intent rocket bombardment from across the lebanese border. london s metropolitan police diverts dozens of its serious crime officers to investigate their own colleagues as it tries to expel hundreds of corrupt officers. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news. newsday. at eight o clock in the morning here in singapore and 8pm in washington where the white house has released a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review commissioned by president biden does admit the us should have started evacuating kabul earlier be a spokesman blamed the chaotic withdrawal on a deal that donald trump did with the taliban. the taliban. transitions matter- the taliban. transitions matter. that the taliban. transitions matter. that is - the taliban. transitions matter. that is the - the taliban. transitionsi matter. that is the first lesson learned here and the incoming administration wasn t afforded much of one.
in an extraordinary move, republican legislators who control the house of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. moments ago, i just spoke to one of those expelled lawmakers, justin jones. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news and first and foremost, where exactly are you? we know there have been massive protests in the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes, thank you so much for having me on. i m actually here in my office, starting to pack up, because the state legislatu
with an independent study into the british monarchy s links to the slave trade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the white house is releasing seven in the morning and 7pm. a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review, commissioned by president biden, does admit the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. a spokesman blamed the chaotic us withdrawal in august 2021 on a deal donald trump did with the taliban. transitions matter, that s the first lesson learned here, and the incoming administration wasn t afforded much of one. thus, president biden s choice was stark either withdraw all our forces or resume fighting with the taliban. he chose the former. that s the picture from the white house. i spoke to a foreign policy fellow earlier in washington, who explained the significance of this announcement.
my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think in my lifetime i have everfaced into anything like the cost inflation we are facing with our inputs now. we are seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%, these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i ve chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic food stuffs that they buy at the super
Thus, president biden s choice was stark either withdraw all our forces or resume fighting with the taliban. he chose the former. meanwhile, former president donald trump blasted the report meanwhile, former president donald trump blasted the report on social media, saying: joining us is former republican congressman peter meijer who served as a marine in iraq and lived in afghanistan working for a disaster response organisation. i want to read you what the white house said in the report. there were no signs that more time, more funds or more america ns could have fundamentally changed the trajectory of what happened . do you agree?