interview, that the chaos we saw was unavoidable. that will fuel criticism over the way the us has handled this withdrawal. what about the wider public? i gather there is support for the idea and the principle of withdrawing from afghanistan, but the political fallout for biden is still there? very much so. there was consistent approval in the polls coming up to the last few weeks for the withdrawal of american forces from afghanistan. but a poll conducted on monday by the reuters news agency showed that mr biden s approval rating is now at its lowest since he took office seven months ago and less than half of those questioned for that poll approved of the way the withdrawal has been carried out. joe biden has received criticism, not only
place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news, the latest headlines . president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan, insisting there wasn t a way for them to leave without chaos ensuing. there have been chaotic scenes outside kabul airport as governments rush to bring home their citizens as well as afghan colleagues. let s stay with that now earlier i spoke to dr seth jones who is director of the international security programme at the center for strategic and international studies. i asked him if president biden was right to say the afghanistan government was responsible for the swift taliban takeover.
taliban has this is bbc news, the headlines: president biden has said us troops might stay in afghanistan beyond his deadline at the end of the month, if more time is needed to get every american out of the country. it comes four days after the taliban takeover, which prompted thousands of people to try to leave. the head of the pan american health organisation has called on the international community to provide urgent medical personnel and equipment to haiti, following a devastating earthquake on saturday. the disaster is now known to have killed nearly 2,000 people. hundreds of firefighters have spent a third day battling a fast moving wildfire near the french riveria. it s the latest in a string of deadly fires to affect the mediterranean in recent weeks during intense heatwaves. scientists have blamed the impact of man made climate change. now on bbc news click.
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