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This is bbc news, i'm tim willcox. the headlines at two: a foreign office whistle—blower says the government's evacuation operation in afghanistan was dysfunctional and chaotic. the foreign secretary at the time defends the handling of the crisis. the history of the speed of the taliban takeover is well known, but i think we did a very good job under very difficult conditions. the government admits a series of failings in the years leading up to the grenfell tower disaster, and says it's deeply sorry. from today, people arriving in the uk must show evidence of a negative covid test taken wit...

A foreign office whistle—blower says the government's evacuation operation in afghanistan was dysfunctional and chaotic. he says that of the thousands trying to get out after the taliban takeover, the uk only helped a tiny fraction. the foreign secretary at the time defends the handling of the crisis. the history of the speed of the taliban takeover is well known. we did, i think, a very good job — under very difficult conditions. in his evidence to mp5, the whistleblower says it's clear some of those britain failed to help have since been murdered by the taliban — we'll be live in kabul...

This is bbc news. i'm ben brown. our headlines at five. a foreign office whistleblower says the government's evacuation operation in afghanistan was dysfunctional and chaotic. it comes as the head of the diplomatic service tells a committee of mps he regrets not coming back from holiday sooner when the crisis was unfolding. i have reflected a lot since august on my leave, and if i had my time again, i would've come back from my leave earlier. the uk reports its highest weekly number of new cases of covid—19 since january. 101 of those registered in the past 2a hours are of the omicron varian...

This is bbc news, i'm tim willcox. the headlines at two: a foreign office whistle—blower says the government's evacuation operation in afghanistan was dysfunctional and chaotic. the foreign secretary at the time defends the handling of the crisis. the history of the speed of the taliban takeover is well known, but i think we did a very good job under very difficult conditions. the government admits a series of failings in the years leading up to the grenfell tower disaster, and says it's deeply sorry. from today, people arriving in the uk must show evidence of a negative covid test taken wit...

Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government and senior officials have been defending the evacuation of people from afghanistan this summer as the taliban took over, after a whistle blower at the foreign office called it "dysfunctional and chaotic". raphael marshall — who resigned from hisjob in september — told mps that it was clear some of those left behind had since been murdered by the taliban. he says thousands of emails pleading for british help went unread, and that the foreign secretary at the time — dominic raab — was slow to make decisions. mr raab has deni...