so brize norton in oxfordshire in england and that plane which touched down a couple of seconds ago from within afghanistan. borisjohnson also afghanistan. boris johnson also spoke afghanistan. borisjohnson also spoke earlier. he warned the taliban that if they wanted a diplomatic relationship in the future, they had to guarantee that any afghans who wanted to leave should be allowed to do so. women's rights should also be respected and just to remind you that during that campaign following 9/11 in the country, britain lost 457 9/11 in the country, britain lost a57 service personnel. so that is one of the latest flights taxiing at brize norton in the south—east of england is in the county of oxfordshire. a residential skyscraper in milan has been engulfed in fire. emergency services say the blaze is now under control but smoke can still be seen rising from many floors of the block. local media say that it is not yet clear whether anyone has been injured in the blaze, which is said to have spread to the entire structure within minutes. around 70 families are believed to live in the block.

planes bringing troops involved in the evacuation operation landed at brize norton in oxfordshire.ore arrivals are expected in the coming hours. us military officials say a drone strike in kabul has eliminated another deadly suicide attack as time runs out for those trying to leave the country. the flights are almost over. what are you going to do now? so, what about us? we are work with them, we support them. president biden pays his respects as 13 us troops among those killed in thursday's bombing are brought home. also in the programme tonight... the us state of louisiana hunkers down as hurricane ida makes landfall, threatening a catastrophic storm surge. seven more gold medals for great britain at the tokyo paralymics, including the third successive win for hannah cockroft. good evening. the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan have been arriving at raf brize norton in oxfordshire today. more than 15,000 people, including over 2,000 children, have been evacuated by the uk over the past two weeks. britain says the taliban has promised to allow foreign nationals

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darren is a paramedic manager, about to go out on the road in south oxfordshire., but call volumes are so high that he's helping out with day to day cases. we've come through an exceptionally busy time with the pandemic. a lot of the staff have obviously felt the pressure of that through the months, but they're continuing to go above and beyond. reports of a female in the river thames in abingdon... he gets to the scene to find the woman has been pulled from the river by passers—by and is being treated by ambulance service colleagues. patient is conscious and breathing. a call—out takes him to check on an injury in a town centre, another example of the demands on the service at this time of the year. with more people out and about, july and august can be very busy for ambulance services, but staff say it's even busier now than it was in the summer before the pandemic, with a range of health challenges across local communities adding to covid pressures. the message to the public — if it's not an emergency, use 111 online if possible. currently, within south central

planes carrying uk soldiers home from afghanistan have been arriving at a royal air force base in oxfordshirencluding over 2,000 children, have been evacuated by the uk over the past two weeks. britain says the taliban has promised to allow foreign nationals and afghan citizens to leave, if they have the authority to travel. the bbc�*s political correspondent iain watson reports. one of the last british flights from kabul, landing in the uk this morning. the prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of military involvement in afghanistan, concluded with a frantic evacuation. but in a government—issued video, he also pledged not to abandon those left behind. if the new regime in kabul wants diplomatic recognition or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afghanistan from again becoming an incubator for global terror. in a literally heroic effort, 15,000 people, the majority of them afghan citizens, have been airlifted f

while the games in tokyo are reserved for athletes at the pinnacle of their sport, one couple from oxfordshire events in 17 days — most of which they've never tried before. they're doing it all to raise money for a charity close to their hearts. andrew plant has the story. go! they've gone from cycling to synchronised swimming, tried their hands at taekwondo. in fact, they're not missing out a single olympic sport. it was trampolining today, then triathlon tomorrow. their olympic timetable has almost 50 sports, most of which, they've never even tried until now. what's been the hardest one for you so far? this! and bouncing with a back injury isn't helping. have you ever been on a trampoline before? this is my second time ever, and i'm pretty confident to say it will be my second and last. so, we absolutely hated the 50k walk. it was really hard. and i did not like the windsurfing because i have a massive fish phobia and it was on a fishing lake, and it was alljust very traumatic. and i've absolutely loved trampolining, that was brilliant, loved the rowing. there are so many things that have be

the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are due to arrive at raf brize norton in oxfordshirecoming hours. their departure from kabul marked the end of 20 years of a british military presence in the country during which a57 service personnel were killed. borisjohnson has warned the taliban that any future diplomatic relationship would depend on whether it allowed afghans who want to leave out of the country and whether women's rights will be respected. here's our political correspondent iain watson. one of the last british flights from kabul landing in the uk this morning. the prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of military involvement in afghanistan concluded with a frantic evacuation. the first uk ground forces arrived in afghanistan in 2001, in the wake of 9/11. few would have predicted that the campaign would become so protracted. a57 british service personnel lost their lives. borisjohnson said their sacrifice hadn't been in vain, but in a government—issued video, he also pledged not to abandon those left behind. if the new regime i

our correspondent sangita myska is at raf brize norton in oxfordshire. who can be got out of the country. yes. raf brize norton is the head of raf transport operations which means the aircraft taking off from here and heading towards kabul will be the ones upon which people will be airlifted so those people fall into two categories, british passport holders and those entitled to come into this country, who qualified for example under a scheme set up by the government to bring interpreters of afghan origin with their families back to the uk because they are under imminent threat. the carriers that will be leaving this air base will be, voyagers, c17s, atlas and hercules planes. voyagers can carry 300 people and atlas 150. i have been told that number can be increased but would need special permission to do that. he implied very heavily people coming on this flight will be told gather what you can and get on. for security reasons, as you can imagine, the raf don't want the taliban knowing exactly when flights will be leaving here and landing in kabul and v

while the games in tokyo are reserved for athletes at the pinnacle of their sport, one couple from oxfordshireoing it all to raise money for a charity close to their hearts. andrew plant has the story. go! they've gone from cycling to synchronised swimming, tried their hands at taekwondo. in fact, they're not missing out a single olympic sport. it was trampolining today, then triathlon tomorrow. their olympic timetable has almost 50 sports, most of which, they've never even tried until now. what's been the hardest one for you so far? this! and bouncing with a back injury isn't helping. have you ever been on a trampoline before? this is my second time ever, and i'm pretty confident to say it will be my second and last. so, we absolutely hated the 50k walk. it was really hard. and i did not like the windsurfing because i have a massive fish phobia and it was on a fishing lake, and it was alljust very traumatic. and i've absolutely loved trampolining, that was brilliant, loved the rowing. there are so many things that have been great fun. it's all in the race for donations for the motor neurone d

disembarking at brize norton in oxfordshire, the british ambassador to afghanistan.ny more. he will soon head up operations out of qatar. this is history but not as many would have wanted it. jessica parker, bbc news. flights bringing british troops and officials out of afhanistan have out of afghanistan have been arriving back at raf brize norton today. our correspondent, simonjones, is there. the british military operation in afghanistan that lasted just short of 20 years is at an end. the operation over the last couple of weeks, frantic operation to get british people and afghan allies out of the country, that too is at an end. it was seen very much here this morning at raf brize norton when a plane charged down —— touched down just before 8:30am bringing back 250 military personnel and diplomatic staff from the region. we do expect more flights later on today from the region but it is very clear that the operation in afghanistan is at an end. it was seen pretty symbolically here on the airfield when the uk ambassador to afghanistan walk down the steps of the airc

we didn't have everybody lot doubt but amazon had to shut down their warehouses in the big oxfordshire stores. we probably would have had two or three weeks before their was a lot of screaming saying you can't do this and you can't do this to the economy but because they were allowed to continue to be essential and some of the handful of folks like airlines that were actually not directly affected. they shut down the airlines that they were indirectly affected by some of these mandates, they got this incredible bailout but what the small businesses got was this ridiculous ppp program which was a fraction of the overall dollars and certainly not enough to compensate. do you have this crazy set of winners and losers what that did was enable the wealth transfer. you have small as this is closed and their customers were going to big companies of those big companies revenues were growing. the same time you had the federal reserve intervening at historic levels. at this point i think their balance sheet is a hair shy of $8 trillion so not only were their revenues higher but the overall valua

some of the final raf planes from kabul arriving at brize norton airbase in oxfordshire last night, carrying 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 people in thursday's bomb attack, including mohammad niazi, a taxi driverfrom hampshire who travelled to kab

dress or skirt to gain access to the steward's enclosure at the annual event in henley—on—thames, oxfordshire we have now. and we felt just with the introduction of all the new events for females that if they would like to wear trousers, they should be allowed to wear trousers. if you've ever spent a couple of nights under canvas, you'll know the relief of getting back into your own bed. that's a feeling max woosey has not experienced in well over a year. the 11—year—old from devon hasjust spent his 500th night in the great outdoors to raise money for charity. andrew plant went to see how he was marking the occasion. hi, i'm max. this is my home. as you can see, i've got all my teddies. he hasn't slept indoors since march last year. after 499 nights in a tent... ..max is treating himself tonight, building his very own log cabin instead. so, you've done 499 nights in a tent, but your 500th is under wood. is that going to be weird? no, cos, like... ..i'm in this and... ..i've built this pretty well. but you know what? we've got a little tarp, so if it does rain, then i won't get soaked. i thoug

our correspondent sangita myska is at raf brize norton in oxfordshire.he raf. what that means is flights taking off from here are aiming to land at kabul airport, off from here are aiming to land at kabulairport, in off from here are aiming to land at kabul airport, in order that they can airlift out the people that have the right to come here and be safe. we have been getting in the last few minutes more details about how many people they have been able to airlift. last night was cife like commen with 370 british nationals. what we are now hearing is either tonight or tomorrow morning, a further 150 british nationals will arrive here at brize norton, but i want to give you some context also we've also been told there are proximally 4000 people waiting to be evacuated that have the right potentially to come here. that includes british nationals, diplomatic staff, charity workers, people like interpreters who may be able to relocate if they are eligible under the government's relocation scheme, and that also includes people who are now part of the afghan

some of the final raf planes from kabul arriving at brize norton airbase in oxfordshire last night, carryingials. 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 people in thursday's bomb attack, including mohammad niazi, a taxi driverfrom hampshire who travelled to kabul to

the military transport landed at raf brize norton in oxfordshire.fghanistan. work with the british out of the afghanistan-— afghanistan. from what the government _ afghanistan. from what the government is _ afghanistan. from what the government is said - afghanistan. from what the government is said this i afghanistan. from what the i government is said this morning, afghanistan. from what the - government is said this morning, it is their priority and where efforts are focused. as you've been saying, it's a pretty desperate situation at the airport but ben wallace has said this morning that the military side of the airport is in fact secure as far as the british presence virgos and in terms of the numbers of people that they are trying to get out, the estimates are around 4000 petition nationals or afghans who have been associated with the uk during their presence there at any point in the last 20 years. 300 came home yesterday as you saw that plane landing and 700 are expected to make it out either today or tomorrow. the defence secretary, ben wal

our correspondent sangita myska is at raf brize norton in oxfordshire. it is those aircraft that will be used to airlift people who are entitled to be in this country out of kabul, and bring them back. the carriers are voyages, see 17s, hercules and atlas aircraft. voyagers can carry around 300 people, and that goes down to about 150. they can of course also carry freight but sources i have spoken to say they want to minimise the freight, in order that they can get more people on. the exact details of when aircraft are taking off, when they are coming back again, my defence also say we are not going to make that public, because we don't want the taliban knowing. that is for security reasons. let me just explain. kabulairport, the for security reasons. let me just explain. kabul airport, the airport you are seeing pictures of, is in fact a commercial airport. what has happened is that the air base could not be helped by government forces, it fell two days ago, which means the americans and british have requisitioned, in effect miniaturised parts of the co

overnight, another plane arrives at raf brize norton in oxfordshire.advice to stay away from the airport, there are now serious questions about how this operation will end, and how many more people will make it to safety. graham satchell, bbc news. concerns also rising about security at the airport with the uk and the us amongst those warning about the threat of an track there. that a thought to likely emanate from the islamic state group, the group was nowhere near as powerful as the taliban in afghanistan but they do have a presence year and a history of carrying out horrific devastating attacks on the softest of targets, so many of these western countries are advising their citizens not to travel to the airport at the moment. the uk's armed forces ministerjames heappey had this stark warning. the reality is that clearly if we are asking people to move away, we are effectively also saying that reduces our capacity to process people. now, you may well see footage of people who have ignored the advice and remained in the queue. we are desperately tryin

we have always been a destination in oxfordshire and in the uk market.ood news. john, thank you very much. i can see lots of full shopping bags already here. that's the picture here from bicester village. many thanks to emma simpson. the headlines on bbc news... the taliban continues to tighten its grip on afghanistan — the secretary general of nato says he's deeply concerned about reports of human rights abuses by their fighters. an inquestjury has concluded that an attack in south london, by a convicted terrorist who'd been released from prison just ten days earlier, could have been prevented. in scotland, the snp and the greens agree a new power sharing agreement — but stop short of a formal coalition. the coronavirus lockdowns have impacted many the supermarket chain morrisons has agreed a seven billion pound takeover deal in the latest twist in an ongoing battle between two groups of american investors. it comes weeks after a rival bidder increased its offer to buy the firm, which has hundreds of stores across the country. our business correspondent

overnight, another plane arrives at raf brize norton in oxfordshire.n the next five or six days, don't close the gates — let's get the most vulnerable people into the united kingdom and into safety. notjust interpreters, but those who fought on the battlefield against the taliban, and those who fought that ideology and are therefore under significant threat. the taliban control the streets of kabul and decide who gets out. with the new advice to stay away from the airport, there are now serious questions about how this operation will end, and how many more people will make it to safety. graham satchell, bbc news. our political correspondent lone wells joins us now from westminster. good morning. this advice from the foreign office is alarming and it will be alarming to those who are still in kabuljust outside, hoping to leave. still in kabul 'ust outside, hoping to leave. ., �* , , still in kabul 'ust outside, hoping to leave. . �* , , , still in kabul 'ust outside, hoping to leave. . �*, , to leave. that's right, this is a number of _ to leave. that's