jon donnison, bbc news.switzerland. emergency teams had to leap into action and carry out the operation, taking to the air in helicopters. but this rescue isn't quite what you'd expect, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. ride of the valkyries plays. look, in the sky! is it a bird? is it a plane? no, it's a flying cow. ride of the valkyries continues. a bovine aviator being serenely ferried down from the alpine meadows where it had spent much of the summer. ride of the valkyries continues. quite a sight but, we are told, not as unusual as it may look. translation: one reasonj for the helicopter transport is that you can't reach some pastures by car. and the other is that some cows are injured, so they don't have to walk all the way down. ride of the valkyries plays. around ten of the animals from a herd of 1000 had to be hooked up to a helicopter. but if you think this might have been a little traumatic for them, think again. i didn't ask the cow how it feels after such a flight, as it couldn't answer, but it

jon donnison, bbc news.been sold at auction for $6 million. the colt single action gun belonged to sheriff pat garrett. he killed billy the kid in new mexico in 1881. the auction house called it a "relic of one of the most important and well known stories of the wild west." and before we go, let's update you on our top story. the us says it will keep evacuating americans and afghans from kabul airport until "the last moment", despite continuing concerns about further terror attacks. us officials warned that more attacks are "likely". that's it from me. don't forget, you can get in touch with me. i look forward to hearing from you. i'm @kacungira do stay with us here on bbc news. and of course you can find more on all the stories on our website. find more on all the stories on ourwebsite. by find more on all the stories on our website. by now. find more on all the stories on ourwebsite. by now. —— goodbye for now. hello. the weather on the last weekend of august last year didn't cover itself in glory — a high

jon donnison, bbc news.and. emergency teams had to leap into action and carry out the operation, taking to the air in helicopters. but this rescue isn't quite what you'd expect — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. flight of the valkyries plays look, in the sky, is it a bird? is it a plane? look, in the sky, is it a bird? is ita plane? no, it's a flying cow. flight of the valkyries plays a bovine aviator being serenely brought down from the alpine meadows where it had spent much of the summer. flight of the valkyries plays quite aside, but we are told, not as unusual as it may look. translation: one reason for the helicopter transport is that you can't reach some pastures by car. and the other, is that some cows are injured so they don't have to walk all the way down. . ., ., ., ., , down. around ten of the animals from a herd _ down. around ten of the animals from a herd of— down. around ten of the animals from a herd of 1000, _ down. around ten of the animals from a herd of 1000, had - down. around ten of t

jon donnison, bbc news.nce, as britain's first all—black, all—female company. the arts council of england estimates only 10% of theatre audiences come from black, asian or other minority backgrounds, and mawa hopes to change that. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. one of the world's most iconic scenes — romeo and juliet�*s passionate declaration of love. if they do see thee i they will murder thee! but now one theatre company was to shake shakespeare up, exploring the bard's work through different perspectives. than death prorogued, wanting of thy love. thou knowest the mask of night is on my face. i shakespeare is very british, and that's such a massive part of, like, british identity, and as well as the industry, and it's like, where do we, as black and black mixed—race women sit within that and kind of reclaiming a new narrative for what shakespeare could be. dost thou love me? i know thou wilt say 'ay', and i will take thy word. | and there'll be plenty more of these scen

jon donnison, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston.cover itself in glory — a high ofjust 16 throughout the weekend in edinburgh, in birmingham and manchester. it is going to be warmer this weekend, at least to start with. it's going to be dry throughout the weekend with this area of high pressure that's going to last into next week as well, although as the weekend goes on, there will be more cloud and breeze, so it will start to feel a bit cooler once again. and actually quite chilly as the weekend begins in rural spots, with temperatures into single figures. but in the sunshine, we're all going to warm up really quite nicely as the day goes on. there will be some areas of cloud in northwest scotland, some patches of cloud in eastern scotland and in england, though a lot of this will start to break up to allow some sunshine to come through, increasingly so in the afternoon. on the breeze, it's quite stiff in east anglia and southeast england. a stray shower can't be ruled out, and the breeze pushing into north sea coasts will keep temp

the us is one day away from a deadline for its forces to leave afghanistan. jon donnison reports. planes from kabul arriving at ryzen ought airbase in 0xfordshire last night, carrying uk trips and officials. earlierflights had officials. earlier flights had brought officials. earlierflights had brought more afghan refugees and the man who led the effort to bring them home, ambassador laurie bristow. 0ne plane even landed with an extra passenger on board, baby girl hubba was born during the flight, a new life heading for a new land. the evacuation marks the end of the uk's 20 year military involvement in afghanistan. in recent weeks, the raf scrambled to airlift 15,000 people, most of them afghan refugees, before the taliban deadline for foreign troops to withdraw by the end of august. but hundreds more remained stranded, with uk citizens and eligible refugees. the taliban has said they will be allowed to leave. but with fear and tension is increasing, it remains to be seen if the islamist group will honour the pledge. gunfire. and potential danger is not limited to the taliban. th

jon donnison, bbc news.vering events from delhi. this is covering events from delhi. morning images stai circulate this morning images started to circulate on social media which showed huge plumes of smoke in the vicinity of carpal airport and eyewitnesses say that they sell rockets being fired in the direction of the airport and the eyewitnesses say they were launched from a vehicle. now, we have had this now confirmed by the white house and they say that president biden has been updated on the situation. some us media is reporting at the moment that one, at least one of those rockets was intercepted by a missile defence system although that has not been directly confirmed to us by the white house. in this white house statement it said that us evacuation operations and of course the us is also packing up everything else ahead of the deadline tomorrow on tuesday, august 31. those operations will continue despite this heightened security threat. just a few days ago presidentjoe biden said it was highly likely

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jon donnison has more. packing up and heading out.ast british soldiers and diplomats have now left afghanistan, bringing an end to a military operation that lasted just shy of two decades. in recent days, more than 15,000 people have been evacuated by the raf. british nationals and afghans who had worked with the uk, along with their families. but hundreds who wanted to get out have been left behind. i don't think there's a certain person deployed forward drawn rfrom her majesty's government who could have given more the last two or two and half weeks. the effort has been truly humbling. to see the hours worked, the exhaustion on peoples faces, we have tried our best. we have absolutely tried our best. sadly, it has not closed the gap we would have wished, but that should not take away from the pride in what we've achieved. it was 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 that the first british troops arrived in afghanistan, part of a us—led mission. one of the first objectives, to oust the taliban from power. 20 years on, it's the islamist group

jon donnison has the details. back in britain.inal raf planes from kabul arriving at brize norton airbase in oxfordshire last night, carrying uk troops and officials. earlierflights had brought more afghan refugees, and the man who led the effort to bring them home, ambassador laurie bristow. one plane even landed with an extra passenger on board. baby girl havva was born during the flight. a new life heading for a new land. the evacuation marks the end of the uk's 20—year military involvement in afghanistan. in recent weeks, the raf scrambled to airlift 15,000 people, most of them afghan refugees, before the taliban deadline for foreign troops to withdraw by the end of august. but hundreds more remain stranded, both uk citizens and eligible refugees. the taliban has said they will be allowed to leave. but with fear and tensions increasing, it remains to be seen if the islamist group will honour that pledge. and potential danger is not limited to the taliban. a local branch of the so—called islamic state group killed more than 170

jon donnison, bbc news.licopter pilot to undertake two tours of afghanistan. thank you forjoining us. those rockets fired at the airport in carb will underline the ongoing danger right up moment of the us troops leaving. yes. ongoing danger right up moment of the us troops leaving.— the us troops leaving. yes, us troo -s the us troops leaving. yes, us tr00ps and _ the us troops leaving. yes, us troops and british _ the us troops leaving. yes, us troops and british troops - the us troops leaving. yes, us troops and british troops are l the us troops leaving. yes, us i troops and british troops are very familiar with rockets being fired. when i was based in kandahar in 2005 are used to get rockets in coming on quite a regular basis. there is a system called sea iws, a weapons system called sea iws, a weapons system that will been put up around the airport which is effectively a system that is put on naval frigates thatis system that is put on naval frigates that is designed to take out incoming low level very

jon donnison has more. packing up and heading out.t british shoulders and diplomats have now left afghanistan bringing to an end a military operation that lasted just shy of two decades. in recent days, more than 15,000 people have been evacuated by the raf. british nationals and afghans who had worked with the uk, along with their families. but hundreds who wanted to get out have been left behind. it is time to close _ get out have been left behind. it 3 time to close this phase of the operation now but we have not forgotten the people who still need to leave and we will continue to do everything we can to help them. nor have we forgotten the brave and decent people of afghanistan. they deserve to live in peace and security. it deserve to live in peace and security-— security. it was 2001 in the aftermath _ security. it was 2001 in the aftermath of _ security. it was 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 _ security. it was 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 that - security. it was 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 that the l security. it was 2001 in

jon donnison, bbc news. headingley was very much india's, asjo currie reports. england's tail and may only have lasted half—an—hour of day three at headingley, but as they left the field with a lead of 354 over india, surely it was a case of not if they would win, but when. england's bowlers working to get cracking and they thought they an early breakthrough. drs, though, undoing the decision, to the frustration of the decision, to the frustration of the home side. and from there, india got into their stride. before an england breakthrough on the stroke of lunch, johnny best out of and able as he sent rally packing. just rewards for england's bowlers, and for the crowd bearing with them. after the break, a potential lbw. joe reid called for a review a second too late. a costly delay. sharma would have been out, and given that lifeline, he went on to punish their mistakes, bringing up his 50 with ease. before he succumbed to this from ollie robinson. to give the england captain something too raw about. chetes