you so rightly mentioned, and we have seen the iconic photos, those scenes will change and we will begin to see a sense of order and discipline inside the perimeter at kabul international airport. perimeter at kabul internationalairort. ., . internationalairport. you have a real depth internationalairport. you have a real depth of internationalairport. you have a real depth of understanding i a real depth of understanding of the experience of the last 20 years with regard to afghanistan. is there a point at which, over that time, and joe biden has been a bit of a withdrawal man, hasn t he, really? should this have been done already, perhaps eight or ten years ago, when that alabama was in a different situation and perhaps the odds of getting some sort of reasonable solution, a managed solution, would have been far better? when the taliban was in a different situation. i think there were two critical points over the last 20 years. the first was in the weeks and
from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid august, generally 15 21 degrees in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11 15 degrees. so for wednesday, very little change it looks similar, rather grey and breezy again, further patchy drizzle across northern and western hills. but again, with some shelter from the breeze, from the higher ground further west, we should see some sunny spells, again, eastern england, perhaps across the south of wales and southwest. again, that pushes temperatures up to 21 degrees otherwise for most, mid to high teens. into thursday, some subtle changes. this weather front s a bit more active, it ll start to wriggle into parts of england and wales. th
the country takes. we want an afghan inclusive islamic government. so, by that, we mean all other afghans have also participation in that government. so, of course, that needs a little bit of time and deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at the airport today, an awful ending to two decades of international efforts to rebuild this country. for all its fractures and rampant corruption, afghanistan had also seen fragile progress. the future for its people is now deeply uncertain. secunder kermani, bbc news. ambassador douglas lute is a retired three star general who focused on afghanistan in the george w bush and barack 0bama adminstrations and went on to become the us
direction. again, a lot of cloud around, showers pushing into england and wales thanks to that weather front, some could be on the heavy side. a bit of sunshine again in the south west highs of 20 21 degrees, otherwise, again, mid to high teens. as we move out of thursday into friday, we start to see this more substantial area of low pressure sweeping up very slowly from the south west. so, that ll change the wind direction to a south westerly for many of us, it will be light with breeze. again, quite a bit of cloud around, a few sunny spells here and there, the more substantial rain pushing into northern ireland and later, western england and wales. and again, those temperatures range from 15 20 celsius.
through? trace: yeah, and it s a great point. jennifer asked this question yesterday. why have we not heard from the defense secretary, the secretary of state? sandra: why isn t the president standing at the podium? why hasn t he at the white house? we heard that the president of the united states has not talked to one another world leaders since kabul fell. timeout. what? the president of the united states has not talked to another world leaders? it s not like he doesn t have access to the phone nor the zoom or than protected lines. understand that they have reached out, and other counterparts have talked, but i just found that stunning too. he has not talked to other world leaders who have been talking to themselves about what is going to happen next in afghanistan. trace: there were comments made today by people in the u.k. about listen, china and russia