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To the bbc news at six. there is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they can t get out, then their children might. many afghans are trying to get exit papers from western embassies and then head in hope to the airport. in a moment, the latest from our correspondent secunder kermani in the capital but nowjonathan beale report on the despairing efforts are meant to leave their homeland. chaotic scenes outside kabul airport, hundreds desperate to get a flight to freedom. even passing toddlers over barricades to troops guarding the perimeter. their hope that if they cannot get out, their children might. this gives a sense of the scale here is a thin line of ....
Taliban rule, beg and plead, to be allowed to board flights out of the country. the government says the uk will continue to help people leave as long as american troops remain in control of kabul airport. more british personnel are being sent to the afghan capital to help maintain order. the defence secretary ben wallace says more than ten flights a day are bringing people here and that the uk is using every space possible on planes to fly people out of kabul. meanwhile, president biden says us troops may have to stay in afghanistan beyond the withdrawal deadline of the end of august. the us says it has evacuated 7,000 people so far. outside the perimeter of kabul airport, there have been chaotic scenes as desperate afghans try to flee the country. many afghans are trying to get exit papers from western embassies. they then then head in hope, to kabul airport. in a moment we ll have the latest from our correspondent, secundar kemani in the capital, but firstjonathan beale reports on ....
From the middle east bureau. the situation on the ground in afghanistan remains extremely unstable. there are still crowds of people rushing the airport trying to get in and flee despite an extremely limited number of planes taking off. the biggest problem developing is access to this airport. even afghans and foreigners with exit papers and visa aren t being allowed to leave. fighters are blocking the entry gate and firing to disperse groups of people. in other cities protests against the taliban erupted. flags were pulled down and replaced with the afghan national flag. local media reports three people were killed and a number injured when the taliban fired into the crowd of these demonstrators. chaotic scenes are only what s being captured by local media or civilians. there are reports of assassinations and beatings in numerous cities across afghanistan. given the circumstances, the big question for the american military and biden administration today and ....
The all women s prison. we are waiting for the governor to get here, and he is going to address these inmates, and the ex-inmates and the families and a lot of the smiles in the parking lots behind us. in the next hour or hour and after ha, a half, we should see the women getting the exit papers and meet the family, and eventually, they will gather to meet the governor talk. this is a big day of celebration, the state of oklahoma with the highest incarceration rate in the country and many criminal reforms have been pushing the legislators here on doing something about it. they have a measure in front of the voters in 2016 and the voters passed it, and so now we are starting to see the results of the hard work of some of the folks going home after serving multiple years in prison for what is now a misdemeanor. and for the folks who don t know, tell us about the 2016 vote that changed the charges for simple drug possession, and property crimes that were under $1,000. how did that cha ....