president biden has described the us evacuation mission from afghanistan as an extraordinary success. he said no other country would have been able to fly out so many people, and the us achieved everything it set out to do in afghanistan. the taliban have been celebrating the us departure, describing it as a victory which should serve as a lesson for other invaders. but the group said they want good relations with the united states and the rest of the world. a huge rescue operation is taking place in the us state of louisiana after it was struck by hurricane ida. at least four people have been killed by the storm and millions remain without power. the bbc s moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has left russia, after being expelled by the authorities.
as an extraordinary success. he said no other country would have been able to fly out so many people, and the us achieved everything it set out to do in afghanistan. the taliban have been celebrating the us departure, describing it as a victory which should serve as a lesson for other invaders. but the group said they want good relations with the united states and the rest of the world. a huge rescue operation is taking place in the us state of louisiana after it was struck by hurricane ida. at least four people have been killed by the storm and millions remain without power. the bbc s moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has left russia, after being expelled by the authorities. the kremlin says it s in response to the expulsion of a russian
our lead story, president biden is about to address the american public to defend the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. the bbc s moscow correspondent has left russia. she was expelled by the authorities after being labelled a threat to national security. sarah rainsford, who first reported from moscow for the bbc over 20 years ago, just as vladimir putin came to power, has been told she can never return to the country. moscow claims the move is in response to the expulsion of a russian journalist from the uk two years ago, but the decision comes at the same time as a severe crackdown on independentjournalists and opposition activists within russia. here s sarah s report. this was the moment i discovered i was being expelled from russia. according to a specific law, i have been designated a threat to national security and as such i am not allowed into the country.
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