this is bbc news — i'm nancy kacungira — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. despair and danger in afghanistan, as thousands at kabul airport beg for safe passage away from the taliban how long have you been here waiting? how long have you been here waitin: ? a, how long have you been here waitin: ? l, waiting? until morning. five o'clock. and _ waiting? until morning. five o'clock. and still— waiting? until morning. five o'clock. and still am - waiting? until morning. five o'clock. and still am waiting | o'clock. and still am waiting to hear in the last three days, i've been trying to go inside. in they will not let you into the hotel?— in they will not let you into the hotel? u, , _ ., the hotel? the embassy told me to come here. _ the hotel? the embassy told me to come here. yes. _ president biden says the us has made clear to the taliban that any attack on the afghan evacuation mission would be met quickly and with force. president biden says the us has made clear to the taliban that any attack on the afghan evacuation mission would be met