Was it worth it and for me at the moment, for many of my friends messaging me, i don t think it was. A minute s silence will be held in the uk at 11am, in memory of those killed in the plymouth shooting in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. And double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they ve come into contact with someone with covid. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban have seized control of afghanistan and declared the war over after their forces swept into the capital, kabul. That s triggered scenes of panic, as people desperately try to leave. Just look at this video, filmed at the city s international airport. People are trying to get onto the plane climbing up the outside of the gantry, and force their way onto the boarding walkway. Western countries are evacuating their staff and some other individuals
Facing fierce criticism of his handling of this us withdrawal. We will look at one other straying today s programme, the devastating earthquake in haiti. At least 1300 people are now thought to have died in that 7. 2 magnitude quake. Injuly, president biden was asked if the taliban seizing power was inevitable once us troops left. The likelihood there is going to be at taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. And owning the whole country is highly unlikely and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. Now, though, in au:ust, these are pictures of the taliban in the presidential palace. They are in power, president ghani has fled the country and the afghan military largely offered no resistance. Injuly, president biden was asked whether he saw any parallels between the us withdrawal from afghanistan now and the infamous moment in us history its rushed withdrawal from saigon in vietnam in 1975. Zero. What you have his entire brigades break
you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom efforts to air drop aid into gaza turned deadly as a parachute malfunctions. we re live in cyprus with look at what this says about the ongoing struggled to respond to an exploding humanitarian crisis. plus us president joe biden takes his fiery state of the union message on the road. as he kicks off a battleground state tour. we ll look at how his message is resonating on the campaign trail and bragging about turning to roe v. wade. have no clue about the power of women reproductive rights are hot topic this election year will look at how the issue is motivating those going so the polls live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber in the past hour or there has been a new air drop of aid into gaza. have a look here. you can see the parachutes and aid pallets in this video. now we don t know which country dropped this aid, but it s one of many a