been life and death decisions, it has been the life and death decisions, it has been the most incredible effort. the weak link been the most incredible effort. the weak link in been the most incredible effort. the weak link in what was a very weak chain weak link in what was a very weak chain that weak link in what was a very weak chain that led us to this point was the foreign chain that led us to this point was the foreign secretary. none of that preparation would have been done, like france, preparation would have been done, like france, preparing forthis, once like france, preparing forthis, once a like france, preparing forthis, once a month ago. and pulling their people once a month ago. and pulling their pepple out once a month ago. and pulling their people out. he has got to answer the question people out. he has got to answer the question about why it is that in the end, question about why it is that in the end, hunters and our troops had to be flown
into what was an extraordinarily dangerous situation in order to pull people from crowds to get them out of the most chaotic circumstances. thousands of people left behind because of 18 months of failure to get ready for this moment. and i suspect dominic raab, if he was asked that question would give the answer he gave yesterday when he was asked that question when he was in the media and his answer was that the intelligence that the government was working on suggested that the taliban advance would be much slower and that the fall of kabul was several months away. although, intriguingly, when dominic raab was on the airwaves yesterday, he did sort of semi point the finger at some other government departments for making mistakes, so it ll be interesting to see if he is a bit more of a team player in front of mps today. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been following the latest developments from delhi. we had a few moments ago, that clip of a taliban spokesperson talking about
the main places in the south which are their heartlands so this time they are concentrating on the north. their strategy is to take the northern areas and intriguingly, they have now got apparently according to the wall streetjournal today, they have customs posts which are taliban customs post and they are taliban customs post and they are collecting revenues and operating in a sense like a state, trying to show the people in the areas they have taken that they are areas they have taken that they are a force that people can work with, that they are a genuine government for the area. i think it is going to be taken very difficult. we heard from the former president there, millions of afghans now are educated and they do not want to return to those taliban years. those taliban years. what is alarmin: those taliban years. what is
for the 21st century, then china will . faisal islam, at the g7 meeting in london. a us government report on sightings of unidentified flying objects has found no evidence of alien activity , but, intriguingly, does not rule it out. the product of a us military task force established last year to investigate decades of unexplained aerial sightings, the report reviewed 120 incidents, and is expected to conclude that us technology was, in most cases, not involved. beyond that, however, the report makes no definitive assessments about what the objects might be. joining me now from winnipeg in canada is mj banias, author of the ufo people: : a curious culture, and a freelance tech journalist specializing in paranormal culture thank you forjoining us. thank thank you for “oining us. thank ou for thank you forjoining us. thank you for having thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. conclusionl you for having me. conclusion of t
of these negotiations, there s still a question about who gets that bounty. that s why the chancellor has being cautious so far. will it go predominantly, hundreds of billions of dollars, to the coffers of president biden, from the us tech giants, or can they agree that notjust the profits, but the sales in, say, britain, from these global tech giants can be taxed by britain? talks over making it compulsory for major companies to report on their plans for cutting carbon emissions are also on a knife edge. as one minister put it, if the west doesn t work together to set the rules for the 21st century, then china will . faisal islam, at the g7 meeting in london. a us government report on sightings of unidentified flying objects has found no evidence of alien activity, but, intriguingly, does not rule it out. the product of a us military task force established last year to investigate decades of unexplained aerial