commitment there. it is syria. what is joe biden s degree of commitment there. syria. what is joe biden s degree of commitment there. it is now limited to trainin: commitment there. it is now limited to training and commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. there - commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. there has . to training and support. there has been a formal end to us involvement in iraq and syria over the last couple of years but there are trips there doing that kind of thing. this operation demonstrates there is a clear commitment to carry out these counterterrorism activities. particularly when they get reliable information, they have had this apparently since december and been planning it since then and joe biden gave the go ahead for it on tuesday. i think it is interesting because if you cast your mind back, joe biden was against a similar kind of red to take out osama
house correspondent, phil mattingly, and cnn senior international security editor, nick paton walsh. let me start with you. 17 capitals now, at least 17, this is happening remarkably fast. in a week. and if you cast your mind back, victor, to literally how the last 20 years have often been about stalemates over a village in the middle of nowhere, an intense amount of u.s. military power, the speed of this reversal is utterly staggering, faster frankly than when the u.s. swept in, in 2001. the second and third largest cities in taliban s hands. kandahar fell overnight. it feels like a couple of days ago now, remarkable that they have that hugely symbolic birthplace of their movement now in their hands. the question, what of kabul next? yes, there s mazari in the north, possibly the east, but it s very clear they have their target set on kabul, but do they want a lengthy and bitter street fight for a city of 6 million to
paper, the strongest team they will come up against in group d and they know that they will have to hit the ground running. know that they will have to hit the ground running. thank you for that u date. wales are making their preprations more than 3 thousand miles away in azerbaijan. they face switzerland in their group a opener on saturday. and our correspondent hywell griffiths joins us live now from baku. we ve been talking about scottish fans and english fans to be cheering them on. in azerbaijan, ifeel it will be quite quiet for wells. cast our mind will be quite quiet for wells. cast your mind back will be quite quiet for wells. (i zt your mind back five years will be quite quiet for wells. ( 3t your mind back five years ago will be quite quiet for wells. (1 3t your mind back five years ago and having washed fans tasting the tournament football for a long time, it was travelling to france following all the way to the semifinals. covid 19 means that can happen. azerbaijan is an
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innocence project. and because once this beautiful country felt like home, and i hope one day i will still feel like home here. reporter: she then went on to address the specifics of the case against her. and of her case against the media, as it portrayed her at the time. if you remember, if you cause your mind back, you can remember, natalie, all of that press attention she received in the runup to the trial. she spoke about the fact the way she had been portrayed had simply not allowed for a fair trial to take place. she was painted as foxy knoxy. you remember the lurid headlines, all about the sexual nature of the crime, the sexual assault of meredith kercher found dead in that house. she went on to talk about the man currently serving 16 years in jail for the crime. saying look, he s been found