for folks coming the preparations for folks coming back, _ the preparations for folks coming back, is_ the preparations for folks coming back, is there a total number of people. — back, is there a total number of people, evacuees you have on domestic_ people, evacuees you have on domestic bases here, plus those kind of on _ domestic bases here, plus those kind of on the _ domestic bases here, plus those kind of on the stuff to come back? different_ of on the stuff to come back? different hubs plus the bases over there _ i don't have it with me. we have just under 7000 applicants at us military installations across the country. he has opened up additional installations to try and get us to capacity of may be as much as 50,000 if we need it. he gave that number yesterday and i don't think that number has changed over the last 2a hours. before ijump off, let me check and see if i have got an updated number in europe. i got it

here somewhere, i think. i don't think i've got it across europe. we will have to come back to you on that. , ., will have to come back to you on that. ,, , . will have to come back to you on that. , . ., will have to come back to you on that. , . that. do you expect troops to come into dover as — that. do you expect troops to come into dover as soon _ that. do you expect troops to come into dover as soon as _ that. do you expect troops to come into dover as soon as today? - that. do you expect troops to come into dover as soon as today? what| that. do you expect troops to come| into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you — into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you is _ into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you is that _ into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you is that the _ into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you is that the remains - into dover as soon as today? what i can tell you is that the remains of l can tell you is that the remains of the 13 individuals who were killed on their way back to the native state but i am not at liberty to give you a precise arrival. final clarification, _ give you a precise arrival. final clarification, what _ give you a precise arrival. final clarification, what struck - give you a precise arrival. final clarification, what struck in - give you a precise arrival. final clarification, what struck in the target — clarification, what struck in the target from last night was a planner or facilitator or they are both considered both? i didn't quite understand. the considered both? i didn't quite understand-— understand. the capabilities of those struck _ understand. the capabilities of those struck and _ understand. the capabilities of those struck and killed - understand. the capabilities of those struck and killed last - understand. the capabilities of.

those struck and killed last night where a facilitator and planners. we're not going to get into this one was this, both... planners. imore we're not going to get into this one was this, both... planners. were you aware of them _ was this, both... planners. were you aware of them before? _ was this, both... planners. were you aware of them before? we _ was this, both... planners. were you aware of them before? we are - was this, both... planners. were you aware of them before? we are not i aware of them before? we are not auoin to aware of them before? we are not going to discuss — aware of them before? we are not going to discuss the _ aware of them before? we are not going to discuss the intelligence . going to discuss the intelligence that the intelligence that led up to, the intelligence that we had allowed us to conduct that's right. you cannot see if they were individuals— you cannot see if they were individuals on— you cannot see if they were individuals on the _ you cannot see if they were individuals on the us - you cannot see if they were individuals on the us raider| you cannot see if they were . individuals on the us raider as high-profile _ individuals on the us raider as high—profile people? - individuals on the us raider as high—profile people? tate- individuals on the us raider as high-profile people?— high-profile people? we had intelligence _ high-profile people? we had intelligence on _ high-profile people? we had intelligence on the _ high-profile people? we had intelligence on the targets i high-profile people? we had i intelligence on the targets that lead us as we continued to work up to conduct that's right. fin lead us as we continued to work up to conduct that's right.— to conduct that's right. on the her over the horizon _ to conduct that's right. on the her over the horizon efforts, - to conduct that's right. on the her over the horizon efforts, the - to conduct that's right. on the her over the horizon efforts, the last i over the horizon efforts, the last time _ over the horizon efforts, the last time we — over the horizon efforts, the last time we saw— over the horizon efforts, the last time we saw the _ over the horizon efforts, the last time we saw the us— over the horizon efforts, the last time we saw the us announced i over the horizon efforts, the lastj time we saw the us announced a counterierror _ time we saw the us announced a counterterror strike _ time we saw the us announced a counterterror strike in _ time we saw the us announced a i counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid _ counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid 2020~ _ counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid 2020. rur _ counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid 2020. rur way- counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid 2020. rur way of - counterterror strike in afghanistan was paid 2020. rur way of any i counterterror strike in afghanistan i was paid 2020. rur way of any other specific. _ was paid 2020. rur way of any other specific. not — was paid 2020. rur way of any other specific, not against _ was paid 2020. rur way of any other specific, not against the _ was paid 2020. rur way of any other specific, not against the taliban - specific, not against the taliban that specific— specific, not against the taliban that specific ct— specific, not against the taliban that specific ct strikes - specific, not against the taliban that specific ct strikes since - that specific ct strikes since february— that specific ct strikes since february 2020 _ that specific ct strikes since february 2020 in _ that specific ct strikes since i february 2020 in afghanistan? that specific ct strikes since - february 2020 in afghanistan? i don't february 2020 in afghanistan? don't have that information february 2020 in afghanistan?" don't have that information readily available. the don't have that information readily available. ., ,., don't have that information readily available. ., , ., �* available. the reason you're getting cuestions available. the reason you're getting questions about _ available. the reason you're getting questions about the _ available. the reason you're getting questions about the intelligences i questions about the intelligences two days— questions about the intelligences two days before, the intelligence did not— two days before, the intelligence did not show the country was about to falter—

did not show the country was about to falter the taliban, that's why you are — to falter the taliban, that's why you are receiving questions about the intelligence of this target, how serious _ the intelligence of this target, how serious these isis fighters wear. | serious these isis fighters wear. i understand and i understand people are not going to enter the details of the intelligence that goes into that. you the intelligence we had was good enou:h you the intelligence we had was good enou . h to you the intelligence we had was good enough to conduct _ you the intelligence we had was good enough to conduct that _ you the intelligence we had was good enough to conduct that strike - you the intelligence we had was good enough to conduct that strike and - you the intelligence we had was good enough to conduct that strike and we | enough to conduct that strike and we now have two members of isis—k no longer able to facilitate or plan attacks. i'm not going to go into that. i attacks. i'm not going to go into that. ., �* ., ., , ,. that. i don't have any schedule announcements _ that. i don't have any schedule announcements to _ that. i don't have any schedule announcements to make - that. i don't have any schedule announcements to make with l that. i don't have any schedule - announcements to make with respect to that _ announcements to make with respect to that i�*m _ announcements to make with respect to that. �* . ., ., announcements to make with respect to that. �* . . ., .,. announcements to make with respect to that. �* . . ., ., to that. i'm unclear what each of ou said to that. i'm unclear what each of you said about _ to that. i'm unclear what each of you said about the _ to that. i'm unclear what each of you said about the presence - to that. i'm unclear what each of you said about the presence of. to that. i'm unclear what each of. you said about the presence of the tatibah_ you said about the presence of the taliban at— you said about the presence of the taliban at the _ you said about the presence of the taliban at the airport. _ you said about the presence of the taliban at the airport. are - you said about the presence of the taliban at the airport. are you - taliban at the airport. are you saying — taliban at the airport. are you saying there _ taliban at the airport. are you saying there were _ taliban at the airport. are you saying there were no - taliban at the airport. are you saying there were no taliban i taliban at the airport. are you i saying there were no taliban on taliban at the airport. are you - saying there were no taliban on the airfield _ saying there were no taliban on the airfield beginning _ saying there were no taliban on the airfield beginning the _ saying there were no taliban on the airfield beginning the transition - saying there were no taliban on the airfield beginning the transition to i airfield beginning the transition to controt—

airfield beginning the transition to control on— airfield beginning the transition to control on either— airfield beginning the transition to control on either civilian... - airfield beginning the transition to control on either civilian... this i control on either civilian... this was some _ control on either civilian... this was some reporting _ control on either civilian... was some reporting yesterday control on either civilian..- was some reporting yesterday that the taliban were in control of the gates and then there was reporting that we were shutting down all evacuation operations in the course of the day. my point yesterday was those are not true. we are not shutting down evacuation operations, we're going to continue to the end. we are still in charge of the airport. we are still in charge of security at the airport. what was true a few days ago is still true today. the taliban have checkpoints around the airport in a loose perimeter, but they are not manning gates, they are not at the airport doing anything like that. thea;t gates, they are not at the airport doing anything like that. they are not at the airport? _ doing anything like that. they are not at the airport? ok. _ doing anything like that. they are not at the airport? ok. going - doing anything like that. they are | not at the airport? ok. going back not at the airport? 0k. going back to the _ not at the airport? 0k. going back to the drone — not at the airport? 0k. going back to the drone strike, _ not at the airport? 0k. going back to the drone strike, you _ not at the airport? 0k. going back to the drone strike, you can - not at the airport? 0k. going back to the drone strike, you can give l to the drone strike, you can give specific— to the drone strike, you can give specific names _ to the drone strike, you can give specific names of— to the drone strike, you can give specific names of countries - to the drone strike, you can give specific names of countries but i to the drone strike, you can give i specific names of countries but did you notify— specific names of countries but did you notify any— specific names of countries but did you notify any countries _ specific names of countries but did you notify any countries through i you notify any countries through which _ you notify any countries through which may— you notify any countries through which may have _ you notify any countries through which may have flown _ you notify any countries through

which may have flown through l you notify any countries through - which may have flown through before the strike _ which may have flown through before the strike and — which may have flown through before the strike and which _ which may have flown through before the strike and which committees - which may have flown through before the strike and which committees didi the strike and which committees did you notify— the strike and which committees did you notify prior— the strike and which committees did you notify prior to _ the strike and which committees did you notify prior to the _ the strike and which committees did you notify prior to the strike - the strike and which committees did you notify prior to the strike if- the strike and which committees did you notify prior to the strike if at - you notify prior to the strike if at all? aha _ you notify prior to the strike if at all? �* , ., you notify prior to the strike if at all? �* , . . , you notify prior to the strike if at all? a . ., ~ ., you notify prior to the strike if at all? m . ~' ., you notify prior to the strike if at all? a ., ~ ., ., all? as far as i know, there was no notifications _ all? as far as i know, there was no notifications that _ all? as far as i know, there was no notifications that did _ all? as far as i know, there was no notifications that did or _ all? as far as i know, there was no notifications that did or were - notifications that did or were needed to happen beforehand. countries are the committees? ihla countries are the committees? notifications needed to be done beforehand.— notifications needed to be done beforehand. ., ., ., beforehand. you are not giving the names of the _ beforehand. you are not giving the names of the individuals _ beforehand. you are not giving the names of the individuals but - beforehand. you are not giving the names of the individuals but you i names of the individuals but you know— names of the individuals but you know them? do you know that nationality of the individuals kitted — nationality of the individuals kitted in— nationality of the individuals killed in the joan straight? we know who they are- _ killed in the joan straight? we know who they are. the _ killed in the joan straight? we know who they are. the one _ killed in the joan straight? we know who they are. the one who - killed in the joan straight? we know who they are. the one who was - who they are. the one who was wounded was _ who they are. the one who was wounded was the _ who they are. the one who was wounded was the facilitator - who they are. the one who was wounded was the facilitator orl wounded was the facilitator or planner? _ wounded was the facilitator or planner? | wounded was the facilitator or lanner? ., �* ., ., planner? i don't have that information. _ planner? i don't have that information. have - planner? i don't have that information. have the - planner? i don't have that. information. have the taliban planner? i don't have that - information. have the taliban given ou an information. have the taliban given you any indication _ information. have the taliban given you any indication they _ information. have the taliban given you any indication they will- information. have the taliban given you any indication they will not - information. have the taliban given you any indication they will not let i you any indication they will not let afghanistan to be used as a launching pad for terrorist attack against _ launching pad for terrorist attack against us friends and allies? can ou sa against us friends and allies? can you say that _ against us friends and allies? can you say that one again? during i against us friends and allies? can i you say that one again? during your conversation — you say that one again? during your conversation with _ you say that one again? during your conversation with the _ you say that one again? during your conversation with the taliban - conversation with the taliban leadership have they given any assurance to you that they will not

let afghanistan be used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks against _ launching pad for terrorist attacks against us, friends and allies. they made assurances _ against us, friends and allies. they made assurances as _ against us, friends and allies. the: made assurances as part of against us, friends and allies. ti9:1 made assurances as part of the against us, friends and allies. ti91 made assurances as part of the doha agreement about affiliation with al-qaeda and terrorism, terrorism groups operating from afghanistan, they said as part of the doha agreement. d0 they said as part of the doha agreement-— they said as part of the doha arreement. i. ., ., , ., they said as part of the doha arreement. ., ., , ., :, agreement. do you have any idea of the level or — agreement. do you have any idea of the level or type _ agreement. do you have any idea of the level or type of _ agreement. do you have any idea of the level or type of fighter - agreement. do you have any idea of the level or type of fighter that - the level or type of fighter that has flowed _ the level or type of fighter that has flowed into _ the level or type of fighter that has flowed into afghanistan . has flowed into afghanistan recently? _ has flowed into afghanistan recently? i _ has flowed into afghanistan recentl ? :, :, ., :, recently? i do not. ok we are going to call it a — recently? i do not. ok we are going to call it a day- _ recently? i do not. ok we are going to call it a day. i _ recently? i do not. ok we are going to call it a day. i appreciated - recently? i do not. ok we are going to call it a day. i appreciated very i to call it a day. i appreciated very much. thank you all for coming today, i appreciated. that much. thank you all for coming today, i appreciated.— much. thank you all for coming today, i appreciated. that is where the ress today, i appreciated. that is where the press briefing _ today, i appreciated. that is where the press briefing comes _ today, i appreciated. that is where the press briefing comes to - today, i appreciated. that is where the press briefing comes to a - today, i appreciated. that is where | the press briefing comes to a close. it was hosted by major general hank taylor and also the pentagon press secretary, john kirby. they talked about the scale of the evacuation

operation over the last few days. 32 military aircraft and 3a coalition aircraft have departed with coast 7000 military personnel on board. in terms of civilian evacuees, there are 117,000 people taken to safety pentagon said, most of them were afghans. a lot of questions as you won't be surprised to hear, about the drone strike that was launched against isis—k, we will talk about them in a moment. there have been two high—profile targets killed according to that press conference. it happened in the province bordering pakistan and was part of the response joe bordering pakistan and was part of the responsejoe biden promised after that suicide bombing at kabul airport on thursday in which nearly 170 people died, 13 us military

personnel. the group know as is—k said it had carried out an attack outside kabul airport on thursday that may have killed as many as 170 people, including 13 us troops. joining me now is andrew mines, a research fellow at george washington university's programme on extremism, who's been tracking is—k for a number of years now. you are the expert. they are a new name and seem to go by lots of different names. let's establish who they are and what they are known as first. , :, : they are and what they are known as first. , ., . ,, ., ., first. the islamic state are the official ranch _ first. the islamic state are the official ranch of _ first. the islamic state are the official ranch of the _ first. the islamic state are the official ranch of the islamic - first. the islamic state are the i official ranch of the islamic state franchise but they used to cover afghanistan, pakistan now the focus on afghanistan, there was a split in 2019. you can call them 115 k, people call them isis—k, officials call them isis—k, they all refer to the same group which is the official branch of isis in afghanistan. what branch of isis in afghanistan. what is their stated _ branch of isis in afghanistan. what is their stated aim? _ branch of isis in afghanistan. what is their stated aim? their - branch of isis in afghanistan. what is their stated aim? their stated i is their stated aim? their stated aim is to bb _ is their stated aim? their stated aim is to bb beachhead - is their stated aim? their stated aim is to bb beachhead for - is their stated aim? their stated aim is to bb beachhead for the i aim is to bb beachhead for the movement, the islamic state movement

in afghanistan. they are a pivot point of the broaderjihad the organisation sees so they are supposed to establish a foothold for the group in afghanistan. i read they are down to about 3000 fighters in total? estimates have fluctuated. upwards of 8000 now. the most recent one before the prison break we have and of well about 2000 sk fighters eventually fled during the takeover when about 1500 2000. so if we assume those immediatelyjoined the ranks of isis—k, that's probably around 3000. when they formed, they were predominantly pakistani taliban, afghan taliban and members from another group called the islamic movement of uzbekistan. now they are being whittled down to basically this core group of hardened pakistani taliban and other

veteranjihadists, former hardened pakistani taliban and other veteran jihadists, former members and younger urban afghans. irate veteran jihadists, former members and younger urban afghans. we 'ust had the pentagon i and younger urban afghans. we 'ust had the pentagon say i and younger urban afghans. we 'ust had the pentagon say two �* had the pentagon say two high—profile targets have been taken out, this will affect the capability of is—k but they are not complacent. what impact will aid drones like this have on an group like is—k? mr; this have on an group like is—k? ij'i1 colleague and i this have on an group like is—k? ij�*i1 colleague and i have looked at the loss they have suffered and it suffered a 500 leadership level losses and 10,000 members, an extraordinary rate of decline over the years. essentially what happens in 2019 is the group basically declared defeated. we have seen time and again this group with a franchise in iraq and syria they are able to move through this period in relative decline, put people in place we can carry the organisation through, by their time,

place we can carry the organisation through, by theirtime, pursue place we can carry the organisation through, by their time, pursue the same strategic method of attacks on government and civilian targets and then with consolidate control and territory. that's what they have done for several months. itruths) territory. that's what they have done for several months. who funds them? in done for several months. who funds them? in the _ done for several months. who funds them? in the early _ done for several months. who funds them? in the early days, _ done for several months. who funds them? in the early days, there - done for several months. who funds them? in the early days, there were estimates of — them? in the early days, there were estimates of upwards _ them? in the early days, there were estimates of upwards of _ them? in the early days, there were estimates of upwards of upwards i them? in the early days, there were estimates of upwards of upwards of| estimates of upwards of upwards of $100 million at the time was channelling through to afghanistan. lower estimates are $100,000 a month, that's one of the core pillars of their funding. month, that's one of the core pillars of theirfunding. some of the funding is when the assert control and influence into districts and other areas in afghanistan. they extort local trade routes, minerals, timber, those sorts of things and also the civilian populations. when they rolled over periods for a short period of time they will take teacher salaries.—

period of time they will take teacher salaries. how would you characterise _ teacher salaries. how would you characterise their _ teacher salaries. how would you characterise their relationship i teacher salaries. how would you i characterise their relationship with the taliban in afghanistan which controls most of the country? thea;t controls most of the country? they see them as _ controls most of the country? they see them as their— controls most of the country? ti91 see them as their strategic rivals and picked him out because they need to present themselves as the only viable option for people who see themselves aligned more towards the jihadist ideology, the legacy of jihadist ideology, the legacy of jihad that has been going on for decades in afghanistan. they are the only viable option, they can be no collaboration, any agreements with the west are null, not valid, the only real presence in afghanistan that should be considered legitimate. irate that should be considered legitimate.— that should be considered lecitimate. 9 , ., , :, legitimate. we saw the brutality of the islamic state _ legitimate. we saw the brutality of the islamic state group _ legitimate. we saw the brutality of the islamic state group in - legitimate. we saw the brutality of the islamic state group in syria - legitimate. we saw the brutality of| the islamic state group in syria and iraq when they were trying to create a caliphate. how does this group compare in terms of its aims, its

tactics? , :, , compare in terms of its aims, its tactics? , . , , ., compare in terms of its aims, its tactics? , :, , , :, ~ tactics? they are very similar. we see much of— tactics? they are very similar. we see much of the _ tactics? they are very similar. we see much of the same _ tactics? they are very similar. we see much of the same thing - tactics? they are very similar. we see much of the same thing we i tactics? they are very similar. we i see much of the same thing we saw tactics? they are very similar. we - see much of the same thing we saw in the build—up to 2014 in iraq and syria, we see the group intimating in afghanistan over the last several months. prison breaks, we saw them last year and we saw them recently targeting government personnel, minorities we saw that in iraq and syria and we see that in afghanistan. it sends a strategic message of the groups are the same. in terms of geographical reach, who are they going to be most problematic for? the taliban within afghanistan or other countries in the region or even beyond that internationally?— internationally? right now and eseciall internationally? right now and especially from _ internationally? right now and especially from what _ internationally? right now and especially from what we - internationally? right now and especially from what we can i internationally? right now and i especially from what we can tell about where the air strike occurred, it is in the areas where isis—k had formally consolidated territorial console in southern manga her they have sat there for years leveraging other groups in the area,

use cross—border routes to bring fighters and bring supplies in. we are likely to see them try to set up shop again. it’s are likely to see them try to set up shop again-— shop again. it's fascinating, i'm sure we will _ shop again. it's fascinating, i'm sure we will talk— shop again. it's fascinating, i'm sure we will talk to _ shop again. it's fascinating, i'm sure we will talk to you - shop again. it's fascinating, i'm sure we will talk to you again i shop again. it's fascinating, i'm| sure we will talk to you again as isis—k's foothold in afghanistan continues, if they manage to cement it any further and it sounds like they might. thank you.- it any further and it sounds like they might. thank you. our correspondent simonjones has been given more details about the winding up of evacuations effort of afghan civilians in kabul. this has been the operation over the past couple of weeks, to get out british citizens and also interpreters and other staff who have helped the british authorities over the past couple of decades in afghanistan. the mod made it clear that today

would be the final flights carrying just civilians would leave kabul airport heading for the uk. just after 1pm we got confirmation from the mod that the final flight for civilians had left. there will be further flights during the course of the weekend but the focus will be to get out military personnel. around 1,000 british troops have been in afghanistan in recent days, some have already returned. there may be space on the flight for civilians, but it is going to be largely military and diplomatic personnel taken out on the final flights. other people of course left behind. someone who has been a presence at the airport has been the uk ambassador to afghanistan, sir laurie bristow, and he posted on social media a film he made about his final thoughts. the team here have been working to the very last moment to evacuate british nationals, afghans and others at risk. since the 13th of august, we've brought nearly 15,000 people

to safety and about 1,000 military, diplomatic and civilian personnel have worked on operation pitting in kabul, and many, many more elsewhere. thursday's terrorist attack was a reminder of the difficult and dangerous conditions in which 0peration pitting has been done and, sadly, i attended here yesterday the ceremony to pay our respects to the 13 us soldiers who died. it's time to close this phase of the operation now but we haven't forgotten the people who still need to leave. we will continue to do everything we can to help them. nor have we forgotten the brave, decent people of afghanistan. they deserve to live in peace and security. sir laurie bristow, the british ambassador to afghanistan. as he said, there are more people eligible who have not been able to get out. what happens to them? the government are keen to talk

about the fact they have got out around 14,500 british citizens, afghan interpreters, over the past couple of weeks but it is thought hundreds more people who would be eligible to come to the uk are still in afghanistan. what will happen to them is unclear. the government is saying that what is ending today and this weekend is really only the end of phase one of this operation and it is going to look in a second phase to bring eligible people to the uk but it is unclear how that system will work. it is likely to require cooperation of the taliban if it will be international flights, people may be asked to go to land borders, but how processing would work is not clear. plus the uk has committed to taking around 5,000 refugees direct from the region in the first year, up to around 20,000 over the next four or five years. we are told from the home office we are going to get more details this week of how that scheme is going to work but certainly it has been a very complex couple of weeks and those complexities are likely to continue as the uk looks to get more

people out of afghanistan, even once direct flights have ended. earlier i spoke to colonel richard kemp, a former commander of british forces in afghanistan who also worked with the uk joint intelligence committee, and he gave me his assessment on how the evacuation operation has gone in kabul. i think it was a tremendous effort by all of the international forces and diplomats and others involved and i would like to pay tribute particularly to british forces who put their own lives at huge risk in order to save others and also our diplomatic team on the ground in kabul. this situation did not need to happen. the evacuation could have begun months ago and should have done and now we are left with not only western military forces killed

during the operation but we've got probably at least 1100 people who were due to leave and entitled to leave under british rules to come back and come to the uk, who have helped our security forces and the embassy in kabul as well. those people still needing help very much on everyone's minds. how perilous is this period? now it is military personnel getting on planes with diplomatic staff and retreat? i wouldn't describe our forces as retreating. the retreat was by the government when this began, but i think our forces are now conducting an operation they have prepared for to withdraw from the airport but the dangers to them as they do so are immense. they will take every step they can to ensure they get into the aircraft and get safely off the ground but of course the dangers remain. you mentioned how much of a mess

this whole process has been. how concerned should everyone be about where afghanistan is heading now? bearing in mind so much of that military hardware has been left behind. i think it is a hugely problematic situation for the 1,100 or so who are left, people britain wanted to get out. they have become hostages now in afghanistan and if the government decides to negotiate to get their release then the taliban will ask a very high price. i think we will see the taliban, who have used some fine words talking about diversity and inclusivity, that will now finish when western forces get out, they don't need to say those things any more, and the country will descend into the same kind of horrors that existed during their previous of governing. the country will become again a very dangerous safe haven for terrorists. they will flock into the country

from around the world, jihadists, and plan attacks against us. maybe not immediately but in the relatively short to medium term we will see that threat opening up again. you have no faith that the taliban have changed? i have no faith at all. you shouldn't forget that the taliban is not a single coherent organisation. even if the people saying these things are saying what they think, which i doubt, that doesn't necessarily run across the whole of the taliban groupings and factions in afghanistan. you asked about the weapons left behind. they are now one of the best armed, if not the best armed terrorist organisation in the world. a lot of the more sophisticated equipment like attack helicopters and surveillance equipment and the like, the sophisticated stuff they will not be able to operate, except for maybe one or two cases.

the main threat comes from the small arms and explosives left behind. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal which could see the partyjoin the scottish government with the snp. patrick harvie and lorna slater, pictured here with first minister nicola sturgeon, said the agreement promoted a "sustainable scotland that works for everyone". the final decision still needs to be agreed by the scottish greens party council, a decision is expected shortly. coronavirus plans for schools in england have been described as "a recipe for chaos" by education unions, who say they will not be enough to prevent a rise in infections. the government said it has updated its advice on how to respond to an outbreak with minimum disruption to education. at the paralympics games in tokyo, british sprinters thomas young and sophie hahn have both taken gold in the t38100 metres.

it was the first time that thomas young, who's 21 years old, had broken 11 seconds. earlier i spoke to his parents, bridie and rob. coming up to tokyo he had done 11.03 and obviously his previous personal best was in dubai at 11 seconds, but he has always wanted to aim to beat the 11 seconds and it was so great because today he did it. and what a place to do it. rob, what were you thinking when you watched him run? you don't have long to actually see him in action, do you? no, it felt a bit surreal. it was just so amazing and i was so emotional, i didn't know what to do. from the interview i have read,

he said he wasn't even thinking about the medal, he was only thinking about how fast he had run. it is doubly impressive for him. yes, he has been watching the time. he has done a couple of previous bests but coming up to these games he has been doing 11.17, 11.22, so i was pleased to see he had done under 11. hoping in the last couple of weeks he would be able to do it and he has come through. i love the fatherly understatement, "i was quite pleased," that's wonderful. tell us about his running history. when did you first spot he was quick? he always liked running around and playing football as a child and then many years ago he was chatting to a teacher

at school who said what aboutjoining a club? so he joined charnwood athletics, i think in 2013, in loughborough, down the road, and he went on and on from there. and he loved it so much hejust kept going and going, literally, and didn't stop. from starting out there, he found something he loved and something that he turned out to be really good at. he used to run round the block here just to exercise, and sometimes i'd say go for your run and he would come back and i'd say you can't have been that quick, and that was when we noticed how quick he was. and this is his first olympics, and a gold first time out — do you know what his aspirations

are for the future? when he comes home he will keep training hard every day all the time and he will be looking forward to the home commonwealth games next year because obviously hopefully by then we will be allowed to have a full stadium of fans for all the athletes to cheer them on. then he'll be looking forward to the next worlds and training for paris. who does he get the speed from? definitely not from me! rob has always been quite sporty. i'm not very sporty. i like sport but i'm not great myself, apart from swimming. well, that's good enough. rob, it's all down to you but i bet you can't keep up

with him these days! no, no! one day i'll tell you a story about that but not now. i know shepshed, so next time i'm back in leicestershire i might drop in. you are more than welcome. thank you. i know would be, that's the way we do things in leicestershire! thanks for speaking to us. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. as far as bank holiday weekends go, this is one of the better ones and it was a good start to the weekend for england's cricketers. for anybody hoping to see a full day's play at headingley, such as yorkshire lad here, it was a bit disappointing. we've had a day of sunshine at headingley, had a day of sunshine in central scotland where we have seen the highest temperatures today. you can see from the fields it's very dry. it's been a very dry summer for scotland. it has not been the case elsewhere across the uk and in europe,

there has been a lot of heavy showers today. one or two light showers clipped the south—east early on, those are pretty much gone now. with high pressure in charge, should be dry overnight. clear skies for many areas to start with but more cloud will come down from the north into scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, so these areas won't be as chilly as they were last night. further south with clear skies, temperatures in rural areas could easily get down to six or seven. heading into sunday and much cloudier day than today, across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. it could be quite grey across much of the northern scotland, north—east england, one or two spots of drizzle. elsewhere, it should tend to brighten up a little. sunnier skies further south. some patchy fairweather cloud developing through the day and still quite breezy in east anglia and the south—east of england and our top temperature probably be 20—21. cooler than that for eastern scotland and the north—east of england under the cloud. we got high pressure in charge this weekend, still there into next week. the centre of the highs to the north—west of the uk and it means the winds around it are feeding in off the north sea. those winds will drag in a lot of cloud around on monday. there may not be too much in the way of sunshine. the best of the sunshine will be

towards the western side of the uk where we are more sheltered from what's likely to be a stronger wind in many areas on monday, and that wind off the north sea will make it feel cold around some of those north sea coasts, the best temperatures out towards the west, again 20, possibly pushing 21. tuesday looks fairly similar. if there is any sunshine first thing, it may fill up with cloud a bit more, a lot of cloud on the scene again on tuesday and again a fairly brisk wind coming in too. those temperatures are not going to change very much. near some eastern parts of the uk, temperatures only 16 or 17. with high pressure in charge throughout the week, it's going to be dry, quite breezy, some sunshine and again, the best of the sunshine in the west.

this is bbc news. the headlines at five: the final uk flight to evacuate civilians from afghanistan has left kabul. the ministry of defence says further flights will bring home uk diplomatic staff and military personnel. the us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner following thursday's attack, which killed as many as 170 people at kabul airport. concerns about rising covid infection rates as large crowds expected to flock to beaches and festivals over the bank holiday weekend. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal that could see its leaders in government for the first time. two world records for the british cycling couple, husband and wife lora and neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today.