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now the top us a minute, the official has called the 20 year long war and asked honest on a strategic failure in his 1st congressional testimony. after that chaotic withdrawal and taliban take over last month. general knock. milly along with defense search st. annoyed austin, who just saw that the head of central command, general kenneth mackenzie, are currently being grilled by senators on capitol hill. that's lesson and women in uniform. not only died, but they were in the middle of huge throngs of individuals, desperately trying to get out. i don't believe that you would suggest that that was being completed in an orderly manner so that that's, that's the 2nd. the 2nd operation was a non combatant evacuation, which was i think you heard me say early on center was was child. we had some challenging times early on we recovered from that and were able to, but you would, mr. you would not consider that to have been done in an orderly manner. would you?

i would say overall we have, we endured challenges but, but again, we were able to get out an enormous amount of people. i don't disagree that the young men and women who wear the uniform of this country on that particular very challenging time period did everything they could. but clearly it was not in an orderly manner. they were in a very disastrous and i think we would all agree a very deadly situation. would you agree, sir? and you heard me say so senator, that you know, it was a very dangerous situation that ran and despite that they were able to fight the fight through the challenges. and because of their heroic efforts we were able to do what we did. i'm a secretary of the reason why i asked this is because i think not only american citizen saw this, but i think our allies thought as well. i think what they saw was, 1st of all, that because of the date certain rather than a conditions based withdrawl because of

a decision that was made by our president. because of that, we left american citizens behind and we did leave. afghans behind who had served directly with our us forces. and it appears that many of them believe that we did not appropriately consult with them about our activities in a timely fashion. and finally, to look at and to see america and equipment being left there. even if it's not quite ready for use, but most certainly they're in the hands of the taliban did not help our position with our allies, sir. let me just move on very quickly. general milly i've, i've got just less than a minute left on this and i, i just wanted to comment. i think your 2nd statement, which you shared with the american people in with us today. an expression of how the very unclassified way, how the nuclear chain of command works.

part of this and some of us have had the opportunity to observe in a table top exercise. how that actually works with the processes working their way through what the president on down and, and the questions that are asked and the responses required and so forth. the 2022 n d a has some very specific exercise requirements that the white house and other members are required to follow through. do you know if either president trump or president biden had the opportunity to do a tabletop exercise and actually listen to the questions that were going to be asked of them? should there ever be a possibility of the use of nuclear weapons? i do not know if either one president trump for president biden has gone through that table topics. he says, thank you once again. thank you gentlemen, for your service to our country nike around center arono, please. thank you, miss chairman. ah sir austin,

my colleague, senator duckworth mentioned the idea of an independent commission to evaluate what happened before during after the war and get a sense. so secretary austin, are you open to such as an effort? pensioner, i will always call edge. i would expect always cooperate with, with my oversight committee. yes, because i for one very much agree that this is a 20 year war and there are 4 presidents involved. and i'd like to make sure that there are some lessons learned from a 20 year for ever warm and, and at the same time, i feel as the republicans have made a total about about say, so you turn regarding the war. i thought that they want to say they war to end and they were very supportive. love president trump and he made the deal with a man to get up. so there's that and clearly there are lessons to be. well,

let's now bring in our correspondent, patrick, how have she's on capitol hill and also listening into proceedings for us. patsy. so they broke for lunch. what about an hour ago? but as a tool resumed, it feels like there's not really been a less up with a very pointed question. now they are continuing. but what you see the senator is doing is really trying to place this in the political lens. you see, democrats saying, look, this is not joe biden for president. joe, by default, is that this is donald trump, who made a deal with the taliban, that all us troops would withdraw. now you see, republican say, pardon, didn't have to follow that plan and that he is, in fact to blame for what was a chaos and what many of called a humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan. so there's a little bit of political posturing going on there. the bigger questions though, about where the military go wrong. that's not really being addressed as they get to the political point scoring. but we did hear something that was fairly interesting

from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly, let's here. i think there was a lot of intelligence that clearly indicated that after we withdrew that it was a likely outcome of a collapse with the military and collapse of the government. most of those intelligence assessments indicated that that would occur late fall, perhaps early winter cobble might hold on next spring. it depends on when the, until the assessment was written. so after we leave, the assessments were pretty consistent that you'd have to see a general collapse of the government any military while we were there though, up through 31 august. i don't, there's no intel assessment that says the government going to collapse in the military, going to collapse and eliminate that. i'm aware of and i've read, i think pretty much all of them. as you say, that has been this fair amount of political posturing today,

especially for the cameras, is obviously been plenty of criticism both sides of the aisle. will today's hearing have political consequences? do you think? well, i think that the by demonstration very clearly thinks that this issue is going to fade from the headlines and will not be top of mind for voters when the next mid term elections. and polls show that he does have the support of the american people . the majority said it was time for us troops to come out of afghanistan. but his poll numbers are really hurt by is the way it happened. so you see the military trying to say this is a success the fact that they were able to get more than 120000 people out in the middle and was being surrounded by the taliban. that's not a good exactly. sitting wealth with republican. so they're democrats are hoping it fades. republicans are hoping it doesn't, and i think you're seeing a lot of moments before the cameras that can be used in campaign ads from, from this. but again, the american public, when it comes to voting,

they tend to look in ord. they tend to look at domestic problems and not necessarily foreign policy. but the republicans are going to try to make sure that it stays in the headlines with hearing like the one today that he call hand that for us on capital health. thanks so much patty. well meanwhile in afghanistan, the taliban is saying at pans to implement a constitution from nearly 6 decades ago. i've got to start a new rule as one to, to apply it only where it doesn't conflict with their version of islamic law. now the existing constitution was drawn up with the help of the us back in 2004, but the taliban says it wants no foreign interference. hashanah hall barbara has worn out from the african capital. the taliban seem to be trying to extend an olive branch to the international community. i think look, we could have rec to the constitutional declaration of 1998 with a tati benway and power here. got it done, is that we chose to go for the 1964 constitution. why vasquez situation in

particular, because it's widely seen as the constitution that pays away for constitutional democracy. protective the rights of expression, the right, the freedom of expression of the freedom of thought, established independent institutions with an independent judiciary. however, there's a copy to that constitution. 964 states that the king has the right to dissolve the parliament and appoint the prime minister. under the current situation, it says that the supreme lead of the taliban, the middle war, meaning the commander of the faith will have better law, will ultimately have the final say, he could be the one to fire the government in point and you parliament, the parliament, saudi or decide that this provision is in conflict with a chevy law and therefore it has to be, it has to be changed are moving on now and

a group of political parties. and you nicea has announced a coalition to oppose the president that the group says, can you say it has lost his legitimacy accusing him of a qu. your recall last week the president announced he will by decree and ignore parts of the constitution. ben and smith has more now from june. when the dena presenting a united front against a precedent, they say is a legitimate for political part is a warning chi side, but he must back track on his decision to seize executive power could be. or if the president has taken everything he has canceled everything. even the institution for sorting out these problems like fighting corruption, all these entities have been closed by the president. there's no parliament. there's no committee for overseeing laws. there's no government. yeah, demonstrations have already been held against president saeed. who last week announced he'd rule by decree. and ignore parts of the constitution. but after he sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament in july,

on monday to new jersey as foreign minister told the un general assembly that the president was acting with the will of the people. when i was unhappy, too dangerous situation, threatening our country and community is attribute to a deeply rooted political polarization and a social comic and health crisis. this is why the president of the republic had to interfere and take a series of exceptional resolutions and measures based on our constitution to put the contract back on the right path towards democracy and all the largest political party and not a says the president should call elections to prove, he has a mandate. why should one person says that he can embody the will of the piece? so if he is with, with the will of the people and if he is expressing their will have people, he has no authority or for elections and let the people decide local and

international human rights groups. a warning of a slide towards authoritarianism. while the development in july were broadly popular to month own, people are growing frustrated by what they see is a lack of progress. analysts say that could work in the new coalitions favor with the typical mac rises that we are going to the ethics of it's in the upcoming weeks and months. they would seize maybe the opportunity to show that, unfortunately, even by a power grab even by the gathering or the powers prison fight is unable to find the really crisis of the conditions that are social problems, economy, etc. in the 2 months since case fight seized power, political parties and civil society groups here, say the president hasn't approached any of them. now they say they're reminding him again, that they're here and that he should talk to them and listen. bernard smith, i'll just 0 jonas. when i saw plenty more,

i had this news hour including today on top military lead and addresses, deepening divisions and transitional government. he says it needs to take a more active role. using years and bangladesh, we look at how lives and the capital being cut short pollution and, and sport rejoined afghanistan. target those as they prepare for a future under the taliban. ah, now the head of the world health organization is promising reforms and accountability the allegations of sexual abuse by star deployed the democratic republic of congo. tedra had hung on gabrielle says, apologize to the victims and said the report by independent panel made for harrowing reading. and found, there were at least a few cases of sexual abuse by aid workers during the response to an umbrella outbreak from 2018 to just last year separate investigations into sexual abuse.

allegations of also been launched by 2 other un bodies. unicef, the international organization. so migration, i'm sorry, i'm sorry for what was done to you by people who are employed by w jo to serve and protect you. i'm sorry for the ongoing suffering that this event must cause. i'm sorry that you have a hard to really to relieve them in talking to the commission about your experiences. i spoke to passing move atlanta. she is the founder and executive director of the action and development initiative for the protection of women and children. she says it's heartbreaking that monetary and aid workers are responsible for sexual assaults, of women and children. as you may know, these tend to be picked up by cold sheets for so many years for more than to be

kate and just acceptable that you might need to be. people are picture picture expeditions on women and children, as i think i believe, as human italian, we have to protect women and children. we have the responsibility to protect women and children. and in the team, we have seen women and children are the more vulnerable and do more of the war and the conflict to have in region for to me years. and do one or the money will be all of exploitation and you have to be punished for what they have

done on women and children. i think most of the time the people who are doing such as asking use mostly power, you know, to try to use children and women. you know, i must have women and children. and i have said for our goal and they try to use them. their ability to exploit and abuse them. my organization, profound work with the us are in 33 where we are currently alive. most of the community on how they can shape this kind of sexual petition and abuse by humanity carry on or other color coding teeth. now one of sedans,

top military leaders, says the transitional government took over during the 2900 who needs to take a more active role. and hippa, morgan reports that and attempted to last week as well, and tension between the military and the government civilian faction. it was supposed to be a speech for new graduates of his para military rapid support for says, but on tuesday, the deputy head of 2 dan sovereignty council, once again, turned his attention to the civilians in the transitional government a week after and attempted coup tension between the military and civilian type of administration remains at an all time high. i didn't know how to do the, the blame us. we're part of the partnership. politics are based on things i don't like, but i've learned my lesson. i'm a military man. the council was created to have all the decisions, and after that they said it was a counsel for consultation only. but if you are a counsel for consultation, you can oblige people to apply and implement your decisions. for dance transitional government came to power,

month after former presidente alma bushy was overthrown in april 2019. the power sharing administration was intended to lead the country into democratic system by early 2024. but tension between the ruling political coalition that forms the civilian side and the military have raised concerns about the future of the partnership. for months, political parties have demanded reforms in the military. they see like other institutions. the army contains members loyal to bashir, to 13, and needs to be restructured. that angered the military and the cool attempt has further field calls for it through farm. we haven't, i haven't seen. we are committed to evaluating this transitional period. we are capable of amending it, but it's only us who will amend it because we are the ones representing, you know, other person can change this equation aware of war. it's between the 2 sides has been followed by the army withdrawing protection from the committee form to dismantle the former ruling party and fight corruption. that led to protest in the

capital for to ensure support for the civilian leadership. the sudanese professionals association with spearheaded anti government protest that led to the overthrow of president bishop calling for an end to the power sharing agreement. the un has urged both sides to preserve the partnership the unknown has it'll shut off. this partnership model is a unique approach which can lead sedan to a complete democratic transition of civilian rule and peace. sham. i urge all sides to tone down on the media rhetoric and to focus on dialogue and cooperation. political differences are natural, but there must be cooperation for the sake of the country. while tension between the 2 sides remained both who let protests against the former government have cause for more demonstration against the military. they say that despite any shortcomings among political parties, they still want to ensure that civilians have the upper hand in running the country and not the military. he but morgan august 0 for 2. dozens of the rebels and

pro government soldiers have been killed and fighting and yemen. the country battling for control of merit. last northern city held my government fighters and also home to hundreds of thousands of people who fled conflicts and other areas of the country. as he stepped up their efforts to seize mero, back in february, abraham fry hut is an associate professor and international conflict resolution. the institute for graduate studies, he says, marriage is of great strategic importance. it's an old rich area who has have been actually trying to take this over for the past few years. and we have see a number of attacks in the past and intensification of the fighting there because it's the main supply of oil than it was at the to the capital off. and

whoever is can put in the hold of the say, yeah, can determine, can actually improve the see disposition and negotiation, but we can negotiation. so i think we this is expected to continue to see these 5 things taken over and we had some states. and so i should, that the united states might consider reducing get support, and this is what i'm, this is expected. in fact, since the by then administration came to power. and that our number of reasons for this probably in my view of the most important reason is that the u. s. policy re focusing on china as the primary objective and it's for policy and containing china . so we are seeing more disengagement us engagement from the middle east than to focus again on china. now, japan's government has announced that will lift

a corona virus state of emergency that's been in place since april as the number of cases and deaths. therefore, prime minister yoshi, he says restrictions in $27.00 out of the countries $47.00 prefixes would end on thursday. that decision comes a day before the ruling liberal democratic party. select a new leader to succeed him who announced his intent to resign earlier this month. and the vs government has put the army on standby as fuel pumps in the u. k. are running out there aren't enough truck drivers. and that means delivery is a fuel and other items are slowing down. people, as you can see, have been chewing up at petrol stations, many of which run out and the transport minister is asking dr. is not to panic by joint. how has more from london the government has said on tuesday that there are hens, if fines of the situation stabilizing with more fuel reaching for court, will be it not enough yet to have an effect on queues. and you can see

a busy petro station in central london here, behind me. and cars certainly still queueing up to fill their tank city. the government and the industry believe that much of this has been exacerbated by panic, buying people, putting more fuel into their tanks, that they absolutely need. and that once they stop doing that, the situation will ease within a matter of days. the problem is you can't lay all of this at the feet of public behavior. of course, this is firmly within the overall supply chain disruption caused by a shortage of drivers, in this case, fuel tank drivers that he's having knock on effect across the economy. why the shortage of drivers? well, a consequence, both of frank's it and cosy, meaning a lot of european drivers have gone home and not come back and work and pay conditions in this country. meeting british workers on how to fill the gap, the government is doing. it says what he can a number of schemes and incentives under way among them. and easing of immigration rules a temporary 3 month visa to try and lose some of those european drivers back. wholly

inadequate. the industry says who would give up a job in europe to come here for just 3 months. and all of this accumulates to mean that while on monday they were heavy denials on tuesday, the government admits the army is on standby to help with some of its fuel tank isn't fuel tank drivers. and when you add that to the accumulation of other circumstances, warnings of emergency drivers, emergency services, no longer being mobile, the price is going up prices and supply across the economy affected by all of this . add to that even the suggestion of the army getting involved. and you don't spell crisis any better way than that milestone had here on altos era, china puts on a show with some of its most involved aircraft technology weapons on display. andrew hide from signs a multi $1000000000.00 military deal with greece. harris tries to bounce back from the last of that big submarine contract with

a failure and organizes of the tokyo lympics off. still unsure about the true cost of the games on that shortly in a low good tissue. here's her weather update in the middle east and we've got plenty of sunshine to go around up to a high, 38 degrees. but i want to get you rate to southern parts of pockets done. this is the leftovers of what was cyclic storm gulag through india. look at it cutting across the northern portion of the arabian sea. it could re intensify into something. so chronic either way, it is going to throw some torrential rain to karachi. water logging is likely going to be a big concern here. briefly, conditions through the boss 1st, the gee and into the eastern med. it's stumble. we could see wind gusts in the city to about 50 kilometers per hour on wednesday. the rainy season not going to extend

into south to down, but the threat for flooding will extend beyond that rainy season. finishing probably the threat of flooding will continue, persists right through until february of next year. further toward the south, disturbed weather for coastal sections of south africa. the su to into durban in those winds will pick up as well. let's talk temperature. so putting the colors on here, the darker the color, the higher the temperature from southern and gold right through to central most and b. and johannesburg. we can include you in this, but thunderstorms are going to cool the atmosphere here to more average temperatures. later in the week season, the housing has become a commodity instead of a human right. that gives me the ability to take advantage of others. feel free to violate basic laws and the working classes that have lost

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a hello there you're watching all 0. let's remind you about the story of silence. a group of political parties and nivia is forming a coalition to oppose the president. the group says, you say it has lost his legitimacy and accuses him of carrying out with true health organization chief. kendra, how has apologized alleged sexual abuse by stuff and democratic republic of congo. an independent panel found at least a few cases of sexual abuse workers during the above the outbreak from 2018. with right now, the top us military officials are testifying before the senate committee about the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan and on the collapse of the african government . the biden administration has been widely accused of being unprepared for the fall of couple.