So, paddy, it s our last weekend for a bit. There will be newscasts after this weekend at the weekend, but we will not be together again until september. Yes, it s very sad. Well, it s well earned break for people who listen. We had to think about it. It s really for health and safety. It s like here it s like people who roadies who work on concerts, they have to be given time off. They can t just. Well, that s true, but we do. Actually, i won t be here next week. But you can share with people if you like an interview i ve done today with kit harington and olivia washington. That s quite fun. Kit harington, jon snow from game of thrones, and olivia washington, with whom he s starring in that controversial play, slave play. So i ve been talking to them today, and you could have a listen to that next weekend. So i ll still be here hanging around to annoy you. But in the meantime, we ve been having a think about what s changed in the big picture this year politically and what has changed
Florida governor ron desantis, both addressing the convention and what was meant to be a display of party unity. Both spent much of the last year criticising the president for let s hear from both of them now. , ,. , a now. President trump asked me to seak now. President trump asked me to speak to now. President trump asked me to speak to this now. President trump asked me to speak to this convention now. President trump asked me to speak to this convention in i to speak to this convention in the name of unity. Applause. It the name of unity. Applause. The name of unity. Applause. ,. , , applause. It was a gracious invitation. applause. It was a gracious invitation, and applause. It was a gracious invitation, and i applause. It was a gracious invitation, and i was applause. It was a gracious invitation, and i was happy l applause. It was a gracious| invitation, and i was happy to accept. I will start by making one thing perfectly clear. Donald trump has my strong endorsement,
Walk on by. Applause mary poppins. I have to say i have been issued with a very severe instructions from the bbc bosses that i have to hold it together right now but i do say, i m going to push my luck a little bit tell you why your other family here at newsnight and beyond love you and admire you so very much. There are about a million reasons why we think like that but i m going to highlight three of them. In the first place what we saw in that film, you are a brilliant and a remarkable journalist. Your excitement every day as the excitement you would have had on the date you started in journalism. The second reason is that you have extraordinary pastoral care for young journalists. Every day that a young journalist starts on this programme, without fanfare, without fuss, kirsty will walk up and say, what are your interests, how are you doing, please keep in touch. You walk around this building and people say, do you work with kirsty wark, she has been so magnificent to me. The final
Hello, and welcome if you ve just joined us. It s good to have your company. In a major escalation since international troops started withdrawing from afghanistan, the taliban have seized a key border crossing. Islaam kalaa is one of the biggest trade gateways into iran, generating around $20 million a month for the kabul government. The defence ministry says security forces are trying to recapture the site. From kabul, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more on the situation across afghanistan. These are momentous and deeply uncertain times in afghanistan. For those who don t follow afghanistan closely, what are these details coming in tell us? they tell us the taliban are making rapid advances in all areas of the country much more quickly than anybody expected. And possibly even the taliban. The latest news is they have taken over this border crossing on the border with iran at islaam kalaa. Russian media now reporting tell taliban now control most of the afghan bo