Today hello everyone, and welcome to the Amanpour Hour but heres where were headed this week. Israel has a right to defend itself and how it does so matters. Will Kamala Harris be able to chart her own path on the World Stage, u. S Ambassador And Democrat bigwig rahm manu, ways in what would a second Trump Worldview Look like . His former Pentagon Policy Maker on america first 2. 0 were heading towards the iceberg and i think if we continue on the current trajectory, were going to ram right into it. I think the Trumpvance Agenda offers us a very good way of avoiding World War three in a way that protects our interests also, this hour, this book is my testimony to the trial that never took place on an adn on accusing wikileaks, Julian Assange of Sexual Assault, and surviving as the most hated woman on the internet then changing the rules of philanthropy at the Ford Foundation and why Darren Walker thinks that time is right to step down, kid in a small town finding them felt as president
In france for not having a Covid 19 vaccine before a set deadline. And then mike is proposing to ban prisoners serving Life Sentences from having romantic relationships. This is to discourage groupies. We will hearfrom the this is to discourage groupies. We will hear from the group who broke the story in copenhagen copenhagen. China has hit out at a new Security And Defence pact between the us, Britain And Australia accusing the trio of playing geopolitical games. Last night us president Joe Biden, british prime Minister Borisjohnson and australiam prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new partnership called aukus. Were told the aim is to strenghten security in the Indo Pacific , many see it as a way of countering chinas growing influence. Heres how borisjohnson sold it in parliament. It amounts to a new pillar of our strategy by demonstrating british let me take a left to the State Department where Defence Secretary our meeting their australian counterparts and We Can listen in.
Concerned about their own people. The State Department says you should go to the United Nations if you have concerns. No word from the State Department on exactly how many americans are still in afghanistan. Last week we told you private groups blamed the department for blocking six planes from u. S. Citizens from leaving an airport in northern afghanistan. For all we know they may still be stuck there. Bill lawmakers to demand answers on thAt Today. Whether they get any we dont know. The first of two days of hearings. The Secretary Of State is the main player. Many blame the entire mess on the Biden Administration. I think our greatest national Security Threat at least in the short term is Joe Biden and our national security apparatus. Why did this go so bad . How did he get it so wrong . Why didnt he listen to the Intelligence Community warnings since april and may of this last year . This Rosie Dream they were going to somehow negotiate a Lastminute Deal with the taliban was absolut
Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of Blood Flow to the braIn and cognItIve functIon. And Its the same old Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. It may Be the same old story but one we are delIghted to celebrate. More on the paralympIcs later thIs hour. The talIban have taken control of Kabul AIrport, after the unIted states pulled the last of Its troops out of afghanIstan. The fInal EvacuatIon FlIght left at a mInute to mIdnIght Last NIght. It brIngs to an end to the longest war In amerIcan hIstory, In whIch more than 2,000 us servIcemen and women lost theIr lIves. The talIban are back In Power, as they were 20 years ago. Theyve declared vIctory and have Been celebratIng on the streets. 0ur Correspondent RajInI vaIdyanathan reports. HeadIng Into a new and uncertaIn era. TalIban mIlItIa now In control of Kabul AIrport and afghanIstan. Just weeks ago, thIs tarmac was packed wIth afghans de
And run out of russia our Moscow Correspondent Sarah rainsford Files Herfinal Report from the country after Being laBelled a threat to national security. Good evening. Im Christian Fraser in london. Tonight, a hugely symbolic moment. The commander in chief, Joe Biden, addressing the nation to formally put an the end to the united states longest war. Last night, it was the pentagon that confirmed the details of the final withdrawal. The president preferring to put some space Between the operational details and the much bigger, more poignant Questions America is asking of itself and of their president. What was It For if the taliban are now back in power . By by the time i came to office, the taliban was in its Progress Military Position since 2001. Controlling or contesting nearly half of the country. We were left for a simple decision. Eitherfollow country. We were left for a simple decision. Either follow through on the agreement made by the last administration and leave afghanistan o