for tropical storm grace. good evening. the white house rejects any notion that the us exit from afghanistan should in any way compare to the capitulation in saigon in 1975. but how should the world view the images we have seen today from kabul airport? amid the scramble to evacuate western diplomatic staff and with taliban now surrounding the airfield there was chaos on the runway as afghans clung desperately to one of the few military transporters that left. not quite the last plane out, but surely the enduring image of this chaotic american withdrawal. we ve heard nothing from joe biden since saturday. he s just about to appear at the white house. let s take you there to hear his comments. white house. let s take you there to hear his comments. | white house. let s take you there to hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today to hear his comme
but i think what people want to hear from him is that we ll take care of our friends, we ll take care of our allies, and we ll do what we can for the afghan women and children who are now at such grave risk from the taliban. mike memoli who is standing by near camp david where the president spent the weekend, mike, knowing that we have probably less than a minute to go, what kind of situation can you give us from there? brian, what the white house wants to be today to be about is consistency, the consistency of a president who before that as a candidate for president, as a vice president and even as a senator was very clear in his view of the situation in afghanistan and that the task of nation building there was one that meant an endless commitment of u.s. blood and treasure, a commitment that he did not think would ultimately be mike, i m going to interrupt. here s the president. the unfolding situation in afghanistan. the developments that have taken place in the
approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries saudi arabia and iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. my guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi arabia has never reached 100%. the disagreements that we saw under the obama administration are very similar with the disagreements we re seeing today, that notjust saudi arabia, but other regional actors have with the biden administration. namely, it is, you know, appeasing the iranian regim
now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. month by month, us president joe biden is shifting away from trump era foreign policy positions. but how dramatic will the pivot be? in the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran. more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. my guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi arabia has never reached 100%. the disagreeme
more news at the top of the hour. that is it from me. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. month by month, us president joe biden is shifting away from trump era foreign policy positions. but how dramatic will the pivot be? in the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. my guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states