Behind and what comes next? we ll be talking to one of the only lawmakers who actually witnessed the chaotic evacuation firsthand and that is where we start, with the fallout from the end of our nation s longest war. President biden defending the troop withdrawal in afghanistan, saying in a very fiery speech it was the right thing to do. That was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. I was not going to extend this forever war and i was not extending a forever exit. He also called the evacuation a major success, but it comes as he faces bipartisan criticism with up to 200 americans still stranded in afghanistan. In kabul, the taliban claimed victory, taking control of the airport and looking here at unusable military equipment that was left behind. This morning, we also have exclusive new details about how the taliban worked with the u. S. So we could get out. I want to go deeper and bring in peter alexander at the white house, courtney kube at the pentagon and raf
After cristiano ronaldo removes coca cola bottles from a euros news conference. Hello and welcome to the programme. The first summit between president biden and president putin has ended in switzerland. The two leaders held about four hours of talks. Topics included, nuclear arms control, opposition figure alexei navalny and alleged cyberattacks by moscow. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. Best wishes and goodbye. He says best wishes and goodbye in russian. And with those words, the swiss president left them to it. There was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th century villa overlooking lake geneva. I m not sure how this is working. In the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. A reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. No comment. The american president was asked wh
Said, there is absolutely no way you would have hired martin bashir. They did not have that knowledge of the 96 events and what had happened in terms of martin bashir s behaviour to secure the interview with princess diana. If they have that, i don t think anyone would have made the hire. Mr davie was back in the public eye on tuesday, appearing in front of a parliamentary select committee along with two previous director generals lord birt, who was in charge at the time of the princess diana interview, and lord hall, who ran the news division at the time and concluded in a 1996 investigation that martin bashir was a decent and honourable man. Lord hall told the committee that he regretted coming to that verdict, and explained why he didn t involve himself in bashir s re employment. It is not for me to second guess directors or people who are running large departments. Again, i go back to you trust them to make the judgments today will be sounding out that needs to be done. I trusted
Compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in england if they want to stay in theirjobs looking after the frail and elderly. Time for a handshake but did they agree on anything? joe biden meets russia s vladimir putin for the first time since becoming president. From floods to heat waves an official report says the uk is not prepared for what climate change will bring. Gareth bale advances again and touches it back for the second goal! that has finished it off! it s a piece of brilliance from gareth bale, tapped home by connor roberts! up for it till the end, the goal in added time that gave wales a 2 0 victory over turkey at the euros. And here s how it went down in cardiff. Next, it s italy in rome. And join us for the papers at 1030 and 11:30pm tonight on the bbc news channel for an in depth look at all of the front pages. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. We know today that last march at the very start of the pandemic borisjohnson regarded his health secretary, matt hanc
Return us and russian ambassadors to their capitals. An official report says the uk is not prepared for what climate change will bring. Uncle and at a time. It gave wales a 20 uncle and at a time. It gave wales a 2 0 victory over turkey at the euros. Here s how it went down in cardiff. Italy has its turn next with a match in europe. Good evening. We know today that last march, at the very start of the pandemic, boris johnson regarded his health secretary, matt hancock, as hopeless. We know because dominic cummings has just published what were meant to be private whatsapp messages between himself and the prime minister. It s the latest explosive intervention from mr cummings since he was sacked as mrjohnson s chief adviser last november after a bitter power struggle at the heart of government. Downing street has refused to comment on the revelations, saying instead that the prime minister has full confidence in matt hancock. Here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. A convenient aft