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Hello, and welcome to the programme. The pentagon Is makIng plans for the fInal stages of the afghanIstan wIthdrawal, but on the ground the evacuatIon contInue apace. We got more Numbers Today 19,000 People have been flown out of kabul In the last 2a hours. In fact, there Is a flIght leavIng nearly every 39 mInutes from the HamId KarzaI aIrfIeld. And sInce 15 august, when the operatIon began, a total of 88,000 People have been extracted. But theres one Important fIgure we Cant PIn down and thats how many People, IncludIng amerIcans, stIll want to be evacuated or can be by next weeks deadlIne. In the last hour, the us secretary of State Anthony BlInken has been gIvIng some detaIls on the work beIng done to reach them. For the remaInIng roughly 1,000 contacts that we had, who may be amerIcans seekIng to leave afghanIstan, we are aggressIvely reachIng out to the multIple tImes a day through multIple Channels of communIcatIon phone, e maIl, Text MessagIng to determIne whether they stIll wa
Catching peoples attention, how virtual youtubers are gaining popularity and earning millions. Good to have you with us. Can anyone now stop the taliban from rampaging across afghanistan . In the last few hours, their escalating offensive has resulted in the capture of a provincial capital and the assassination of a close aide of the president. Now, the uns Special Envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful Peace Talks. Heres what she said to the un Security Council earlier. There had been an expectation, when the us taliban deal was signed in february 2020, you will remember, that we would see a reduction of violence. We did not. There had been an expectation when the talks between the Afghan Republic and the taliban began in september of last year. That we would see a reduction of violence. We have not. There had been an expectation, that when international troops left, we would see a reduct
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A very warm welcome to the programme. The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but theres already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the Olympic Village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced shes not going to tokyo after Testing Positive. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the Olympic Village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat down with the governor Of Tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. Translation i believe that not holding the olympics is