this is bbc news. the headlines: taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace in kabul, as they retook the afghan capital, 20 years after being forced from power. president ashraf ghani has left the country, taking a flight to uzbekistan. the taliban arrival has sparked an exodus from the city with afghans trying to board flights out of the country. the us state department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. thousands of us troops are assisting with the evacuation of embassy staff, citizens, and some afghan nationals from kabul. there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the earthquake that hit haiti on saturday almost 1300 people are now known to have died, many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. hospitals are struggling to cope with the injured.
to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore. our headlines: taliban fighters enter the presidential palace in kabul as they retake the afghan capital 20 years after being forced from power. their arrival sparks an exodus from the city as afghans try to board flights out of the country and president ghani flees. let s get more now on the situation in afghanistan.
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. taliban fighters enter the presidential palace in kabul as they retake the afghan capital 20 years after being forced from power. their arrival sparks an exodus from the city as afghans try to board flights out of the country and president ghani flees. embassies are closing diplomats are flying out leaving afghan civilians and former top officials fearing what lies ahead. imight i might face consequences that i might face consequences that i never even dream of, and i
injured. these people have been treated in hospitals without adding the people who are probably under the rubble. search operations continue. the morning earthquake brought buildings tumbling down buildings made of heavy cinderblocks and cement. many people didn t have a chance. translation: the quake killed her. this death hurt us a lot because she is a street seller like us. this church was one of many structures that succumbed. the scenes eerily reminiscent of haiti s devastating 2010 earthquake. this area is remote, and many of the injured are being tended to in makeshift emergency treatment centres. translation: we cannot | provide an assessment yet, because the situation is very critical. we have to mobilise and divide the resources of the hospital. the president has declared a state of emergency. however, the previous president was assassinated only last month, and some worry that haiti s turbulent political situation makes the country poorly placed to handle
guess that is the price we pay for trying to make this world a little better. also on the programme. and in haiti the search for survivors as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. one story dominates our programme: the taliban are now in control of afghanistan after taking over the capital, kabul almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. fighters were filmed inside the presidential palace, after ashraf ghani now the former president fled the country. afghans and foreign nationals