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to illustrate just how stretched some of the armed forces have become here, the us department of defence hasjust here, the us department of defence has just announced that it is activating what it calls the civil reserve air fleet. this essentially means that the us military, the air force, will take over 18 civilian airliners to help with the evacuation effort. they will not fly directly into kabul airport, but what they will do is once people have been flown away from kabul by military plane and dropped off at the nearest safe oatar has been used along with others being used. there was actually a time where oatar set our facilities are full we cannot take any more. to speed that up the civilian airliners will fly to those error bases —— those airbases. so that should help move people more quickly. stop them. the military planes can be used to getting as many people as quickly as possible out of kabul away from that airport. certainly it is a sign of how amen's the evacuation effort is. how much it is taking up in terms of aircraft and resources. how logistically difficult it is. or

america's department of defence didn't reply to our request for comment. the suicide bombing claimed by the islamic state group would have ripped through the densely packed crowd, causing panic. the blast has left two—year—old mohammed reza fighting for his life. this looks set to be one of the deadliest incidents ever in this horrific conflict. so many of the victims, those that have worked with the international community. noor mohammad had been employed alongside american forces. the guy has served us army for years. and the reason he lost his life. he wasn't killed by taliban, he wasn't killed by isis, he was killed in the shelling. how can you be sure? because of the bullet. the bullet inside of his head, right here, near to his ear. he didn't have, he doesn't have any injury. these are noor mohammad's eight children. he had hoped to give them a better life. instead, this afternoon, they said a final goodbye. those killed in this awful attack were trying to escape years of violence in afghanistan. instead, they became the latest victims in a count

the department of defence in the united states plans to make vaccination against covid—19 mandatory for all military personnel. the pentagon is seeking presidential authorisation to implement the proposal no later than mid—september. for more than a year and a half, canada has barred visitors from its closest neighbour and largest trading partner — the united states. but as of today, fully vaccinated americans are now allowed cross the border and enter canada free of quarantine, which prompted massive queues at the border. london's iconic landmark tower bridge has been hit by a technicalfault, leaving the bridge stuck while open, causing major traffic problems. the 127—year—old bridge was scheduled to open monday to allow a large wooden ship through, but it becamejammed. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. how the games will go down in history, and can future 0lympic hosts learn from tokyo? the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans b

the department of defence in the united states plans to make vaccination against covid—i9 mandatory for all military personnel. the pentagon is seeking presidential authorisation to implement the proposal no later than mid—september. for more than a year—and—a—half, canada has barred visitors from its closest neighbour and largest trading partner, the united states. but as of today, fully vaccinated americans are now allowed cross the border and enter canada free of quarantine, which prompted massive queues at the border. london's iconic landmark tower bridge has been hit by a technicalfault, leaving the bridge stuck while open, causing major traffic problems. the i27—year—old bridge was scheduled to open this afternoon to allow a large wooden ship through, but it became jammed. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter at @bbckarishma. i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... how the games will go down in history, and can future 0lympic hosts learned from tokyo? the big crowds became bigger as t

and the department of defence, and at times, one was handling things that perhaps the other should have. there were not clear objectives, there were arbitrary timelines for achieving things in afghanistan, there was essentially an effort to justify the amount of money that was being poured into the country, and so, these metrics were established that didn't quite make sense, and i think the biggest issue is that the united states simply did not understand the underlying ethnic, politicaland understand the underlying ethnic, political and social dynamics in afghanistan in a way that allowed it to implement programmes that were sustainable and could be led by afghans themselves long—term. were there any positives in this report was yellow yes, i mean maternal health improved, healthcare in general improved, education improved, but these were islands of improvement within a sea of failure, and at the end of the day, many of these improvements were only sustainable if there was a permanent us presence. of which there isn't. thank you for being on the programme. we will have a lot more in

one development is that the us department of defence has announced that it will activate what it calls the civil reserve air fleet — that essentially means it commandeers a set of commercial airliners to help with the evacuation. so 18 airliners from different us airlines will now be taken over by the military and will support the evacuation effort. they won't be flown directly into kabul airport but they'll be used to collect people from the nearest air bases so that the military flights can focus on ferrying people out of kabul to whichever bases in the region are being used. qatar has been used extensively. the facilities there were said to be overcrowded and qatar had to turn people away for a time. so this will help move people on, either to the us or to other countries that have agreed to accept them. that's one development in the evacuation effort, but we have had a response from the taliban leadership to this whole situation. in a sense saying, "don't blame us, this is on the us." one of their senior figures released a statement in the last hour that said, "our victory and su

the united states department of defence said today they were hoping to evacuate between 20 and 30,000 individuals and move 5000 per day out of the country. that ultimately is not what i'm worried about. we're worried about the pictures we are not seeing at this point, the pictures of people who are still stranded outside of kabul, who are trying to get to the capital. these may have application pending. they are the ones we are most worried about these days. precisely, we're hearing about those stories of people people in big cities like kabul, but how difficult is it for people to get out of the country? this is it for people to get out of the count ? . , ., is it for people to get out of the count ? a ., i, country? as of yesterday, the taliban had _ country? as of yesterday, the taliban had surrounded - country? as of yesterday, the taliban had surrounded kabul| country? as of yesterday, the - taliban had surrounded kabul and it didn't seem people were able to enter kabul. what i saw it later today was that the us was in some conversation with the taliban, and aiming forsome conver

the department of defence in the united states plans to make vaccination against covid—19 mandatory for all military personnel. the pentagon is seeking presidential authorisation to implement the proposal no later than mid— september. for more than a year and a half, canada has barred visitors from its closest neighbour and largest trading partner — the united states. but fully vaccinated americans are now allowed to cross the border and enter canada free of quarantine, which prompted massive queues at the border. prince andrew is being sued in new york by virginia roberts giuffre, one ofjeffrey epstein's alleged victims. in a statement, ms giuffre said her civil suit lays out in detail how she was trafficked to prince andrew and sexually abused by him. prince andrew has flatly denied all of the allegations against him. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has more. her team says there had been trying since 2015 to get prince andrew through his representatives to answer some of the questions they had about what he knew. aboutjeffrey jeffrey epstein's alleged sex trafficking r

america's department of defence didn't reply to our request for comment. the suicide bombing claimed by the islamic state group would have ripped through the densely packed crowd, causing panic. is has repeatedly launched devastating attacks in the city. the blast has left two—year—old mohammed reza fighting for his life. this looks set to be one of the deadliest incidents ever in this horrific conflict. so many of the victims those who had worked with the international community. noor muhammad had been employed alongside american forces. the guy has served us army for years. and the reason he lost his life... he wasn't killed by taliban, he wasn't killed by isis. us army started shelling. how can you be sure? because of the bullet. the bullet inside of his head, right here, near to his ear. he didn't have, he doesn't have any injury. these are noor mohammed's eight children. he had hoped to give them a better life. instead, this afternoon, they said a final goodbye. those killed in this awful attack were trying to escape years of violence in afghanist

america's department of defence didn't reply to our request for comment. the suicide bombing claimed by the islamic state group would have ripped through the densely packed crowd causing panic. the blast has left two—year—old mohammed reza fighting for his life. this looks set to be one of the deadliest incidents ever in this horrific conflict. so many of the victims, those that have worked with the international community. noor mohammad had been employed alongside american forces. the guy has served us army for years. and the reason he lost his life. he wasn't killed by taliban, he wasn't killed by isis, he was killed in the shelling. how can you be sure? because of the bullet. the bullet inside of him, right here, near to his ear. he didn't have, he doesn't have any injury. these are noor mohammad's eight children. he had hoped to give them a better life. instead, this afternoon, they said a final goodbye. those killed in this awful attack were trying to escape years of violence in afghanistan. instead, they became the latest victims in a country tor

one development is that the us department of defence has announced that it will activate what it calls the civil reserve air fleet, cumin during a set of commercial airliners to help with the evacuation. so 18 airliners from different us airlines will now be taken over by the military, will support the evacuation effort. they be flown directly into kabul airport but they will be used to collect people from the nearest air bases so that the military flights can focus on ferrying people out of kabul to whichever bases in the region are being used. qatar has been used extensively. facilities there were said to be overcrowded and cat art had to turn people away for a time. so this will help move people on, either to the us or to other countries that have agreed to accept them. that is one development in evacuation airport, but we have had a response from the taliban leadership to this whole situation. in a sense saying don't blame us, this is on the us. one of their seniorfigures released this is on the us. one of their senior figures released a statement on the last hour that said our vic

additionally, the department of defence continues to support humanitarian relief operations in response to international disasters closer to home. in haiti, us military assets have flown 560 sorties providing rapid us military support living more than £3a8,000 of aid. —— support living more than £3a8,000 of aid. -- 348,000 lb support living more than £348,000 of aid. -- 348,000 lb of support living more than £348,000 of aid. —— 348,000 lb of aid. and national guard have evacuated more than 2500 personnel in louisiana, mississippi, texas and alabama in response to the mccain. they bring a variety of assets including high water vehicles, variety of assets including high watervehicles, mood variety of assets including high water vehicles, mood the lift and other transportation capability. to support recovery efforts. the us army corps of engineers is operational and new owners leans and is assessing the storm's impact. the deal d stands ready to assist as requested. thank you. ok. deal d stands ready to assist as requested. thank you.- deal d stands ready to assist as requested

today the department of defence can announce that it _ department of defence can announce that it has _ department of defence can announce that it has authorised marine corps base quantico virginia fort pickett virginia _ base quantico virginia fort pickett virginia and a airbase in new mexico to provide _ virginia and a airbase in new mexico to provide additional support to evacuate — to provide additional support to evacuate afghans with special visa. these _ evacuate afghans with special visa. these installations are joined mac joining _ these installations are joined mac joining three other bases and providing the support. the defence department will continue to support the state _ department will continue to support the state department in providing temporary housing, stiff statement —— sustainment... us northern command — —— sustainment... us northern command will co—ordinate the details of this— command will co—ordinate the details of this with _ command will co—ordinate the details of this with the state department, the department of homeland security and t

in order to facilitate this reduction, the department of defence will temporarily deploy additional personnel to the airport. gary o'donoghuejoins gary o'donoghue joins me from washington. do we have any more detail on more trips being needed to be sent to? it detail on more trips being needed to be sent to? , , ., ., ., be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to the | 3000 troops may go back to the airport in kabul to facilitate that drawdown as he heard there from ned price they are not saying how much they are moving from the embassy but they are moving from the embassy but they are moving from the embassy but they are reducing to what they call a court of the medic presents and this was not the to have to send troops back into the country when the drawdown is well over 95% complete and do to be completed

president biden very much sticking to the timeline, and so too is the department of defence. we heard from them this morning. they said they feel they are on track, but there are concerns about security, that those thousands of us troops on the ground, there are threats towards them. we heard about islamic state threats that appeared to be manifesting there. so, they say they will complete the task by next week, but they do also need to get out there troops and some equipment, although we heard from the pentagon that lives will be the priority. if they have to leave equipment behind, they will. jae equipment behind, they will. joe biden equipment behind, they will. joe biden has been under lots of criticism, notjust in the states, but in around the world. what has been the political fallout in the us? ., , been the political fallout in the us? ._ , us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical — us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of _ us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of the _ us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critic

and this evening, these new pictures from the ministry of defence show soldiers departing from kabul. the ministry of defence has released images of british soldiers boarding planes out of afghanistan. the us—led airlift of those trying to escape taliban rule is due to end on tuesday. here's our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the race to finish an unprecedented rescue mission is almost done. the pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two weeks by us forces and its allies. among the planes leaving kabul airport today, the last british evacuation flight for civilians. we've done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i'm afraid it's absolutely heartbreaking that we can't bring everybody out. and i think that point�*s been made very strongly certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i've probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those friends of mine won't make it out. and for me, not a

the us defence department, an official from the defence department, has told reuters news agency that the number of american troops killed in these suicide bombings a couple airport has now risen by one to 13. that is the information that we are getting at the moment. we understand that the us service member, according to the statement, has died from his wounds and that he suffered as a result of the attack on abbey gate. that information coming in on reuters and other news agencies at the moment. i'm joined now by former solider bill roggio, now senior fellow of the foundation for defense of democracies. hejoins us from belford, newjersey. great to have you on newsday. in the first instance, you have been a soldier. just tell me, your reaction to the judgements we have had in the last 2a hours? —— tragic events. we have had in the last 24 hours? -- tragic events. today was a fickle — hours? -- tragic events. today was a fickle day _ hours? -- tragic events. today was a fickle day for _ hours? -- tragic events. today was a fickle day for the - hours? -- tragic events. today was

the department of defence and us southern command are continuing... we will pull away from that news briefing now they have pulled the net moved on to the subject of haiti. afghanistan is the subject we wanted to focus on, i know that briefing is going on for some time. there are 10,000 people still at the airport waiting to get out. an awful lot of facts and figures there about the number of people that they are getting out, but also giving a nod to the logistics of the situation really and talking about the partners and safe hubs they need to get people to before they can now get people to before they can now get them on to third countries and all of that of course giving all the figures there at the pentagon because we are building up to that deadline. of course, that is the essence of today because i can the us president will not move beyond that august through 31st deadline. —— because of that news. it�*s only next week, but the numbers, the scale, you can get that sense of that from the pentagon briefing, it reminds you how many people are

we understand from the press secretary from the department of defence that he took to twitter to confirm there have been developed blasts in kabul. he said we can confirm, in an older tweet, we understand that there have been two explosions and a firefight. he says casualties are unclear at time and we will be providing additional details. a western intelligence agencies had been warning of an imminent attack and they put the finger of blame and isis—k. let's go back to bilal so adi, a journalist who is now in doha recently having left afghanistan —— bilal sarwari. the threat of isis remains real notjust when they were ellipses like we saw some of the most deadly attacks on a girl school recently, but also for the taliban. we did. they have carried out some of the most brutal and deadly attacks, but they were not the only ones. the taliban also carried out attacks in which civilians were killed and which they said was their work. we have to really remember how kabul worked. work. we have to really remember how kabulworked. it work. we have to really remember how kabul worked. it wa

trr enable the safe quarterly reduction, the secretary of defence has directed the department to position temporarily enabling capabilities to ensure the safety and security of us and partner and civilian personnel. i will break this down for you. the first movement will consist of three infantry battalions that are currently in the central command area of responsibility. they will move to the airport in kabul within the next 2a to 48 move to the airport in kabul within the next 24 to 48 hours. two of those italians are united states marines and one is a us army battalion. the next movement will consist of a joint us army air force support element of around a thousand personnel. to facilitate the processing of applicants and michelle elements of this movement will arise in the coming days. the third movement is to unearth and to deploy one infantry brigade combat team out of fort bragg calculate where they will be prepared if needed to provide additional security at the airport. we anticipate those voices will reach chelate sometime within the next week. we will stress that these voices w

earlier, of course, the uk defence department saying there had been no uk personnel involved in terms of the casualties after today's attack, but the uk by issuing a notice to airlines to avoid afghan airspace after today's attack at the airport. just a little early on the programme, ispoke just a little early on the programme, i spoke to the retired army general mr mcmaster, who served from 27, to 2018. under president trump. he gave me his reaction. i am of course, like everyone else, upset and angered by this. i think we have to recognise this is only the beginning. this is what happens when you surrender to a terrorist organisation. it is worth pointing out that this so—called isis—k attack has all the hallmarks of a haqqani network attack and guess who's in charge of security in kabul now? siraj haqqani, who is a prominent al-qaeda member and also the military commander of the taliban. maybe now is the moment we can stop our self—delusion and stop believing that these groups are separate from one another and recognise that they are utterly intertwined and connected and what

the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds — and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. britain's ambassador, sir laurie bristow, has been helping to process applications. he says the evacuation is the biggest challenge he's ever faced. but a pentagon briefing said the taliban had so far not prevented the evacuation. we've had no hostile interactions, no attack and no threat by the taliba

of the islamic state group. the bbc�*s us state department correspondent, barbara plett usher has more. the ongoing chaos outside the airport is contributing to what the pentagon spokesperson called a "fluid and dynamic security situation that could change by the hour". so you have this statement put out by the state department warning americans not to go to the airport because of potential security concerns — unless they were told specifically to go. then the state department said it had issued this morning because it wanted americans to avoid these large crowds for security purposes, but also because it would make it more efficient to process the departures. then we've also now had these us officials telling american media that they are particularly concerned about the possibility of islamic state attacks — afghanistan's branch of the islamic state group — and they are looking at alternative routes to get evacuees to the airport. so it seems to be in flux at the moment. the white house did say that pre

branch of the self—styled islamic state. the bbc�*s us state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, gave me this update. the ongoing chaos outside the airport is contributing to what the pentagon spokesperson called a "fluid and dynamic" security situation that could change by the hour. so you have this statement put out by the state department warning americans not to go to the airport because of potential security concerns — unless they were told specifically to go. then the state department said it had issued this morning because it wanted americans to avoid these large crowds for security purposes, —— issued that warning, but also because it would make it more efficient to process the departures. then we've also now had these us officials telling american media that they are particularly concerned about the possibility of islamic state attacks — afghanistan's branch of the islamic state group — and they are looking at alternative routes to get evacuees to the airport. so it seems to be in flux at the

the aim was to produce an army based on the american military and defence department. that approach has been criticised for perhaps not building on the strengths of afghan people. and there were also unique issues with recruiting and training. these included high levels of desertion, trying to maintain an ethnic balance in the force among afghanistan's fractious tribes and many of the recruits couldn't read. and then the obama administration decided to expand the size of the afghan security forces from 200,000 to 350,000. that meant recruiting and off a lot of people very quickly and some of them lacked the basic skills needed to perform the tasks they were being asked to do. and now the equipment provided was in the hands of the afghan military but the taliban. these are military vehicles being surrendered in the town of kunduz earlier this month. i think it is quite worrying. there's clearly a lot of equipment the united states and allies had given the afghan arms to build it up at afghan police. a lot of that equipment is now going to fall into the hands of the tali

the united states department of homeland security and defences inside the united states and our ability to intercept terrorist threats abroad have become more sophisticated in the same is true for the uk. does having boots on the ground and the ability to collect human intelligence in afghanistan help? sure. was it worth the gust of remaining in afghanistan militarily and in a definite manner? no. the job of the us president and ultimately us and europe as well as to be able to prioritise risks. it to be able to prioritise risks. if you look at the risk emanating from afghanistan it simply does not justify open—ended military occupation in perpetuity. justify open-ended military occupation in perpetuity. thank you ve much occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for— occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for your _ occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for your time _ occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for your time to - occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for your time to do. - occupation in perpetuity. thank you very much for your time to

the runway, some desperate to cling on to a departing plane. borisjohnson has called a virtual meeting of the g7 leaders to respond to the talebans takeover — while the uk's defence secretary admits that some of those they'd like to evacuate will be be left behind. and in haiti the rescue operations continue as almost 13 hundred people are now known to have died in saturday's earthquake. they're now bracing for tropical storm grace. good evening. the white house rejects any notion that the us exit from afghanistan should in any way compare to the capitulation in saigon in 1975. but how should the world view the images we have seen today from kabul airport? amid the scramble to evacuate western diplomatic staff — and with taliban now surrounding the airfield — there was chaos on the runway as afghans clung desperately to one of the few military transporters that left. not quite the last plane out, but surely the enduring image of this chaotic american withdrawal. we've heard nothing from joe biden since saturday. he's just about to appear

the runway, some desperate to cling on to a departing plane. borisjohnson has called a virtual meeting of the g7 leaders to respond to the talebans takeover — while the uk's defence secretary admits that some of those they'd like to evacuate will be be left behind. and in haiti the rescue operations continue as almost 13 hundred people are now known to have died in saturday's earthquake. they're now bracing for tropical storm grace.

department, that they will stick to the 31st of august deadline on the evacuation programme from kabul airport, despite a of pressure from other nations, including the uk to extend that deadline to get more people out. it looks like joe deadline to get more people out. it looks likejoe biden has agreed with the pentagon that they should stick to that deadline, partly based, we are hearing, on concerns about security risks to american forces. but mr biden has asked for contingency plans to stay longer if necessary. that is what we are hearing from the pentagon, the united states is telling the taliban that the us withdrawal by the 31st of august is contingent upon the talent ban continuing to cooperate in facilitating the operations. a spokes person from the taliban told a news conference a while ago they told americans to stop encouraging afghans to leave. they are worrying about a brain drain. they said they need the expertise of doctors and engineers. the american should not be encouraging afghans to leave afghanistan. at the moment, it looks as though that deadline of august the 31s

here in the uk, the breaking news- the uk, the breaking news this morning is from the defence department here, saying that we are now in the final stages in terms of the uk evacuation, and there's a closure as of now of the processing centre. what that means is that nobody who has not lilly lee system, thatis nobody who has not lilly lee system, that is physically at the airport, will be leaving. that is a significant moment, i wonder, do you see the corresponding situation in terms of the us operation? horrifying report last night about further explosions in the area of the airport. it turned out it was us forces destroying material on the way out. they are preparing for the same scenario as the british troops working out of the nearby hotel. the issue here and the commitment from the american general who told reporters to report this very grim news is that they do have the capacity to continue to process people all the way until the final trips leave, but that is obviously going to be at a much reduced capacity in the effect of what the terrorists are trying to achieve yesterday, which

if you have only had stone wool from the pentagon and defence department so far, do you think whether or not they do have this technology, we need some answers and we need them quickly? certainly. many us citizens still have not been evacuated and talking to individuals trying to get afghans who helped us out removed from the country, whether it be translators or whatever else, they are not getting answers. there is a huge backlog in terms of the immigration system being able to process these requests so a lot of people are not getting answers. requests so a lot of people are not getting answers-— getting answers. thank you very much. the western states of the us are experiencing their worst drought on record. it's led to the devastating wild fires seen in california and neighbouring states this year and now it has led to water rationing in those states that get their water from the colorado river. the colorado is one of the united state's biggest rivers and it enormous basin supplies water to most of the country's western states, but record drought — which is now in its 22nd year

a further 1,500 are waiting to depart in the next few days. meanwhile these pictures show taliban fighters, carrying their weapons, on the streets of kabul�*s green zone, the area which housed foreign embassies. it was one of the most closely guarded areas in afghanistan untiljust a few hours ago. as you can see, there are no security forces in evidence. the international community is now calling on the taliban to ensure the protection of life and property. we begin our coverage with this report from graham satchell. on board a plane due to leave kabul overnight. but at the last minute they're told the flight won't be going. passengers are forced to rejoin the chaos outside. there is panic and fear everywhere. for 20 years, afghanistan has had stability, democracy and relative safety. it has all ended in a matter of days. a lucky few have made it out. this is delhi airport and a mix of relief, anger and despair. i can't believe the world abandoned afghanistan. our friends are going to get killed. they're going to kill us. our women are not g

the times reports that three of britain's most senior civil servants, whose departments are overseeing the evacuation from afghanistan, are on holiday. the paper says the permanent secretaries at the foreign office, the home office and the ministry of defence are all on leave. an image of a mother handing her child to an american soldier at kabul airport dominates the metro's front page. it says the woman was "begging" the soldier to save her daughter. it describes how other women threw their babies over razor wire in the hope they would be put on a military flight out of the capital. scotland and manchester united legend denis law is pictured on the back of this morning's mirror. known as the king, law is the sixth member of the united 1968 european cup—winning side to have been diagnosed with dementia. we will be speaking about the impact of dementia on footballers and the questions that are being asked about playing, in the legacy of that time. we will talk to the son of nobby stiles later and how the sporting world is dealing with this. there have been discussions in terms of bra

one of the things that make the pentagon and the defence department so special is their ability to plan, the ability to think ahead. what we're here is a pentagon, a us military, that seems caught off guard and seems unable to decide how to address the issue of getting all of its people as well as its allies out of the country. while we see the taliban have these checkpoints set up, the issue is how do you get people beyond these checkpoints to the airport? right now the us military is still struggling with that issue. even though the president continues to insist that things are getting better. . ~' , ., , . better. thank you very much indeed, eric. we better. thank you very much indeed, erie we always _ better. thank you very much indeed, eric. we always appreciate _ better. thank you very much indeed, eric. we always appreciate your - eric. we always appreciate your insights here on breakfast. we will have much more analysis throughout the programme. we are with you until ten a.m.. at this point in time we need a fix of 0wain to find out exactly what is happening, because we arejumpi