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Gasses when it reaches the sea. the eruption has forced 5,000 people to move to safety. its the first time the volcano has erupted in 50 years. summary now of our main stories for you on bbc news. in the us world leaders meet at the united nations to discuss issues including coronavirus and climate change. borisjohnson and president biden are also due to meet at the white house later russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of the former spy alexander litvinenko in london, the european court ...

Contains some flashing images. it was an e—mail that was supposed to reassure. instead, it might have put afghan interpreters at greater risk. when the ministry of defence sent the message to those still stranded, all 250 e—mail addresses, some names and photos, could be seen by everyone receiving it. an interpreter we cant identify, currently in hiding in afghanistan, received the e—mail. i felt shocked. i really felt disappointed. how could they afford to make this serious mistake? just ...

Shooting down of the malaysian airlines flight over eastern ukraine in 2014. the stock response from moscow is, there is no evidence, these accusations are groundless, we will ignore them, and that goes for international court decisions as well. i think it was six years ago that russia adopted a law giving itself the right to overrule decisions by the european court of human rights. we have also had some reaction from andre lugar boy, one of the men suspected of poisoning alexander litvinenko, h...

Was an understatement. i immediately directed an investigation to take place. one official has been suspended. i apologise to those afghans which is affected by this data breach. the stranded interpreter also received the e—mail. do you accept the defence secretarys apology for this? the apologies are not helping at the moment. as i say, we need to take action now to start the process of evacuation. these mistakes can cost an interpreters life. the mod�*s apology is sincere, and staff are sa...

The united states says it will relax restrictions on air travel for fully vaccinated foreign nationals from early november. those visiting the us will have to agree to covid testing and contact tracing. restrictions were imposed 18 months ago. lava is continuing to flow on the spanish island of la palma after a volcano erupted on sunday. local officials say it could trigger explosions and toxic gasses when it reaches the sea overnight. a bbc investigation has found the uks ministry of defence co...

Americans also being in safe houses that are scared that they might be made an example of. very dangerous for everybody there. we do not have a lot of time. >> trace: who are the super high value targets. americans or afghan allies. who are you the most concerned about right now? >> well, people that worked for us for 20 years. there are announcements all the time from the taliban coming in through on the ground reports of people being told that if they worked with the americans, if they have an...

To the climate change crisis. a bbc investigation has found the uks ministry of defence compromised the safety of afghan interpreters because of a serious data breach following the withdawal of western forces from afghanistan. more than 250 people who are seeking relocation to the uk were mistakenly copied into an email asking for an update on their situation. the uk defence secretary will launch an urgent investigation into the breach, describing it as unacceptable. meanwhile, fears are growing...

French, they are taking like their interpreters in one month. i dont know what is wrong with us. the u.s. government going to save me because ive been working with them. if they dont, i will be killed. >> reporter: while the state department was taking years just to verify toms work history, it took us less than 45 minutes to reach his former commanding officer who vouched for him completely. >> i think we owe a debt not just to tom, but to the interpreters that served us and fought alongside us...

A group of afghan translators who worked for u.s. forces. they were begging to get out and complaining no one was listening. >> we pretty much feel abandoned. the taliban will kill us. maybe the al qaeda will kill us. we are not secure. this is a the time for the government to deliver what they have promised and especially to the local afghan interpreters. >> do you think -- i dont want to ask such a crude question. do you think the people in this room, do you think youre going survive? if i cam...

Applause and then there is dominic raab. who did such a wonderfuljob as foreign secretary that boris johnson did such a wonderfuljob as foreign secretary that borisjohnson has secretary that boris johnson has promoted him to deputy prime minister, lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice. i understand dominic raab accepted on the basis that three jobs would come with three times the holiday entitlement. applause dominic raab sat on the beach while afghanistan fell to the taliban. he wou...