In afghanistan was a success. It is up to the afghans themselves, up it is up to the afghans themselves, up to it is up to the afghans themselves, up to the it is up to the afghans themselves, up to the afghan government, the taliban up to the afghan government, the taliban to up to the afghan government, the taliban to decide the way forward for the taliban to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome. Taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. President ashraf ghani is reported to have fled to tajikistan. The remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from kabul airport but even there the security situation is said to have been deteriorating. The latest developments come after the taliban s rapid advance in recent days through provinces across afghanistan. Here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. As the taliban moves in,
The policy is that women can have access to education and to work and of course they will observe the hijab, that is it. Helicopters ferry us diplomats from their embassy but the us secretary of state says the two decade long us military operation in afghanistan was a success. And ultimately it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome. Taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. President ashraf ghani has fled, reportedly to tajikistan. In a statement on facebook ashraf ghani has said he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed. It s his first comments since leaving. Meanwhile, this picture has emerged and it s believed to be of the taliban inside the presidential palace in kabul. The remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from kabul airport but even ther
Course they observe the hijab, that is it. Helicopters ferry us diplomats from their embassy but the us secretary of state says the two decade long us military operation it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. President ashraf ghani has fled reportedly to tajikistan. In a statement on facebook ashraf ghani has said he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed. It s his first comments since leaving. Meanwhile this picture has emerged and it s believed to be of the taliban inside the presidential palace in kabul. The remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from kabul airport but even there the security situation is said to have been deteriorating. It s being repo
The united states and all around the world. I m paula newton. Coming up on cnn newsroom. A tropical storm threatens searchandrescue efforts at the surfsidetower collapse in florida. We will have a liveweather update on the conditions. Plus, england prepares to loosen its covid restrictions. Even as the country s prime minister warns, the pandemic is far from over. And a surge in gun violence over the holiday weekend in the u. S. Leading at least 150 people dead and many searching for answers. At this hour, searchandrescue crews in surfside, florida, are keeping a close eye on tropical storm elsa moving across the gulf of mexico, at this hour. Now, the miami area is not expected to take a direct hit. That s good news. But the thing is that heavy rain and gusty winds could complicate the search for survivors, in that deadlybuilding collapse. The storm comes just as rescue teams got a major boost in their efforts. Cnn s leyla santiago explains. Reporter: the controlled demolition of the r
Florida. Cnn has also learned that residents were facing steep repair costs. $15 million worth following a tw 2018 report which warned how leaking water was leading to deteriorating concrete. And just two days before the collapse, a pool contractor spotted what appears to be serious signs of damage in the garage sharing these photos with the miami herald. And joining me now is sarah bl bl blaskey, tell me what the contractor told you, what was there? the contractor said aboveground everything looked okay, but once you went to the basement, he started noticing things that didn t look right to him. The first thing he noticed was standing water, a lot of it in the garage area, right under that patio deck that we have heard called into question by 2018 report, and as he went into the pool equipment room on the south side of the building, he saw serious corrosion of rebar that had been exposed from cracked concrete in the beams underneath the pool, and all of that is signs of some sort of w