To the rolling Stones Drummer Charlie watts whos died at the age of 80. For all the urging and cajoling from fellow world leaders, it seems the president is not for turning. Joe Biden Has made clear that he intends to stick to next Tuesdays Deadline for the us to complete its Evacuation Mission in afghanistan. In a televised address from the white house, he said the longer american troops remained at Kabul Airport, the greater the risk of an attack by a Terror Group known as isis k. The taliban has also made it clear that its not prepared to give foreign forces any more time on afghan soil. Heres what Mr Biden had to say. We are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by August 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruptions to our operations. The World Bank says its suspending
This has been a big week that continues to be busy this weekend in the fight over democracy in america. Duelling democratic priorities are jockeying for attention on Capitol Hill. First, weve learned tonight that three Texas State lawmakers have tested positive for covid19. They left their state to try to block passage of new Voting Restrictions there. These are considered breakthrough cases since all three are vaccinated. Their group is In Washington to push the White House and democratic leaders in congress for action on Voting Rights. The Ideal Outcome for them is federal legislation to counter the bills that are on track to become law in texas. So far their efforts have yet to bear fruit. Case in point, more than a dozen of the texas democrats met with Senator Joe Manchin on thursday. Here is what he had to say about it afterward. It was a very informative meeting and its basically that weve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically to protect Voting Rights, that
we ll have the tributes to bbc news reader george alagiah, who s died at the age of 67. and we ll look at what s going on at twitter why is it being rebranded as x? start in greece. strong words from prime minister. he says the climate crisis is already here and greece is at war. more than 80 wildfires burning right now. he says the mediterranean region would face even greater disasters as a result of climate change. the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia have been worst hit. parts of the mainland are on high alert. tens of thousands of locals and tourists have been evacuated. the european union has sent firefighter reinforcements to help. from lindos, our correspondent jenny hill sent this report. it seems like a miracle no one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks. well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come across a scene. well, like this. it s still smouldering. that, o
to stand down, saying they are playing into the enemy s hands. the bbc in unable to verify prigozhin s claims and no images of wagner forces in russia have yet to emerge. moscow is tightening its security in response to developments. here s footage of military tanks in russia s capital. and here s new footage of tanks passing by moscow s parliament. also according to russian media, the kremlin has reportedly activated 0perated fortress in the city of rostov on don, 100km east of ukrainian border as well as a plan to ensure all kremlin buildings are protected in moscow. and reuters reports that the governor of russia s southern rostov region that people should stay indoors and keep calm. the kremlin has said president putin has been briefed on all events around prigozhin. it added, the necessary measures are being taken. and called on prigozhin to halt his illegal actions. and all this, as ukrainian military say that all air raid alerts are ringing across ukraine, with