Target until the fiscal situation allows. we remain fully committed to that target and the plans i have set out today assume spending will remain at 0.5% for the forecast period as a percentage we were the third highest donor in the g7 last year and i am proud our aid commitment has saved thousands of lives the world. i look forward to working closely with my right honourable friend the member for sutton coldfield now rightly back in his place in cabinet to make sure we continue to play a leadership role in tackling global poverty. the uk has also been a global leader on climate change cutting emissions by more than any other g20 country. with the existential vulnerability we face now would be the wrong time to step back from our international climate responsibilities, so i also
viewers know her style. it is a somber day. what stood out to you in the message that she continued in the president s formal address on this horrific bombings. his relationship with the taliban, the moment in the short term up until the deadline of 31st of august and what happens to the relationship afterward sns. i think in a way that s the most interesting kind of analysis in terms of how do they use the taliban without trusting them to try to get people out now and then what kind of leverage do they have after august 31st, once american forces are withdrawn to carry onto try to get american citizens and american partners out. she said at one point they believe they have a lot of leverage over the taliban. she pointed to the taliban s desire of the aid commitment and the economic needs that the
0 can t operate in the same way and the afghans they worked with is not assessable. and now to try to find the people responsible for this attack or future attacks is a much more different position. to our viewers just as i took the baton from alicia mendez, i am going to pass it to ari melber. we thank our guests, peter baker and greg mire. we ll be going live to jen psaki as the president departures from the east room heading back to the oval office. jen psaki will take many, many questions, the press corp will have for her. with that, our forecast with ari melber. thank you, we are giving you this continuous coverage on a difficult day in afghanistan as brian williams just mentioned we are here awaiting this briefing from the white house s press secretary. many questions there. you can see reporters already getting into position. we ll bring it to you live. here is the latest on what we know tonight. two suicidal bombers detonated themselves in kabul. the death toll is high. 12
Board we might set an example and we might increase the job mairkt if we were to do that collectively. and can we do big stuff like that anymore? first off, coal powered plants, they re not going anywhere. this whole war on coal idea is a major stretch by people who aren t politically aligned, clearly. president obama s regulations would limit carbon and hopefully, reduce our reliance on coal. the president is not out there saying, we have to, across the board, get rid of coal. across the board with we got to get rid of oil. what if we reduced all the way across the board at levels. would that have an impact? yes. there are over 600 coal-fired plants in the united states accounting for roughly 40% of the nation s electricity. want to do the show in the dark, big eddie? i think so. but we got to figure it out. solar, have we made aid