Taliban. This is the way out for haji right now. There is no other way out for him. And that is just one frightening story, and there are Tens Of Thousands of people waiting for a way out. Cyril, thank you very much. Thanks for staying with us on newsroom. Im victor blackwell. Im alisyn camerota. There are 6,000 people at the airport in kabul who have been fully processed and will soon board evacuation flights. The u. S. Has only been able to evacuate 7,000 people since sunday. Getting to the airport is dangerous. Taliban fighters are intimidatinintimidate ing people with gunfire and violence. 12 people have been killed in that area since the taliban took control of the capital. Nick Paton Walsh is in doha. Youve penned a new oped for cnn. Com. You write, in the end, I Reporter the real tragic fact is we are in this situation because we stopped paying attention to afghanistan for really the best part of the last five, six, even ten years. Its a war that so few americans have fought in.
Most prestigious competitions. At this hour, million of people in florida and along the southeast are bracing for impact as tropical Storm Elsa closes right now on floridas gulf coast. Also briefly strengthened to a hurricane late tuesday. It has since lost a little bit of its punch. Still, 33 counties are under a State Of Emergency at this hour. The storm is expected to make landfall late wednesday morning. Before that though, elsa battered the Florida Keys with wind and heavy rain. This was the scene in Key West On Tuesday as the storm skirted west of the lower keys. For more on what we can expect from the storm, we bring in tyler malden. It has been keeping you guys on you are why toes. In terms of where were at with not just Location But Wind speed. The Wind Speed has actually dropped. It is now a 70mileperhour Storm but theres not a big difference between 75 miles per hour and 70milesperhour. At the moment, this system is a couple hundred miles to the northwest of surfside. It is
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In our culture of 24 7 news and trending Social Media reactions, it sometimes takes a novelist s eye to chart the deeper currents swirling beneath societys surface. My Guest Today relishes entering choppy waters and swimming against the cultural tide. Lionel shriver is a british based american writer Whose Fiction has addressed school shootings, obesity, economic crisis and, in her latest book, voluntary euthanasia. She is a contrarian, but is she also a combatant in the western Worlds Culture wars . Lionel shriver in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure to talk to you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would it be fair to Say, judging from your recent writing, that your creative mind is increasingly preoccupied with ageing and with thoughts of mortality . Um. Short answer, yes. Long answer, i think ive always had a morbid streak and also a strange consciousness of ageing. My first novel was written about a protagonist who was 59 y
Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In our culture of 24 7 news and trending Social Media reactions, it sometimes takes a novelist s eye to chart the deeper currents swirling beneath societys surface. My Guest Today relishes entering choppy waters and swimming against the cultural tide. Lionel shriver is a british based american writer Whose Fiction has addressed school shootings, obesity, economic crisis and, in her latest book, voluntary euthanasia. She is a contrarian, but is she also a combatant in the western Worlds Culture wars. Lionel shriver in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure to talk to you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would it be fair to Say, judging from your recent writing, that your creative mind is increasingly preoccupied with ageing and with thoughts of mortality . Um. Short answer, yes. Long answer, i think ive always had a morbid streak and also a strange consciousness of ageing. My first novel was written about
Now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In our culture of 24 7 news and trending Social Media reactions, it sometimes takes a novelist s eye to chart the deeper currents swirling beneath societys surface. My Guest Today relishes entering choppy waters and swimming against the cultural tide. Lionel shriver is a british based american writer Whose Fiction has addressed school shootings, obesity, economic crisis and, in her latest book, voluntary euthanasia. She is a contrarian, but is she also a combatant in the western Worlds Culture wars . Lionel shriver in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure to talk to you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would it be fair to Say, judging from your recent writing, that your creative mind is increasingly preoccupied with ageing and with thoughts of mortality . Um. Short answer, yes. Long answer, i think ive always had a morbid streak and also a strange consciousness of ageing. My first novel was writ