overnight the latest raf flight to arrive at brize - raf flight to arrive at brize norton.of defence says it has evacuated almost 6000 people so far, the foreign office sending more staff to kabul to help process those who remain. america has flown 30,000 out, but no sign yet of an extension. my 30,000 out, but no sign yet of an extension-— 30,000 out, but no sign yet of an extension. g . , ., , ., extension. my heart beats for those --eole ou extension. my heart beats for those peeple you see- _ extension. my heart beats for those peeple you see- we _ extension. my heart beats for those people you see. we are _ extension. my heart beats for those people you see. we are proving - extension. my heart beats for those| people you see. we are proving that we can move thousands of people a day out of kabul. we are bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghans who have helped us in the war effort, and we have a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong. iltg’ith and a lot could still go wrong. with vast crowds — and a lot could still go wrong. with vast crowds still _ and a lot

raf brize norton is the head of raf transport operations which means the aircraft taking off from hereeople 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 vice versa. they want to ensure these operations are safe. the defence secretary, ben wallace, today said he hoped british citizens would be airlifted out of the country by the end of the month. he kn

at 8:19am here we saw a plane land, and raf plane, l saw a plane land, and raf plane, carrying 250 peopleers who had evacuated from kabul, gone to dubai and then flew in street here to ref brize norton. the most important passenger on the departing ambassador. we watched him walk down the steps alone from that flight. he was the first passenger. he shook hands with the permanent under secretary of the foreign office. there was no ceremony, no 0ffice. there was no ceremony, no speeches, the quietly went with colleagues into the terminal building. that is how the ambassador tenure essentially ended. we have heard the report he will continue to work from countries nearby. clearly, though, it is a mission that is incomplete, given the fact the embassy and the uk personnel here have not been able to evacuate everyone. and the sense i got speaking to senior officials he was one of sadness. it was a degree of pride in the fact they had evacuated 15,000 people, but there was a degree of real sadness that it is incomplete, the fact that many hundreds of people who now rely on the taliban for their

yes, it's a promise from the raf that it will| promise from the raf that it will come back and strikehe past few months, all of biting's very strong language will bring their boys back and that's it. we don't want to be intervening in foreign lands and the more it is a land that we do not know about far away, etc. it has been the messaging and think it's quite good to see that actually, this is not the end of the road and that we are still taking the threat of notjust the taliban, but the threat of the afghanistan becoming a breeding ground for international terrorists seriously in the raf is going to strike i think is of quite good letterfor strike i think is of quite good letter for joe strike i think is of quite good letterforjoe biden and other western leaders to climb down. that we will be back. fine western leaders to climb down. that we will be back.— we will be back. one of the lines in this does quote _ we will be back. one of the lines in this does quote dominic _ we will be back. one of the lines in this does quote dominic from - we will be back. one of the lines in. this do

thank ou, and here, raf brize norton. thank you. campaign has formally ended and the deadline for us forces to withdraw is tuesday. live now to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who's in kabul. lyse, what's the feeling there? as we have been hearing, thousands did get out and that is a good thing, especially those who really do feel they are at risk, and they were, thousands more are still left behind and feel terrified. we just go out into the street and we are mobbed by people. i have a british passport, a frenchman and an american showing tickets of appreciation. people have very little understanding of how these complicated processes of information and how it works, and i say the british flights are over, the american flights are all but done, can you get to a third country? it breaks your heart. 0ne can you get to a third country? it breaks your heart. one woman came up to me and all she had was a certificate of appreciation for learning english. she said i have been getting educated here, but now the taliban

simonjones at raf brize norton.an who's following developments from delhi. let's begin about talking about the explosion, a blast of some sort that has been reported. we have seen images of the smoke coming out of a location in the capital where this explosion happened. what can you tell us? 50 explosion happened. what can you tell us? ., , explosion happened. what can you tellus? ., , . . ., tell us? so images were circulating on social media, _ tell us? so images were circulating on social media, as _ tell us? so images were circulating on social media, as you _ tell us? so images were circulating on social media, as you say, - tell us? so images were circulating on social media, as you say, of - on social media, as you say, of smoke, huge plumes of smoke in the vicinity of kabul airport. and it was confirmed to the bbc by the afghan health minister spokesman saying that an explosion did take place close to the airport. that explosion, according to the source who has confirmed as to my colleague, was a rocket that

simonjones at raf brize norton.icism after reports that thousands of emails sent to the foreign office from those eligible for evacuation from afghanistan were left unread for days. the observer revealed a foreign office e—mail inbox collating cases from mps and others regularly had 5,000 unread e—mails through the week. we can now speak to the labour mp for bristol west, thangham debbonaire. thank you forjoining us this evening. what type of messages where you receiving and what volume of messages where you receiving with regards to afghanistan and the situation there?— situation there? from afghan constituents _ situation there? from afghan constituents and _ situation there? from afghan constituents and people - situation there? from afghan constituents and people in i constituents and people in afghanistan and people with relatives in afghanistan and people who already had a family reunion visa who are trying to get out, hundreds. my caseworkers have been working round—the—clock to try and get people out. if you

in all, there were over 100 raf flights.supposed to finish like this. we've done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i'm afraid it's absolutely that heartbreaking that we can't bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i've probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won't make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. altogether, more than 15,000 people have been brought out by the raf, british nationals and afghans who'd worked with the uk, along with theirfamilies. but hundreds have not been able to reach the airport, afghans whose lives are now at grave risk. it's time to close this phase of the operation now, but we haven't forgotten the people who still ne

they go to raf brize norton, so let's go there.? i1}.i brize norton as you know is the home transport operations for the 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 relocatio

simonjones at raf brize norton, thank you very much.shington, nomia iqbal. let's get more of that news of an air strike in let's get more of that news of an airstrike in kabula let's get more of that news of an air strike in kabul a little earlier. , ,, earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried _ earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out _ earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out an _ earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out an air _ earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out an air strike - earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out an air strike on . earlier. yes, the us has confirmed they carried out an air strike on a i they carried out an air strike on a vehicle in couple and they it was to eliminate the threat of isis k and a threat on the airport. i have a statement from the central command. they describe it as a self—defence, unmanned, overthe they describe it as a self—defence, unmanned, over the horizon air strike, so a drone strike, they say they are confident they succe

the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan, have been landing at raf brize norton.heir arrival marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. thousands of people left their homes ahead of its arrival. this is going to be a devastating hurricane, a life—threatening storm. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. us defence officials say they've carried out an air strike on a vehicle in the afghan capital to prevent another bomb attack by the islamic state group. a spokesman said the target was a car bomb that had posed an imminent threat to kabul�*s international airport. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. a house on fire in a fast—burning crisis, said to be a rocket attack streets away from kabul airport. it may have been the target. the us says it unleashed a drone strike, too — hitting a vehicle of suicide bombers heading to the airport. and next to the airfield, gunfire. this a likely salvo from

it is credit to the diplomatic teams in the raf that they have managed to get 14,500 the raf that they,500 people out and we thank them for their work. the fact there are hundreds, potentially thousands left is very sad because life will be difficult for them to get out, going through checkpoints is difficult in any circumstances but going through checkpoints with the taliban when you have women and children with you i think will be incredibly uncomfortable. i hope we continue to try to get people out who deserved to be got out, through uk means. ~ . ., , ., , , uk means. what means would they be, do ou uk means. what means would they be, do you imagine? _ uk means. what means would they be, do you imagine? the _ uk means. what means would they be, do you imagine? the first _ uk means. what means would they be, do you imagine? the first issue - uk means. what means would they be, do you imagine? the first issue is - do you imagine? the first issue is makin: do you imagine? the first issue is making contact — do you imagine? the first issue is making contact with _ do you imagine? the f

the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are landing at raf brize norton in the comingarrival marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal due to conclude on tuesday, time is running out for afghans still desperate to leave. the flights are almost over — what are you going to do now? so what about us? we work with them, we support them. more explosions, as the us carries out another airstrike, this time in kabul. officials say an "imminent isis—k threat" has been stopped. also on tonight's programme: hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave. and golds galore for british athletes on day five of the paralympics in tokyo. good evening. the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are due to arrive at raf brize norton in 0xfordshire in the coming 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 t

in recent days, more than 15,000 people have been evacuated by the raf.tish 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 in kabul or from 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 exhaustion on peoples faces we have tried our best. we have absolutely tried our best. sadly, it has not closed the gap 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 who are still calling the shots. but in an open letter to troops this weekend, the prime minister said the uk's involvement in afghanistan had kept al-qaeda from our doorfor two decades. "we are all safer as a result," he said. "you should feel immense pride." heavy gun

planes and 4000 _ of afghanistan on raf planes and 4000 british and others support staff that thinkut by the deadline building some of the 2000 _ by the deadline building some of the 2000 people that they would like to -et 2000 people that they would like to get out _ 2000 people that they would like to get out and may not be able to and that's a _ get out and may not be able to and that's a huge? what will happen to them _ that's a huge? what will happen to them stop— that's a huge? what will happen to them stop by they have given some assurances — them stop by they have given some assurances about women's education and women's rights. but assurances about women's education and women's rights.— and women's rights. but there are urou -s and women's rights. but there are arou -s of and women's rights. but there are groups of pebble. _ and women's rights. but there are groups of people, notably - and women's rights. but there are groups of people, notably the - and women's rights. but there are| groups of people, notably the lgbt community in afghanistan who are not part of those can

britain raf art talking about launching a fresh amount of strikes.u make of this? that britain is also confirming or the telegraph is reporting so?— confirming or the telegraph is reporting so? there is a piece inside the _ reporting so? there is a piece inside the telegraph - reporting so? there is a piece inside the telegraph and - reporting so? there is a piece - inside the telegraph and chairman of the defence select committee saying that what we should have always done afghanistan was once we defeated the immediate threat of al-anda, we should've pulled out of afghanistan but said he will come back and strike again and keep the taliban en garde rather thanjust strike again and keep the taliban en garde rather than just abusing all of our resources to nation build is we have for the last 20 years. so there will be people who will say this will should've been doing for 20 years because we should've held the taliban's feet to the fire. and it think it was quite a good letter forjoe biden to climb down because he's really put himself in a corner wit

the headlines: the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan have been landing at raf brize arrival marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal is due to conclude on tuesday, with the us withdrawal due to conclude on tuesday, time is running out for afghans still desperate to leave. flights are almost over. what do you want to do now? what about us? we are working with them, we support them. more explosions, as the us carries out another air strike, this time in kabul. officials say an "imminent isis—k threat" has been stopped. hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. now on bbc news, on the travel show, there's another chance to see the second part of rajan datar�*s epic railjourney across the united states. i'm on a coast—to—coast trek across the south of the usa, exploring the places that have grown up along the sunset limited train line. myjourney started in the unique port city of new orleans, and continued across fro

at raf brize norton this morning, british personnel arriving back on uk soil.ave left kabul — the last soldiers and diplomats will be out. over the past 20 years more than 100,000 british troops served in afghanistan. a56 british lives were lost. the mission began by ousting the taliban from power. it ends in a rush to get home, on a timetable dictated by the militants. caroline hawley, bbc news. well, those who were eligible to leave — but have been left behind — must now decide whether to stay in afghanistan and live under taliban rule, or try to find other ways of fleeing the country. our correspondent secunder kermani reports from kabul. outside kabul airport warning shots ring out. since thursday's awful suicide bombing by the local branch of the islamic state group, the crowds here have grown smaller, but some still remain, desperate to get out of the country. tens of thousands have been evacuated. these afghans escorted by the taliban. others, however, are being left behind. like this pizza shop ownerfrom essex. he'd travelled to kabul to help try and ta

>> all right, raf sanchez, in doha, working around the clock.. >>> i want to bring in doug lout who directed afghan strategy. you heard courtney talking about the mil tear challenge of retrograding their equipment on the way out the door. for a lot of machineries this has been most of their adult lives, the idea of a military presence in ags, what is the role like in that region. how do they continue with what we heard as the other the horizon capabilities. it is a lot like two so one on several days ago, there is a house, and it carries an is lomic state planner. so that is what the future could look like. there is a more recent stwriek and it has explosives in the area itself. first, the intelligence requiremented to strike the islamic state after is a residual intelligence capability and the second is that we can actually strike from outside of afghan. both of the strikes i mentioned here were conducted from outside of afghanistan. >> i think it is worth pointing out they have not identified specifically the isis-k members, the bad guys they

so far the raf has brought out more than 10,000 people, including over 6000 afghans — but many stillemain. we'll report on the afghan families here in britain — desperately worried about loved ones who are stranded. inside, ifeel like i'm broken into many pieces and my body is here. my soul is in afghanistan. researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. it's a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb — as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career — in her eighth games. and once they were hunted to near extinction but now there are plans to release beavers back into the wild to help save the english countryside. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says it will use every hour that's left to evacauate as many people as it can from afghanistan. the raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul — including 6300 afghans but more than 2000 people who are eligible for relocation are still waiting. last night president biden rejected pleas from borisjohnson to extend the operation from kabul

in less than i fortnight, 14,000 people have been evacuated by the raf. among serving and former soldiers, there is a bitter regret that hundreds have not been able to reach the airport. afghans whose lives are now at grave risk. i airport. afghans whose lives are now at grave risk-— at grave risk. i served most of my four years — at grave risk. i served most of my four years in _ at grave risk. i served most of my four years in afghanistan, - at grave risk. i served most of my four years in afghanistan, down i at grave risk. i served most of my| four years in afghanistan, down in helmand province, kandahar province, and most people down there, forget about getting to couple. there are ten checkpoints between them on the motorway, let late down the motorway all the way to kobel. you can forget about trying to get the airport because every one of those checkpoints is a danger point where taliban or affiliated groups, drug dealers or simplyjust bad debts could murder and sadly have been murdering various people. the taliban now — murdering various people. t

joining us now from doha, qatar, nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. good morning to you. on vest question on people's minds is what is next for americans particularly in the wake of the attack at the abbey gate for those americans left behind in afghanistan. >> reporter: jacob, good morning. you heard secretary blinken say last night, there is no deadline on american efforts to try to get those u.s. citizens out of the country. general frank mckenzie last night gave the number as the very low hundreds. the state department saying somewhere in between 100 and 200 americans still in the country tries to get out, and there's a wide variety of reasons why they may not have been able to. these may be people outside of kabul who were not able to travel through taliban tear tair to get to the airport. they may be u.s. citizens who they knew they could get on the plane but could not get their family members with them. there's a very long and complicated path ahead. secretary blinken said the effort to get those people out does not finish just because u.s. military troops have lef

>> yeah, hey, raf. it's lindsey. this new video from ran stein is a temporary location until they find their permanent locations. josh, we wanted to speak with you. president biden will meet with his team in a few hours to get an update on the whole situation. we heard from him yesterday tiechlts third time he's spoken on this topic. there's still a lot of questions on how his administration has handled this. >> questions in particular. he did not get people out sooner. the president standing firm behind his decision and the airlift operation that the u.s. is now mounting as he spoke here at the white house yesterday. some of the numbers are getting better in terms of what they describe as throughput, how many they're able to get on planes and out of afghanistan. they got about 5,700 in a 24-hour period, which is in line with the amount per day. they're going to need to get the bulk of people out of afghanistan by that end of august deadline. the president and his secretary of state, tony blinken, have been in a flur

at raf brize norton this morning, british personnel arriving back on uk soil.f the week, the last military flight will have left kabul. the last soldiers and diplomats will be out. over the past 20 years, more than 100,000 british troops served in afghanistan. a56 british lives were lost. the mission began by ousting the taliban from power, but ends in a rush to get home on a timetable dictated by the militants. caroline hawley, bbc news. stacie pettyjohn is senior fellow and director of the defence programme at the centre for a new american security. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news and bbc world news today. this extract was not the last, said president biden in response to the strike on the east of afghanistan which we are told killed an iis planner and facilitator. how difficult beyond next tuesday, when there were no american boots on the ground and the taliban are absolutely in control, how difficult will it be for the us to plan it, gather the intelligence and carry out more strikes? it will be very difficult _ and carry out more strikes? it

nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez has the details rngs good morning. >> reporter: we're told 11 evacuation flights have landed at this air base carrying 1,500 people. it's the main base in western europe, housing around 5,000 people temporarily if it needs to. while the state department figures out where to send them next. but guys, you've got to remember, when these afghan refugees come off these enormous military transport planes, they are hungry, they are exhausted, and they're often a little confused about what is going on. many of them don't speak english. so the first person who is sent out onto the tarmac to greet them is a united states air force imam, a muslim chaplain to tells them you're in germany, you're at an american military base and you are safe. i want to update viewers on traumatic footage they may have seen earlier. a united states marine reaching over the razor wire atop the wall at kabul airport to scoop up an afghan baby being held aloft by its desperate parents in the crowd below. the marines say that baby is safe and well. it was treated inside the ai

i want to go to raf sanchez monitoring the european side. any new information, new intelligence that our european allies surfaced on the attack, anything more you learned from your end? >> chuck, there's no indication now from any of the coalition allies that their service members were caught up in this attack which we now know killed americans. we heard from the british, from the italians, turks, germans that none of their service members were harmed. there are about a thousand uk troops at hamid karzai airport. the british had the second largest number of western troops in afghanistan over the course of the 20 year war. second largest number of troops today. it is early evening. this morning, the government began to sound the alarm you are jeptly that there was threat of imminent and lethal explosion at kabul airport. this was not a general expression of concern, this was a very, very serious sounding of the alarm, and within a few hours of a british minister going on television and warning about this, that explosion came through. clearly

the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are landing at raf brize norton in the coming hours. their arrival marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal due to conclude on tuesday, time is running out for afghans still desperate to leave. flights are almost over. what are you going to do now?— flights are almost over. what are you going to do now? what about us? we su ort you going to do now? what about us? we support them- _ more explosions, as the us carries out another air strike, this time in kabul. officials say an "imminent isis—k threat" has been stopped. hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave. great britain claims an historic medal in wheelchair rugby with superb win over three—time champions the united states. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are due to arrive at raf brize norton in oxfordshire in the coming hours. their departure

in recent weeks, the raf scrambled to airlift 15,000 people, most of them afghan refugees, before theaw 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. the local branch of the so—called islamic state group killed more than 170 people on thursday's bomb attack, including mohammed maisie, a taxi driverfrom hampshire who travelled to kabul to bring his family back. his wife and daughter also died. ~ ., . his wife and daughter also died. a, ., .,, ., his wife and daughter also died. ., .,, ., ., died. mohammed was one of the best men we _ died. mohammed was one of the best men we have _ died. mohammed was one of the best men we have in _ died. mohammed was one of the best men we have in the - best men we have in the community, working hard to give the best life for his kids. yesterday, the us launched a drone strike agai

more than 14,000 flown out by the raf, twice the number they originally planned.sh effort is now over, with hundreds still left behind. as we come now to the final hours of the operation, there will sadly be people who haven't got through, people who might qualify. and what i would say to them is that we will shift heaven and earth to help them get out, we will do whatever we can. the final phase of this operation is getting out the 1,000 british troops who've provided security. that is now under way. it's us troops who'll be the last to leave. drawing down forces in a hostile environment is already high risk, all the more so with the continuing threat of another terrorist attack. the dangers are the same — somebody will target the aeroplanes or runway, or the aircraft as they leave or depart, or try to penetrate the perimeter of the airport in order to break in to the evacuation. we have seen no sign of that happening so far, other than the terrible carnage of the bomb yesterday. the government has expressed deep regret it wasn't able to get everyone out. those l

so far the raf evacuates over 10,000 people, including 3a0 embassy staff, and 2,500 uk nationals.time for across the uk. and investigations are continuing after a two—year—old girl died following a fire at a caravan on lincolnshire�*s east coast. crews were called to the caravan park on monday night, a mum and three other children managed to escape. the caravan fire from which a mother and three of her children escaped, but which claimed the life of her fourth, the two—year—old girl, two nights ago, at this caravan park. we are a nights ago, at this caravan park. - are a couple of caravans up from where it happened, and the mood isn�*t very good. where it happened, and the mood isn't very good-— isn't very good. today, those still holida in: isn't very good. today, those still holidaying at _ isn't very good. today, those still holidaying at the _ isn't very good. today, those still holidaying at the park _ isn't very good. today, those still holidaying at the park are - isn't very good. today, those still holidaying at the park are trying l isn't very good. today, those still| ho

el hasta hoy presidente afgano ah-raf gani abandono sorpresivamente la nacion...en este momento entre el temor y la incertidumbre por su futuro, especialmente las mujeres.. pablo gato con los detalles de un dia que quedara marcado en la historia. reportero: el talibÁn parece no tener problemas de que estados unidos saque al personal del paÍs. [habla en otro idioma] >> todos estamos cansados de la guerra. esperamos que se establezca la ley. reportero: las mujeres no podÍan trabajar y estudiar con el gobierno talibÁn. >> los militares afganos tienen que responder por su paÍs. reportero: el presidente de afganistÁn huyo del paÍs. todos los gobiernos han sido acusados de corrupciÓn. a los estados unidos les cuesta ver esta retirada. >> estados unidos y sus aliados no deben salir huyendo del campo con el rabo entre las piernas. los talibanes no pueden ganar si estados unidos no se rinde. reportero: la Última encuesta indica que el 57% de estadounidenses apoyan la retirada. hoy los talibanes vuelen a reinar en afganistÁn. fÉlix: el presidente biden decÍa que era improba

we talked about this with raf. mark, can you give us more context about who the other operators are in afghanistan that officials would be worried about, that even the taliban would be worried about? the prospect of whether al qaeda is still there in a significant way, isis-k presence on the ground. what can you tell us about that and how nato and the taliban, the governing authority in afghanistan, view those groups? >> i think it's likely we find out the attacks today would be isis-k. i apologize. i haven't been watching this morning. i've been focusing on the folks on the ground. one of the justifications for leaving was that the terrorist threat is over, that we're not likely to see the threat of terrorism emanating from afghanistan as a threat to the united states and our allies. but there have been growing reports that al qaeda may be able to regroup and threaten us within two years. this is unconfirmed, but there are a lot of people about talking about getting reports of foreign fighters flowing into afghani

the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan are landing at raf brize norton.al marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal due to conclude on tuesday, time is running out for afghans still desperate to leave. flights are almost over. what are you going to do now? what about us? we work with them. we support them. more explosions, as the us carries out another airstrike, this time in kabul. officials say an "imminent isis—k threat" has been stopped. hurricane ida makes landfall on the louisiana coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave. great britain claims a historic first paralympic medal in wheelchair rugby, after storming to gold with a superb win over three—time champions the united states. sportsday will be coming up shortly. now on bbc news, click. coventry was once the heart of british automotive manufacturing, dubbed britain's motor city. but it's moved with the times — now hosting the institute for future transport and cities at coventry university, playing

at raf brize norton this morning, british personnel arriving back on uk soil.e last military flight will have left kabul. the last soldiers and diplomats will be out. over the past 20 years, more than 100,000 troops served in afghanistan. a56 british lives were lost. the mission began by ousting the taliban from their power, but ends in a rush to get home on a timetable dictated by the militants. caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington. president biden we are told that saying that he has been informed by military commanders that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely. what more detail can you give us? likely. what more detail can you cive us? , ., ., likely. what more detail can you cive us? , . ., , ., give us? yes, he gave a statement earlier today _ give us? yes, he gave a statement earlier today and _ give us? yes, he gave a statement earlier today and was _ give us? yes, he gave a statement earlier today and was actually - earlier today and was actually giving a briefing on another issue but of course afghanistan

flights bringing british troops and officials out of afghanistan have been arriving back at raf brizen today. 0ur correspondent simonjones is there and sent us this update. the british military operation in afghanistan that lasted just short of 20 years is now at an end. 0peration pitting, the operation over the last couple of weeks, a 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 touched down just before 8:30am bringing back around 250 military personnel and diplomatic staff from the region. we are expecting 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, sir laurie bristow, walked down the steps of the aircraft. he is in effect homeless now because the embassy in afghanistan has been shut. it is going to be relocated to qatar. he said on the tarmac that he hoped eventually the uk would be able to reopen

at raf brize norton this morning british military personnel arriving back on uk soil.und a thousand were flown out to afghanistan to help in an unprecedented rescue mission — which is now in its final hours. we've done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i'm afraid it's absolutely heartbreaking that we can't bring everybody out. and i think that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i've probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those friends of mine won't make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. in less than a fortnight, more than 14,000 people have been evacuated by the raf — british nationals and afghans who had worked with the uk, along with their families. but among serving and former soldiers, there is bitter regret that hundreds have not been able to reach the airport. afghans whose lives are now at grave risk. i served m

raf, took us two decades to get to this point. on paper, it looks like we are back to where we began. the taliban says they're new and improved. are afghans buying that? >> reporter: stephanie, a taliban official telling nbc afghanistan its independence. as far as they're concerned, they have outlasted, out fought a major global super power as they did a few decades ago with the soviet union and they are once again indisputably in control of afghanistan as they were in october, 2001. as you said, they claim they have changed. they say some of the most repressive measures of the old regime are a thing of the past. they say women and girls will be allowed to go to school and university. they say women will no longer be forced to wear the burka. is that going to be translated into reality on the ground, and to what extent are the words by a new and shaky government of afghanistan trying to reassure the international community that they can be part of the global order. stephanie, i will tell you there are many, many people on the grou