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that there is going to be, or there is going to be very shortly, a new government in kabul. parliament s being recalled to discuss the situation, as the united states rejects comparisons with the fall of saigon. we ll be live in kabul and washington. also tonight: the search for survivors in haiti, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises above 700. the victims of the plymouth gunman are remembered with tributes at sunday services across devon. and in cricket, it s all to play for, as england go into the final day of the second test against india. good evening. taliban forces entered the heart of the afghan capital, kabul, today, the culmination of a rapid advance and retaking of control almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. fighters were filmed inside the presidential palace after ashraf ghani, now the former president, fled the country. afghans and foreign nationals have been trying to get on planes at kabul airport, where international t ....
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guess that is the price we pay for trying to make this world a little better. also on the programme. and in haiti the search for survivors as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. one story dominates our programme: the taliban are now in control of afghanistan after taking over the capital, kabul almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. fighters were filmed inside the presidential palace, after ashraf ghani now the former president fled the country. afghans and foreign nationals have been trying to get on planes at the main airport, but security there is reported to be fragile. the latest developments come after the taliban moved through one province after another in recent days, without much resistance. ourfirst report is from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. sitting at the president s desk. earlier, at the same desk, the pre ....
bring them to justice and make they were that you could not do that again. we succeeded in achieves those fundamental objectives. the idea we would remain there in the midst of a civil war was simply not in the national interests. that s the hard decision the president made. this as taliban officials say they will soon enter the palace to declare the country the islamic emirate of taliban. there is no they also bear significant responsibility to this. president trump told us that the president was going to fight terror none of that has happened. none of it has happened. ali, the u.s. embassy issued a statement a short time ago, saying the security situation in kabul is changing very quickly. that includes at the airport. the americans there had hoped to get about 72 hours to ferry all of the americans and their personnel out of afghanistan. if those reports are verified that now gunfire is being opened up on the airport. that means the situation is rapidly det ....
afghans furious. in haiti, that stunning assassination. the president gunned down at home. four suspects killed in a battle with police, two more arrests as the country remains on edge. finally, the breaking news just hours ago, tokyo declaring a state of emergency as covid cases hit numbers they haven t seen in a year, and global deaths pass 4 million. what does it mean for the olympics? could there be no fans in the stands? there s a lot to get to. to tom mayamas, practically speaking the olympics will be under a state of emergency, what exactly what does it means? reporter: the olympics will make history, but not the type organizers were hoping for. this is the first olympics known in a host city that s under a state of emergency, also the first olympics where there are no fans in the stands. the prime minister declared a state of emergency. it has less to do with the uptick in cases in, but more to do with the influx of foreigners, like ourselves coming in. ....