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not being allowed out of the city without a negative test. they re trying to squash it but it s a challenge for china and there are questions about if they can continue with these sort of policies. it sounds like a complicated game of whack a mole being played there. ned, in the uk, despite all of the predictions, it looks at the moment as if the vaccination programme and other measures have worked, at least in restraining the delta variant. we are not out of the woods yet, but when you compare with what is happening in china and elsewhere in the world, what is your assessment? that they re extraordinarily fortunate, and it really has been quite a turn of events, because when so called freedom monday happened three weeks ago, the great majority of public health professionals, scientists here were deeply concerned, because here in one fell swoop, virtually all of the restrictions were going at the very time that the delta variant was surging in britain, as everywhere else.
now, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: one virus, three countries the contrasting covid fortunes of china, the united states and the uk. afghanistan s president says it ll take six months to rout the taliban but does he have six weeks? joining me this week are henry chu, uk bureau chief of the american paper the la times, ned temko, who is with the christian science monitor, and bbc uk
you have a patchwork, and western militaries used to look at the very local tribal look affiliations, that makes it difficult, the taliban is not one thing, it s a local affiliation, money plays a part, power plays a part, so for them to mount a coordinated response is also a difficult thing. i think what we are likely to see is this grinding on, and we see these assassinations, the government spokesperson today, we have had a high profile academic, a comic, journalists. the defence minister earlier in the week. and i think the most likely thing is civilians, i think 1,000 deaths in the last few weeks, the un is being told today, civilians caught in the brunt of this, and it is a very messy picture that could play out for a long time. henry, a last thought on this, if i may. ned said earlier, america is back, that is the biden rhetoric. afghans aren t seeing america is back, they rejust
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: one virus, three countries the contrasting covid fortunes of china, the united states and the uk. afghanistan s president says it ll take six months to rout the taliban but does he have six weeks? joining me this week are henry chu, uk bureau chief of the american paper, the la times, ned temko, who is with the christian science monitor, and bbc uk political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is with me in the studio. welcome, lovely to have you with us this week. and at home, thank you for watching. it s been a week of contrating fortunes in the global pandemic. here in the uk, wales is lifting its covid restrictions over the weekend,