People a day, so this is behind that pace with tens of thousands of americans and afghan allies still waiting for a way out. Cnn has also learned Military Commanders are in contact with taliban militants about security on those chaotic streets around the airport. Constant reminders of the Human Beings caught up in all of this. Thats right, especially children. New video shows a Toddler Being handed to american troops on top of the wall at the Airport Perimeter in kabul. Meantime the State Department is engaged in high level diplomatic talks with the taliban in the neutral setting of doha, where we find nick paton walsh. Good morning, the taliban starting a violent crackdown, weve all seen the images. Obviously the situation at the airport remains chaotic and tense. Who knows where this goes. What are you seeing on the ground and what do you think happens once the western media starts to leave . Reporter that is of course the major question. Weve seen initially taliban that have come to
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lemann, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. alina frolova is a former deputy defence minister of ukraine and is now the deputy chairman of the centre for defence strategy think tank. she told me more about the significance of this development. you know, that yesterday russia declared its so call
the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman said the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse its territory, russia officially celebrated as its own only yesterday. despite this recent show of own only yesterday. despite this recent show of patriotism, it is another embarrassing retreat for vladimir putin. as ever, his generals have tried to put a positive spin on russia s latest setback. translation: in russia s latest setback. translation: . ., translation:
israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to crush and destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. in the war that has followed the 7th of october attacks, gaza s hamas run health ministry says more than 33,000 people have been killed there. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters in israel called for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel s siege. the un calls it a betrayal of humanity. kibbutz nir oz, right on israel s border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so
my life. and that s life lost, with the kids, everything, theyjust don t know what they ve done to people. post office minister, kevin hollinrake, has been speaking to bbc breakfast and says the inquiry is important to make sure those responsible are held to account. where evidence has been established people should be prosecuted. that s my view. and i think you and other people i ve spoken to, i certainly feel people within the post office and possibly further afield should go to jail. let s speak now to richard moorhead, who s been writing about the legal ethics surrounding the post office scandal for several years and is also a member of the horizon compensation advisory board. the minister said in his opinion people should be prosecuted and go to jail. do you think that is likely to jail. do you think that is likely to happen and will the next stage of the inquiry go towards that?- the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office the inquiry go towards that? peopl