the white house has so far not said whether it will extend the deadline or not. we are in talks with the taliban on a daily basis through the political and security channels. we believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any american who wants to get out. the g7 won tjust cover the situation at the airport. borisjohnson is expected to ask the other countries to match the uk s promises on sending aid and resettling refugees. the uk has said it will take in 20,000 afghans over the next five years. the leaders are also expected to recommit to safeguarding the rights of women and minorities and girls education in afghanistan, and to making sure any new government sticks to its international obligations. speaking ahead of the meeting, borisjohnson said the taliban would bejudged by their deeds and not their words. in the early hours of this morning,
of course, because of my work and my photographs, and the concept behind my photos, to hide the burqa and show the face of afghan women in afghanistan, it s completely against taliban ideas and and i am a minority, it made me eight double targets, my ethnicity. and my organisation, because we are working for women, organisation, because we are working forwomen, peace organisation, because we are working for women, peace and the youth. so some of those stories that we have been hearing about particularly women and the concerns they have in afghanistan, hearing stories about mothers running to the market to buy burqas for their children, and people worried about the taliban
let s return to our top story. it s expected borisjohnson will ask the us president, joe biden, to delay the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan, when he chairs a virtual meeting of g7 leaders today. we rejoined nowjulia manchester, who s a political reporter for the hill in washington dc. good morning. great to see this morning. first of all, just remind us howjoe biden got this point. we us how joe biden got this point. we saw us howjoe biden got this point. - saw that earlier in the summer, joe biden announced that he would be withdrawing american troops from afghanistan. remember, this was a decision that was initially made, the decision to withdraw, by former president trump during his administration. we saw thejoe biden was following through on this. fast forward to last week and we saw those chaotic images coming out of kabul airport, after the taliban essentially took over the country in just a matter of days, something the
administration, the americans and those around the world, really were not expecting. sojoe biden real right now facing his real first foreign policy pressure as president, facing pressure to extend the deadline to withdraw from afghanistan. the deadline to withdraw from afghanistan. the deadline to withdraw from afu hanistan. ~ ., ~ ., afghanistan. when do we think that the president afghanistan. when do we think that the president will afghanistan. when do we think that the president will decision - afghanistan. when do we think that the president will decision on - afghanistan. when do we think that the president will decision on this? | the president will decision on this? he said quite firmly in the last 36 hours that he wasn t planning to do it but he left himself a little bit of wiggle room? we it but he left himself a little bit of wiggle room? it but he left himself a little bit of wiggle room? we are hearing he could announce of wiggle room? we are hearing he could a
no respect for women. much relieved to see my siblings here, really happy, oh, we are home, back, we re going to see dad. so they re really happy. seeing them happy, mum happy, it s just everything for me. and i m just waiting to see my dad and my brothers. the family, who have returned from afghanistan, will need to complete a ten day hotel quarantine before they can be reunited with the rest of the family in nottingham. and although they are still worried about their relatives that remain in the country, this family are looking forward to putting the anxiety of the last few days behind them. navteonhal, bbc news, nottingham. that gives you a clear picture of one family s plight. we re joined now by the shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy. when you see what people are going through and some of those desperate