Taliban block Afghans from entering airport

As we continue to cover the situation in Afghanistan - thousands of people are still trying to leave the country following the Taliban's takeover. There have been chaotic scenes at embassies in the capital Kabul and at the city's airport where people are trying to find a way out of the country. We hear from our regional specialists to get the latest.

We’ll also get your coronavirus questions answered by our regular medical expert, Dr Emma Hodcroft in Switzerland.

And we go to Haiti. It's been five days since the devastating earthquake hit the Caribbean island. We hear from the decimated village of Marceline where people have been left to fend for themselves and the injured people have no medical help.

(Photo:Evacuees from Afghanistan boarding a Lufthansa airplane to Frankfurt, Germany, after arriving from Kabul at Tashkent airport, Uzbekistan, 19 August 2021. Credit: EPA)
19/08/2021 European Pressphoto Agency