue from what the general— an end it is a good segue from what the general ended with. today the department of defence can announce that it _ department of defence can announce that it has _ department of defence can announce that it has authorised marine corps base quantico virginia fort pickett virginia _ base quantico virginia fort pickett virginia and a airbase in new mexico to provide _ virginia and a airbase in new mexico to provide additional support to evacuate — to provide additional support to evacuate afghans with special visa. these _ evacuate afghans with special visa. these installations are joined mac joining _ these installations are joined mac joining three other bases and providing the support. the defence department will continue to support

the state _ department will continue to support the state department in providing temporary housing, stiff statement —— sustainment... us northern command — —— sustainment... us northern command will co—ordinate the details of this— command will co—ordinate the details of this with _ command will co—ordinate the details of this with the state department, the department of homeland security and the _ the department of homeland security and the department of health and human _ and the department of health and human services as necessary. and it will be _ human services as necessary. and it will be provided under for dissident —— presidential drawdown. as a general— —— presidential drawdown. as a general let— —— presidential drawdown. as a general let you know, we will have the commander coming into the briefing — the commander coming into the briefing room with you later this afternoon — briefing room with you later this afternoon to provide more context on that. afternoon to provide more context on that i_ afternoon to provide more context on that iwill— afternoon to provide more context on that. i will take questions. this afternoon to provide more context on that. i will take questions.— that. i will take questions. this is jrobabl that. i will take questions. this is probably for _ that. i will take questions. this is probably for the _ that. i will take questions. this is probably for the general. - that. i will take questions. this is probably for the general. the i probably for the general. the president— probably for the general. the president has— probably for the general. the president has said _ probably for the general. the president has said he - probably for the general. the president has said he wants. probably for the general. the i president has said he wants to hit back at— president has said he wants to hit back at lsisj — president has said he wants to hit back at isis, he _ president has said he wants to hit back at isis, he vowed _ president has said he wants to hit back at isis, he vowed to - president has said he wants to hit back at isis, he vowed to do - president has said he wants to hit back at isis, he vowed to do it. i president has said he wants to hit i back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult _ back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will — back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will it — back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will it be — back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will it be for— back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will it be for the _ back at isis, he vowed to do it. how difficult will it be for the us - difficult will it be for the us military— difficult will it be for the us military to _ difficult will it be for the us military to do _ difficult will it be for the us military to do that - difficult will it be for the us military to do that type i difficult will it be for the us military to do that type of. military to do that type of operation _ military to do that type of operation considering i military to do that type of operation considering the| military to do that type of - operation considering the lower number—

operation considering the lower number of— operation considering the lower number of troops _ operation considering the lower number of troops and _ operation considering the lower number of troops and the - operation considering the lower. number of troops and the difficulty in getting — number of troops and the difficulty in getting intelligence _ number of troops and the difficulty in getting intelligence on- number of troops and the difficulty in getting intelligence on the - in getting intelligence on the ground? _ in getting intelligence on the ground? and _ in getting intelligence on the ground? and i— in getting intelligence on the ground? and i don't - in getting intelligence on the ground? and i don't know. in getting intelligence on the ground? and i don't know ifl in getting intelligence on the i ground? and i don't know if this is you or— ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, — ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, can— ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, can you _ ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, can you talk— ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, can you talk about i ground? and i don't know if this is you or ron, can you talk about a i you or ron, can you talk about a number— you or ron, can you talk about a number of— you or ron, can you talk about a number of people _ you or ron, can you talk about a number of people that _ you or ron, can you talk about a number of people that we - you or ron, can you talk about a i number of people that we will see getting _ number of people that we will see getting process _ number of people that we will see getting process over— number of people that we will see getting process over the - number of people that we will see getting process over the next - getting process over the next severet— getting process over the next several days? _ getting process over the next several days? is _ getting process over the next several days? is that - getting process over the next several days? is that going . getting process over the next| several days? is that going to getting process over the next. several days? is that going to go down? _ several days? is that going to go down? do— several days? is that going to go down? do you— several days? is that going to go down? do you have _ several days? is that going to go down? do you have out - several days? is that going to go i down? do you have out the number several days? is that going to go - down? do you have out the number of people _ down? do you have out the number of peogte you _ down? do you have out the number of peogte you think— down? do you have out the number of people you think you're _ down? do you have out the number of people you think you're going - down? do you have out the number of people you think you're going to - down? do you have out the number of people you think you're going to go i people you think you're going to go to question — people you think you're going to go to question mec— people you think you're going to go to question mac your _ people you think you're going to go to question mac your ballpark - to question mac your ballpark estimate? _ to question mac your ballpark estimate? on _ to question mac your ballpark estimate?— to question mac your ballpark estimate? l, , , g, estimate? on our capabilities and abili to estimate? on our capabilities and ability to protect _ estimate? on our capabilities and ability to protect ourselves - estimate? on our capabilities and ability to protect ourselves or - estimate? on our capabilities and ability to protect ourselves or to l ability to protect ourselves or to also conduct the strikes as you said, as i've said all along, we have resources with the commanders on the ground and the capabilities to allow us to execute any type of those operations as those are required. those operations as those are reuuired. g, g, g, , required. so, again, we are still ”lannin required. so, again, we are still planning on _ required. so, again, we are still planning on ending _ required. so, again, we are still planning on ending this - required. so, again, we are still planning on ending this mission| required. so, again, we are still. planning on ending this mission at the end _ planning on ending this mission at

the end of— planning on ending this mission at the end of the month. as i said the other— the end of the month. as i said the other day, — the end of the month. as i said the other day, as we get closer and we are getting — other day, as we get closer and we are getting closer, you are going to see us— are getting closer, you are going to see us begin to make those muscle movements to pull out our troops and some _ movements to pull out our troops and some of— movements to pull out our troops and some of our— movements to pull out our troops and some of our equipment. what we want to do is— some of our equipment. what we want to do is preserve as much capability as tong _ to do is preserve as much capability as tong as— to do is preserve as much capability as long as we can both in terms of the security— as long as we can both in terms of the security footprint also in terms of the _ the security footprint also in terms of the ability as a general alluded to in his — of the ability as a general alluded to in his opening statement to moving — to in his opening statement to moving out evacuees. lives are still the priority — moving out evacuees. lives are still the priority. the lives of our troops — the priority. the lives of our troops and of course the lives of the evacuees in trying to get as many— the evacuees in trying to get as many out — the evacuees in trying to get as many out as possible. there will be a balance _ many out as possible. there will be a balance over the next few days as we continue — a balance over the next few days as we continue to process through that transition _ we continue to process through that transition as we continue to do what we catt— transition as we continue to do what we call retrograde. i cannot give you a _ we call retrograde. i cannot give you a specific number on any given day. you a specific number on any given day i_ you a specific number on any given day ithink— you a specific number on any given day. i think you will see us adjust

as necessary to make sure that we are achieving that proper balance. we witi— are achieving that proper balance. we will he — are achieving that proper balance. we will be able to fly out evacuees i’i l ht we will be able to fly out evacuees right up— we will be able to fly out evacuees right up until the last moment. that is going _ right up until the last moment. that is going to _ right up until the last moment. that is going to be the goal. if i may, i want _ is going to be the goal. if i may, i want to— is going to be the goal. if i may, i want to take _ is going to be the goal. if i may, i want to take the opportunity to convey — want to take the opportunity to convey to — want to take the opportunity to convey to all of you that as we did before _ convey to all of you that as we did before when we began retrograde, withdrawal back in april, we were veryjudicious about the detail that we were _ veryjudicious about the detail that we were putting out. and ijust want to level— we were putting out. and ijust want to level set — we were putting out. and ijust want to level set with all of you that you're — to level set with all of you that you're going to see us become more judicious _ you're going to see us become more judicious going forward as we get closer— judicious going forward as we get closer to — judicious going forward as we get closer to the end of the month about what information we are giving you in terms _ what information we are giving you in terms of— what information we are giving you in terms of how many troops on the ground _ in terms of how many troops on the ground i_ in terms of how many troops on the ground. i would in terms of how many troops on the ground. iwould not in terms of how many troops on the ground. i would not expect us to be giving _ ground. i would not expect us to be giving that— ground. i would not expect us to be giving that number out going forward _ giving that number out going forward. and with the capabilities are and _ forward. and with the capabilities are and where they are and what they are and where they are and what they are doing _ are and where they are and what they are doing. we are going to be very mindful— are doing. we are going to be very mindful of— are doing. we are going to be very mindful of the operational security etement _ mindful of the operational security element of this and i think yesterday is a stark, grim reminder of why— yesterday is a stark, grim reminder of why that — yesterday is a stark, grim reminder of why that is important going forward — of why that is important going forward i_ of why that is important going forward. i know that is not what you asked. _ forward. i know that is not what you asked. but — forward. i know that is not what you asked. but i— forward. i know that is not what you asked, but i wanted to take an

opportunity to get that out there. john, _ opportunity to get that out there. john, how— opportunity to get that out there. john, how can you say what such certaintv — john, how can you say what such certainty that _ john, how can you say what such certainty that the _ john, how can you say what such certainty that the taliban - john, how can you say what such certainty that the taliban were . john, how can you say what such i certainty that the taliban were not involved _ certainty that the taliban were not involved in — certainty that the taliban were not involved in this _ certainty that the taliban were not involved in this suicide _ certainty that the taliban were not involved in this suicide bombing? i certainty that the taliban were not| involved in this suicide bombing? i understand — involved in this suicide bombing? i understand that _ involved in this suicide bombing? i understand that you _ involved in this suicide bombing? i understand that you are _ involved in this suicide bombing? i understand that you are relying - involved in this suicide bombing? i understand that you are relying on| understand that you are relying on them _ understand that you are relying on them for— understand that you are relying on them for protection _ understand that you are relying on them for protection around - understand that you are relying on them for protection around the - them for protection around the airport. — them for protection around the airport. trut— them for protection around the airport, but are _ them for protection around the airport, but are you _ them for protection around the airport, but are you ruling - them for protection around the airport, but are you ruling outi them for protection around the - airport, but are you ruling out them treing _ airport, but are you ruling out them treing invotved _ airport, but are you ruling out them being involved because _ airport, but are you ruling out them being involved because you - airport, but are you ruling out them being involved because you are - airport, but are you ruling out them being involved because you are so. being involved because you are so dependent — being involved because you are so dependent on _ being involved because you are so dependent on them _ being involved because you are so dependent on them right - being involved because you are so dependent on them right now? i being involved because you are so dependent on them right now? [i dependent on them right now? didn't hear general mckenzie dependent on them right now?“ didn't hear general mckenzie put dependent on them right now?- didn't hear general mckenzie put it that wav~ _ didn't hear general mckenzie put it that way. in fact, in one of the questions _ that way. in fact, in one of the questions he got and i think... he said there — questions he got and i think... he said there was a failure somewhere obvioustv — said there was a failure somewhere obviously. and he even alluded to the fact— obviously. and he even alluded to the fact it — obviously. and he even alluded to the fact it could have been a tatihan— the fact it could have been a taliban checkpoint. we have not been certain— taliban checkpoint. we have not been certain about that at all. there will he — certain about that at all. there will he in — certain about that at all. there will be in investigation, we will try to _ will be in investigation, we will try to learn as much as we can about what _ try to learn as much as we can about what happened and i really do not want _ what happened and i really do not want to— what happened and i really do not want to get ahead of that process. in want to get ahead of that process. in terms— want to get ahead of that process. in terms of— want to get ahead of that process. in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners— in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners were _ in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners were left _ in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners were left from _ in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners were left from the - in terms of isis—k, how many isis—k prisoners were left from the prisoni prisoners were left from the prison and are _ prisoners were left from the prison and are believed _

prisoners were left from the prison and are believed to _ prisoners were left from the prison and are believed to be _ prisoners were left from the prison and are believed to be released? l prisoners were left from the prison . and are believed to be released? and why were _ and are believed to be released? and why were they — and are believed to be released? and why were they released _ and are believed to be released? and why were they released before - and are believed to be released? and why were they released before the i why were they released before the americans— why were they released before the americans pulled _ why were they released before the americans pulled out? _ why were they released before the americans pulled out? [— why were they released before the americans pulled out?— why were they released before the americans pulled out? i don't know the exact number— americans pulled out? i don't know the exact number it _ americans pulled out? i don't know the exact number it is _ americans pulled out? i don't know the exact number it is in _ americans pulled out? i don't know the exact number it is in the - the exact number it is in the thousands. clearly when you consider both prisons because both of them were taken over by the taliban and emptv _ were taken over by the taliban and emptv i_ were taken over by the taliban and empty. i could not give you a precise — empty. i could not give you a precise figure. as for emptying out, remember, — precise figure. as for emptying out, remember, we were turning things over to _ remember, we were turning things over to afghan national security forces — over to afghan national security forces. that was part of the retrograde process. they did have responsibility for those prisons and the basis _ responsibility for those prisons and the basis at which the prisoners were _ the basis at which the prisoners were located and of course as a tatihan — were located and of course as a taliban advanced, we did not see the level of— taliban advanced, we did not see the level of resistance by the afghans to hold _ level of resistance by the afghans to hold some territory, some bases and unfortunately, those were bases that the _ and unfortunately, those were bases that the afghans did not hold. all of those — that the afghans did not hold. all of those responsible is were turned over in— of those responsible is were turned over in accordance the retrograde ptan~ _ over in accordance the retrograde

ian, , ., , over in accordance the retrograde lan. , ., ., over in accordance the retrograde ian. , ., , ., ~ . plan. yesterday general mckenzie talked about _ plan. yesterday general mckenzie talked about wanting _ plan. yesterday general mckenzie talked about wanting to _ plan. yesterday general mckenzie talked about wanting to talk - plan. yesterday general mckenzie talked about wanting to talk to i plan. yesterday general mckenzie | talked about wanting to talk to the tatihan— talked about wanting to talk to the taliban about _ talked about wanting to talk to the taliban about pushing _ talked about wanting to talk to the taliban about pushing the... - talked about wanting to talk to the taliban about pushing the... ifiltere| taliban about pushing the... were auoin to taliban about pushing the... were going to leave _ taliban about pushing the... were going to leave that _ taliban about pushing the... going to leave that pentagon briefing. they were saying there was one explosion, one suicide bomber at kabul airport yesterday. also saying that 5400 kabul airport yesterday. also saying that saoo people are still awaiting evacuation at kabul airport. and the americans are saying they will try to fly all evacuees out until the last very moment. they will try to do that. that is the latest from that pentagon briefing in the united states. this an interpreter whose hopes of being airlifted from kabul have been dashed, tells the bbc that he feels let down by the british government. it's not fair, i think it's not fair, it's like betrayal of their own heroes just to help those people

who didn't see a british soldier. meanwhile, the uk government says it's stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today — and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. that is effectively where we start to move to the next stage, the evacuation of our troops. following yesterday's terror attacks at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded — president biden promises to hunt down those responsible. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. in other news: a new study finds that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times higher than from having the vaccine. firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial estate in lemington spa where explosions and a strong chemical smell have been reported.

and a world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb�*s kadeena cox — after a stunning ride in the velodrome. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an interpreter — who worked for the british army in afghanistan and now faces the prospect of being left behind in kabul — has spoken to the bbc about his anger and disappointment at the british government — and has called on the ministry of defence to help get him and his family out of the country by any route possible. sharif karimi worked for the british army for three years. he's now in hiding with his family and fears for their lives. he contacted the bbc after defence secretary ben wallace confirmed that the british evacuation is entering its final stages — and no more afghan civilians will be flown

out after today. mr wallace admitted that hundreds of people eligible to leave will be left behind. earlier he sent this video message to the bbc. living in kabul, waiting for the flight and evacuation but unfortunately we did not get an e—mail or phone call from anybody. we have financial problems here and there is no place for us to stay and we are so worried about our future and there are more interpreters who are employees of uk forces that are still left. but i don't know why the uk government announced that we had evacuated thousands of afghan employees. i don't know what is

happening. they have evacuated those people who did work for the british forces, they have just evacuated civilians, so i think it is not fair. it is like betrayal of their own heroes just to help those people who didn't see a british soldier that has left. well earlier i spoke to sharif karimi, a former interpreter for the british army, who had this message for the uk government. i encourage the uk government and the modjust to i encourage the uk government and the mod just to make a i encourage the uk government and the modjust to make a plan i encourage the uk government and the mod just to make a plan for us, make a safe plan for us to leave the country for the uk on commercial flights as soon as possible, and

make a way for us, a safe way for us. �* make a way for us, a safe way for us. i ., ., ". " .. make a way for us, a safe way for us. but it looks like the airlift is cominu us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to _ us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an — us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, _ us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, it _ us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, it is - us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end, it is pretty i us. but it looks like the airlift is . coming to an end, it is pretty much over. do you still have hope that you can get out of afghanistan, you and yourfamily can get you can get out of afghanistan, you and your family can get out? you can get out of afghanistan, you and yourfamily can get out? i you can get out of afghanistan, you and your family can get out? i hope. if the uk government _ and your family can get out? i hope. if the uk government tries, - and your family can get out? i hope. if the uk government tries, they - and your family can get out? i hope. j if the uk government tries, they can do it because we are just like, maybe we will be like 100 families, 150 families, they can do. if they want to evacuate as they can do it just in two hours and i don't know why they are not doing it. the evacuated thousands of people not employees of uk forces. they were civilians they evacuated. the main people, the heroes who worked for them are left behind to the taliban, i don't know what is going on. you think the british _ i don't know what is going on. you think the british should have tried harder to get everybody out who worked for the army? first

harder to get everybody out who worked for the army?— harder to get everybody out who worked for the army? first of all, at the first _ worked for the army? first of all, at the first stage _ worked for the army? first of all, at the first stage we _ worked for the army? first of all, at the first stage we were - worked for the army? first of all, at the first stage we were not - worked for the army? first of all, at the first stage we were not the priority. we should have been evacuated firstly, after that those they wish to get evacuated they should to get their wish. they have evacuated thousands of people but most of the interpreters are left. the people which i know, 20, 25 people, they are left. i don't know what kind of process they were doing. what kind of process they were doinu. �* .., what kind of process they were doinu. . .. , what kind of process they were doinu. �* , doing. and can i 'ust ask, where you at the airport — doing. and can ijust ask, where you at the airport trying _ doing. and can ijust ask, where you at the airport trying to _ doing. and can ijust ask, where you at the airport trying to get _ doing. and can ijust ask, where you at the airport trying to get out? - at the airport trying to get out? yesterday, i went to the airport, there was no way to go to the abbey gate. we tried a lot but the taliban warned us that we would shoot you if

you do not leave the place and after five hours i left the place and came home. 50 five hours i left the place and came home, five hours i left the place and came home. ,, i. .., home. so you were there, you could have actually — home. so you were there, you could have actually been _ home. so you were there, you could have actually been caught _ home. so you were there, you could have actually been caught up - home. so you were there, you could have actually been caught up in - home. so you were there, you could have actually been caught up in the | have actually been caught up in the islamic state attacks that killed so many people. islamic state attacks that killed so many purple-— islamic state attacks that killed so man --eole. . . ,, ., ., many people. yes, but you know that the uk government _ many people. yes, but you know that the uk government did _ many people. yes, but you know that the uk government did not _ many people. yes, but you know that the uk government did not have - many people. yes, but you know that the uk government did not have a . the uk government did not have a specific plan for that. there was not any contact number or person to call and to tell them that we are here, please come escort as. there was nobody to escort us, we were just told to go to this place but we were not organised well. we should have been organised well and helped to get into the airport but we have not seen anything like this. so you are disappointed, _ not seen anything like this. so you are disappointed, clearly - not seen anything like this. so you are disappointed, clearly more - not seen anything like this. so you| are disappointed, clearly more than disappointed, you are angry with the way you have been treated. absolutely i am disappointed. the uk

government should have up evacuated as before and now we ask to evacuate us as soon as possible. they can make a way for us, they have opportunities to do that. if they want to do it they can do it right now. 50 want to do it they can do it right now. .. . want to do it they can do it right now. ., , ,, ., ., now. so that is sharif karimi, former british _ now. so that is sharif karimi, former british army - now. so that is sharif karimi, l former british army interpreter now. so that is sharif karimi, - former british army interpreter and you can hear ourfull version of that interview at a:30pm. the ministry of defence has given the response to that interview and it said its top priority was the protection of all those involved and added it was with deep regret that not everybody has been able to be evacuated during this process and the mod statement went on to say that the government would continue to honour our debt to all those not yet able to leave afghanistan. we will do all we can to ensure they reach safety. in kabul, large crowds have once again gathered at the airport despite yesterday's suicide bomb attack in which 90 people were

killed. 50 for nearly ia,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. jonathan beale has this report. this is the scene of yesterday's deadly suicide attack, just outside the airport. clothes and belongings strewn across the ground, the remnants of more than 90 people killed. many more wounded. men, women and children hoping to get on a flight to freedom, never imagining some would lead like this. and seared on the memories of those who survived. me seared on the memories of those who survived. ~ . , ., , ., ., survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 — survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. _ survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we _ survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we did _ survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we did not - survived. me and my group waited for more than 25 hours. we did not enterj more than 25 hours. we did not enter the airport because of the security situation. wounded everywhere. i cannot explain what we saw today. my word is silent.

cannot explain what we saw today. my word is silent-— word is silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed _ word is silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed responsibility - word is silent. extremists linked to isis have claimed responsibility for| isis have claimed responsibility for this evil attack. at dusk, the plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the south side of the airport. the first blast at suicide bomb near abbey gate. the second explosion outside the baron hotel where the british have been processing evacuees. at the white house, the stars and stripes was lowered. for the 13 us military personnel also killed. inside, a president under pressure promised revenge. irate killed. inside, a president under pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive. — pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive. we _ pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive, we will _ pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive, we will not _ pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. - pressure promised revenge. we will not forgive, we will not forget. we i not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt _ not forgive, we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. the president promised to continue the us airlift in these last few days with the deadline looming. but

for britain, it is almost at an end, it has now closed its evacuation handling centre at the airport. no new claims will be processed. that new claims will be processed. git about 4:30am we authorise the closure of the baron hotel, our processing centre, and are brought across the british, obviously government officials working there and military and people inside it for processing. that is now closed. the abbey gate is currently closed and will remain so and indeed we are now processing approximately the last 1000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. the airfield and will fly them out toda . . , ., , ., the airfield and will fly them out toda. . , ., , today. the final phase of this operation _ today. the final phase of this operation will _ today. the final phase of this operation will be _ today. the final phase of this operation will be getting - today. the final phase of this i operation will be getting british troops out. in the rush they will have to leave some of their equipment behind. they have already flown out nearly 15,000 people though the defence secretary said with deep regret some would be left behind. the hope now is that the

arrest may be able to escape by other means. in the last few minutes we have had an update from the pentagon in washington on the attack at kabul airport and general william hank taylor confirmed yesterday's attack at the gate was carried out by one suicide bomber, not two. n by one suicide bomber, not two. i can confirm that we do not believe there _ can confirm that we do not believe there was— can confirm that we do not believe there was a — can confirm that we do not believe there was a second explosion at or near— there was a second explosion at or near the _ there was a second explosion at or near the baron hotel, that it was one suicide — near the baron hotel, that it was one suicide bomber. we are not sure how the _ one suicide bomber. we are not sure how the report was provided incorrectly but we do know it is not any surprise — incorrectly but we do know it is not any surprise that in the confusion of very— any surprise that in the confusion of very dynamic events that can cause _ of very dynamic events that can cause information sometimes to be misreported or garbled. we felt it was important to correctly record with you — was important to correctly record with you all here. you have now seen that we _ with you all here. you have now seen that we have — with you all here. you have now seen that we have updated their casualty

list to _ that we have updated their casualty list to include a 13th servicemember kitted _ list to include a 13th servicemember kitted in— list to include a 13th servicemember killed in action. 0ur list to include a 13th servicemember killed in action. our thoughts and prayers _ killed in action. our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the families— prayers continue to go out to the families and to the team—mates that we have _ families and to the team—mates that we have lost. this is a devastating time _ we have lost. this is a devastating time for— we have lost. this is a devastating time for these gold star families, a title no _ time for these gold star families, a title no one — time for these gold star families, a title no one wants to hold, but we absolutely — title no one wants to hold, but we absolutely hold in the utmost respect _ absolutely hold in the utmost respect. i can also report to flights— respect. i can also report to flights landed at ramstein today carrying — flights landed at ramstein today carrying wounded personnel from the attack _ carrying wounded personnel from the attack. these personnel have been transferred to the regional medical center— transferred to the regional medical center and transferred to the regional medical centerand are transferred to the regional medical center and are receiving care. transferred to the regional medical centerand are receiving care. in kabut. _ centerand are receiving care. in kabul, commanders on the ground continue _ kabul, commanders on the ground continue to— kabul, commanders on the ground continue to assess the risk and the dynamic— continue to assess the risk and the dynamic situation there as they have been since _ dynamic situation there as they have been since the beginning, force protection remains paramount with the continued threat. that protection remains paramount with the continued threat.— the continued threat. that is the latest pentagon _ the continued threat. that is the latest pentagon briefing - the continued threat. that is the latest pentagon briefing on - the continued threat. that is the j latest pentagon briefing on what the continued threat. that is the - latest pentagon briefing on what has

been happening in kabul. let's speak to our political correspondent susan hulme. the british defence secretary confirming the airlift out of kabul is in its final stages. thea;r confirming the airlift out of kabul is in its final stages.— is in its final stages. they were sa in: is in its final stages. they were saying the _ is in its final stages. they were saying the 1000 _ is in its final stages. they were saying the 1000 fine _ is in its final stages. they were saying the 1000 fine people . is in its final stages. they were | saying the 1000 fine people are being taken out today, no one else is being processed are brought forward. you can hear the desperation in the voices of those interpreters left behind in afghanistan. he has talked about the debt that is owed to people and that they will try to get more people out by other means, not by the airlift. quite how the british will be able to do that once british troops have left over the weekend, because they have to leave before the us pull—out on tuesday, quite how that can be donein on tuesday, quite how that can be done in a country once the us military have left is not clear, but it will be the one strand of hope, i would imagine, for those left behind. . g

would imagine, for those left behind. ., would imagine, for those left behind. . , would imagine, for those left behind. ., , . in the last few minutes we've had the latest numbers on coronavirus in the uk.. in terms of the number of cases, the uk recording another 38,046 cases, down slightly from yesterday's figures of 38,281 and 100 more people reported as having died within 28 days of testing positive for the disease. there we are, and let's look at the vaccination figures. people getting the first dose, another 55,000 getting the first dose of the vaccine, another 144,000 the second, so the number with a first vaccination those, 88%, and fully vaccinated native now 78%.

let's stick with that story — because the risks of having a covid jab are dwarfed by the dangers of catching the virus, according to a major new study of vaccinations. scientists looked at the records of more than 29 million people who received their first dose between december and april — and found the chance of developing blood clots was almost nine times higher in people who catch covid—19 than in those who'd had a vaccine. naomi grimley has the details. lisa shaw was a well—loved presenter on bbc radio newcastle. she died aged 44 in may after suffering from an unusual brain clot, one of the very rare side effect after an astrazeneca vaccine. researchers at several uk universities have been trying to pin down the risks over the possible side effects, sometimes seen with either the astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizerjab, and then compare them to the risks of getting the virus itself.

for every 10 million people vaccinated with astrazeneca, an extra 107 would be hospitalised or die from thrombocytopoenia, which can cause internal bleeding and haemorrhages. but that's nearly nine times lower than the risks of the same condition following natural infection, and crucially, no higher than with other vaccines such as the flu jab. the astrazeneca vaccine also had a slightly higher risk of blood clots in veins, but again, this was 200 times lower than the risk if you caught covid. in those receiving the pfizerjab, there was an increased risk of stroke, but this was still 12 times lower than the risks that came with infection. the researchers hope it will provide context to some of the headlines over the last few months. these vaccines appear to be very, very safe. a small number of people do get these outcomes, sadly. these risks seem

to be comparable with other vaccines such as the flu vaccine. if you develop covid—i9, the risks of these same outcomes from our data are just so much higher. nhs england says it has got new data showing that 100,000 lives have been saved by covid jab so far, and it's still less than a year since the vaccination push started. naomi grimley, bbc news. firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial premises in the midlands where explosions and a strong chemical smell have been reported. a huge plume of thick, black smoke can be seen billowing from the site onjuno drive in leamington spa. 0ur correspondent bob hockenhull is on the estate where the blaze broke out and says he plume of smoke is still visible for some distance. it is not quite as high as it was

when the fire started at about 10:30am this morning here on the touch broke industrial estate but it is still very much in evidence and the speculation is the fire service will have to be here all weekend trying to damp it down. the fire started at 10:30am, smoke was seen billowing 100 metres into the air and could be seen from 30 miles away. there are quite a few factories and warehouses on this industrial estate, the people working there were told to leave and get further away. there are a number of houses where residents have had to be moved on as well. there is a 70 metre core than at the moment. we have not had it totally confirmed but we believe the fire started at a poly urethane chemical plant. a number of explosions also but they have died down in the last two hours. the police have said one person is still unaccounted for and

searches continue for that person. what looks like polystyrene was seen falling from the air earlier around the site of the smoke. as you can see the smoke is very much in evidence, the fire service believes it will be here until monday at least so factory workers have been sent home for the day. this site is also home to a newly built government funded covid testing site and there was due to be an open day here today. that has had to be cancelled. the testing site is just across the road from where the fire started so has not been affected. a solicitor has appeared in court accused of injecting food with blood at three supermarkets in west london. leo—ai el—ghareeb, who's 37 and from fulham, is accused of carrying out the offences on wednesday evening at little waitrose, sainsbury�*s local and tesco express on fulham palace road. he did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance at isleworth crown court on 24th september. 0ur reporter simon

jones was at court. leo—ai el—ghareeb is accused that around 7:30pm of going to waitrose supermarket in fulham. it is alleged he began throwing around syringes containing blood and started injecting food items with blood. it is then claimed he went to a second supermarket, as sainsbury�*s, when it is claimed he threw around eggs and syringes before once again injecting food items with blood. it is then claimed he went to a third supermarket, at tesco, where he has again said to have injected food items with blood. at the hearing today which lasted only around 20 minutes he wasn't asked to enter a plea and the case was adjourned appearing at isleworth crown court

on 24th september and he was remanded in custody. the alleged incident on wednesday evening prompted the police and local council to advise people who had bought items from those three supermarkets on that evening to dispose of them straightaway. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy has been remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates in chester charged with rape. the 27—year—old defender spoke through a french translator only to confirm his name, address and date of birth. the court was told benjamin mendy is charged with a number of serious sexual assaults. they are three counts of rape of a woman in october last year, a sexual assault of a woman injanuary this year and the rape of a woman earlier this month. the charges relate to three different complainants, one of whom is under 18 years old. let's ta ke let's take you back to our main

story, the situation in afghanistan and united nations warning it could slip into famine if it doesn't get urgent aid. slip into famine if it doesn't get urgent aid-— slip into famine if it doesn't get uruent aid. . ., ., ., ., ., urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 — urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million _ urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million people _ urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million people are - estimates 40 million people are facing the threat of starvation after a recent drought and mounting food prices. and the world health organisation says its medical supplies in the country will last only a few more days. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been speaking to people across afghanistan. in this hospital, now guarded by the taliban wise i8—month—old abdul. malnourished, his mother can't afford to feed him. we were sent these pictures by a doctor in the north—east region of the country, one of the country's poorest. they are afghanistan we have been told food and gas prices have risen since the taliban took charge. millions were already on the brink of

starvation. now the un says it urgently needs more money to avert a crisis. �* . . . urgently needs more money to avert a crisis. ~ . , ., , ., , urgently needs more money to avert a crisis. . crisis. afghanistan stands on the brink of another _ crisis. afghanistan stands on the brink of another humanitarian i brink of another humanitarian disaster. without that money coming in, we will not be able to supply food to those 20 million people who are already poor. 50 it food to those 20 million people who are already poor.— are already poor. so it could be a famine? absolutely. _ are already poor. so it could be a famine? absolutely. that- are already poor. so it could be a famine? absolutely. that is - are already poor. so it could be a i famine? absolutely. that is what we will see if we — famine? absolutely. that is what we will see if we cannot _ famine? absolutely. that is what we will see if we cannot get _ famine? absolutely. that is what we will see if we cannot get our - famine? absolutely. that is what we will see if we cannot get our food . will see if we cannot get our food bundles to them, but because of the drought, because of the conflict, people can't feed themselves. for ears, people can't feed themselves. for years, conflict has ravaged this nation. earlierthis years, conflict has ravaged this nation. earlier this month, explosions rocked the market in lashkar gah and helmand province, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting where british troops lost their lives. just weeks ago, the

emergency hospital in the area was full of the war wounded. today, where battles were once thought, an uneasy calm. some who fled the city have returned but are homeless. fin have returned but are homeless. on this have returned but are homeless. qt this border there are a variety of... . ., . . this border there are a variety of... .., ., ., this border there are a variety of... .., ., .. this border there are a variety of... .., ., ., ., , of... victor was a doctor who stayed behind to help _ of... victor was a doctor who stayed behind to help those _ of... victor was a doctor who stayed behind to help those in _ of... victor was a doctor who stayed behind to help those in need. - of... victor was a doctor who stayed behind to help those in need. they l behind to help those in need. they need humanitarian _ behind to help those in need. tie: need humanitarian help, they behind to help those in need. tt91 need humanitarian help, they need food, they need medication. the problem is for those whose homes were ruined in the bombings, they don't have anything to rebuild their homes. . g don't have anything to rebuild their homes. , ,, :, homes. this week in the northern ci of homes. this week in the northern city of massari — homes. this week in the northern city of massari sharif, _ homes. this week in the northern city of massari sharif, dozens - homes. this week in the northern | city of massari sharif, dozens have been boarding buses to get to kabul. the un says the conflict has forced more than half a million afghans to flee their homes this year alone.

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the world may have left but afghanistan still needs help. for many children the school holidays are a time of fun and relaxation — but not generally for making your fortune. but i2—year—old benyamin ahmed has made about £290,000 after creating a series of pixelated artworks called weird whales and selling them through something called non—fungible tokens. and benyaminjoins me now. we'll hearfrom him in a moment, but first let's speak to our technology reporter zoe kleinman. just tell us a little bit about what nft is r. a lot of people may not have heard of this, is this in any way real money?— have heard of this, is this in any way real money? some people will really scratch _ way real money? some people will really scratch their _ way real money? some people will really scratch their heads - way real money? some people will really scratch their heads about i really scratch their heads about what nft is art. what they are as a

token of digital ownership, so you buy them and people spend enough a lot of money, millions sometimes, and it means you are the digital owner of a piece of art. you don't actually own the art itself. most of the time you don't even own the copyright of the art itself so it can still be displayed physically or online, wherever the original artist wants it to go, but what you have, it is a bit like a collectible card. you have proof that in a digital form that artwork belongs to you. it's become a bit of a craze this year and for lots of people it has been a big money spinner, not only for artists to make the art but for people who consider it to be an investment. can't guarantee it will be an investment and it could well be an investment and it could well be an investment and it could well be a big bubble that burst. it is almost exclusively you buy them in the form of crypto currency which is another added risk so the value of what you bot can go up and down but

you can buy and sell them on some doing rather well. but you can buy and sell them on some doing rather well.— doing rather well. but can you turn it into real— doing rather well. but can you turn it into real money? _ doing rather well. but can you turn it into real money? can _ doing rather well. but can you turn it into real money? can it- doing rather well. but can you turn it into real money? can it end i doing rather well. but can you turn it into real money? can it end up l doing rather well. but can you turn| it into real money? can it end up in any way in your bank account? the onl wa any way in your bank account? the only way you _ any way in your bank account? the only way you can — any way in your bank account? tt9: only way you can do any way in your bank account? tt9 only way you can do that is if you exchange your crypto currency, so you sell and nft of your artwork, you sell and nft of your artwork, you make artwork and sell and nft, and then you sell your crypto currency, exchange it for pounds or dollars or wherever you are, and that money you can get out of your wallet and into your bank account but lots of people don't and hold onto crypto currency. it is notoriously volatile and goes up and down all the time, but people who like it think it is worth holding onto in the long term and will only go up. that is what they say. first of all congratulations, _ go up. that is what they say. first of all congratulations, you have almost £300,000, nominally anyway, and you created these weird wails to do it. it is probably blowing the minds of not only me but a lot of

our audience exactly what you have done here so talk us through it in very simple terms. 501 done here so talk us through it in very simple terms.— very simple terms. so i got interested _ very simple terms. so i got interested in _ very simple terms. so i got interested in nfts - very simple terms. so i got interested in nfts earlier l very simple terms. so i got i interested in nfts earlier this year — interested in nfts earlier this year i— interested in nfts earlier this year. i was fascinated how you could buy and _ year. i was fascinated how you could buy and sell— year. i was fascinated how you could buy and sell these images online so i did buy and sell these images online so i did some — buy and sell these images online so i did some research in pixel art and nfts _ i did some research in pixel art and nfts and _ i did some research in pixel art and nfts and found pixel art and easy form _ nfts and found pixel art and easy form of— nfts and found pixel art and easy form of art — nfts and found pixel art and easy form of art to learn, so i watched a few youtube — form of art to learn, so i watched a few youtube tutorials and went on to create _ few youtube tutorials and went on to create all _ few youtube tutorials and went on to create all my different traits and base _ create all my different traits and base layers which i fed into an open source _ base layers which i fed into an open source python script, open source to buy another— source python script, open source to buy another collection called boring bananas _ buy another collection called boring bananas i— buy another collection called boring bananas. i fed all my traits and base _ bananas. i fed all my traits and base layers into it which generated my weird _ base layers into it which generated my weird wales. i set up a minting page. _ my weird wales. i set up a minting page. a— my weird wales. i set up a minting page, a smart contract and posted a thread _ page, a smart contract and posted a thread on— page, a smart contract and posted a thread on how i was able to do it at such a _ thread on how i was able to do it at such a young — thread on how i was able to do it at such a young age. the thread went viral and _ such a young age. the thread went viral and people delay connected with my— viral and people delay connected with my story. a viral and people delay connected with my story-— viral and people delay connected withm sto . : :, :, with my story. a young age, you are 12 ears with my story. a young age, you are 12 years old! — with my story. a young age, you are 12 years old! and _ with my story. a young age, you are 12 years old! and not _ with my story. a young age, you are 12 years old! and not only _ with my story. a young age, you are 12 years old! and not only that, i think you started coding with a bit

of help from your dad who is a software developer, at the age of five. yes, my dad works as a programme computer. and he would come home and start coding on his laptop and me and my brother would sniff around and my brother would sniff around and see what he was doing. and he got a fu old laptop for us. it was a nice and fun experience and then we enjoyed it so much, we did it every day and we became really good at it. for the past few years, we have been doing at least one coding challenge every day consistently. so doing at least one coding challenge every day consistently. 50 at doing at least one coding challenge every day consistently.— every day consistently. so at the end of all this, _ every day consistently. so at the end of all this, you've _ every day consistently. so at the end of all this, you've got i every day consistently. so at the end of all this, you've got these | every day consistently. so at the i end of all this, you've got these nf teas that are worth as i said £290,000. what are you trying, were you hoping to do? you must be thrilled. you are only 12 years old. are you going to keep up with this? are you going to keep up with this? are you going to keep up with this? are you going to try and make more? are you going to try and make more? are you going to try and make more? are you going to try and turn this into real money? 50 are you going to try and turn this into real money?— into real money? so everything started as _

into real money? so everything started as a _ into real money? so everything started as a fun _ into real money? so everything started as a fun learning i started as a fun learning experience. i wanted to see how the process— experience. i wanted to see how the process making nft work. i wanted to check _ process making nft work. i wanted to check out _ process making nft work. i wanted to check out how smart contracts worked — check out how smart contracts worked. and then itjust went check out how smart contracts worked. and then it just went viral. it worked. and then it just went viral. it was _ worked. and then it just went viral. it was never— worked. and then it just went viral. it was never meant to be a giant big cash grab~ _ it was never meant to be a giant big cash grab~ i— it was never meant to be a giant big cash grab. i am working on another connection— cash grab. i am working on another connection with another nft as i mentioned earlier. we are doing something called non—fungible heroes and we _ something called non—fungible heroes and we are _ something called non—fungible heroes and we are working with the designer. so it will be really interesting to see how that rolls out. ~ : ~ interesting to see how that rolls out. ~ : ,, :, interesting to see how that rolls out. ~ :, , interesting to see how that rolls out. . :, , :, out. well get back to us when you do that. you out. well get back to us when you do that- you are — out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on _ out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a _ out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a bit _ out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a bit of— out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a bit of a _ out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a bit of a roll - out. well get back to us when you do that. you are on a bit of a roll and i that. you are on a bit of a roll and good luck for the future. let's go back to zoe. you did not try to make a cash grab —— he didn't try to make a cash grab —— he didn't try to make a cash grab —— he didn't try to make a cash grab, he says, but that is pretty much what he has ended up doing. are these nfts in any way controversial? the doing. are these nfts in any way controversial?— controversial? the controversy is whether they _ controversial? the controversy is whether they have _ controversial? the controversy is whether they have any _ controversial? the controversy is whether they have any lasting i controversial? the controversy is i whether they have any lasting value. the people who buy them they are putting in an awful lot of money into something that over long term,

the longevity we don't know. this time next year it might not be worth anything at all. the other issue is if you are buying them with cryptocurrency and there are lots of issues surrounding the volunteer eddie —— the volatility but also it is unregulated. if you get hacked or you lose the password, you have lost that money. you have got absolutely no protection from the authorities at all in the same way you would with your savings. in the final thing to say is that the way cryptocurrency is created is not very good for the environment. it involves enormous networks, very powerful computers that are generating an awful lot of energy. having said all of that, he is quite a kid, isn't he?— a kid, isn't he? having said, my children got _ a kid, isn't he? having said, my children got £5 _ a kid, isn't he? having said, my children got £5 for _ a kid, isn't he? having said, my children got £5 for weeding i a kid, isn't he? having said, my children got £5 for weeding the | children got £5 for weeding the garden, so they are beside themselves of this new possibility. they have got a long way to go to

make £290,000. zoe, thank you so much. and also benjamin, many congratulations and good luck to you. thank you for talking to us. thank you. you. thank you for talking to us. thank yon-— you. thank you for talking to us. thank ou. :, :, thank you. right were going to get the latest sport _ thank you. right were going to get the latest sport right _ thank you. right were going to get the latest sport right now. - it is gavin. i don't know if you have tried your hand and a bit of cryptocurrency or non—fungible whatever they are called. anyway it is the way of the future. it is fascinating. but i wonder if christian out the renaldo has gotten involved. cristiano ronaldo could be on his way back to manchester. but it's united, not city who are in advanced talks with their former star. juventus revealed this afternoon that ronaldo told them he no longer wants to play for the italian club where he has been for three years since joining from real madrid. manchester city were linked but it is united who are trying to do a deal and bring back their former player, who spent six years at old trafford between 2003 and 2009. this is what 0le gunnar solskjaer

said earlier today. it has been speculation this morning and the last few days. we have always had good communication. i know bruno has been talking to him as well. he knows what we feel about him. and if he was ever going to move away from juventus he knows that we are here. we will wait and see what happens with that one. taste we will wait and see what happens with that one.— we will wait and see what happens with that one. we will monitor it to the day goes _ with that one. we will monitor it to the day goes on- — india are making england's bowlers work a lot harder in their second innings at headingley. england's last two wickets didn't take up too much time this morning. they were all out for 432. that was still a huge lead of 354 but the openers set about their task well. rohit sharma made a 50. kl rahul was caught in the slips off craig 0verton just before lunch. jonny barstow with a great catch. since then though cheteshwar pujara, who's also made a 50, and sharma steadily ate into the deficit.

0llie robinson has dismissed sharma leg before wicket. the latest is india 124 for two. still 230 runs behind. live commentary right now with test match special on radio five live sports extra. it's been another day to rememberfor paralympics gb among the highlights in tokyo — cyclist kadeena cox riding an incredible 500 metre time trial, taking the gold in a stunning world record time. there were two golds in swimming — with gb's hannah russell retaining her 100m backstroke title, and reece dunn taking 200m freestyle gold. stuart pollitt reports. even in the remarkable world of paralympic sport, this woman's achievements are extraordinary. at rio 2016, she won gold in two sports, cycling and athletics. the first paralympic gb athlete to do so in more than 13 years. in tokyo, she is attempting it again. commentator: she is getting

better and better! _ the first leg of the double double in a 500 metre time trial. she is powering to gold by more than one second. she was applauded on the side by her coaches and cheered from leeds by her sisters. she is strong, she is stubborn and a little bit. she has a lot of strength and we are proud that she is representing us. and the country. there was a double of a different kind for paratrooper turn paralympians jaco van gass. he added a bronze medal to the gold that he won yesterday. in the pool, hannah russell knows what it takes to win. she was defending her title in the 100 metre backstroke. and defend it she did, just. it is gold to great britain. she will be back for more medals later in the games. reece dunn won silver two days ago. upgraded to gold here.

a world record as an added bonus. the scottish sprinter got a bronze on the first day of the athletics action. next week kadeena cox will race their in the 400 metres. her record—breaking efforts already well on track. a full round from the paralympics is on the bbc sport website. we will see you soon. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. let's just bring you some breaking news on the attack at kabul airport. the pentagon were telling us it was a single suicide bomber and it is an attack that killed 92 people including 13 us service personnel. but we are also just tearing there have been british nationals who have been victims among the dead. and the foreign secretary said i am deeply saddened to learn that two british nationals and the child of another

british national were killed by yesterday's terror attack. and two more injured. the foreign secretary was saying these were energy —— innocent people, tragedy is i thought to bring their loved ones to safety. they were murdered by cowardly terrorists as the foreign secretary. yesterday's despicable attack underlies the dangers facing those in afghanistan and underscores why we are doing all weekend to get people out. we offering constant support to them and their families we will not turn our backs on those in their hour of need. we will never be cowered by terrorist. that is a statement from the foreign secretary in the last couple of minutes confirming that two british nationals and the child of another british national have been killed in yesterday's terror attack, which we now know was a single suicide bomber according to the pentagon. two more

british people were injured. the foreign secretary saying they were innocent people and it was a tragedy that they have been murdered. as he put it by cowardly terrorists. we will bring you more on that as we get news. we have also been speaking the last hour or so, to an interpreter for the british army. he's been appealing to the british to get out and he is still stuck there. yes, we are so worried about our future in afghanistan because we have been told to go to the airport. we went to the airport in the taliban checkpoint did not let us to the gates, abbey gate. so we are waiting there for five hours. and then we came back home. now we are here and we are left from the flight and we are left from the relocation scheme. so we are so worried

about our future. i think you worked for the british army for three years with british troops? yes. but what was the position? because i think the ministry of defence that your contract was terminated, so you didn't necessarily qualify. was your understanding that in the end, you were qualifying to be airlifted out by the british? yes, it was wrong. it was a misunderstanding. i worked for three years as an interpreter and then i resigned. when i resigned then i came home by road. theyjust told me... they told me months ago that i was terminated. then ijust continued my case and i said no i am not. i had resigned. and i told them i resigned, i didn't get terminated. and they reviewed my case and they said ok, you have not been terminated. you have resigned. and then they sent me an eligibility letter and then they

sent me an evacuation letter. but you have been left behind despite that. and so what are you doing now? and how worried are you about the taliban being in control of afghanistan? actually i am so worried, i'm scared. if we are not taken from afghanistan, we will be found by the taliban and killed by them. we request the uk government to find another way for us, find another way for us. a third country from afghanistan to the uk. as soon as possible. a commercialflight, a third country, it doesn't matter to us. but the safest way for us. would you consider trying to get out by land, perhaps driving out through one of the land borders out of afghanistan? some of the countries need visa.

the departments, the embassies are closed. and i don't know exactly what is happening because most of the countries' embassies are closed. we cannot get visas. without visa we cannot travel to the countries, the neighbouring countries. do you feel in any way let down by the british? there was, as i said, disagreement about whether you qualified for being helped, for being airlifted and as you say, you have been left behind. so, do you feel that you have been let down having worked for the british for a number of years? no... the british forces and the mod and the people who are responsible for are relocation scheme, they are responsible for our lives. because they did not do the right thing on the right plan. they should have helped us before, like months ago, five months ago.

when the situation was getting worse day by day, they did this thing. i got the evacuation letter like one day ago, two days ago. it is not safe, it is not fair. they did not do a good thing for us. what is your family situation? i think you are a father of four, is that right? are you in hiding? are yourfamily in hiding? yes, yes. we are hiding in kabul. there is no place to go outside. for shopping or picnic orjust to go outside. and you are worried, frankly, that the taliban will try and get revenge on you because you worked with the british army? exactly. they have... the us government announced they have the us biometrics.

and so we know that they may be having the uk biometrics as well. i don't know how they got the biometrics system, but they have. and also they know some of the people who worked for... because the taliban have said they are different from the last time the taliban were running afghanistan. no, they are not. they will not seek revenge. they are not different. they want to prove to the world that they are good people, we are not bad people, but after months or one year, they will do whatever they want to do like before. and do you think there are many people like you who have worked for western forces, whether for the british orfor the americans, who are still stuck in afghanistan, stuck in kabul and very scared? yes, nobody likes us. even the people we know in afghanistan, they don't like

us. you worked for the infidels. you worked for the americans. you work for the british, you are their slaves, their spies and that's why nobody likes us. with the attacks that we saw yesterday. the islamic state, isis—k, are you worried about them as well? because obviously they are even more extreme than the taliban. yes, yes, that story about isis coming. we know that they will come and then they will be fighting with the taliban. they will just find everyone. what is your message to the british government, to the british ministry of defence about you and about other people like you who worked for the british who are still in afghanistan? what would you say to the british government now? i kindly request the uk government and the mod just to make a plan for us.

make a safe plan for us to a third country from afghanistan to the uk on commercial flights. we request them evacuate us as soon as possible and make a way for us, a safe way for us. but it looks like the airlift is coming to an end. it is pretty much over. do you still have hope that you can get out of afghanistan, you and yourfamily? i hope. if the uk government tries, they can do it because we are like 100, 150 families. they can do it if they want to. if they want to evacuate us, they can do it. just in two hours. but i don't know why they're not doing it. they have evacuated 1000 people who are not employees of the uk forces. they were civilians.

the main people, the heroes, who worked for them, we are left behind to the taliban. i don't know what is going on. you think the british should have tried harder to get everybody out who worked for the army? first of all, the first stage, we were the priority. we should have been evacuated firstly. after that, whoever they wish to evacuate, they would get on the list. now they have evacuated 1000 people, but none of them... but most of the interpreters are left. the people who i know, 20, 25 people they are left. i don't know what kind of process they are doing. cani can ijust can i just ask were you at the airport trying to get out?

yesterday, i went to the airport. there was no way to go to abbey gate. we tried, but the taliban would not let us. they warned us that we will shoot you if you do not leave the place. after five hours that we will shoot you if you do not leave the place. afterfive hours i left and i came home. so leave the place. after five hours i left and i came home.— leave the place. after five hours i left and i came home. so you were there, left and i came home. so you were there. you — left and i came home. so you were there, you could _ left and i came home. so you were there, you could have _ left and i came home. so you were there, you could have been - left and i came home. so you were there, you could have been caught| left and i came home. so you were i there, you could have been caught up in the islamic state attacks there that killed so many people. yes. that killed so many people. yes, es, but that killed so many people. yes, yes. but you _ that killed so many people. yes, yes, but you know— that killed so many people. yes, yes, but you know the _ that killed so many people. yes, yes, but you know the uk i that killed so many people. t9: yes, but you know the uk cover don't have a specific plan for that. they told us to go to the bar in the hotel. there was no contact number or contact person to tell them that we are here, please come and escort us. there was nobody to escort us. we are just people that went to this place. it was not organised well. it should have been organised well. an organised system to get into the airport. but there was nothing like

this. :, :. airport. but there was nothing like this. :, :, , : :, , this. you are disappointed, clearly more than that, _ this. you are disappointed, clearly more than that, you _ this. you are disappointed, clearly more than that, you are _ this. you are disappointed, clearly more than that, you are angry i this. you are disappointed, clearly| more than that, you are angry with the way you have been treated. yes. the way you have been treated. yes, absolutely- — the way you have been treated. yes, absolutely- i— the way you have been treated. yes, absolutely. i am _ the way you have been treated. t9: absolutely. i am disappointed. the way you have been treated. t9: absolutely. iam disappointed. i absolutely. lam disappointed. i disagree with that. the uk government have not —— should not have done this. they should've airlifted us before. and now we request that they do as soon as possible that they make a way for us they have the opportunity to do that. if they want to do it, they can do it right now as well. they have time. can do it right now as well. they have time-— have time. that was a farmers british army — have time. that was a farmers british army interpreters i have time. that was a farmers british army interpreters still| british army interpreters still stranded in afghanistan talking to me earlier. i'm going to remind you of our breaking news. the foreign secretary have just consist that matt confirmed that two british nationals and a child of another were killed in the attack at kabul airport. we were hearing from the pentagon, it was actually a single attack by a single suicide bomber. not two bombers. the foreign

secretary said the attack yesterday was despicable and underlines the dangers of those in afghanistan and shows why we are doing all that we can to get people out. two british nationals in the child of a third british national has died, it has been confirmed, in that attack. is the and international flights out of kabul come to an end as we hear. there has been a surge of the number of afghans arriving at the us air forces... force base in germany. and as a temporary home. keeping pace with the scale of the arrivals is a major logistical challenge. our correspondent has been to the base in the hours before the attack in kabul. the smile says it all. these are the lucky ones. kabul�*s latest evacuees touchdown near minutes ago. there is evidence of the chaos they left

behind. families have been separated. more than a dozen children are here alone. some arrivals are treated for gunshot wounds, still fresh from their struggle to get out of the country. but the us commando running this bays urges people not to lose sight of their gains. this bays urges people not to lose sight of their gaine— of their gains. this is about humanity- _ of their gains. this is about humanity. there _ of their gains. this is about humanity. there are - of their gains. this is about humanity. there are young| of their gains. this is about - humanity. there are young women of their gains. this is about _ humanity. there are young women that can read today. there are people alive today because of the us to policy decision that is way out of my league. i am just focused on people that are coming today and the people that are coming today and the people that are coming today and the people that we have helped over those last 20 years. this people that we have helped over those last 20 years.— those last 20 years. this is a mission like _ those last 20 years. this is a mission like no _ those last 20 years. this is a mission like no other- those last 20 years. this is a mission like no other in - those last 20 years. this is a mission like no other in the i those last 20 years. this is a i mission like no other in the air base�*s history. in one week it has been transformed and both a refugee camp and international airport. the pressure is on. they are expecting 10,000 people to arrive here today alone. this is by far the biggest moment in this operation. they will not say when the last flight is expected, only that by tonight, they

expected, only that by tonight, they expect to be at capacity here on this airbase. so it is clear that we are into the final push to get people out. there are nowjust a handful of days before all us troops are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan. we are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan-— are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan. are scheduled to withdrawal from afuhanistan. ~ ~ ., ., afghanistan. we know the task on the round is afghanistan. we know the task on the ground is daunting. _ afghanistan. we know the task on the ground is daunting. what _ afghanistan. we know the task on the ground is daunting. what we - afghanistan. we know the task on the ground is daunting. what we are - ground is daunting. what we are working on right now is we are focused on getting as many people out of afghanistan as possible and bringing them to safe locations. what is the plan for the people who you cannot get out?— you cannot get out? so... that... that is a _ you cannot get out? so... that... that is a tough — you cannot get out? so... that... that is a tough question. - you cannot get out? so... that... that is a tough question. and - you cannot get out? so... that... that is a tough question. and we | you cannot get out? so... that... i that is a tough question. and we are going to keep on advocating to get people out of afghanistan through our channels. but people out of afghanistan through our channels-— our channels. but on this tarmac, there is relief. _ our channels. but on this tarmac, there is relief. this _ our channels. but on this tarmac, there is relief. this is _ our channels. but on this tarmac, there is relief. this is the - our channels. but on this tarmac, there is relief. this is the final. there is relief. this is the final leg of their escape. a flight to the us and a new home. a world away from the one they fled. and you're watching bbc news mac much more coming up at five o'clock.

jane hill is going to be here, before i go, were going to talk about abba. it's been 39 years since abba last released new music, but now their return has been teased in a cryptic message posted on social media. the swedish icons have launched a website, asking fans to register interest in a project — which is thought to be a tour and five new songs. can they ever match these absolute classics though?! # yes, i've been brokenhearted. # blue since the day we parted # why, why, did i ever let you go?# # waterloo, i was defeating, you won the war # waterloo, promise to love you for ever more... there we are, who could forget. now were going to talk to the members of

arrival who are a abba attribute bad. i think you're going to go on stage, what do you think of the possibility of some new abba music? brilliant, isn't it? we've been playing all the classics for the last 25 years. it will be great to get into something new and brain! i5 get into something new and brain! is it real? we are hearing the idea of a tour might be a bit of a fantasy, but the idea of new music. i mean, what do you make of that? what sort of music would it be, do you think? to be honest i'm not sure. they did have a winning formula, so i'm wondering if they will stick to that. i don't know. ijust feel they are going to bring something up—tempo because that is what they normally do. it up-tempo because that is what they normally rte-— up-tempo because that is what they normally do— up-tempo because that is what they normally do-_ normally do. it has been a very long time since we've _ normally do. it has been a very long time since we've had _ normally do. it has been a very long time since we've had any _ normally do. it has been a very long time since we've had any new - normally do. it has been a very long time since we've had any new musicj time since we've had any new music from abba. you sing this stuff all the time. it is played on the time.

what do you think is the ultimate abba classic? all speak at same time everybody has a different one. it could be a mama mia, it could be dancing queen. take a chance on me. so many! dancing queen. take a chance on me. so man ! . , dancing queen. take a chance on me. soman! ., ,~ ., dancing queen. take a chance on me. so many!— 0k, - dancing queen. take a chance on me. so many!— 0k. i i so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked — so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked you — so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked you about _ so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked you about what - so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked you about what is - so many! too many classics. ok, i have asked you about what is your| have asked you about what is your favourite stuff. you're going to sing your version of abba. here we go. they sing take a chance

that was absolutely brilliant. you could be them. are you sure you are not swedish by any chance? thank you very much indeed for being with us. we do look forward to some new abba music. well, take a chance on me, manchester united are taking a chance on ronaldo. not much of a chance, since he is one of the best players in the world. he had signed in the last few minutes. we are hearing for manchester united. that is quite sensational news for the world of football again the premier league. manchester united fans will be delighted that he is returning. ronaldo signing with manchester united. as i mentioned, jane will be here at five. first let's get a look at the latest weather for cost —— forecast. hello there this area of high pressure is going to bring fine and settle whether. today it is drive.

the best of the sunshine is across the northern and western areas. more of a breeze again across the southeast corner. that is how it is going to remain through tonight. will hold onto the breeze mag variable cloud across. blankly clear spells further west. the temperatures could drop to single figures for many areas. just about double figures further east with more clout and breeze. we will start the weekend off on a similar note. plenty of sunshine around. low cloud and mist around. plenty of sunshine around. low cloud and mistaround. some plenty of sunshine around. low cloud and mist around. some patchy cloud further south. more of a breeze here. but lighterwinds further south. more of a breeze here. but lighter winds further north and west. i think it's going to be warmer on saturday. we could say 20 to 2a degrees. similar story on sunday for many of us monday is a bank holiday and it looks like it will stay dry and settle.

this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 5pm: two of those killed in yesterday's deadly second kabul airport where british nationals and the child of another briton