There s chaos, reports say, at kabul airport at this moment as people try to flee and the world waits for the next step. Hello, everyone, ask and welcome to fox news live, i m eric shawn. Hi, arthel. Arkansas hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. The situation is getting worse by the hour. President ashraf ghaani has fled the country, and the american flag has been lowered from the u. S. Embassy. The biden administration continues to defend the withdrawal of u. S. Troops. We re going to get the latest reaction from the if white house in just a minute. But first, we ll go to trey yingst live in jerusalem with more on the situation of on ground in afghanistan. On the ground in afghanistan. Trey. Reporter: arthel, good afternoon. We ve got a number of updates for you. According to afp, a defense official says a couple hundred american embassy staffers have been evacuated safely from afghanistan. One piece of good news. On the flipside, a lot of bad news. We know taliban has taken control o
a painting by vincent van gogh, has been shown to the public for the first time, after being kept in a french family s collection for years. good evening. when children in england return to the classroom the week after next, many of them will have missed nearly half a school year because of covid lockdowns. today, the government has announced an extra £400 million on top of £300 million announced last month for what s being described as a catch up programme. out of that, £302 million will be for primary and secondary schools to spend on their most disadvantaged pupils. another £200 million is for expanded tutoring programmes. and a further £200 million will be set aside for extra face to face summer schools for some secondary pupils. teaching unions and heads have described the extra cash as a good start, but say there needs to be a longer term strategy. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been to two schools in the west midlands. a haven for children as familie
anthony joins us in just a few minutes. cb cotton is standing by in new york city. but first let s check in with bill live in brownsville, texas. jon, good evening to you. according to multiple sources border patrol agents in san diego sector arrested and afghan national who cross illegally on wednesday and was later a deed as a match on the fbi terror watch list. take a look at the map right here. sources tell me this arrest happened more indolent san diego county but i m told this afghan cross illegally with the group of migrants for their apprehended by border patrol for the render fingerprints of the station and in a database he popped up as a match on the terror watch list rental the fbi confirmed that match they are now taken the lead on this investigation for california congressman represents that a area. he released a statement to fox which is in part quote biden s open borders are not just a gateway to 5 million illegals in the deadliest drug crisis in our history.
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