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The long, desperate weight for relief. all around the heavily guarded airport, thousands of afghans are still desperate to get out. people with british and other western passports, hoping their names are helmand from west london was about to make it through. in the thick of it, british troops are trying to make sense of the chaos. all around the airport, pockets of people waiting out in the open. with time running out, the operation is gathering pace. western nations want to have all of this done by the end of the month. we to have all of this done by the end of the month-— of the month. we ...

Minister for the armed forces. good morning. thank you for your time with us today. can you tell me at this moment in time, we are seeing reports that there is going to be a limited number of days for the british evacuation flights, that's reported in the times, saying that's reported in the times, saying that they could stop in five days, is that true? i that they could stop in five days, is that true?— that they could stop in five days, is that true? i don't recognise that exact date that _ is that true? i don't recognise that exact date that is _ is that true? i don't recognise that exact...

Could be two, five, ten days. we hope is that they can do this right up hope is that they can do this right up until the end of the month, which is the deadline set to get out of afghanistan. it is notjust nationals, people with uk, us passports. there are also afghans who have help those nato allies. local afghans who essentially have been translators, fixers. also something to worry about is at the tips that they have put there. they have put 5000, 6000 troops who will also have to be withdrawn. so the clock is ticking, time is running out. it does seem the blockage is at the airport, where ...

Are legible to fly out are still waiting to leave. getting to the airport remains a challenge, we have seen those chaotic scenes at the airport in the past few days or so. yesterday at 963 people left on eight raf military flights, 555 of those were afghans who qualify under the government's relocation programme. we will have more in that through the afternoon here on bbc news. the competition to be the next uk city of culture, in 2025, has attracted a record number of bids. the 20 applicants include cornwall, a joint bid from counties either side of the scottish border, and wrexham. the winne...

Here, the prime minister is due to hold a cobra emergency meeting on the afghan situation this afternoon. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has the latest. the long, desperate wait for relief. all around the heavily guarded airport, thousands of afghans are still desperate to get out. people with british and other western passports, hoping their names are on the list. this uber driver from west london was about to make it through. in the thick of it, british troops trying to make sense of the chaos. all around the airport, pockets of people waiting out in the open. with time running ou...