former advisor to hillary clinton. welcome to the programme. it s been one year since the taliban seized power in the afghan capital kabul. the world watched in shock, as the country s government collapsed. thousands of afghan citizens and foreigners fearing taliban rule descended onto kabul airport, hoping to leave, some clinging onto planes. for the taliban and its supporters, today is a national holiday and a day of celebration for them, but not for everyone. we know that for those left behind, the humanitarian situation is dire. 95% of the population do not have enough food to eat. and more than a million children under the age of five sufferfrom prolonged malnutrition. before the taliban takeover, international aid accounted for 80% of the afghan state budget. but countries don t want to legitimise taliban rule so that aid has been cut off. this is the un. we are talking about the chronically half of the population, 20 million people, in constant need of some sort
nuclear/ nonnuclear iranian threats. midsole, human rights, everything go by the wayside. the movement that you have seen in perspective pressure in congress has been the legislative side nonnuclear pressure, non letterwriting, tension raising aside, a real call for a plan b, for what comes next in a real call for clarity over the biden administrations iran policy. i would say respectfully there is his desire to try to find out what s next for the end by many voices in congress and democrats on the senate for relation back question the iran s biden administrations on may 25. joe, what do you think? do you think that s the way forward? i joe, what do you think? do you think that s the way forward? that s the way forward? i think it s extremely difficult that s the way forward? i think it s extremely difficult to that s the way forward? i think it s extremely difficult to find - that s the way forward? i think it s extremely difficult to find a i that s the way forward? i think it s
was being paid to iran had to stay in importing country. so if china wanted import oil, the money couldn t go to tehran. it had to sit in beijing. the same in seoul and tokyo and new delhi and so on. if we were to say to european, asian, us government, you don t have to enter imports but put your money in, don t let britain get that, you will put pressure on the kremlin without putting pressure on ourselves. the russian pressure on ourselves. the russian perspective - pressure on ourselves. the russian perspective is if you do this, it will create global economic chaos. you will all pay a price for this, and while we are in the immediate effect of an invasion and people are seeing it for themselves and it is an appalling scenario, i might think, we will bear some of that cost, that becomes harder for people to consider, doesn t it? i was looking at some of the figures natural gas, up at 3115 euros per