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who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis. it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on the tragedy of millions of ukrainians . our europe regional editor paul moss has been telling us about the significance of this visit to vatican. let me set the context for you. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he s also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics suggest that the pope has not been strong enough in making very clear that it s russia that s in the wrong and ukrai
cracks in american democracy. plus, one year after the fall of kabul, we will speak live with the head of the u.n. delegation there about how the taliban takeover has reshaped life in afghanistan. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where threats to europe s largest nuclear facility are prompting an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries along with the european union are now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the nuclear power plant. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says the underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian held city of melitopol. russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other equipment from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n. chartered ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat t
he may have tipped his hand here. 60% of the european union is under a drought warning. we are in the heart of it but you can see it s far from extinguished. it s monday, august 15th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, and 12:30 p.m. in kabul where one year ago today the taliban seized control of the afghan capital. human rights have warned that millions are living under dire conditions. now cnn has obtained a copy of the scathing report on the withdrawal from the republicans. it said that president biden did not portray the events on the ground and failed to put a plan in place. republicans have relied on information from whistle-blowers, people living in kabul since the recall, and fact finding reports since the biden administration did not take part. it described inadequate numbers of u.s. personnel to handle the crowds and part of the planning got started in june and only a quarter of those evacuated were women and girls. over the past year, the
ainsley: we begin this hour with big news in the race for the white house. last night, right here on the fox news channel, south carolina senator tim scott announcing he is suspending his presidential campaign. brian: all right. the now former republican presidential cap democrat says he won t endorse another candidate at this time. steve: peter doocy joins us right now as details as president biden ramps up his campaigning as he hits the road tomorrow, peter? and, senator tim scott will not be moving here in january of 2025. he will not be the trump alternative to republican primary goers and caucus goers. he says that voters have been telling him not now, tim. i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. steve: who benefits from that? reuters reports in the moments after scott dropped out, two major donors to his campaign told reuters they would switch their support to haley, who like scott, hail hails from the st