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Seconds off the previous mark set by kenyan ruth chepn getich earlier this year. she was under world record pace all the way and beat her personal best by almost a minute. her compatriotjemal yimer won the men s event. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport more now on the culmination of britain s 20 year military operation in afghanistan. the last flights carrying raf troops and british diplomats are expected to touch down within hours. borisjohnson said the culmination of the uk mission was unlike anything we ve seen in our lifetimes . meanwhile, the us is starting to wind up its evacuation of afghan civilians before the august 31st deadline. it s believed around 1,000 afghans are waiting for a flight at kabul airport. earlier i spoke to rina amiri, a former special advisor to the us state dept on afghanistan. i asked her if she thought things with the taliban could be ....
Have started sooner, and cooperation now from neighbouring countries isn t guaranteed. there are many, many people that i ve been in contact with only over the last few days who are currently in hiding, who have no safe route out of afghanistan, as well as hundreds of people who have been trying to make their way to the border and get across, particularly the border with pakistan. when i spoke to officials from the pakistani government in the last couple of days, there was an element of pessimism about how much pakistan is going to be able to do. the british ambassador to afghanistan is stepping down from kabul, but operations will continue from qatar. while british troops and diplomats have now arrived home safely, many of those who helped uk forces are still in harm s way. president biden has honoured the 13 us troops who were among those killed in thursday s suicide attack, at kabul airport. ....
Mr biden was at dover air force base, in delaware, where traditionally all us military personnel killed in afghanistan arrive back on american soil. he also met the families of some of those who died. although the last uk flight has now departed kabul, the united states is continuing its evacuation operation until tuesday. earlier, american forces carried out an air strike in the capital. a spokesman said, the target was a car bomb that had posed an imminent threat to kabul international airport. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. a house on fire in a fast burning crisis, said to be a rocket attack streets away from kabul airport. it may have been the target. the us says it unleashed a drone strike, too hitting a vehicle of suicide bombers heading to the airport. and next to the airfield, gunfire. this a likely salvo from taliban guards struggling to control the crowds. ....
With the british authorities, and of course this refugee scheme that the government recently announced. how is that going to work? how are people going to be safely got out of afghanistan who didn t make it to the airport? 0ur correspondent rajni vaidyanathan has been in afghanistan she s now in delhi and we can speak to her now. what are you hearing about the situation on the ground in kabul as the evacuation draws to a close? well, as things wind up before that deadline well, as things wind up before that deadline of the 315t of august, there deadline of the 315t of august, there is deadline of the 315t of august, there is a deadline of the 315t of august, there is a heightened sense of security there is a heightened sense of security around kabul airport, and of course security around kabul airport, and of course that is unsurprising given the events of course that is unsurprising given the events of thursday. and of course, the events of thursday. and of course, as ....
12 years after he left. the us has led an the us has led an air the us has led an air strike the us has led an air strike against isis k at kabul airport. in a statement, the us central command says the unmanned air strike happened in afghanistan and initial indications are that we killed the target. we killed the target . we know of no civilian casualties . what do we know about this airstrike? president biden vowed to get revenge in the press conference on fridayjust to remind you of the quote, we will hunt you down and we will make you pay . tonight we can confirm that an airstrike, as you mentioned, a drone strike has been launched ....