that afghanistan doesn t become a terrorist safe haven once again. the british prime minister borisjohnson says he absolutely has confidence in the foreign secretary, dominic raab, who s come underfire for his handling of the crisis in afghanistan. he failed to call his afghan counterpart to discuss evacuations, after being advised to do so by officials. mr raab said his priority, at the time, had been dealing with security issues, at kabul airport. here s our political correspondent alex forsyth. arriving in a place of safety, this past week has been a scramble to evacuate brits and afghans who worked with them, planes drafted in to get people out, but could more have been done? the foreign secretary, seen heading to downing street yesterday, has been under pressure. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. ..for not calling his afghan counterpart last week about translators who d helped foreign forces. tonight, the prime minister said.
good afternoon, the health secretary sajid javid is so isolating at home after testing positive for coronavirus. he said he felt buggy on friday night and has announced it as the government prepares to go ahead with lifting coronavirus restrictions on monday. the decision last night to keep quarantine rules in place for those returning from france to england even if fully vaccinated was heavily criticised by travel firms. our travel correspondent reports. downing street yesterday, the health secretary outside number ten, facemask in hand, but this morning, he tested positive for coronavirus. i was feeling a bit groggy this morning and took a test this morning and it came at positive. i am not isolating at home with my family until i get the result of a pcr test. i m grateful i have had two jabs of the vaccine. myself and my
last week s historic demonstrations against the communist government as a lie. you re watching bbc news. the uk health secretary, sajid javid, is self isolating at home, after testing positive for coronavirus. mrjavid, who s had both vaccines, is understood to have met the prime minister on friday. his announcement comes as the government prepares to go ahead with lifting coronavirus restrictions in england on monday. there ve been 5a thousand confirmed cases in the uk , the highest daily total since early january. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. downing street yesterday, the health secretary outside number 10, facemask in hand, but this morning he tested positive for coronavirus. i was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test
down here to try and make sure that people do have power so that they can communicate with each other so that if anyone is still unaccounted for, they can get messages to their loved ones. of course, an awful lot of concern over the destruction here. the uk health secretary, sajid javid, is self isolating at home, after testing positive for coronavirus. mrjavid, who s had both vaccines, said he d felt a bit groggy on friday night. his announcement comes as the government prepares to go ahead with lifting coronavirus restrictions in england on monday. the decision last night to keep quarantine rules in place for people returning to england and wales from france even if they are fully vaccinated has been heavily criticised by travel firms. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. downing street yesterday, the health secretary outside number 10, facemask in hand, but this morning he tested positive for coronavirus.
while nato troops have begun to leave the country. you re watching bbc news. the health secretary, sajid javid, is self isolating at home, after testing positive for coronavirus. mrjavid, who s had both vaccines, said he d felt a bit groggy on friday night. his announcement comes as the government prepares to go ahead with lifting coronavirus restrictions in england on monday. the decision last night to keep quarantine rules in place for people returning to england and wales from france even if they are fully vaccinated has been heavily criticised by travel firms. our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. downing street yesterday, the health secretary outside number 10, facemask in hand, but this morning he tested positive for coronavirus.