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afghanistan who wanted to leave. but there is confusion over how many were initially stranded after the u.s. military withdrawal as opposed to what was said publicly by administration officials at the time. state department correspondent benjamin hall has the story tonight. good evening, benjamin. good evening, bret. so much about that withdrawal in august and september revolved around how many americans were stranded in afghanistan and what was being done to save them? what we now know that the figures we were given at the time they were simply not accurate. i would just reiterate that the united states does not track or put a tracker on american citizens traveling overseas. the white house today was again forced to defend itself against discrepancies in the number of americans left stranded in afghanistan after the state department released figures showing the number was far higher than president biden claimed in august. we believe that about 100 to 200 measur ....
200,000 troops on the ukraine border. the u.s. and russian leaders speaking today for two hours and one minute amid escalating tension as biden weighs new sanctions against putin s inner circle. the kremlin, meantime, quickly releasing video of the first moments of the call. hello. good to see you, again. and the biden administration, quickly, claiming that russia will be held to account in ways that it was not when president biden was vice president biden and putin annexed part of ukraine with zero force from the u.s. here is biden s national security adviser jake sullivan. the president was crystal clear about where the united states stands as we pursue diplomatic channels, we will also prepare for all contingencies just as we have been doing for weeks now, including through the preparation of specific responses to russian escalation, should they be required. specific, robust, clear responses should they be required. as president biden looked president putin in ....
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labour calls the latest revelations shameful. they are treating the public with contempt. the prime minister needs to step up, accept what happened, and apologized. unfortunately we have but a prime minister who is socially distanced from the truth. the government defends itself after a whistle blower claims its evacuation of people from afghanistan was chaotic and dysfunctional. of course, sometimes decisions took hours longer than we wanted to, but you know you have to be careful about how you do it. but it was still an astonishing thing to get 15,000 people good evening and welcome. itv news has obtained footage tonight of senior downing street aides apparentlyjoking about the christmas gathering at the centre of a row over whether downing street staff broke lockdown rules last year. the footage was reportedly filmed as part of preparations for televised briefings which were subsequently abandoned. the labour leader kier starmer this evening called the latest devel ....