At kabul airport has put a harsh spotlight on two decades of us and nato military commitment in afghanistan. It looks and feels like a strategic defeat, but what does it tell us about the wider geopolitical balance of power? well, my guest is russia s ambassador to the uk, andrei kelin. Is this reverse for the us and her allies a positive for russia? and is moscow seeking to exploit other perceived vulnerabilities in the west? ambassador andrew kelin, welcome to hardtalk. Your government appears to view the overthrow of a democratically elected government in afghanistan by a theocratic islamist militant group as an overall positive. Why? oh, i wouldn t say so, and i never heard such an estimation. You wouldn t say so? that we are glad that it s happened? no, of course not. It is definitely a failure for the coalition to be in afghanistan for 20 years and doing nothing. But on the other hand, there is no idea and no way to dance over the ashes, because we now have to cope with consequen
Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. The chaotic evacuation operation still underway at kabul airport has put a harsh spotlight on two decades of us and nato military commitment in afghanistan. It looks and feels like a strategic defeat, but what does it tell us about the wider geopolitical balance of power? well, my guest is russia s ambassador to the uk, andrei kelin. Is this reverse for the us and her allies a positive for russia? and is moscow seeking to exploit other perceived vulnerabilities in the west? ambassador andrew kelin, welcome to hardtalk. Your government appears to view the overthrow of a democratically elected government in afghanistan by a theocratic islamist militant group as an overall positive. Why? oh, i wouldn t say so, and i never heard such an estimation. You wouldn t say so? that we are glad that it s happened? no, of course not. It is definitely a failure for the coalition to be in afghanistan for 20 years and doing nothing. But on the other hand, there
Like the strategic defeat. But what does it tell us about the wider geopolitical balance of power was back at my desk is russia s ambassador to the uk. Andrei kelin. Is this a reversal that is positive for russia and is moscow seeking to exploit other perceived vulnerabilities in the west? ambassador andrew kelin, welcome to hardtalk. Your government appears to view the overthrow of a democratically elected government in afghanistan by a theocratic islamist militant group as an overall positive. Why? oh, i wouldn t say so, and i never heard such an estimation. You wouldn t say so? that we are glad that it s happened? no, of course not. It is definitely a failure for the coalition to be in afghanistan for 20 years and doing nothing. But on the other hand, there is no idea and no way to dance over the ashes, because we now have to cope with consequences and to limit damage of what has happened. And the damage is enormous, of course. But the reason i assume that you were regarding it as a
Real world impact of the climate crisis. I ll discuss with it my guests coming up. England is starting a very risky experiment today. It is just lifted nearly every remaining social distancing restriction despite that covid cases are spiking yet again there. So that means mask wearing mandates are over. Shops, restaurants and sports venues can open at full capacity. There are a if you exceptions. London says face coverings will be recovered on public transport but life could start to look a lot like it did before the pandemic. This is all happening with infections surging in the u. K. About 50,000 new cases per day. Boris johnson is convinced vaccines stop enough serious disease to take the risk. If we don t do it now, we ll ask ourselves when. This is the right moment. We have to do it cautiously. We ve got to remember that this virus is sadly still out there. Cases are rising. You can see the extreme contagiousness of the delta variant. Cnn s phil black is in london for us. Is there
didn t hear an apology. so no apology last night, he says. and certainly from what we heard today of her on the floor, none today. she spoke in the chamber and she didn t apologize. we ll get to that in just a second. but first, before we go any further on her excuses and finger pointing we just want to pause for a second and just let you listen to her words and views that got her and all of us to this point. these are her words. it s her bigotry. and these are her conspiracy theories. her words, her bigotry and her lies. many americans are like blind sheep, just going through life not paying attention. there is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now. how do you get avid gun owners and people that support the second amendment to give up their guns? maybe you accomplish that by performing a mass shooting into a crowd. you make them scared. you make them victims. and you change their mindset. the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon. it s