reserve that brian laundrie visited. good morning, trace. trace: good morning everyone. i m trace gallagher. the hunt for gabby s boyfriend is heating up as we await the completion of a body found in wyoming. investigators believe the remains belong to gabby petito. dana: after the f.b.i. completed its search of brian laundrie s parents. trace: we re learning more about the august 12th incident in utah that prompted police to pull the couple over. here is what a witness told 911. what were they doing? we drove by and the gentleman was slapping the girl. trace: he was slapping her? yes, we stopped. they ran up and down the sidewalk and proceeded to hit her, hopped in the car and they drove off. jonathan serrie is live in north port, florida, with more on this. good morning. good morning. in that disturbing 911 call the witness clearly identifies brian as the aggressor. when law enforcement arrived at the scene to investigate gabby took the blame, even apologi
hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. the final uk flight to evacuate civilians from afghanistan has left kabul. the ministry of defence says further flights will bring home uk diplomatic staff and military personnel. the us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner, following thursday s attack which killed as many as 170 people at kabul airport. concerns about rising covid infection rates as large crowds are expected to flock to beaches and festivals over the bank holiday weekend. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal that will the see the party enter government in the uk the first time. two world records for the british cycling couple husband and wife, lora and neil fachie who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. months of conflict in northern ethiopia have cost thousands of lives and brought hunger and fear to million
on iranian exports. petrol shortages are paralysing much of lebanon s economy and threatening essential services. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. months of conflict in northern ethiopia have cost thousands of lives and brought hunger and fear to millions. late last year, president abiy ahmed s government seemed confident of crushing tigrayan forces. that confidence was misplaced the war has spread. both the addis government and the rebels stand accused of horrifying war crimes. my guest is ethiopia s attorney general, gedion timothewos. is his government leading the country to disaster? gedion timothewos in addis ababa, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it is a pleasure to have you, mr attorney general. when we last spoke to each other, nearly nine months ago, you seemed very confident that your government was about to crush the forces of the tigray people s liberation front. are you now prepared to say that your government strat
to open up. and the french football club, nice is forced to close part of its grounds after a mass brawl inlvolving players and supporters. hello and thanks forjoining us. diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august 31st deadline for foreign troops to leave afghanistan. britain, france and germany want more time to allow people to be airlifted to safety. the united states says it hasn t ruled out troops staying a little longer. the issue will be the main point of discussion at a virtual g seven summit later on tuesday. but the taliban are hostile to the idea saying it would breach a previous agreement. this report from kabul is by secunder kermani. it s crowded, filthy and baking hot. but desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. so many children in such a terrible place. this woman worked alongside german forces. she has documents proving it but no permission to travel. i ve been here with my kids for the past five days, waiting for the soldier
my guest is ethiopia s attorney general, gedion timothewos. is his government leading the country to disaster? gedion timothewos in addis ababa, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you, mr attorney general. now, when we last spoke to each other nearly nine months ago, you seemed very confident that your government was about to crush the forces of the tigray people s liberation front. are you now prepared to say that your government s strategy has gone disastrously wrong? mr sackur, as i have stated back then, we are in a position to retake mekelle and we are able to finalise the initial phase of the operation within a matter of three weeks. we took over mekelle. we established an interim administration. we invested on rehabilitating tigray and remember, it was a conflict that was forced upon us. it was not a conflict that we got into by our own volition and willingly. so that s how we see the situation. well, you haven t answered my question bec