Protesters who were here block writing parts of central to this part of central is in shut down all the shops are shut all the roads are blockaded and the police have moved in so certainly some extraordinary scenes in the last hour or so here where we are which is government headquarters and is there a fear there that things things could get violent given the previous protests that have turned. Well these scenes are becoming familiar on hong kong streets every weekend we saw similar scenes last weekend where we saw tens of thousands of people once again rally in parts of central now last weekend we saw the various m. T. R. Stations in central they were set on fire at the moment weve got a number of m. T. R. Stations which have been shut down this whole area is blockaded but as i said the right place have certainly out their behavior they want to they want to arrest some of these other the more radical groups a small up Minority Group but certainly before we had parts of government head
Killed at least 50 people around 1300. 00 remain missing a flooding in Southern Spain has killed at least 6 people and triggered evacuation orders for thousands rivers burst their banks swamping homes and sweeping away parked cars days of rainfall in some areas has been described as the heaviest in more than a century in Afghanistan Security forces a broken up what they say was an eyesore cell in the capital kabul 3 men have been arrested in connection with a series of suicide bomb attacks tony burke the reports these 3 men are what afghan Security Forces say were part of an eyesore terrorist cell has been busting kabul has claimed they are responsible for 29 deadly attacks in the capital. Theyre been. Very from the educated society the. Young educated youth and theyve been very savvy went to quality and even the ability to to plan and launch attacks they have about a lot of innocent blood on their hand so it was a huge huge bust the hunt for ice or die as its called locally is not eas
Beginning in afghanistan, the general advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, President Biden announced the United States woulderally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the Intelligence Community and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying here today issued dire warnings about the withdrawal one, 23 state Department Employees in cable channel, secretary blinken, warning of their grave concerns for afghanistan s stability and for their safety. Yet, nothing was done. Instead, our investigation uncovered the white house refused to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground, and disturbingly, we have uncovered the state Department Leadership prohibite uttering the word neo shorthand for emergency evacuation until as late of august of 2021. Too little, too late. Eventually, this committee learned the state
Beginning in afghanistan, the general advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, President Biden announced the United States would unilaterally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the Intelligence Community and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying here today issued dire warnings about the withdrawals consequences. After the announcement, i, along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged the president to prepare for the withdrawal and its inevitable fallouts. Unfortunately, the warnings were ignored. As the withdrawal date in there. , the situation in afghanistan deteriorated as the taliban gained significant ground across the country. Yet, the binding administrations failure to plan for their withdrawal threatened the safety and security of u. S. Personnel in the country. As a result, in july
Beginning in afghanistan, the general advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, President Biden announced the United States would unilaterally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the Intelligence Community and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying here today issued dire warnings about the withdrawals consequences. After the announcement, i, along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged the president to prepare for the withdrawal and its inevitable fallouts. Unfortunately, the warnings were ignored. As the withdrawal date in there. , the situation in afghanistan deteriorated as the taliban gained significant ground across the country. Yet, the binding administrations failure to plan for their withdrawal threatened the safety and security of u. S. Personnel in the country. As a result, in july