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Welcome to hardtalk. Months of conflict in northern Epo Beer have Cost Thousands of lives and brought Hunger And Fear to millions. Ethiopia. Last year, president abiy Ahmeds Government seemed confident in shutting down two forces. Now, that he has made. Rebels stand accused of horrifying war crimes. My guest is ethiopias Attorney General, gedion timothewos. It is his government leading the country to disaster . Gedion timothewos, in Addis Ababa, welcome to hardtalk. It is a pleasure to have you. When we last spoke to each other, about nearly nine months ago, you seemed very confident that your government was about to crush the forces of the tigray s Peoples Liberation Front. Are you now prepared to say your Governments Strategy has gone disastrously wrong . We have issued a statement saying we can retake mekele and will finish the operation within three weeks. We established a new administration, we invested in rehab tigray. It was a conflict that was forced upon us. It was not a confl
Hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading commentators in the uk with the correspondents who write, Broadcast And Blog for audiences back home from the dateline london. Just one topic for us this week how 20 years of commitment to afghanistan dissolved in a matter of days and what the consequences may be for the people of afghanistan, its neighbours and the rest of the world. Joining us are Janet Daley, columnist with the sunday telegraph, michael goldfarb, host of the podcast, the first Rough Draft of history, and with me in the studio, the guardians china editor, vincent ni. Welcome to all of you. Its good to have you with us. Janet, lets begin with what this means, if we can, a little bit, for the uk. Borisjohnson has been trying to develop an independent Foreign Policy. We know its been pretty clear that this was not a decision that the british particularly wanted to take at this moment. What does this and whats happening In Afghanistan tell us about Britains
The embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to alSo help with the process of moving special Immigrant Visa Applicants out of the country, and to provide additional security at the airport. Again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the security spacing. 3,000s a lot of people, though. Can you give any better Sense Of, like, on a daytoday, what are they doing . Sounds like they must be that shall. That people, Sounds like they must be getting people to the airport and theyre take over security. I wouldnt go that far, courtney. The turkish force are still at the airport. Theyre in the lead of security at the airport. We already have Some Security Forces, united States Security forces at the airport, including Some Aviation Elements. These 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate the movement of all these people over the next couple of weeks. Again, this is about prudent preparation, and we w
Fighting the fires. The boyfriend of Esther Dingley a british woman who went missing while hiking in the Pyrenees Last Year Has found her body and belongings. And under threat the Sea Horse species off the coast of dorset but hopes environmentally friendly moorings could help save the vital Sea Bed. Good Morning And Welcome to bbc news. The us president , joe biden, has called on afghanistans leaders to Unite And Fight, as the taliban claim to have captured nine out of 3a provincial capitals. The militants say theyve taken the north eastern city of faizabad. But afghan officials say Air Strikes and Commando Attacks have left dozens of taliban militants dead in other parts of the country. The Washington Post is reporting that us intelligence officials believe kabul could fall within ninety days. At a News Conference overnight, President Biden said he did not regret his decision to withdraw us troops. Weve spent over 1 Trillion over 20 years, we trained and equipped with modern equipment