of military involvement in politics and definitely he has captured the sentiment. and also, he wants to force the government, the sitting government, you know, to back off and actually announce fresh elections, general elections. right now, it s expected that it could be any time next year, but he wants to be the one to become the next prime minister and also be the one to appoint the next army chief. the current army chief is about to retire on 29 november, but he wants and there should be an arrangement where there should be a permanent, you know, a long term army chief which is three years tenure is appointed by a fresh government after elections and he expects that he would form the next government. let s get some of the day s other news. vigils and protests have taken place across south korea to commemorate the victims of a crush that killed more than 150 people. the disaster in seoul a week ago has caused public anger.
from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. pakistan s prime minister says floods which have killed more than thousand people are the worst in the country s history. let s turn to afghanistan. the last us troops left afghanistan one year ago today, ending 20 years of military involvement. the final troops to leave were part of the effort to evacuate over 120,000 americans and afghan allies out of the country before the mission ended. general frank mckenzie oversaw the withdrawal from kabul. he s been speaking to my colleague yalda hakin. when you think back to the us withdrawal and what happened just before, when the fall of kabul took place on the 15th of august, what comes to mind? i don t think the fall of kabul was inevitable. we made a series of decisions that brought us to that point, the most significant of which was to actually go to zero, effectively, in afghanistan. and that was actually the fundamental decision that
this rift and one senses, bearing in mind tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of the princess of wales. what she would have made of this, i think she would have made of this, i think she would have made of this, i think she would have been deeply grieved, there is a clear rift between the star sixes and the royal family. thank you forjoining us. britain s biggest warship could miss important tests involving the latest fighterjets and drones after a propeller shaft malfunctioned a few miles after it set sail. the £3 billion warship left portsmouth naval base on saturday heading for training exercises with the us and royal canadian navies. but the carrier broke down and the royal navy says it is investigating the emerging mechanical issue . the last us troops left afghanistan one year ago today, ending 20 years of military involvement. the last troops to leave were part of the effort to evacuate over 120,000 americans and afghan allies out of the country before the mis
potential military involvement if something went down with taiwan. here is what he said in may. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? has. you are? that is a commitment we made. what do you make of that statement and how worried are you about that in light of what s happening right now? you got to know that beijing probably paid attention to that and wasn t the first time it happened that was the third tim it happened in the short time that president biden has been i the white house. now you add on top of that did not just the nancy pelosi visits , but a whole series of visits prior to that by by former secretary of state pompeo , you had the secretary of defense under obama that had gone and other delegations from the united states. that is why there has been escalations and they believe
military involvement create even suggesting that they might shoot her plane down always on that nice and the chinese military puts the ridiculous propaganda video some of that tom cruise produce of their troops launching missiles and taking off and fighter jets. it s nice but they have a military and a tape recorder. they see this issue that they set out john kirby to discuss this in detail for over an hour. he started with why the white house was supportive of a potential visit from the start. why was the speaker being urged not to go? who urged her not to go? brian: yes it s true that s exactly what the president said. the entire appearance of kirby said that the white house is kind of scared. they took on the tone they could