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antony blinken visits qatar. the latest on the still growing death toll from last week s hurricane ida as president biden will visit new york and new jersey today. and expanded unemployment benefits have expired for millions of americans. what does it mean for the economic recovery? we ll look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this country s social safety net in over half a century. the new york times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every american s life from conception to age to imfirmty. the proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social safety net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public health crisis in a century ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. the head of pakistan s spy agency has visited afghanistan amid continued uncertainty about how the taliban proposes to rule the country. general faiz hameed is thought to be advising the military which is continuing its efforts to oust the resistance in the panjshir valley. the taliban have insisted all factions will be included in the new government, though it s not yet clear how that will work. our south asia correspondent danjohnson reports. the taliban says kabul is being cleaned and decorated ahead of a new government and cabinet being announced. many afghans see their freedoms being erased under a new taliban regime. for three weeks, bank queues have grown while afghans have wondered what taliban rule will bring. they are still waiting and still hoping. translation: our demand from the islamic emirate i is to activate the schools and for students and to provide jobs for the people. we want them to prevent armed robberies and to reduc ....
the head of pakistan s spy agency has visited afghanistan amid continued uncertainty about how the taliban proposes to rule the country. general faiz hameed is thought to be advising the military which is continuing its efforts to oust the resistance in the panjshir valley. the taliban have insisted all factions will be included in the new government, though it s not yet clear how that will work. our south asia correspondent danjohnson reports. the taliban says kabul is being cleaned and decorated ahead of a new government and cabinet being announced. many afghans see their freedoms being erased under a new taliban regime. for three weeks, bank queues have grown while afghans have wondered what taliban rule will bring. they are still waiting and still hoping. translation: our demand from the islamic emirate i is to activate the schools and for students and to provide is to activate the schools and universities for students and to provide jobs for the people. we want the ....
is being cleaned and decorated ahead of a new government and cabinet being announced. many afghans see their freedoms being erased under a new taliban regime. for three weeks, bank queues have grown while afghans have wondered what taliban rule will bring. they are still waiting and still hoping. translation: our demand from the islamic emirate i is to activate the schools and for students and to provide and universities for students and to provide jobs for the people. we want them to prevent armed robberies and to reduce killings. translation: security is good all over the country. people are happy, but the lack of work and the non announcement of the government is worrying people. everyone s confused and people don t know what the future of the homeland will be because everyone s confused. the head of pakistani intelligence is in kabul, possibly playing a part in shaping the new power structure. his presence will be enough to convince some of pakistan s influence ov ....
electricity. and tensions are rising. less than ten miles from where we are right now, police say a man was shot and killed, who was trying to get gasoline. a texas judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the state s largest anti-abortion group. the most pernicious thing about the texas law, it sort of creates a vigilante system. it just seems i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american. hi, everyone. thanks for being with me. i m amara walker in atlanta in for pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. east coast, west coast, gulf coast. the nation reels from a devastating week of extreme weather and the reality of a climate in crisis. the death toll has climbed to at least 50 in the northeast from ida s record rainfall. new york officials blame illegal basement apartments for most of the city s in-home deaths. in new jersey, searchers are looking for two college students who were swept away into a storm drain. receding floodwaters left t ....