Well have the latest live from washington on the us withdrawal. Also in the programme. The Paralympic Games open In Tokyo with over 4000 athletes from 160 countries taking part. And tributes to the rolling Stones Drummer Charlie watts, whos died at the age of 80. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Its six in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in washington, where us president Joe Biden has resisted pressure from g7 leaders to keep troops in afghanistan and continue Evacuation Efforts past the August 31 deadline. But Mr Biden says hes asked the pentagon for Contingency Plans should staying longer be necessary. The taliban, though, for a second day running, has made it clear the deadline stays. And in a News Conference, their spokesman said that The Americans would not be allowed to evacuate afghans. Heres a little of what President Biden had to say in the last hour. We are currently on a pace to finish by August The 31st. The sooners we can finish, the bett
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. Well we ll start well start with the guardian. The number of papers to feature a striking picture of the rolling Stones Drummer Charlie watts who died today. Minster is that Britains Evacuation from kabul is expected to end within 24 to 46 hours. Britain is expecting to hear live more than 4000 Uk Nationals and afghan citizens out of the country by The End of the week. Similarly, the Daily Mail says that britain effectively asked as i was to fly thousands of afghans out of kabul. Panicked afghans are being banned from fleeing the country as the taliban says they order them to stay at home to prevent ill treatment. Theyre saying Thatjoe Biden rejected the August 31 Exit Date during a G7 Meeting this afternoon. And the financial times says the Decision Cap stays uncertainty and despite growing concerns over security around Kabul Airport. The sun leads with the de
Hello and welcome to the programme. President biden says us troops might stay in afghanistan beyond his deadline at The End of the month if more time is needed to get every american out of the country. It comes three days after the taliban takeover, which prompted thousands of people to try to leave. Well have a full report from there in a moment, but first heres President Biden explaining the Chaos Weve seen in kabul in the last few days. Hes been speaking to us network abc news. When you had the government of afghanistan, the leader of that government getting on a plane and taking off and going to anOther country. When you saw the significant collapse of the afghan troops we had trained, Up To 300,000 of them, just leaving their equipment and taking off, that was, you know, thats what happened. Thats simply what happened. 0ur North America correspondent, david willis, has more on what Presidnet Biden had to say. And the president making the point he is committed to keeping us forces
President biden has said that there is an added risk to keeping us troops in afghanistan beyond august the 31st deadline. fellow g7 leaders that there is an increasing threat of terrorist acts from the local islamic state affiliate. the taliban says that he can no longer travel to kabul airport and encouraging others not to entice afghan nationals to emigrate saying that their professional expertise would be sorely needed charlie watts has died aged 80. one of the greatest tremors of his generation. ringo starr tweeted, we are going to miss you, man. a nearly empty stadium in tokyo, over 4000 athletes are involved.
This is bbc news, the headlines. president biden has said that there is an added risk to keeping us troops in afghanistan beyond august the 31st deadline. fellow g7 leaders that there is an increasing threat of terrorist acts from the local islamic state affiliate. the taliban says that he can no longer travel to kabul airport and encouraging others not to entice afghan nationals to emigrate saying that their professional expertise would be sorely needed charlie watts has died aged 80. one of the greatest tremors of his generation. ringo starr tweeted, we are going to miss you, man. a