the end of the vietnam war. and president jerry ford never said a word. never once. there was no press conference. there was no statement to the country. he issued a written statement after the final helicopter came out. there was none of what we re seeing in these last two weeks. and, so, we have seen two of these. we have seen two big losses after multidecade wars. this is very different from vietnam. and it is actually a good point. we saw the commander today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. we then saw secretary of state blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission of doing those things. we have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. but now we re going to get another speech on this matter. we have seen several already from president biden. he says he s going to talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st and the military advise he got not to do that and why
there was no statement from the country. he issued a written statement out to the final harry cocktail came out. there was not of what we re seeing in these last two weeks, and so, we ve seen two of these, we ve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. this exit is very different from the vietnam exit. and it s actually a good point. we saw the sitcom commander formally announce that the last aircraft was carrying afghan airspace. we then saw blinking give essentially a formal address to the country, explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission and doing those things. we just seeing tonight statement from secretary of defense lloyd austin that we re going to get another speech. we ve seen several already from president biden. he says he s gonna talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st. and the military obviously it is a lot, sort of a lot of accountability, in terms of people saying yeah, this is me, and this is happening on my watch, and this i
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer, and ali miraj, a columnist for the article. tomorrow s front pages, starting with, is pages, starting with, starting with the front pages. the is starting with the front pages. the guardian to feature striking pictures of the rolling stones drummer who died today. britain s evacuation from kabul expected to end within 2a to 36 hours. according to the daily mail, flying thousands of afghans out of kabul and the isis afghans are prevented from fleeing their country and orders the woman to stay at home in order to prevent ill treatment. the daily telegraph says joe ill treatment. the daily telegraph sastoe biden rejected calls to delay the exit date in the virtual g7 meeting this afternoon and the metro says the president snubbed boris johnson s please metro says the president snubbed borisjohnson s please to keep some troops in t
as tropical storm henri is expected to make landfall. antibody tests are to be widely offered to uk adults for the first time to try to find out how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus. and don everly one half of the everly brothers duo with his late brother phil has died at the age of 8a. hello, and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has said he will convene g7 leaders on tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in afghanistan . the prime minister called on the international community to work together to ensure safe evacuations, and prevent a humanitarian crisis. nato officials say over the past week at least 20 people have died at kabul airport, where crowds of afghans have continued to gather in a desperate attempt to flee the country. the taliban blamed the chaos on the united states. but the uk s armed forces minister, james heappey, said the situation at the airport was improving. he said the royal air force had flown out more than 1
are known to have died in haiti s earthquake now a tropical storm is bearing down on the country. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in washington, where president biden has sought to defend the manner of the us troop withdrawal from afghanistan. he was speaking after a day of chaos at kabul airport, as desperate afghans were prepared to cling on to aircraft as they took off, to escape the country. the taliban have taken control of most of afghanistan, encountering very little resistance on the way. but mr biden said he stood squarely behind his decision, and that there was never a good time to withdraw. our first report is from our north america editorjon sopel. the sudden capture of the country s capital has shocked the world. whatever the political bent of the network. the taliban has taken over afghanistan, seizing control of kabul. ..the verdict today has been unanimous and brutal. the biden administration is redefining the word in