For survivors, as the Death Toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. The talibans Extrarodinary Sweep Across Afghanistan has now extended into the capital kabul, which it has seized with precious little resistance. Taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace, while president Ashraf Ghani has fled to uzbekistan. It is nigh on 20 years since the taliban fled the capital. Today as they reassert their authority they have urged calm, but the city is said to be in chaos. The us State Department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. Our first report is from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Afghanistan has new masters. 20 years later, the taliban are back. Hours after arriving in kabul, sitting at the president s desk. Earlier at the same desk, president Ashraf Ghani clinging to the last fragments of power. But the man gazing down on kabul s streets has gone, fleeing to neighboring uzbekistan. In a facebook post, he said he
janet yellen, the secretary of state antony blinken and us climate envoyjohn kerry, all in the last three months. but despite all of these meetings, relations between the world s two largest economies are at the most tense in years. last august, the us passed the chips act, specifically aimed at growing the domestic chip making business and blocking china s industry. beijing has responded in turn, including restricting exports of two materials, gallium and germanium, to the us, these are key ingredients in making chips, and it all comes in the same week as export controls kick in in the netherlands, preventing one of the world s biggest makers of chip making equipment from exporting without a licence, something china has complained about and analysts have said would only make us china relations worse. and this all comes as president biden prepares to visit vietnam. along with the us trying to increase production at home, vietnam has been seen as an alternative destination f
liberal democrats created. 50 who are they? lie: liberal democrats coming through, how much of a threat are they in sort of greater london or the home counties, where there was a remainer sort of tory public who will not bring themselves to vote labour, but could be a pressure point in the so called blue wall? the could be a pressure point in the so-called blue wall? the tactical votin: will so-called blue wall? the tactical voting will have so-called blue wall? the tactical voting will have a so-called blue wall? the tactical voting will have a huge - so-called blue wall? the tactical voting will have a huge impact . so-called blue wall? the tactical voting will have a huge impact i | voting will have a huge impact i think voting will have a huge impact i think we voting will have a huge impact i think. we have seen it in the by election and it is magnified in by elections, but the liberal democrats who are going to fight a very localised campaign will try and take
republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. of course, congresswomen are in the session at the moment, voting on a number of different topics that we will bring you that vote when that happens. now, let us go to politics here in the uk. here in the uk the home secretary has been centre stage at the conservative party conference today warning delegates of what she called a hurricane of mass migration . suella braverman said politicians had been too slow to recognise the scale of the problem around the world and too squeamish to tackle it forfear of being called racist. meanwhile the prime minister continued to be pressed on whether or not the h52 rail line to manchester would scrapped. he said he won t be rushed into making a decision. our political editor chris mason reports. please welcome the home secretary, suella braverman. not many here can pack out the conference hall, if you re still prompt folk to get to their feet. but suella braverman can do both. she has l
The Senate Transportation Committee voted unanimously this week to approve Inslee's appointment of JC Baldwin to the Washington State Transportation Council.