Today hello everyone, and welcome to the Amanpour Hour but heres where were headed this week. Israel has a right to defend itself and how it does so matters. Will Kamala Harris be able to chart her own path on the World Stage, u. S Ambassador And Democrat bigwig rahm manu, ways in what would a second Trump Worldview Look like . His former Pentagon Policy Maker on america first 2. 0 were heading towards the iceberg and i think if we continue on the current trajectory, were going to ram right into it. I think the Trumpvance Agenda offers us a very good way of avoiding World War three in a way that protects our interests also, this hour, this book is my testimony to the trial that never took place on an adn on accusing wikileaks, Julian Assange of Sexual Assault, and surviving as the most hated woman on the internet then changing the rules of philanthropy at the Ford Foundation and why Darren Walker thinks that time is right to step down, kid in a small town finding them felt as president
Live from our studio in singapore, this is Bbc News, it is newsday. Welcome to Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. President biden has defended the us operation at Kabul Airport. Addressing The American people for the third time in a week, he said the us had flown out 28,000 people since last saturday. Mr biden insisted there was no way to carry it out without causing pain and loss. We lifted approximately 11,000 people out of kabul in less than 46 hours. This is an incredible operation. Let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when it began. It would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. There is no way we can evacuate this many people without pain and heartache. It is just a fact. I had without pain and heartache. It isjust a fact. I had eggs without pain and heartache. It is just a fact. I had eggs for those people you see. Were proving we ca
The streets of kabul theres widespread fear the regime will bring repression. So what does the future hold for the people of afghanistan, especially women, under the taliban and will the threat of international terrorism also increase . Ill be discussing that with guests from washington and india. Also on the programme nearly 1,300 people are known to have died in a massive earthquake in haiti, and a Tropical Storm is now heading towards the devastated country. Live from our studio in singapore, this is newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. We begin in washington, where in the past hour or so, President Biden has sought to defend the manner of the us withdrawal from afghanistan. It comes after chaotic scenes at kabul airport, as desperate afghans try to flee the country following the Talibans Takeover on sunday. People have crowded around departing aircraft, with some even clinging on as planes take off. Mr biden said he stood squarely be
driving the changes. then, you won t catch them cooperating with the january 6th committee. you are more likely to find them flying south to kiss donald trump s ring. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. our health lead and new questions about the cdc s reduced isolation period guidelines as the u.s. nears an all-time record for daily cases of covid. the centers for disease control and prevention suggesting people with covid should isolate for five days, that s down from ten, as long as they have no symptoms. the cdc insisting the change is motivated by the science purely. the science which shows you re most contagious in the first few days of your illness if you have covid but dr. anthony fauci admitting the new rules were aimed at least in part at getting people back to work more quickly. the flight attendants union now questioning how much these changes were influenced by pressure from corporate america and in addition, the president of the nation s largest nursing
around the world over the christmas weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former archbishop of cape town, desmond tutu, the leading anti apartheid campaigner who helped bring down white rule in south africa, has died at the age of ninety. desmond tutu was uncompromisingly opposed to violence and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984. after nelson mandela became president, he headed the truth and reconciliation commission investigating the crimes of white rule. nomsa maseko looks back at his life. he was first and foremost a priest, not a politician. but for the best part of half a century, he was the face of reconciliation and south africa s moral compass. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. desmond mpilo tutu remained outside of party politics, but he used the church as a platform for protest against white minority rule. it was under south africa s oppressive government that he first campaigned against apartheid. w