that was armed forces veteran andy reid ending that report by ed thomas.oday's news, let's go live to the afghan capital and our correspondence secunder kermani. how do you see the challenge for the taliban of trying to form some kind of stable government? the taliban of trying to form some kind of stable government?— taliban of trying to form some kind of stable government? the taliban do have some experience _ of stable government? the taliban do have some experience of— of stable government? the taliban do have some experience of being - of stable government? the taliban do have some experience of being in - have some experience of being in power but back in the 19905 only a handful of countries around the world recognised their regime, whilst here are many people have terrible memories of that time, the sweeping restrictions preventing women from working and getting an education, for example. the taliban leadership today says things will be very different, but many here are 5ceptical of those a55urance5, particularly in big cities like kabul where ther

nathalie bouzigues, speaking to ed thomas.urged iran to resume nuclear talks after the newly—inaugurated president, ebrahim raisi, indicated he'd support diplomatic efforts to end the deadlock. at his swearing in ceremony in tehran, mr raisi said he'd back any diplomatic plan to end us sanctions, which were imposed over iran's nuclear activities. he said that the effort to force his country to abandon the research had failed. i asked barbara slavin, director of the future of iran initiative and a non resident seniorfellow at the atlantic council what the west can expect from this new leader. not very much, i'm afraid. he will continue, i believe the diplomatic efforts that were started under rouhani. this is a decision by the iranian government to try to get sanctions lifted but raisi is not interested in improving relations with the west or with the united states. i think he going to be much more focused on solidifying iran's relationship with china, russia and perhaps some of the neighbouring states. we should also remember

our special correspondent ed thomas there speaking to people here and in kabul.al correspondent, lyse doucet, is in kabul. lyse, we keep hearing voices of despair, and you are witnessing these scenes too.— despair, and you are witnessing these scenes too. yeah, we have heard time _ these scenes too. yeah, we have heard time and _ these scenes too. yeah, we have heard time and again _ these scenes too. yeah, we have heard time and again from - these scenes too. yeah, we have i heard time and again from officials in london that we will use every hour that is left to get people out, but the fact of the matter is there are simply not enough hours. we have met some of the british soldiers at the airport, and their efforts are absolutely heroic, they are working around the clock to try to process as many people as possible. and we use these tidy phrases, evacuation, airlift, but for the afghans who are still going to the airport, trying to go there, they are there in their thousands, this is a game of russian roulette. listen to what secunder kermani people staying six

nathalie bouzigues speaking to ed thomas..1%, despite fears over rising prices. inflation is forecast to hit 4% by the end of the year — double the bank's target, and the fastest rise in the cost of living for more than a decade. but the governor, andrew bailey, says interest rates won't be raised above half a percent for at least three years, insisting rising inflation is temporary as the country emerges from the pandemic. there have been some major developments tonight in the world of football. barcelona have announced that the argentinian star lionel messi will have to leave the club. it's believed the terms of a new contract would break financial rules. and here, manchester city have smashed the transfer fee record for an english club, signing the midfielder jack grealish from aston villa for £100 million. that surpasses the 89 million paid by manchester united for paul pogba in 2016. well, our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor is at manchester city's etihad stadium for us tonight. hi, there, nesta. hello. there is that

our special correspondent ed thomas there speaking to people here and in kabul.ainst covid from two doses of the vaccine may start to wane within six months. a study looked at data on more than a million people who'd been double jabbed with the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines. the government is expected to begin offering some people a third covid boosterjab next month, as sophie hutchinson now reports. how were you after your first vaccination? all right. i was just a bit fatigued. just how long vaccines offer protection and whether we need boosters is a crucial question ahead of the winter. today's study adds to growing evidence that over time covid vaccines become less effective at stopping infections. it examined 1.2 million positive test results between may and july this year and found that protection from the pfizer vaccine seemed to reduce from 88% to 74% over five to six months and astrazeneca from 77% to 67% over four to five months. importantly, this is about preventing a covid infection. hospital figures suggest both vaccines have continued to protect a

nathalie speaking to ed thomas.s injune, running at 2.5%, and is forecast to go higher. our business correspondent, andy verity, is at the bank of england for us. is the bank confident we can survive and ride out rising inflation? yes. it is very convinced _ rising inflation? yes. it is very convinced that _ rising inflation? yes. it is very convinced that it _ rising inflation? yes. it is very convinced that it is _ rising inflation? yes. it is very convinced that it is temporary| rising inflation? yes. it is very - convinced that it is temporary and this is the interesting thing. when you look at that figure, 4%, that will be the highest and fastest rise in the cost of living that we have seenin in the cost of living that we have seen in a decade, since 2011. it is twice what the official target for inflation rate is. in the past, when central banks or prices taking off like that, they would want to raise interest rates to try to head that off and slow the economy down so it doesn't overheat and generate more infl

veteran andy reid ending that report by ed thomas. - let's speak to secunder kermani our correspondenthe taliban parading around the airport. the big question is, can they make the transition from insurgents to a government?— transition from insurgents to a government? transition from insurgents to a rovernment? . �*, ., , , government? that's absolutely right. the taliban do _ government? that's absolutely right. the taliban do have _ government? that's absolutely right. the taliban do have experience - government? that's absolutely right. the taliban do have experience of. the taliban do have experience of being in power before but back in the 1990s only a handful of countries recognise their regime and many here have terrible memories of it with its brutal interpretation of shari law and its sweeping restrictions preventing women from getting an education and from working. in recent years they have implemented a kind of shadow system of rule in the rural areas they have taken control of, overseeing for example schools and hospitals but keeping the staff that were employed by and pai

our correspondent ed thomas there speaking to people here and in kabul.e gave an answer in which she appeared to suggest that the bbc should not talk to them and those comments were widely reported for stock afterwards, ofcom issued a statement saying actually that is not what melanie meant at all, she was just talking about having balance. there was some anger within ofcom about how melanie�*s comments had been construed. today, ofcom says it is leaving stonewall�*s equality scheme which it runs for organisations which it runs for organisations which pays subscriptions in return for being told how to make their workplaces for less lgbt. ofcom leaving is controversial. a report led into an incident said stonewall may have misinterpreted and potentially given legal advice, something stonewall strongly denies and ofcom are not the only organisation to leave recently was not the equality and human rights commission also left last year, it said on cost grounds, but when its head gave a statement saying women should not be abused for talking about a perceived

our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to people here and in kabul.. the anguish, uncertainty of what comes next. inside, ifeel like i am broken into many pieces. my body is here, my soul is in afghanistan. and so is the rest of her family — uncles, aunties, in—laws. most of them work for the afghan government or western forces. this is the picture of the taliban they have taken secretly, my brother—in—law. we blurred these images not to reveal the family home. so this is them in the house. this is the taliban. they want a female member of ourfamily. they want to know where they are. they were asking for tthey he women. were just sitting there. is that a rifle? yeah. she says all the women in the family have been moved to a safe house. this is the problem they have, because they are in hidden places. without signal, so we have to ring so many times. she is not feeling well, she cannot go to the doctor. she is saying she is really ill and she cannot go to the doctor or anything. they are eligible under the resettlement scheme, but we have heard nothing

nathalie bouziges, speaking to ed thomas. covis is making more and more young people seriously ill. getting very sick with the virus is four times higher than last winter. with a growing number of young adults being hospitalised, they're being urged to get a coronavirus vaccine. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. the average age of covid patients admitted to icu has dropped by a decade, from 59 in the winter peak to 49 in this third wave. intensive care consultants say they're seeing younger patients with no underlying health conditions. we've been seeing young, fit patients who haven't been lucky enough to get vaccinated, coming in for some time. i've been caring for young, fit men in their 30s — no medical problems whatsoever, very healthy, muscular people. i've been looking after young pregnant women as well. more than 70% of adults in the uk are fully vaccinated. two doses offer high levels of protection and estimates suggest more than 50,000 hospital admissions have been prevented in england alone. at the peak of the second wave injanuary, there were around 34

been watching events unfold in afghanistan, and she's been speaking to our special correspondent, ed thomast my candles and i'd touch that picture. i'd say good morning, good night. i'll talk to him, it's like he's here. holding on. memories of corporal jake hartley. i have jake's old iphone and wallet with money and items and cinema tickets. i've got his best clothes, and i polish his buckle. and i still have his shoes in t�*shoe rack. they're just little comforts. it might seem crazy to some people, but... yeah. it's nearly ten years since jake was killed in afghanistan. losing jake has caused so much pain. so much pain. he was 20 years old. i've not wanted to be here. i have attempted, i have. it's... it's like i'vejust wanted to go to him. and ijust want the pain and... ..everything to just go away. after two decades of conflict, this is lashkar gar now — with the taliban taking afghanistan to the brink of civil war. gunfire. i don't think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever. we've done what we can and it's cost a lot of lives — too many. it makes me angry. yeah, it mak

our special correspondent ed thomas there, speaking to people here and in kabul.ent missing, nine people have been questioned, but so far the police have not said what has led them here to carry out these searches. but claudia's mum has told us that she is upset that she did not originally receive enough information before the searches began yesterday. i'm in total... i'm in another world. i'm in total shock. i wish i'd been prepared a bit more for it other than on the day. because i am certain this did not just happen on the day. it must have been known about. and i had a telephone call saying there was nothing to worry about and allie had the same, so she did not bother ringing the police back. claudia's mum said she cannot think of a link between claudia and this area, but they hope the new searches mean light will be shed on the situation. sharon graham has been elected the first female leader of unite, one of britain's biggest unions. she'll succeed len mccluskey, a prominent critic of the labour leader, sir keir starmer. 0n the campaign trail, sharon graham

our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to people here and in kabul.family. uncles, aunties, in—laws. most of them work for the afghan government. 0r western forces. this is the picture of the taliban they have taken secretly, my brother—in—law. we blurred these images not to reveal the family home. so this is them in the house. this is the taliban. they want a female member of ourfamily. they want to know where they are. they were just sitting there. is that a rifle? yeah. she says all the women in the family have been moved to a safe house. this is the problem they have, because they are in hidden places. we have to ring so many times. she is not feeling well, she cannot go to the doctor. she is saying she is really ill and she cannot go to the doctor or anything. they are eligible under the resettlement scheme, but we have heard nothing. what do you think will happen to yourfamily? they will get killed, they will get killed. 100% they will get killed. if i leave them and something happens to them, i will never be able to forgive myself. from manches

eds against hamilton. rip him to shreds. he's too good a newspaper scribbler, you've got to go after him. so, thomas jefferson-- there's a reason the guy is on mt. rushmore. i criticize him because on something that's really important to me, slavery issue, he gets worse over time. he found a political party that basically has a southern base. here is the relevance of this today. today there's a party, both parties have this, i'm not talking the republican party, i'm with liz cheney, in the end you have to protect the soul of your party and i see the pull operate other side and we're going to lose our base if you're lindsey graham or kevin mccarthy. the similar they think that confronts madison and jeffersonment they know slavery is wrong and they know it in their hearts, they know it in their bones. in order to defeat john adams and made criticism of john adams a crime, the sedition act. they create a party that has a southern base and they, because they're politicians, that's the political bed that we made and we're going to lie in it and if requires compromises, okay. so they get worse on slavery,

thomas but autonomous technology. . it seems like regulators are asking, how could the events happen if the driver was paying attention. emily: how do you expect it to proceed? edit's not the first time it has investigated tesla's autopilot. no sort of regulatory action has taken place. they do have the ability to call for a recall of those vehicles, even if it's a soft recall, where tesla updates the software. that seems unlikely. analysts are not sure what the outcome will be. if the regulators move to limit tesla's ability to offer autopilot or a more fully autonomous service, that would be negative for the stock. emily: shares are falling on this precipitously. certainly a strong reaction to investors. is there a real longer-term concern about the company, given that elon musk has staked so much of tesla's future on its autopilot technology? ed: year to date the stock is down. there has been focused with how many vehicles the company is building, how things are going in shanghai and germany. last year, the big run-up to the stock we saw in 2020, a lot of the price targets that were put out there, a lot of the valuation was based on future revenues derived f