Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. The us military has left bagram air base in afghanistan, their centre of operations for almost 20 years. America s war in afghanistan began after the 9/11 attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people more than 2,700 lost their lives here in new york city. As america is ending its longest war, the taliban is gaining ground. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. Bagram air base, afghanistan, the most strategically vital base in the country. Last night, the us military pulled out after nearly 20 years there. It follows a decision by president biden for us forces to leave afghanistan by september 11. We re on track exactly as to where we expected to be, but i wanted to make sure there was enough running room, that we wouldn t be able to do it all till september. There will still be some forces left, but it s a rational drawdown with our allies. The base has now been handed over to afghan government forces. But all over t
Earning potential? hello there. Let s return to our top story the g7 summit in the cornish resort of carbis bay, in the south west of england. Leaders of the rich democracies will be trying to agree how to lead the world out of the pandemic. The host, the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, wants the g7 to pledge to have the whole world vaccinated by the end of next year, with a promise to ramp up global production of doses. He s pledging 100 million doses from the uk for low income countries over the next year. President biden got the ball rolling on thursday, appearing with the boss of us drugs giant pfizer to announced a donation of half a billion of its vaccines paid for by america for 100 of the world s poorest countries. This isn t the american economy, it is in all of our interests to have the global economy recover well. That won t happen unless we get this pandemic under control worldwide. As a said inmate joint session to congress in april, america will be the arsenal of vac
and president biden promises it sjust the start. george s legacy will not be just about his death but about what we must do in his memory. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. if he s referring to james dyson, i make absolutely no apology at all for shifting heaven and earth to secure ventilators. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze, and it s all on his sleaze, sleaze, sleaze, and it s all on his watch. the queen says thank you for the support and kindness she s been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh in a message issued on her 95th birthday. in india, cases and deaths from coronavirus reach record numbers two days before the countryjoins the travel red list. and, how the desire for an hourglass figure is fuelling use of a dangerous appetite stimulant, promoted on social media. and coming up on the bbc news channel: team gb led by the interim england head
joe biden explained the vision for his presidency. more government when it s working right can improve americans lives. madam speaker, the president of the united states. the president delivered his first address to a joint session of congress late wednesday outlining his sweeping american families plan. it includes money for a host of pocketbook issues like paid family leave, child care, preschool education and free community college. he declared the long held republican policy of trickledown economics has never worked. eurged congress to raise minimum wage to $15 and hour. i stand here tonight one day shy of the 100th day of my administration. 100 days since i took the oath of office and lifted my hand off our family bible and inherited a nation we all di that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. now after just 100 days, i can report to the na
an inquiry into a leak last year in case it involved a friend of his fiancee. in the last few minutes, indonesian navy has announced that the rescue teams have recovered debris that is believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. us regulators lift the suspension on the single dosejohnson and johnson covid vaccine saying the benefits far outweigh any potential risks. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid i9 are offered smell training rather than being treated with steroids. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. india s supreme court says the country is facing a national emergency as its health care system buckles under a second wave of coronavirus patients. many hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are desperately low and the number of new cases is spiralling out of control. for the third day in a row, it s registered the world s highest ever daily rise