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now more than ever, the world needs w h. making a healthy a world for you. everyone. ah kale, so calm a laugh holds people trying to leave us down a scene trying to cling to us med for plain that the taxes on the common to taking charge of the country town. yvonne leaders and people have nothing to fear. ah sammy say that this is out just there alive from the hall. so coming up, felicia is prime minister has handed his resignation to the king,
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but he'll continue to run the country for now, more bodies pulled from the rubble of a powerful earthquake and haiti. these 1300 people have been killed. ah. dangerous and desperate scenes unfolding at cobb lab pulled where huge numbers of people are trying to leave off the top. the bomb took over the country. video from the airport shows crowds running along 5 attacks, seeing us military across some, even clinging to the side. all commercial flights have been canceled earlier us troops who are in charge of the airport, 5 shops in the air to stop people trying to board military aircraft. while the taliban has also been firing shots in the, near the fulton attempts to stop people getting in. people have also been seen
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trying to climb up and bold, departing commercial jet before the flight, dimas and now the u. s. and other nations urging the autonomy bound to let people leave freely, say, one to speak to rob mcbride. he joins us now from cobb. let's start with the situation at the airport. how are things unfolding down this time military evacuations? are they still going on even despite the cancellation of commercial flights? those we understand are still continuing. a lot of the helicopter movement that have been working between the u. s. embassy complex behind me to the international airport. that's pretty much come to a halt, but we understand that the flights out for the us military are still continuing. and i think maybe that's still part of the problem. better still for people who are desperate enough. the hope at least that maybe they'll get some way of getting out of afghanistan. certainly for people who have links with the us military or other
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nato forces who fade despite assurances from the taliban that they may face reprisals. but this monday afternoon, still chaotic. seems there all the bits of course began to unfold yesterday afternoon, sunday with the news that the taliban was indeed getting into the city. the government collapsed. and that really did cause a surge of people to moving towards the airport. it seemed as though the apple security, other airlines, that port stuff simply melted away and it really was a free for all people surging in that that has been some control somewhat restored . if you can call it that, it as much as the taliban have set up a perimeter to try to stop more people getting inside the terminal. and of course the us military mass side of the ports as they continue their operations. they have set up their own military perimeter, but between the 2 we understand that in the terminal and also the whole across the field and across the, the adjoining parts of the field are literally thousands of people running around,
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as we've seen, trying to clean, gone to craft and so on. so really desperate scenes that in fact, we have seen some scenes of the most recent clips being uploaded over the past helicopter. that's one of the smaller attack helicopters being used to hover above the runway. just a few feet, a few meters above the wrong way in front of attack, seeing transport play and trying to shift people off the runway to allow the transport plane to taxi turn and then make it take off run. so pretty desperate. seen that it's difficult to see at this stage just where it's going to resolve itself, how it's going to be resolved. and even when commercial aircraft will be allowed to start operating again. very desperate scenes, no doubt, will provide those who want to see parallels between saigon, 75 and what's happening today entirely bon controlled. cobble to what extent is the tale? bomb control and takeover. now complete,
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have they secured some of the key institutions of state? we're talking about police stations, military base is key ministry, t, v, and radio stations and so on. it is very patchy. we've heard that throughout the day that some of the ministries are being handed over to the taliban. that that process is continuing the f. what we know about remains chaotic, there's also reports still of whether they are in complete control of the whole country. i mean, this has been a right very rapid advance that have been a number of different units that have been overwhelmed government units as these provincial cities for them. but they have taken refuge in fairly well defended omby base. so there are still pockets out there. although you get the impression, it's not that little point to then trying to do much at this stage. it does seem to be a done deal. but having said that, there were reports that it's been a developing story throughout the day from the province of cost. now that is
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a province at that board is up to the border with pakistan that is home to the circle, k p f. this is the cost protection force. this is a locally res militia. that is fairly well equipped, fairly well trained and it seems fairly, fairly well driven. they would seem determined not to give up. they wanted to have a scrap with the taliban. and in fact, there were reports early monday that they were in a convoy heading full cobble. so it seemed at one point as though that was going to be a very nasty clash since then it seems the elders have intervened at various points along the way that have been various discussions. the taliban put together a force of some $10000.00. so they say ready to meet this for head on and it does seem as though it is being resolved. that does seem to be some sort of agreement or surrender. we're not quite sure, but they threat, at least of a big clash seems to be going away. and on the streets itself, you have to say that things remain relative because it is a very slightly surreal, strange atmosphere. when you go out on the streets here,
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only cannibal residents coming out to see the new game in town. the, the new force that's in control of things here. you see taliban with flags on the back of motor bags driving around. others taliban on the back of pickup trucks heavily armed and then also controlling the new checkpoints now that they're good at controlling traffic. doing checks, and in fact a lot of the local residents talking to them, beating them, seeing them for the 1st time being almost a subjective curiosity, taking so fees and so on. so on the streets, at least it's a slightly surreal scene, but thankfully fairly peaceful throughout the city of cobble at the moment. all right, we'll leave it there. thanks so much. rob mcbride, white house officials have been stunned that the speed of the taliban takeover president joe biden was at camp david on sunday, getting regular briefings from his national security team. you've been facing
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criticism for sticking to a plan initiated by his predecessor donald trump, to end the u. s. military mission. enough chemist on spring in rosalind jordan joins us from washington. d. c. and you got to wonder what sort of political pressure is brewing for the buyer and ministration as a result of those events we're looking at unfold enough, ghana, stan rather than well, it seems as if the pressure on president joe biden is coming mainly from congressional republicans who are saying that the president is essentially recreating the situation or the environment which led to the september 11th attacks just about 20 years ago. however, the president is getting support from his fellow democrats, including senator chris murphy, of connecticut, who says, not only was the president correct to continue the trumpet, ministrations deal with the taller bond to pull us forces out of afghanistan. but murphy goes on to say that this is
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a matter of reckoning for the foreign policy establishment here in washington, murphy says that it didn't matter whether the us state another year, another 5 years, another 10 years. it was simply putting off the inevitable. and that the country needs to really think how long and hard about what it means to be engaged in the process of nation building, which is what the administration of george w bush started back in 2002 after the invasion of afghanistan in order to go after some we've been lot and of course, as we all know, he abandoned that will push in order to set the stage for the 2003 invasion of iraq. alright, president job and thanks so much as moved to reaction from europe. now joan, how joins us from london, inter in london, john, let's start with this line about the u. k. talking to the taliban through 3rd party
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. what's up for negotiation at this point? hard to imagine, and i'm afraid i don't have a lot of flesh to put on the bones of that one. hard to imagine what there is left to talk about. we've heard from the defense secretary ben wallace here in london this morning, stating the screaming mail, vist that the taliban is in control in cobble, but that the u. k. and data will not be going back in clearly the policy issues to be made and possibly contact with the taliban is useful in that respect policy issues that all the members of the coalition, the former coalition must make in the e u. and here in the u. k, about how to deal with a taliban government, the reality of a taliban government, whether to recognize it or not, whether to talk to it or not. mr. wallace saying it's too early to deal with questions like that. it depends very much on their actions, not on their rhetoric, and that indeed is a sentiment echoed by the russians who do, and that they still have an embassy presence on the ground. they decided not to
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shut their embassy. they are meeting the russians. that is the taliban on tuesday to talk about security matters. so everybody taking a little bit of a stand off approach on policy at that moment. in a sense, the evacuations are buying time for that. so the question, it is the priority of all of these countries, whether it's the u. k, germany fraud, the netherlands, the czech republic, ukraine to get their nationals out and to get their off can support stuff out to whom they've made a commitment to help them over these last 20 years. and those scenes at the airport coast, not helping that process, the spanish foreign minister saying, vowing not to leave anyone behind mister wallace, the u. k. defense secretary, also this morning, breaking down in tears on the radio. he's a former military man, spend time enough, got to stand admitting that the likely hood is that they will have to leave people behind. and we've heard from chancellor michel in the last hour or so. speaking to colleagues in berlin. the numbers we're talking about are not insignificant. she said they need to move the germans alone, the german. but as $10000.00 people need to be lifted from cobble that includes 2
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and a half 1000 afghans, port staff, human rights activists, lawyers, people, the germans have identified as being potentially at risk from a taliban takeover in cobble she went on to say in a sign of the sort of dawning reality for all of these countries of just how big a problem this is, how far reaching the potential consequences beyond this moment, she said this will keep us busy for a very long time or i will leave you there. thanks so much, jonah, how cutters and jordan's foreign ministers have discussed the latest developments in afghanistan, the country leader says dell, how will help its international partners safely leave the country one to bob. and i asked her about what we have also discuss the latest development and i've gone son and the entire world is concerned with the rapid development in the country. we're also doing our utmost to help evacuate diplomat and foreign staff in international
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organizations seeking to leave up. gonna start in the coming out the un security council. it's expected to discuss f ganna. stan diplomat say they've been preparing a draft statement which would threaten sanctions and affirm that a tiny bomb like government would not be recognized. here's our diplomatic as a james face. here are the un, they are following the situation extremely closely. the un security council will meet on monday to says scuff, 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 and told us staff are confined to the bases,
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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. still ahead on al jazeera palestinian factions called for a general strike off to the depth of 4 men israeli raid the celebrations into the night.
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running to keep them people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our jazeera. oh, i come back here watching out just a time to recap the headlines. dangerous and desperate scenes are unfolding cobble apples, where huge numbers of people are trying to leave off the tale bombs over the country . video from the airport shows crowds running along the us military. i crop tommy's and clinging the side baton bob took how late on sunday night gathering a cobbles, presidential palace spices rolled up the national flag and posts of pictures. hours
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earlier, president shabani fled the country events and kind of sent shock waves around the world, especially in the united states. us military, within the country for 20 years, pressure is bouncing on politicians to explain how it felt so quickly. patrick hall have looked back now at 2 decades of us boots on the ground and the president who sent them there. most people will likely remember why it started not the arrow of a demand that held in turnover of some good norton and alco unanswered. a few weeks later, the massive 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 taliban fell within
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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 and began to stand. it's been one of initial success followed by long years of floundering and ultimate failure. we're not going to repeat that mistake. critics 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 when the coalition and as the taliban fog bank and civilian casualties mounted along that of the armed forces, opinion turned a new us president had to make a decision,
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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 an afghan stance. in may of 2011. some of the law was found and killed in pakistan. but the war continued. obama promised, bring 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 fill. 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
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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 $20.00 malaysia. as prime minister madina athene is handed in his resignation to the king. in a televised address, he said he's stepping down because he lost his majority in parliament. but he won't be leaving office straight away. florence lou explains from calling them for his hand in his resignation and the pilot of issued a statement saying the king has accepted not just weed in yes, in resignation as prime minister, but also the rest of his cabinet. but weed and yes and stays on as caretaker,
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prime minister until a permanent successor is found. now, still likely to be a period of political uncertainty in malaysia because there is no obvious success as to who should be the next prime minister. now and a malaysia's constitution, the king will appoint the person who he thinks is likely to command the confidence of the majority in parliament. but as i said, there is no obvious success, that there is no politician who is able to come up and say that he has got the numbers, the majority number in parliament. so that could harold a period of political uncertainty. now the other option that was open for the country was for elections. the prime minister, the outgoing prime minister, having tended his resignation, could have advised the king to dissolve parliament and coal for snap election. but the palace in its statement on monday said that is not an option at this time because more than 80 percent of the parliamentary constituencies in malaysia are
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still considered. corona virus hotspots as ready media. a rocket fives from garza has been intercepted by the countries and the defense system. sirens have been sounding in the city of that office in southern israel. it would be the 1st rocket launch since the seas 5 between this round was agreed in may. a funeral is been held towana for palestinians killed during a raid by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. i fully say they were a time during the operation to arrest the south. beg linked to us in the city of janine 3 other palestinians were injured in the exchange of fire. it's the 2nd time in recent weeks and israeli arrest operation is led to death. and fashionable name has more from the west from west jerusalem. the palestinian authority and her mass are calling for a general strike to mourn the deaths of these young palestinian men. the ministry
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of health is confirming for men has been killed ranging in age from 19 years old to early 20. the palette sitting in our authorities are saying that there was a pre dawn raid inside a refugee camp in jeanine on monday morning. they're saying that an undercover is really security team of israeli security forces rated a home inside the refugee camp. they arrested one man. there was a violent confrontation between palestinians and the israeli security forces, leaving 4 men at least 4 men dead. janine has become a flashpoint. it's a place where palestinian resistance to the israeli occupation often turns violent . the large refugee camp there has many people who have weapons and there are members of groups such as hamas. earlier this month, another palestinian was killed during a similar raid in janine turkeys. defense ministry says 4 of its soldiers have been
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killed by explosives in northern iraq. the black and the whole province wounded. 2 of the soldiers turkeys military blamed the attacks on co, sean groups. official st. troops are carrying out cross border operations. runs health ministry says the country as his record number of daily cove is 1900 deaths . as new restrictions are imposed, walden, 650 deaths were announced on monday. more than 41000 people if tested positive cities across iran event that a 6 day lockdown is the delta very drives. the 5th infection wave the death toll from saturday's powerful earthquake in haiti is jumped to nearly 1300. rescue teams are digging through rubble in a desperate search for survivors. they're under growing pressure as a tropical storm approaches. thousands of people are injured,
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leaving hospitals overwhelm our firm. really, the 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 and difficulty at the meal is an economist and professor at keith university and pull to print. he says strong leadership is critical for haiti right now from or you can to, to, to earthquake. and in those corners, the barely 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 predict when those exhaustive who happen to prepare that that can
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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 game 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,
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give love. i couldn't make activity that could be different. does that have been celebrations in zambia, where opposition leader k in the july might have been declared the winner of last week's presidential election. how don't with the reports do they will worth a damn be an opposition? neither guy in the heat dilemma has waited years to hear what they said, his m to be a president elect or the republic of zambia. his defeat of incumbent president edgar longer came when 6 try for the top office and support his are ecstatic i the candidates when an outright majority wouldn't vote, which means there will be no one. but now the door to the task of turning around
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the economy begins. this country has got a lot of challenges. the challenges which development people in their collective wisdom have decided to lump on the show does of this one man. but we must be quick to say that this one man is equal to the task that was more than $12000000000.00 to external companies and linda's. the high cost of living, rising unemployment, and poverty will be concerned for vote as president. it is promising to turn around the economy saying he can attract investment, tax debt and corruption. the majority of registered voters will young people and they turned out on election day. and in some areas, the tunnel was even higher, 90 percent. and this is really
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a cry out by the people of them that they want to be noted. they don't want to be sidelined by any government prisoners, london. so the legend was not free and fee of incidents of violence against the ruling. patriotic fun party agents in 3 provinces, he, she limit supporters reject that. they want the president elect, sworn into office as soon as possible, how to tulsa, or deserve the succor. ah, ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now. 0. now. dangerous and desperate scenes are unfolding cobble lab for where huge numbers of people are trying to leave off of the taliban took over the country. video from the airport shows crowds running alongside a taxing us senate across thought, even clinging to the side. all commercial flights have been canceled.

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