possibly can to speed the evacuation effort that is currently under way, and to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that afghanistan is facing. catastrophe that afghanistan is facina. ~ :, ., , . facing. would you have expected the foreian facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make that - facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make that call l foreign secretary to make that call personally, no matter how close the taliban were to kabul at that point, to take charge of that himself? well, i would have thought so, yes, given the proximity of the taliban. all the more reason to actually be pressing these particular points. but the reality is that the lack of attention and support for afghan interpreters goes back some years. i am dealing this morning with afghan interpreters that
chaos continuing at the airport, where hundreds, thousands of people probably, have been camped out, trying to get inside, desperate to leave. many of them don t actually have the necessary documentation. it is very unlikely they will be evacuated. but they are still willing to put up with these awful conditions. taliban members are firing into the air trying to control the crowd, using sticks and whips to try to push people back. but elsewhere in the city, aside from this burst of gunfire we ve heard just now, things seem to be a great deal calmer than they have been. more shops and restaurants opening up than in previous days and more people coming out and about. banks are closed, as are many government offices. we are seeing fewer women on the streets. you do see some. not necessarily wearing the burqa most people closely associate
the largest survey of covid infection in the uk has found that both the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines are still offering good protection against the delta variant. councils across england are preparing to house up to 20,000 afghan refugees over the next few years, following the taliban s takeover. more than 200 afghan nationals have already resettled in the uk since 2010. 0ur reporter luxmy gopal has been to meet some of them, to hear their experiences. images capturing the desperation to leave. watching the news footage were those who have some idea of what they are hoping to escape from. the first time the taliban came, the force people, praying, dressing,
necessarily beholden to the american timetable? t necessarily beholden to the american timetable? :, , ,:, , necessarily beholden to the american timetable? :, , ,., , ., timetable? i absolutely do. the prime minister timetable? i absolutely do. the prime minister is timetable? i absolutely do. the prime minister is the timetable? i absolutely do. the prime minister is the chair - timetable? i absolutely do. the prime minister is the chair of i timetable? i absolutely do. the | prime minister is the chair of the g7. we are a un security member. we are still able to wield considerable influence in the world. but that requires urgent activity. that requires urgent activity. that requires the prime minister, the foreign secretary and others picking up foreign secretary and others picking up the fun and engaging with the international allies, nato, the united nations, and talking to regional partners and getting their sense of what can be done within the region. so i think the govern
could remain in afghanistan beyond president biden s deadline of the end of the month. and the president inisted no americans will be left behind in kabul. the first of our reports comes from david willis in washington. in the afghan capital, people, scared and desperate, are still trying to flee the country. the taliban are coming for me, this girl cries. one of hundreds pressed to the gates of kabul airport in the hope ofjoining a flight out. president biden continues to blame the craven capitulation of the afghan government. he conceded it might not be possible to complete the american withdrawal by the deadline in two weeks time. americans should understand that troops might have to be there beyond august 31st?