Us Military Operation in afghanistan was a success. It is up to the afghans themselves, the afghan government, said of the taliban to decide the way forward from the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome if youre watching the bbc in the uk or around the world. The taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years are being removed from power. Reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. They have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a Lightning Advance that saw the us equipped Government Army flee from their path. Its been confirmed in the last hour that the president , Ashraf Ghani, has left the country. These Pictures Filmed By The Bbc In Kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president Ashraf Ghanis Government on a peaceful transfer of power. And in the last hour, these images have emerged of
Way to france in 1940, to iraq in 2013, 2014. It was not only shocking, but enormously dismaying for all those coalition forces, including british and american, that worked so hard to train this army. We have heard quite a lot about the army looking very different on paper to the reality on the ground. Shadow soldiers, and about the conditions for many of the soldiers, going without food sometimes, obviously scared, and elements of corruption. It is also shocking that this wasnt realised, wasnt really taken on board, for example, In Washington. I think that there are a lot of reasons that they have collapsed, but lets put it in a simple phrase. You cant buy courage. The fact is, we made them capable, gave them the equipment, gave them the training, but if you take a look at the leadership, in many ways the leadership, in many ways the leadership of the military recently had been awarded to political hacks. You take a look at the corruption inside the government, that is certainly nothi
anti-ship missiles. this comes one day after russia suffered a massive military and symbolic defeat. russia s flag ship vehicle in the black sea sank after ukraine claimed that it struck the warship with missiles. the kremlin maintains a fire broke out on board, and jake tapper just interviewed ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy about the latest developments in the war. so let s begin with jake live in kyiv on his new interview with president zelenskyy. jake? thanks, brianna. that s right. we met with president zelenskyy at the presidential palace. we had a very far and wide ranging interview about many topics. one of the things that he addressed in english, most remarks were in ukrainian, obviously we ll translate but one of the things he said in english had to do with what the cia director just said yesterday which was that the united states is on the lookout for any possible use borne out of desperation by putin of tactical or low yield nuclear weapons. so here is w
cheering and applause. ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup qualifiers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 8 o clock in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp and ordered she pay the hollywood the hollywood star $15 million in damages. our arts correspondent david silitto has been following this trial. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an art
on the streets. applause and ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp, after a six week trial that has transfixed america and people around the world. the two hollywood stars have traded accusations of physical abuse, mental distress and given audiences an inside look into the most private details of their lives. the jury awarded johnny depp $15 million over a 2018 article in which amber heard described her experience with domestic abuse. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after