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But they dont want to bestow them with too much legitmacyjust yet and the delicacy of the diplomacy was summed up by the home office minister, victoria atkins, who this morning was talking about operation warm welcome, which is the uks operation to welcome people from afghanistan. this is the great debate for the world, for the western world, and its got to be handled very carefully. as i say, we want to ensure the safety of people within afghanistan. we are announcing today a launch of operatio...

This is bbc news. the headlines at 11: discussions between the uk and the taliban are under way to help more british nationals and refugees leave afg ha nista n safely. the taliban tells the bbc its new government will be announced in the next day or two — there will be women, but perhaps not in any senior ministerial roles. in this new government which has been announced, in the top was — been announced, in the top posts — i mean to say, in the cabinet — there may not be a woman. the ho...

Speak english and there is a need to learn that in the uk, so people are waiting for that and also some vocational training for families and also for adults where possible so there is something if the institutions could look into it, that would be very useful. have you been able to — that would be very useful. have you been able to start _ that would be very useful. have you been able to startjob-hunting i that would be very useful. have you been able to startjob-hunting or. been able to start...

Mps, chaired by tom hooperand chance for a group of cross—party mps, chaired by tom hooper and tat, who has been very critical of the government was not handling of this crisis. he himself served in helmand province, he gave a very emotional speech when the house of commons returned briefly, talking about his feelings around the handling of the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. certainly lots of questions from him as well as a number of mps on that committee. i think they kind of question...

One dose of a covid—19 vaccine. the premier hopes that will happen by the 23rd of september. most of the state is currently in strict lockdown, with tougher measures including a nightime curfew in place around greater melbourne. victoria recently reported 121 new cases — the highest single day total in the state for more than a year. filling stations across britain will be selling a more environmentally—friendly petrol from today. the new fuel — called e10 — contains more plant—based...

Whereby we will be helping those who have done amazing things for us over two decades in afghanistan. we want to repay that debt that we owe them — with education for their children, with health care, with housing and so on. but this is part of our new reality, and were having to work with what we have, as i say, to try to ensure safety for those in afghanistan, but also, importantly, making sure were doing right by people who have been flown into the uk in recent weeks. that is going to be a ...

In an moment, well hear about more about those talks between the uk and the taliban. but first the view from the states with our correspondent peter bowes. the spoils of war. american military hardware in the hands of the taliban. hangars full of us helicopters, decommissioned and dismantled so the enemy cant use them, but a potent symbol of americas defeat and the rise of the taliban. but was it a defeat, or a calculated withdrawal by a us president determined to draw a line under two decades o...

Piers morgan has been cleared by media regulator 0fcom — which has rejected a record 58,000 complaints about his criticism of the duchess of sussex. fuelling a greenerfuture — a new type of petrol has been introduced in the uk. e10 fuel could cut emissions by 750,000 tonnes a year, bringing the uk in line with france and germany. described as a game changer — the new anti—cholesterol drug which could save up to 30,000 lives within a decade soon to be offered on the nhs. nearly one in thr...

This is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. us president biden remains defiant over the us from afghanistan, even though taliban militants are now back in control. discussions between the uk and the taliban are under way to help more british nationals and refugees leave afg ha nista n safely. described as a game changer — the new anti—cholesterol drug which could save up to 30,000 lives within a decade. it is soon to be offered on the nhs. according to...

Afghans are eligible for resettlement in the uk who did not make it out of afghanistan and that first wave of evacuations from kabul airport. we know that we have the primary ministers special representative who has gone two down hard to speak with senior members from the taliban. they have pledged that they will allow for further departures, but there is a question about how, through third countries, across a land corridors, departures from the international airport scale? these are all questio...