we would like it. not for any other ulterior motives. the taliban should not fear that we are there, in any way, but we will see, and i know that at the moment they have said no, we saw that in the interviews yesterday, but time is people. in the interviews in the media yesterday, but time is people. ben wallace has also been very upfront about the fact that in the past he has admitted that not everyone will be to get out in time something that has made a very emotional interviews as well but the us are currently quite adamant that they are sticking to that deadline and a tell a banner saying will be repercussions of the deadline is extended the question is now turning to what kind of leaders could be used against the taliban to try and convince them to let that deadline be extended so this is something that the shadow foreign secretary lisa nandy said that the uk under the nation should be using every possible either to try and push for an extension to this average. every possible
invented but the evidence is starting to trickle in that at least pockets for them and not gotten the message so it puts the international community in a rather difficult commission because if you don t address the taliban how to address some of the humanitarian crisis certainly coming if you don t accept the taliban. refugees and food aid which you have to get to get to the taliban down the afghan people so my hope is that the g7 will be able to come to a consensus on that today may think that is the more important issue than extending the deadline for the evacuation. do you understand why the deal that was donein you understand why the deal that was done in 2020 was between the us government and the taliban and the afghan government wasn t involved at all? ~ ., ., ., all? well, no. i mean, i don t understand all? well, no. i mean, i don t understand that all? well, no. i mean, i don t understand that ennis - all? well, no. i mean, i don t understand that ennis was . all? wel
and human rights abuses taking place in areas under effective taliban control. disabled and vulnerable adults in england are facing steep rises in charges for their care, bbc research finds. despite concerns about covid and a one year delay the tokyo paralympics get under way today. good morning. us officials say president biden will decide within the next 24 hours whether to defy the taliban and keep american troops in afghanistan beyond the end of this month. the prime minister is to urge world leaders to step up support for refugees fleeing the taliban in afghanistan when he chairs a virtual g7 meeting later.
the evacuation of roughly a8,000 people since an intense airlift started on m august, while the uk evacuation effort continues this morning the defence secretary ben wallace said 8,600, people had been flown out since the 14th of august. the un human rights chief says she has received credible reports of human rights violations in areas under taliban control including summary executions and restrictions on women. helen catt has this report. as thousands continue to try to flee afghanistan, the leaders of the g7 nations, which include the us, france and germany, will hold an emergency virtual meeting to address the crisis. it is likely to be very different in tone from when they met in person in cornwall injune.
in the uk or around the world. us officials say president biden will decide within the next 2a hours whether to defy the taliban and keep american troops in afghanistan beyond the end of this month. the uk prime minister is to urge world leaders to step up support for refugees fleeing the taliban in afghanistan when he chairs a virtual g7 meeting later. it s expected that france and germany willjoin the uk in pushing president biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. the delay calls come as the the head eu s executive commission ursula von der leyen announces the eu will ramp up humanitarian support for afghans in and around their country to over 200 million euros from over 50 million euros. as things stand, us troops depart in a week s time even though evacuations from kabul s main airport may not be completed by then. the us has evacuated and facilitated