the same for feed fully mark harris with the city. we are the ones traveling the extra mile where auto media don't go. we go there and we give them a time to tell their story. ah, the taliban take control of afghanistan's presidential palace. seizing the capital and overrunning much of the country, president chef county has fled to his bank. it's done after the government kill. and he said it was to avoid bloodshed seem to desperation and panic. a couple international airport. thousands of people scrambled to get out. i hello maria here in doug with continuing coverage development out of getting out of

afghanistan and the rest of the day's news. the death toll and hazy from saturdays, devastating earthquake rises almost 1300. and now a tropical storm is threatening the rescue. f and the celebrations in zambia of the opposition meter. okay. and the history of emma wins closely contested presidential election. me so i've kind of son festival where millions, waking up to a new day morning, fraught with uncertainty as well about the future of their nation. this is the live shot of cobble at around 9 30 in the morning. less than 24 hours it took for the elected government to fall and the capital to be taken over by the taliban. so let's run you through the developments to tell them taking control of be effectively abandoned, the presidential palace. we've had these exclusive pictures,

extraordinary things, of the fight as rolling up the national flag of afghan stone. and then posing for pictures behind president nation on his desk. the telephone says it is committed to peaceful transition of power and is open to talks to form what it calls and open, inclusive islamic government. it's also pledged to respect the rights of women as long as they wear the hid job or the belie human upon that you miss me like a rough mind roughly, we have come to our victory. we'd like to assure our residence names have been given to us. we would like to ensure the security of the people as the taliban took over the president nash, i've gone, he fled the country flying to neighboring is becca stone. in a statement gone. he said he left to spare the country for the bloodshed and put the onus protecting. i've got a son onto the town of not extraordinary pictures. and we've just got these maybe an hour or so ago from cobble international airport. the themes of panic and desperation, but thousands of people who are scrambling to leave their country. there have been

assurances in the taliban that people should be given safe passage. and more than 60 countries around the world, calling for that package with a foreign nationals. and i'm going to want to leave an a pentagon officials with us president joe, by them authorized another, 1000 us troops to go to campbell to evacuate thousands of us an afghan civilians. germany is one of the latest countries to send in plains to evacuate. citizens from the capital. let's bring it all together. was charlotte bella live in cobbler now charlotte? i feel we should talk about those scenes at the airport. and that was this morning, but it was going on last night as well. wasn't at this absolute desperation for people who just want out hundreds of people trying to get on planes, although there are only so many flights. i mean, there are some military flights for foreign nationals and they are taking some of the local embassy stuff. but for everybody else, they're trying to get on commercial flights and seems

a dissertation and the flight prices have just skyrocket. it also, people trying to get i mean, i've been trying to get passports and visas for some time. and we've been filming these kind of long queues of hundreds of people every morning trying to get passport and visas to prepare for this day. and now the day has come and they are desperately trying to get on flights. and the price is, i mean, yesterday we chicks. it's usually about $350.01 way from cobble to assemble. just one of the main routes was 2400 yesterday. so to think if you're trying to get your family on the slide, the amount of desperation you must feel to be paying that kind of money for your entire family struggling to get on a flight out of here. i actually just talked to an interpreter who worked with the us and he was pleading with me saying, i'm terrified. what do i do? can you help me? i'm, i'm in hiding and i'm with my family. and so many people who are terrified of you

know, they think back to what it was like on the telephone control in the ninety's. they wonder what kind of repercussions they will be for themselves. now. i mean, the taliban have been trying to reassure people saying, look, all is forgiven. you have amnesty. but the trust is not via. and that is why we're saying seems like we're seeing at the airport this morning. and yet, charlotte, you are reporting last hour about because really strangely, quiet things in cobble in the 50, at least this morning. and i'm curious exchanges with the taliban at your own hotel . i mean, the airport is, i guess, a crisis point, but every else in the city seems to be very, very calm. the telephone st in 1000 of the special forces units known as red units over night to court, secure the city they've taken over all the government, checkpoints of even created more checkpoints. i drove here this morning,

wait and pass them. everything was quiet, it was fine. they were kicking people saying good morning, they were taking se with people and my own hotel. 3 of them will pass me with machine guns and say good morning and carried on. i was goldsmith and turned to the receptionist and he said, well, can we do vera government now? so definitely an end your day here in cobble. whether this is the telephone to point or, or not, we wait to save at the some a lot of questions about how they will govern who is in charge. how that, how the government will be structured. i just message the taliban just coming on saying, can we go out and fill? can we see some of these checkpoints? and they said we'll get back to you. we'll organize it. and also we're going to hold a press conference later today with our head of communication. we will wait that and we'll talk to you again. shout ellison campbell. you know, the united states been only 20 years and i've got a stanford to defeat the taliban. i meant to build up

a country that could stand against it alone. but the group rapid takeover has been called a foreign policy failure by washington. even so secretary state antony lincoln says the us has achieved its mission and he rejects comparisons to the vietnam war. were us troops left saigon in 1975. the city was captured by the north vietnamese. let's take a step back. this is manifestly not saigon. the fact the matter is this. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind, and that was the deal with the people who attacked us on 911. and that mission has been successful. we brought a lot to justice a decade ago. our cater, the group that attacked us has been vastly diminished. its capacity to attack us again from afghanistan has been right now does not exist. and we're going to make sure that we keep in place in the region. the capacity, the forces necessary to see any re emergence of a terrorist threat and to be able to deal with it. so in terms of what we set out to do in f canister, and we've done it for so many the events in comp,

a learn unexpected. chaotic and quick end to america's longest war. patty calhoun looked back at 2 decades of us boots on the ground and several presidents who sent them there. most people will likely remember why it started not the arrow of assume a demand that held in turnover, osama bin laden and al qaeda unanswered a few weeks later, the a mess of bombing campaign, along with a small force of around $1000.00 special forces, soldiers and agents combined with the northern alliance in afghanistan, and the telephone fell within months. the u. s. along with its allies turned to nation building with big promises of lessons learned. we know this from not only intelligence, but from the history of military conflict in afghan stands. it's been one of

initial success followed by long years of floundering and ultimate failure. we're not gonna repeat that. and state critic say, that's exactly what happened as the us turned more attention to the war in iraq. the us announced an end to major combat operations in afghanistan in 2003. a constitution was written elections followed, a new president, new legislature with women taking positions of power. but as the years past cracks from the coalition and as detailed and fall back and civilian casualties mounted along that of the armed forces, opinion turned, a new us president had to make a decision, go bigger or go home. or overarching goal remains the same. use president brock obama decided to send an additional $17000.00 troops. then 30000 more by 2010. around 100000 us troops would be enough. kenneth stands in may of 2011. some of the

law was found and killed in pakistan. but the war continued. obama promised during most us troops home by the end of 2016. and then a new us president took over. a hasty withdraw would create a vacuum. the terrorists, including ices and al qaeda, would instantly fail. president trump announced an open ended deployment, but eventually signed a deal with the taliban if they promised to keep out terrorist groups and not attack us troops a full withdrawal. what happened by may of 2021. but then, yet another new us president was sworn in, and president joe biden decided to keep the deal and leave only a small true presence. he said the talent would not immediately take over. he was wrong sunday and more than $5000.00 troops to hastily evacuate the embassy. now growing questions of what will happen to the women and girls of afghan, a stamp,

20 years of bloodshed and battles, of promises and unimaginable pains of encouraging signs and said that 2 decades of war and still questions of what was one amid so much that was law pettigrew hain, l 0. washington. well, that's more and events and kind of son to come. and the rest of the days, news reports from malaysia that the embattled prime minister is about to tend to his resignation and indonesia, young victim struggled to contain one of the worst corona virus, off right from the was ah, hello there for the middle east and live and it remains very hot and dry picture. however, temperatures have come down slightly across iraq am to 8, and that's thanks to a shamal wind that's blowing down and kicking up quite

a bit of dust for q weight for guitar and pots of saudi arabia. so we are seeing some hazy sunshine temperatures dipping down over the next few days. we've also got a bit of a wind kicking into the western parts of saudi arabia, bringing temperatures down here. and the south westerly wind blowing across coastal areas of oman and yemen with a few showers across the mountainous region in the west. and those join up with the heavy showers that we're seeing across the central band of africa. they are looking pretty heavy across parts of ethiopia, but much of those heavy thunderstorms we're going to find in nigeria and nija. we are expecting more flooding as those rains pick up, especially around areas of cameroon. come tuesday, no further south. the wet weather can be found in mozambique, edging into eastern parts of zim bob were before south africa does dry up. they'll be sunshine cape town on monday. but as you go to choose day, the wet weather is on the way. by the time we get into wednesday,

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your without just the are continuing coverage or developments in afghanistan where the taliban has taken over the presidential palace in the capital cobble was taken toll of most of the country, surprisingly quick if the group says he wants a peaceful transfer of power and an open government present enough county like the country. and a couple international airport they've been, they seem to panic and desperation is about others tried to do the same. 60 countries around the world, according to the passage of all foreign nationals and ask them who want to me. later on monday, the un security council made to discuss the situation and going to san secretary general antonio terrace. has urged the taliban to protect the lives of afghans. diplomatic ada said james bass reports now and what to expect? here are the un, they are following the situation extremely closely. the un security council will

meet on monday to says scott, what's been going on the very fast moving and fluid situation in afghanistan. i'm told the secretary general antonio terrorist will be briefing himself the security council about what's been happening on the ground, what they understand about the taliban plans and about the security situation as foreign diplomats are leaving from cobble airport. the u. n. are not evacuating at this stage. i'm told you and staff are confined to the bases. they are not going anywhere. they're not carrying it out, any work, no humanitarian work by the un at this stage. clearly, it will be interesting to hear from all members of the security council. remember, 6 of the 15 security council members had troops in afghanistan at some point. there are other key players to listen to. certainly russia and china will be worth listening to in the security council meeting. and of course, all eyes will be on linda thomas greenfield. the u. s. representative of the

security council trying to explain the us his position right now and what the u. s . is going to do after what nearly every diplomat i've spoken to says is a catastrophic foreign policy failure by washington. right, says james mentioned that china, one of the security council members. and since last month paging has been preparing for. so we say an awkward relationship with the taliban. more on that with katrina . you now in beijing, how is this likely to play out between cobble in beijing or so far? we haven't had any official response from the aging. we've had chinese state media and newspapers respond in a kind of mocking glossing manner, saying that this is an example of complete u. s. foreign policy failure in afghanistan. but the bay ging itself, this has not been surprising it seen the rising on the wall and recent weeks. it has been maintaining good relations with the f gone assad government president,

she didn't think, spoke with president connie earlier in july. but at the same time, china has been moving closer to the taliban. and we saw at the end of july contingent from the taliban, arrive in china to meet with foreign minister one e, and that continued included. the groups cor found the gunny bar. now during that trip, aging emphasized that it had a non interference policy. it encouraged to dialogue, it said that it would like to see a moderate islamic policy in afghanistan. it also said it wanted to see its own security interest protected. know china like many other countries is watching the situation very closely. it kind of also looking at this as a power opportunity, a vacuum left by the us now that it's withdrawing its forces. paging definitely wants to see if it can play a role in the reconstruction of afghanistan and reconciliation. once this transition takes place that have cancer is important to china for 2 reasons. one is

economic. now of course the phone is not a belt and word country, but because of its location, it is strategically very important for china. the fastest route to central asia to south asia is via of gone to st on. also trying to is interested in the minimal resources that i've got to some might offer. it's called, it's rare. but the same time aging is hesitant. doesn't want to spend too much money in a country which is very unstable. the 2nd reason of cornerstone is more important to china. and perhaps the most important reason is because of security. china shows a narrow border with afghanistan about 92 kilometers. and i've, on, in the past has been an entry point for we go separatists to come into the ssion young region of china. that's something tundra does not want to see it recently conducted joint military exercises with russia, district security in that border region for this precise region. reason. and when the taliban were here in china at the end of july, they did make

a promise of aging that they would not allow the country to become a breeding spot for specifically the east target on islamic movement, which has been associated with these weak separatist fighters katrina you that with the view from beijing on what's happening and i've got some thank you. katrina we've got other news to get through local media reporting the malaysian prime minister machine. yes. seen as visiting the king. there are reports he's going to resign. he didn't last his majority in parliament due to inviting in the ruling coalition. florence louis inquired them for what more do you know? well, we haven't yet got confirmation that we didn't. yes. and has tended his resignation to the king, but a cabinet minister posted on social media on monday morning that the national alliance has just held its last cabinet meeting. and we know we had in yes in arrived at the palace just after noon local time. he hasn't been seen leaving the palace yet. he's been under immense pressure to resign. partly because of how he

came to power in march 2020. now he and several m. p. 's had switched sides. and in doing so, they brought down a government reform in government that had only been in power for less than 2 years . at least m p 's then align themselves with a political party known as unknown. the united malays national organisation, a party that was voted out in 2018 largely because of corruption allegations. and then the, the ways that government has handled the pandemic. now in january we had in yes and as prime minister advised the king to declare a state of emergency to tackle the rising current of our cases then that he also suspended parliament. his critics say that was a move to avoid a no vote of no confidence and much of the country have been placed in lockdown since june. and yet coronel virus cases keep rising the number of deaths as well. the hospital services are severely stretched financial hardship is being felt by many because of the locked down that has gone on for so many months. now we didn't,

yes in, in, on friday and acknowledge that he had lost majority support. he sought opposition backing, but that offer was rejected, that he has no choice or he feels that he has no choice but to tender his resignation. then the question is, what's going to happen if he does offer his resignation to the king on monday or the several possible scenarios? he could, the king could appoint an interim prime minister and that person could be read and yes in himself until a permanent successor is found. another scenario is weed, and yes, it could advise the king to dissolve parliament and hold elections. now, actions don't have to be held till 2023, but given the high number of code 900 cases, that malaysia has been reporting that scenario is unlikely to happen now. and not the possible scenario is the king will appoint someone whom he believes commands, the majority of parliament, and that's under the constitution of malaysia. he could very well meet over 222 m p 's to decide who has the majority to form government. but seeing that there is no

obvious success, there's no one who can, you know, really claim that they have got the majority in parliament. there's likely to be a period of political uncertainty in malaysia. and that's not going to harold well for malaysia attempt to cub the rising current of virus cases in the country. florence louis, keeping an eye on developments in relation politics from quite a number. thank you. how does that be in liter opposition? leader? i should say, how can the lamb has defeated the incumbent edgarland grew in the presidential election. the electoral commission announced the results of the delays and vote counting that were partly due to massive turn out. but also complaints about unverified results of itself has more now from the soccer. will president elect have a day to lay my one and out right majority more than 50 percent of the vote, which means they will be in no run off. most people who voted young people of them

is under the age of about 35. and they said this was a protest vote. a protest for hope a protest. the change is it basically was about the economy. the tide by the poor said kindly, the rising cost of living high inflation, high unemployment, and that's why they chose to change the government. lemme who the business man has promised to turn around the economy. he's promised to tackle them be as high dates and also to tackle issues such as corruption. president loon good came out a few days ago saying that he felt that the selection was not free and pay at least some of the problems that some of his supporters were intimidated by the opposition . and he said at least one person was killed. and he said that voting was disrupted in areas that were his position strongholds. international observers have said that generally voting was generally lost. the piece for the issue was in the campaign period where they saw that the opposition parties low restricted in campaign and

they couldn't access certain areas and they couldn't access the media. so what happens next, people are waiting for the, you know, the race and it could be pdc and perhaps in a couple of days and in the real work start for my he now has to tackle the stag with the car. me try and secure a lot from the i may try to lay of the fear of investors who want the money, the loan that has to pay back tonight than being now rescue teams in haiti, erasing to search for survivors after saturday is devastating. earthquake as a tropical storm now hits to the country so far as the 1300 people are confirmed dead down to that magnitude 7.2 quake. there are a 1000 more injured hospitals are overwhelmed and some patients that having to be treated out in the open and adding to all these concerns. tropical depression grace, which is expected to hit hazy laser on monday. i believe i want to tell the

population that we are going through a difficult situation. this is the moment to unite to have a greater national unity, a greater solidarity with the victims. let's forget our quarrels and come to the 8 of those in difficulty. spoke to after a meal earlier and economist and professor k university. in puerto prince, he thinks have he need some strong leadership to ensure the countries better prepared for inevitable future disaster from early can to, to, to earthquake. and in those corners, the ability very difficult. we, i mean the haitian people really need to break and why we think is good time for us to really mean, you know, better leadership, you know, people back can really make good planning and also raise a wireless. and then in the preparedness of the country, you know, you can prove with those exhaustive who happen to prepare that that can

help you to minimize the damage even before the disaster the economy was terrible. actually to using the roll was negative, come into grow and was around 40 percent of the population in for insecurity lack of jobs and other people leave the current be leaving the country for the last 2 years. i because of the gains activity. so it's going to be more difficult in the south. but if we, you know, make sure that this time, not only going to do many quickness firms that are going to build capacity, trend people, and then give them the resources created to type business,

give love. i couldn't make activity that could be different. is that heavy rain caused devastating flooding and land slide this time in japan. at least 6 people are dead on the southern island of tissue. more than a 1000000 people in total were advised to evacuate over the weekend. they have been told to stay in shelters in case of more extreme weather. in one town, s as in saga prefecture. over meter of rain fell in 3 days, half the amount that fell over the whole of 2019 corona virus knew that indonesia is struggling with one of the worst outbreaks in the world. and it is increasingly taking a toll on children. more than a 1000 children have died and have an over 70 percent of those were in the past 2 months alone. the delta variant searches jessica washington reports from tom grant in indonesia, 2nd regency. yet another young life has been lost to cope with 19 funeral workers have come to take these coffin to the cemetery. inside is the body of the 2

month old baby. her name is maria. she died in hospital almost 3 hours from her family's home. now her parents have returned to their village, the approval. we came back here from the hospital because our child is dead. all they have other memories of maria, they don't even have a photo of their daughter. i stay at home and rest because i'm always thinking about my daughter who died. as indonesia covered crisis continues, even the youngest have not been spared. and in many parts of the country, children may also be suffering from a 2nd disease or medical condition which heightens the risk of stunting or amount nutrition will have an impact on a child's immune system. so if they get infected, it's likely to hit them harder. a flo vaccination dr. outside major cities is also

putting young people in danger. as many children contract, the virus from family members, people fit children, not affect that. and then, and i back right now we have a lot of children died as the delta variant continues to spread across indonesia, more children are falling ill each day. every week, hundreds of indonesian children died from 19 most under the age of 5 and increases. so to demand for small child size bills for the countries, young victims of the pandemic to beta soon cannot believe her grand daughter shall over is gone. she was just 4 years old. she was kind and cute. everyone liked her, i'm sad, she left me behind. i still want to take care of her with god decided otherwise,

i shall over never got the chance to ride her new bike, hers like thousands around the country was childhood, cut short by the pandemic. jessica washington out of 0 tongue room. ah, how about the our knowledge is 0 and we have just heard that all flights out of complex got some have been cancelled at least for a few as, as i try to ease the chaos of people who are trying to get out this sort of, cale these pictures in a few hours ago from cobbled international, the theme to panic in desperation of thousands of others tried to get out. there are more than 60 countries around the world, calling for the safe passage of all foreign nationals and africans who want to leave the country.