10pm that will be a full round up of all the news, first he was newscaster. Parliament is back, which means a politics themed Thursday Night episode of newscast is back. Lovely to be together. Chris, have you had any interesting encounters now you have seen people in the real world . Yeah, i went to the lobby briefing, which is where reporters are briefed by Downing Street official spokesmen, in Downing Street for the first time in yonks. And real Life Press conferences. Which means you can kind of heckle of the Prime Minister . No, asking a supplementary and they cant mute you. More muting. If you ask a question and the politician ignores it, you obviously want to ask the question again or may be respond to it, and you almost play the game. We have said before that Downing Street would mute you on zoom, and you would unmute yourself and keep going and see how many questions you could ask. To lower the tone, my experience of seeing people in real life, many of whom i have never met in
Heres our political Correspondent Ione wells. Days after President Biden said there has been no criticism from allies over his withdrawal of troops, in comes a scathing attack from the uss original ally back in 2001. ~ . ,. ,. , 2001. Weve now got this group in charue of 2001. Weve now got this group in charge of Afghanistan. 2001. Weve now got this group in charge of Afghanistan. They 2001. Weve now got this group in charge of Afghanistan. They will i charge of Afghanistan. They will give Protection And Football to alqaeda. Youve got isis already trying to operate at the same time. Protection and succour. You know, you look Around The World and the only people really cheering this decision are the people hostile to western interests. Western interests. Tony blair himself has western interests. Tony blair himself has come western interests. Tony blair himself has come under western interests. Tony blair himself has come under criticism for his role in Afghanistan. The himself has come
Nato Supreme Commander on what the us administration could have done differently. And the us military says it now has the capability to move up to Nine Thousand people a day out of kabul but how do those people get to the airport . We will speak to a former us interpreter who is in hiding in fear for his life. Hello, is this taliban 2. 0 a kinder, more inclusive alternative to the group that for years had terrorised afghanistan . To listen to the groups first Press Conference Today in kabul, that is certainly the impression you were given. The man who appeared before the press, Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters there would be an amnesty for Everyone Whod served the coalition. There were promises to honour womens rights to allow them to work, albeit within the Groups Interpretation of islamic law, and private media he said would be permitted to remain independent. The group say they want the international community to accept the change of government and invest in the country. We will sp
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Saturday saw the first full day of action in the tokyo 0lympics. Eleven Gold Medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. But, it was in thejudo competition, where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. Earlier, japanese spectators defied Coronavirus Advice to watch the mens cycling Road Race one of the few events where they could see the competitors in action. It was won by richard carapaz, who timed to perfection a tactical final descent after a tough 234 Kilometre Course to give ecuador only its second ever Gold Medal in an olympics. Some of the leading Tennis Players are calling on the organisers to delay the start times of the matches, after a number of competitors struggled in the Tokyo Heat and humidity on the Opening Day of the tournament. World number one, Novak Djokovic, eased through his first round in straight sets but said the playing conditions were par
But first, its time for the Media Show. Hello. What a summer of sport this is. Sport is all over tv, and coverage of Sports Events is what we are focusing on today. The olympics is on, weve just had the euros, and theres a new Cricket Competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. But in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. Does Sport Need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok . And has the amount of Money Tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic . Well, these are some of the questions that my all Star Panel of Sporting Supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers support for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wales cricke