country? i episode were ust gone on in that count ? . ~ country? i thank the right honourable country? i thank the right honourable gentleman i country? i thank the right| honourable gentleman for country? i thank the right - honourable gentleman for raising country? i thank the right honourable gentleman for raising the very needy case that he does i m sure that colleagues across the house, literally every member, has received messages from people who know someone who needs to get out of afghanistan. i can tell the right honourable gentleman we are doing everything we can to help out of those country those people to whom we owe a date of obligation. on that point, i want to repeat my thanks notjust point, i want to repeat my thanks not just to point, i want to repeat my thanks notjust to laurie bristow back to the commander on the ground dan blandford and the entire british team in kabul. we have so far secured the safe return of 2052 afghan nationals and 300 british nationals as
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relatives? are the magic to leave afuhanistan? ~ ., ., ., afghanistan? we ve heard today that a film-maker afghanistan? we ve heard today that a film-maker managed afghanistan? we ve heard today that a film-maker managed to afghanistan? we ve heard today that a film-maker managed to escape i afghanistan? we ve heard today that| a film-maker managed to escape and a film maker managed to escape and had left the country safely. but you know, there needs to be safe and legal roots for women and children. and i m very happy to hear that the government is looking at having a reset on a programme which will include this, because this is something i ve been lobbying for, as well. so with all this happening, the real danger right now is that people are trapped borders are closed, and we really need to speed up closed, and we really need to speed up the help and the assistance that people can have inside the country. aid agencies still aren t able to operate properly, and that s also a
resettlement programme for afghans who assisted the united states but who assisted the united states but who do not qualify for special immigrant visas. who do not qualify for special immigrant visas. hello. last month public key which of the uk to its warmestjuly on record. wales can ireland and scotland according to the met office were drier than average another dry day across much of scotland. england was wider than average last month but was but he has stayed dry today there have been some heavy and even torrential downpour is around with reports over 100 mm for on the isle of wight with some flooding. the sundry downpours that have developed today after rumbling around through the evening will die away as we get into the night and by morning most places are dry, clear spells and away from the towns, city centres these are dipping down into single figures. so a fresh feeling morning. plenty of sunshine around there s a ridge of high pressure at the
today they re today they re announcing today they re announcing a new resettlement programme for those who assisted the united states but do not qualify for special immigrant visas. we have created a priority two granting access to the programme for many of these people in their family members. our correspondent gary o donoghuejoins me now from washington this is really a significant expansion of the refugee programme that they ve already had in place for some time is you pointed out. really, it is answering some of the pressure that comes to congress and some of the refugee and human rights groups in the us the americans weren t doing enough of those people that put themselves in harm s way on behalf of the us government and so, there expanding the original