Hello there. We start here in the uk, where a Shake Up in Travel Rules could be on the way. The bbc has been told the Traffic Light System could be overhauled, with the green and amber categories removed. A new system would allow vaccinated travellers to go to countries with similarly high levels of vaccination as the uk without the need for quarantine. The Travel Industry has been pushing for change, arguing the current system is confusing and has prevented a recovery in demand over the summer. Aru na iyengar reports. If this is your idea of a dream holiday, ratherthan if this is your idea of a dream holiday, rather than this, things could be about to change. Travel bosses say Uk Holidaymakers have been put off playing abroad because of uncertainty about sudden changes to the travel Traffic Light System and the need for expensive Pcr Test before arriving in the uk. At expensive Pcr Test before arriving in the uk. Arriving in the uk. At the moment. Arriving in the uk. At the moment, we
National treasure gone forever, murdered by terrorists as the cover of the new york post put it earlier today every life is on his hands. In other words, blood on his hands all because joe biden for no reason gave up kabul to the taliban, he could ve stopped us in april, may, june, july, he did in it, and now we know he knew. Joe biden allowed a terrorist organization to secure the perimeter of the airport to prevent from getting out of behind enemy lines paired he abandoned them air force base in the middle of the night. And sat by, did nothing paired he stayed on vacation as the taliban crossed one redline after another. Seizing providence or territory or geography in afghanistan day after day and got they weapons and momentum all on the way. All of this could have been prevented easily. All of this was seen from miles away to the credit of our intelligence agencies like the cia and the department of defense, the afghan government to literally everybody, we now know what joe biden, w
States. They are also asking people to stay off the roads and avoid any unnecessary travel. Flash flooding warning has been extended until 3:00 a. M. In the area and 3:00 a. M. Eastern time. There are also reports of flooding in dorm buildings from reuters university in new jersey, to yale, rutgers, excuse me, to yale university in new haven, connecticut. The flooding is also stranding air travel with water rising in the lower level of newark international airport. Now work has since been able to resume limited flight operations but earlier tornados touched down in southern new jersey. Dozens of homes were destroyed. Now, joining us on the phone is pat a retired nypd detective and the founder and president of a consulting company. He drove through what he tells me was four feet of water in westchester county and has many employees right now helping in louisiana. Can you hear me right now? yes, loud and clear. Hi. We were talking just a little bit ago, pat, you said there were about fou
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. In the end, it wasn t about fire power or troop numbers. In afghanistan, the taliban had a vital asset, which the us and her allies lacked strategic patience. Two decades after they were expelled from kabul, the islamists are back in power. Us and british troops are scrambling to complete a humiliating evacuation. My guest is british conservative mp and former soldier tobias ellwood. This looks like an historic defeat for western power. How damaging could the consequences be? tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. I am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. When you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. Back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, that why som
A humiliating evacuation. My guest is british conservative mp and former soldier tobias ellwood. This looks like an historic defeat for western power. How damaging could the consequences be? tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. I am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. When you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. Back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, that why somebody like my brother, who was a teacher out there, was targeted and killed, and i then tried to understand, go to afghanistan and see what we were doing, following the invasion, to target the terrorists, to deal with those and to rebuild the country. I must have visited afghanistan about a dozen times, and amazed to see the military eng