Taking part. And tributes to the rolling stones drummer, charlie watts, whose died at the age of 80. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It s newsday. It s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington, where us presidentjoe biden has made clear that he intends to stick to next tuesday s deadline for the us to complete its evacuation mission in afghanistan. In a televised address from the white house, he said the longer us troops remained at kabul airport, there was growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis k. The taliban has made it clear the deadline stays. Here s president biden. We are currently on here s president biden. We are currently on a here s president biden. We are currently on a pace here s president biden. We are currently on a pace to here s president biden. We are currently on a pace to finish currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added
But i would like to reassure the public that we have a dedicated team of officers who are tasked with finding lee, and i would once again appeal to anybody that sees him to call 999. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines: chaos and panic outside kabul airport as the us advises it citizens not to go there until they are asked, because of security threats outside the gates. Senior taliban figures including the group s co founder, mullah baradar arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. Greece has erected a aokm fence on its border with turkey, amid wanings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. We are awaiting a press conference from the pentagon in the united states. This is the scene live at the moment. We are expecting to hear from the pentagon press secretary and also an army major general. We are getting the latest on the situation. They will have more information on what is going on in afghanistan, particularly at kabul airport. We are not sure
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Operation there was a success. Tt is operation there was a success. It is u n operation there was a success. It is u to the operation there was a success. It is up to the afghans, the government, the taliban, up to the afghans, the government, the taliban, to decide the way forward the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabuh hello, welcome to bbc news, whether you re watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan, 20 years after being removed from power. Reports suggest the group have ordered their fighters to enter kabul after local police deserted their posts. They have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the government army flee from their past. The president, ashraf ghani, has fled the country. These pictures filmed by the bbc show people trying to get out of city today. The taliban said they are in talks with officials from the government about a pea