0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. i m martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now as we are told that officials are about to announce that no isis-k fighters were killed in the august 29th u.s. drone strike in kabul that killed ten civilians in fact. there s no disciplinary action we re told expected as a result of that obvious misstep, mistake, whatever you want to call it. a lot of questions moments away about what happened with what was said to be a great example of our over-the-horizon ability to take out targets in afghanistan despite the fact that we pulled out. so there
i am very proud to see them getting ready to resist. many worry that while the taliban say now that women can go to work and get an education they worry it will become increasingly strict. for now, it is a time of deep uncertainty. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. us vice president kamala harris will work to reassure southeast asia and more directly singapore and vietnam of us reliability on a short visit to the region, which is seeking more than a defense relationship. she is she is seeking more than just a defence relationship. earlier i asked regional security expert lynn kuok if she thought the visit was ill timed with regards to afghanistan.
this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. one week after the fall of kabul to the taliban, president biden defends his handling of the evacuation despite growing criticism. us vice president kamala harris will work to reassure southeast asia and more directly, singapore and vietnam of us reliability on a short visit to the region, which is seeking more than a defense relationship. her message is expected to be one of economic opportunities and health, with many southeast asian countries facing rising covid 19 infections and short vaccine supplies. she s the second high ranking official to visit these countries in as many months, following us defense secretary, lloyd austin. for more on the state of play in the relationship,
but if it s true there was interference with the defense relationship with the defendant, then that would be a very bad thing, for which the prosecutor should probably be disbarred and maybe there should be some military action from the jag corps against him. what will happen is still unknown. but this is so disturbing that you have a man who was not charged with war crimes, per se, and wasn t charged with all of these other actions that would have been absolutely a violation of everything the military stands for. they are trained to defend and protect us, not to kill civilians and to kill prisoners of war. and we still don t really know who killed this particular person, but there are now allegations that gallagher murdered other people and i think that has to be investigated. the military is taking action in terms of the jag corps, the navy is looking at their processes
interference with the defense relationship with the defendant. and that would be a very bad thing, for which the prosecutor should probably be disbarred. and maybe there should be some military action from the corps against him. what will happen is still unknown. but this is so disturbing that you have a man who was not charged with war crimes per se. and wasn t charged with all of these other actions that would have been absolutely a violation of everything the military stands for. they are trained to defend and protect us, not to kill civilians and to kill prisoners of war. and we still don t really know who killed this particular person. but there are now allegations that gallagher murdered other people. and i think that has to be investigated. the military is taking action in terms of the jag corps. the navy is looking at their processes and procedures.