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And one of the Rock And Roll greats, the rolling Stones Drummer Charlie watts dies at the age of 80. Well look back at an extraordinary life. Hello and welcome to the programme. This time next week the airlift from agfhanistan will be over. Joe biden says he is sticking to his deadline, after consulting with national security officials, despite nato allies and many fellow democrats urging him today to stay and complete the mission. The upside for the president is that the evacuation is running at some pace. About A Thousand people an hour are being flown out, 21,600 have left in the last 2a hours, and afghans with special Immigration Visas are again being admitted. But the taleban said today afghans should not be going to the airport and foreign countries should stop encouraging them to leave. All of which suggests that many thousands will be left behind. From kabul our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports and a warning her report does contains some distressing images.
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