sorry, douglas lute, we don t appear to have a new sound from you at the moment. we will try to come back to douglas lute because we do certainly want to hear from douglas lute because we do certainly want to hearfrom him do stay douglas lute because we do certainly want to hear from him do stay with us bbc news because we have more to come. we will go to brazil, where there is news of hostages being strapped to the back of getaway cars. that is coming up. as we ve been hearing, the five permanent members of the un security council are meeting tonight to discuss plans to try to ensure safe passage for those trying to leave afghanistan. sir mark lyall grant is a former uk ambassador to the un earlier he gave us his reaction to the current situation in afghanistan. well, i don t think one can trust
pentagon spokesperson. he will come back to ou. pentagon spokesperson. he will come back to you- back to you. good afternoon, everybody- back to you. good afternoon, everybody- i back to you. good afternoon, everybody. i am back to you. good afternoon, everybody. i am going - back to you. good afternoon, everybody. i am going to - back to you. good afternoon, i everybody. i am going to turn. .. to everybody. i am going to turn. to be have everybody. i am going to turn. to be have a everybody. i am going to turn. to be have a general up? i m going to turnthe be have a general up? i m going to turn the podium over to general frank turn the podium over to general frank mckenzie, commander of us at her command. frank mckenzie, commander of us at hercommand. he frank mckenzie, commander of us at her command. he will have some opening her command. he will have some opening comments and intakes and questions opening comments and intakes and questions and we do have a hard stop
international airport and to our troops international airport and to our troops operating at that airport as well as troops operating at that airport as well as civilians around it and in it. well as civilians around it and in it and well as civilians around it and in it and it well as civilians around it and in it. and it was another thing that we were very. it. and it was another thing that we were very, very concerned about. a number of international meetings have been convened, to try and agree a joint approach to dealing with the taliban. foreign secretary dominic raab has been meeting his counterparts from the g7 nations, nato, qatar and turkey, emphasising the importance of working together on safe passage and exit arrangements for eligible afghans remaining in the country. earlier i spoke to sir mark lyall grant, who s a former uk ambassador to the un, who said that while the taliban can t be trusted, it is worth noting that they have allowed more than one hundred thou
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President Joe Biden has vowed to “hunt down” the terror cell responsible for killing 13 American service members and dozens of Afghan civilians outside Kabul airport.