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coronavirus may still suffer symptoms months after infection. the game changing anti cholesterol drug that could save 30,000 lives in a decade and may soon be offered on the nhs. colin pitchfork, who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in the 1980s, has been released from prison. and itv is cleared by the media regulator over pier morgan s comments about the duchess of sussex. and coming up on the bbc news channel: history for david smith in boccia. he repeats his success from rio 2016 to become a double paralympic champion in tokyo. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the taliban have told the bbc that their new government will be announced in the next day or two and that there may not be a woman in any of the top posts or in cabinet. meanwhile, the uk is in talks with the taliban to try to secure safe passage out of afghanistan for remaining british nationals and eligible refugees. later today, the foreign secretary dominic raab will field questions ....
way. the european union boots the u.s. off its safe travel list. we re live in paris for the details. good to have you with us. afghanistan is facing a new reality. the u.s. has ended its longest war in nearly 20 year military presence in the country with the taliban back in power. earlier a taliban spokesman was among a group seen entering the kabul airport just hours after the u.s. withdrawal. he later congratulated the people of afghanistan saying, quote, this victory belongs to us all. president biden will address the nation later today and discuss his decision to keep tuesday s deadline even though many urged him to extend it further. this image from the u.s. defense department captures the very last u.s. service member to stand on afghan oil, the commanding general of the 82nd airborne. according to the pentagon, more than 122,000 people were evacuated from the kabul airport, but nearly 200 americans and many more afghan allies were not able to get out. alex m ....
donahue. he is pictured here boarding an american jet. when all was said and done, 122,000 people were evacuated in just the last few weeks. really an incredible number. the state department has suspended diplomatic operations in kabul and will now operate out of qatar. and that is where we find nick paton walsh at an air base used in evacuations. nick, good morning. overnight the taliban celebrating the u.s. withdrawal. tell us what is actually happening in afghanistan now and can the taliban hold this control? reporter: yeah, that will be the ultimate question for them in the weeks ahead frankly. they are already seeing a security threat from isis-k. the question is how that sustains once the american presence has gone, which it now has finished. and it is extraordinary after 20 years to think of the american presence in afghanistan in the past tense. so many of the final aircraft which were involved in yesterday s departure landed in the distance behind me over t ....
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me stephen sackur. today i am in the rural east of england in the rural east of england in the studio of one of the country? leading painters and sculptors, maggi hambling. her work has defied convention. she has one international acclaim and stirred plenty of controversy as well. so how has her creativity evolved over six decades? maggi hambling, welcome to hardtalk. ., maggi hambling, welcome to hardtalk.- let - maggi hambling, welcome to hardtalk.- let me - maggi hambling, welcome to hardtalk.- let me ask| maggi hambling, welcome to - hardtalk.- let me ask you hardtalk. hello. let me ask you about this location. hardtalk. hello. let me ask you about this location. many - about this location. many people around the world would associate you with central london, a bohemian side of the city but in recent years you have been doing your work in the middle of the suffolk countryside. has it changed the way you work and ....
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