anisa kadri reports.ting to leave afghanistan, they gather outside kabul airport as gunshots i had. witnesses said the taliban invited in the air to make people line up in orderly queues, but it is not yet if these shots were triggered in the same instance. these afghans are leaving everything they know to start from scratch stop america says it has evacuated 30,000 people in just over one week. their president hopes they will be no need to extend the august 31 a deadline for a complete us withdrawal. my withdrawal. my heart aches for those people you see. we are proving that we can move though thousands of people out of kabul. we are bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghanis who have helped us in the war effort, but we have a long way to go, and a lot could still go wrong. this is the panjshir valley, and they are unable to have a hand of i'm massoud said he was ready for talks to avert a civil war. this is the smallest province and afghanistan, and what we are standing for right now is for the whole

they are currently working on applications for the next kadri of city employees. >> how many are you expecting to be part of the second class? >> it's likely to be around 16. >> ok. i think that's a good number. that way they can get individual attention. i look forward to meeting them at some point, when things are such that we can shake hands with each other. i don't have any other questions at this time. thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner covington. questions from any of the other commissioners? i'm not seeing any -- commissioner cleveland. >> thank you for bringing our inner-city youth into the fire department. it's a great program and i look forward to it being successful and being replicated over and over again. i also want to commend the chief for elevating simon pang to our deputy chief for para medicine which is pretty cool and brice peoples is our new assistant deputy chief for diversity, equity and inclusion so those are two big-deal promotion this is my mind and i wanted to com end the chief for doing that. >> thank you commissioner cleveland. neit

anisa kadri, bbc news. and power cuts have affected thousands of people. the east coast of the united states has also been hit by strong winds and heavy rain, as tropical storm henri passed through the area. tanya dendrinos reports. debris and devastation, this is tennessee after flash flooding wreaked havoc. i'm like trying to get them out the door, but the water is so high and it's pushing against the door that i'm having a hard time pushing to open the door to get them out, i'm holding two babies. as locals assess the unimaginable damage following the record rainfall, search and rescue teams were looking for survivors. tremendous loss of life. a number of missing people on the ground, homes washed off their foundations, cars strewn around the community. it is a devastating picture of loss and heartache. the loss front of mind in sunday's presidential address. i want to begin by expressing my deepest condolences for the sudden and tragic loss of life through this flash flood. i know we've reached out to t

anisa kadri caught up with them at training. she shoots, she scores.oaches, players, they should _ referees, coaches, players, they should all— referees, coaches, players, they should all be concerned with racism in the _ should all be concerned with racism in the game. it is something that i had myself, when i was playing as a younger kid, until i was about 20, i encountered racism the whole way. the goal of southall athletic fc try to make the sport more accessible, more diverse and more exciting. it comes at a time of the fa is trying to encourage more asian girls and women in play football. this video of rising star layla has been released by the fa to encourage more asian girls and women to get involved in football. we are doing research with young girls around what they want. we are also working with various people from the muslim faith on the sport hijab and how important that is to help them on the pitch. we are doing some work in mosques as well. we are trying to do as much as we can to listen to what our asian women's football group says to u

anisa kadri caught up with them at training. she shoots, she scores.e is a big taboo. indian girls shouldn't play football, they should get married, they shouldn't be doing certain things. for us, as a team we are trying to break that taboo. the team has already won a tournament, but they have faced racism along the way. they would say a few words like curry, the p word. she said something underneath her breath, i got agitated, i went up into her face and the referee goes to me, are you trying to get sent off? he didn't hear what he said. the club wants people to let them know if the referees, the players should be concerned with racism in the game. it is something that has, myself, when i was playing as a younger kid, until i was about 20, i encountered racism the whole way. the goal of southall athletic fc try to make the sport more accessible, more diverse and more exciting. it comes at a time of the fa is trying to encourage more asian girls and women in play football. this video of rising star 15—year—old laila benares has been released by the fa