had been trying to strike its own multibillion-dollar deal with subs. this led the french to cancel a gala tonight here at the embassy to celebrate a naval battle that france helped the revolutionary army win against the british in 1781. i asked secretary of state blinken yesterday. after professing at nato that america is back to all of the europeans, what do you say to an ally, france, that feels that this agreement today stabs them in the back by going and, you know providing nuclear submarines to australia. also beyond around the world, we will continue to do so. we place fundamental value on that relationship, on that partnership and we will carry it forward in the days ahead.
or recognition to the taliban government after they announced their new leadership on tuesday. here s us secretary state antony blinken speaking during a visit to germany. despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the taliban or their close associates, and no women. we re also concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of those individuals. we understand the taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet. we willjudge it and them by its actions. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul. i have to say that on the streets today, the reaction to the protest has intensified. there was greater violence and foreign
country when the taliban took over last month. in a twitter post, mr ghani said he left afghanistan to avoid further bloodshed in the streets. meanwhile, there are growing concerns about whether international aid will keep flowing into the country. here s us secretary state antony blinken speaking during a visit to germany. despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the taliban or their close associates, and no women. we re also concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of those individuals. we understand the taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet. we willjudge it and them by its actions. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul. i have to say that on the streets today, the reaction to the protest has intensified. there was greater violence and more foreignjournalists were arrested, afghan journalists also.
antony blinken speaking during a visit to germany. despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the taliban or close associates and no women. we re also concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of those individuals. we understand the taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet. we willjudge it and them by its actions. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabulfor us and has more. i have to say that on the streets today the protests are continuing in fact they are intensifying and the taliban reaction to the protest has been also intensifying. with greater violence, been also intensifying. with greaterviolence, more foreign greater violence, more foreign journalists greaterviolence, more foreign journalists were arrested today, afghan journalists were arrested today, there was a women s protest in the west of kabul, they expressed their criticism of