with the bbc s leads to sets. lets get the latest developments in afghanistan. the taliban has warned of consequences if the us and its allies extend their presence in afghanistan beyond their 31st of august deadline. that s eight days from now and there s increasing concerns the evacuations of foreigners and afghans won t be completed. here s the taliban s spokesman. they should withdraw from afghanistan, let the people start a new chapter of peace and construction. this is not a convincing justification if they say there are a lot of afghans who are working with foreign troops, and they have still not been evacuated. they need to have that action open for them. we are not putting any hurdles in their way, if they have a passport saying that they were issued by the us to them, they can go to commercial flights any time they want to go. that is their right. of course, we want them to stay in afghanistan and participate in the construction of the country, and there is no r
on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. pity the 11 and a half million people of haiti. it s hard to think of a nation more comprehensively shattered by many decades of misrule and the ravages of natural disaster. in the latest lurch toward chaos the president jovenel moise was assassinated earlier this month. who ordered the hit is unclear. a retracted struggle for power seemed certain. my guest is former haitian prime minister laurent lamothe. can anything be done to end haiti s suffering? laurent lamothe in miami, florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. it s a pleasure having you on the show. let us begin with the assassination of president moise. just how big a blow to haiti was back was dark?. this was a tremendous blow. if you take into account the country went through the earthquake and never really recovered in 2010. then you have this happen, especially the way it happened. having the president
now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. pity the ii and a half million people of haiti. it s hard to think of a nation more comprehensively shattered by many decades of misrule and the ravages of natural disaster. in the latest lurch toward chaos the president jovenel moise was assassinated earlier this month. who ordered the hit is unclear. a retracted struggle for power seemed certain. my guest is former haitian prime minister laurent lamothe. can anything be done to end haiti s suffering? laurent lamothe in miami, florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. it s a pleasure having you on the show. let us begin with the assassination of president moise. just how big a blow to haiti was back was dark?. this was a tremendous blow. if you take into account the country went through the earthquake and never really recovered in 2010. then you have this happen, especially the way it happened. having the presid
good evening. a busy hour ahead. there is the grim but sadly not expected breaking news out of surfside, florida. search and rescue effort is now a recovery operation with a fatality number rising as the work goes on. also tonight, the congresswoman who can t seem to keep making holocaust comparisons. marjorie taylor green visited the holocaust museum and claimed to apologize is at it again. the former president trying to take social media to court for banning him. while uttering the kind of inflammatory things that got him barred in the first place. joined by first amendment scholar, we ll talk about whether he s likely to get thrown out of court or perhaps laughed at. a lot happening tonight. we begin with the assassination of haiti s president. it would be a shattering development. to any country at any time. haiti as you know and as we ve reported has had more of its share of misfortune, whether from poverty, political violence and it seems intrigue. we have footage f
for banning him. joined by first amendment scholar, we ll talk about whether he s likely to get thrown out of court or perhaps laughed at. a lot happening tonight. we begin with the assassination of haiti s president. it would be a shattering development. haiti as you know and as we ve reported has had more of its share of misfortune, whether from poverty, political violence and it seems intrigue. footage from moments around the killing. you ll not see any images on the clips that we re about to play you. the frame is black. what you ll hear is certainly raising questions. we ve edited the same passage together several times of someone claiming to be from the american dea, the drug enforcement agency, so you can hear more clearly what s being said. everybody back up, stand down. everybody stand down. dea operations, everybody back up, stand down. dea operations, everybody stand down. dea operations, everybody back up, stand down. so, again, we repeated that so you could