anchor: welcome. these are the headlines. the taliban closed access to kabul airport for afghan citizens to stop there and back you wish and, meaning tens or thousands are trying to get out, now traed under taliban control in the afghan capital as the situation becomes more tense . g-7 nations discussing the crisis. they had the cia meeting with a leader, the deadline is

still not being extended. and, charlie watts has died. he was 80 years old. he passed away in hospital in london. we will be paying tribute in this broadcast. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. tonight, the situation in kabul is tense. the taliban closed the road to the airport for afghan citizens. there are tens of thousands of afghan citizens destined to be trapped inside. kabul is a city under taliban rule, and the true extent of that has yet to be revealed. a reporter is in kabul. reporter: there is no doubt who

is in charge, omnipresent, the new rulers, the taliban, are keeping a tight grip, and a close eye over the city. the epicenter of the new regime, which they call the islamic emirate of afghanistan. >> [speaking in foreign language] we have our leaders, nation, and go whatever they tell us, we will obey. we are all held by the same hand. reporter: you can't go far across the city before you come across armed checkpoints are heavily armed telephone -- four heavily armed taliban fighters on patrol. these vehicles are from the former police services, which were handed over to him just over a week ago. these fighters advance from a province further south, filling a power vacuum as the government and security forces fled. many residents, few women on the

streets. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: security and order a back. there is no more burglary. all this is forbidden. there is an amnesty. we forgive everybody, military,. -- military. reporter: life is creeping back to the city center, evacuations overhead as thousand seek to flee. and around the edge of kabul airport, the taliban are showing another side of their pledge to enforce security, now announcing they are banning afghans from accessing that area. there is a sense that kabul is holding its breath waiting to see the full reality of taliban rule. anchor: our reporters in kabul. meanwhile, the director of the cia has reportedly met with the taliban. talks with the taliban political

chief apparently taking place tuesday in kabul. the evacuations where the subject. the upshot was no extension to the evacuation deadline of august 31. meanwhile, the g7 has been discussing the crisis. let's hear from the leading figures in the european union. >> we all agreed that it is our moral duty to help the afghan people and to provide as much as possible support, as conditions allow. the situation is indeed a tragedy for the afghan people, and it is a major setback for the international community. >> let's be clear, let's not allowed the creation of a new market for smugglers and human traffickers. we are determined to keep the migrant flows under control, and eu borders protected. anchor: that was the president

of the european council and the president of the european council, rather the president of the european commission. that is the view regarding the situation in afghanistan. let's get broader analysis from the director of the countering threats and challenges program, and director of the special operations program at the cna, a nonprofit research and analysis operation in arlington, virginia. he is joining us from tampa. good evening. the situation i imagine is on your mind. what options are there realistically if the tele-band maintains its stance of no extension of this deadline? -- taliban maintains its stance of no exception -- extension on this deadline? >> the international community could accept that, go along with the deadline and get as many people out between now and then, in the hopes of removing the vast majority of their citizens

as well as the allies of afghan descent who worked with them. that is one option. the second is they could renegotiate the deadline with the taliban. i assume, but i don't know, i assume that is one of the reasons the cia director was in kabul yesterday to meet with him with t u.s. hos toeadle and accompsh, and whether or not it can get it all done. the third would be to state, even in the absence of the renegotiation, and certainly the u.s. and other military elements were in kabul -- in kabul have the ability to defend themselves , have established a perimeter that they can secure them and so they could stay by force, even without a negotiated settlement. of course then they would open themselves up to attack by the taliban and it would get ugly very quickly. anchor: indeed, the taliban has warned of dire consequences if

troops remain beyond the deadline. is the west backed into a corner , a situation of its own making really? >> to some extent, yes, although there were extenuating circumstances that came along with this. certainly the way in which the withdrawal from afghanistan was conducted left a lot to be desired. if the u.s. had the ality to do it again, i suspect it would have made a number of different choices and planned accordingly. nonetheless, this is the situation the u.s. finds itself in, and it is having to make the most of it, along with its international partners trying to do the same in terms of getting their citizens out of kabul. anchor: there is resistance to taliban rule, in particular in one valley. is that something that u.s. should be backing? >> i have seen no indications

the west is backing that. there have been calls from the leaders of that resistance, one published a op-ed in the washington post calling for support. i have not seen any indications that western countries are in the country has gned on to provide that type of suppo, although it is unlikely it would state that publicly if it did so. the future of the resistance remains to be seen. there have been some clashes between elements of the resistance and taliban fighters in recent days, but there are multiple reports like ongoing negotiations between those parties, so it is interesting to see what remains and what will happen. anchor: indeed. yesterday, one person told us they were prepared for a long struggle, but there are many things going on now and it is difficult to discern precisely where we stand. as regards the taliban, this new

taliban, or taliban 2.0, term it however we wish, do you feel these are people who can be bargained with, that business can be done with, that can be trusted? >> i don't -- trusted is a strong word. i don't think they have done the things required to engender that trust. so i would not use that word. to your earlier, the word you used before was can the international community work with the leaders of the taliban today, and that remains to be seen. there is the possibility that me taliban leaders are more prmatic an may be more willing to engage in behavio the international community would find acceptable, if are from ideal, but there are clearly harder line elements in the taliban that the u.s. and others would find unpalatable as attentional rtners on the international stage, and so it remains to be seen which

elements of the taliban leadership come to the fore in whatever government they form and announced. anchor: indeed. waiting for that to happen. meanwhile, all those citizens have the routes to the airport block. thank you for joining us and giving us your analysis of the situation. the director of the countering threats and challenges programs at the cnba and director of the special operations program. thank you. the discovery of afghan evacuees representing potential security risks in france, we put the spotlight on efforts during the evacuation operation of western diplomats working under extreme pressure. five afghans whorrived in france in recent days have been placed under surveillance for possible links to the taliban, including one detained after he briefly breached patrol borders imposed by security forces.

one form taliban reach birmingham, england on the no-fly list, questioned by european and deemed not to be a threat -- police and deemed not to be a threat. we have more on that story. moving on. dying at the age of 79, former dictator of chad, the first former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity by an african court. ousted in 1990, exiled and cynical, his regime was accused of killing over 40,000 people during his time in power. the regime was largely supported by the u.s. and france as a backstop against libya and muammar gaddafi. we look back at his life and times, and we meet one of the people tortured by his thugs. reporter:is rule was was marked by repression. he seized power by force in

1982, becoming the third president of chad. under him, so-called political police were sent to every village to document even the slightest transgressions against the regime. his opponents were then arrested , imprisoned, and tortured. one person says he was one of them, revisiting his own prison cell in tales of suffering. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we were in small cells of 3 meters by 4 meters, which could not hold more than 10 people, but there were 27 of us in there. lots of people died. reporter: he was ousted in 1990, after which a commission of inquiry was formed, alleging his government carried out some 40,000 politically motivated murders, and 200,000 cases of torture during his eight years in power. he also sent women as sexual

slaves to serve in the army, is responsible for waves of ethnic cleansing. having fled to senegal, he lead a quiet life for 20 years, but in 2013, he was arrested and tried by arial set up by the african union. in 2016, he was convicted of sentenced to life in prison. he was also dered to p up to 30,000 euros of victims of rape, detention, and imprisonment, and to victims relatives. anchor: flooding in the u.s. state of tennessee has claimed 22 lines. most of the damage is west of nashville. emergency crusade the death toll is expected to rise as many people have gone missing. 43 cm of rain fell in 24 hours on saturday. this happened as another tropical storm is set to hit the northeast of the united states. scientists say that global warming makes the extreme

rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding in western europe last month more likely, even though it remains unclear how much. more than 220 people lost their lives when record-breaking rainfall fell on germany and belgium. reporter: rare natural disasters now increasingly frequent, thanks to man-made climate change. july's devastating floods killed nearly 200 people in western germany and nearly 40 in belgium. thousands and the netherlands were forced to flee their homes. in a new report tuesday, the world whether attribution group says the severity and the ineased likelihood of such events are inextricably linked to global warming, and that nowhere will be immune. >> even developed countries are not safe from the severe impacts of extreme weather. this is an urgent global challenge, and we need to step up to it. reporter: spreading their analysis of records over europe,

researchers have calculated that floods like the one in july or 20% t 100% more likely than before the industrial revolution. greenhouse gas emissions have added 1.2 degrees celsius the global atmospheric temperatures with warmer air holding more moisture, summer storms bring 3% to 19% more rain. scientts in the capacity to trace events has become increasingly sophisticated. in 2021, a severe drought in the western u.s., brutal canadian heatwave, and record siberian wildfires have all been linked to rising global temperatures. anchor: the paralympics have begun in the same empty stadium in tokyo, during the same pandemic as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed tokyo olympics. it will start again. this time, under the theme, we have wings.

one person was the husband of the u.s. vice president harris. the international paralytic committee president. in the ioc president -- and the ioc president. it is time for business. mcdonald's has run out of know shakes in the u.k. this will make me unhappy. reporter: the hamburger chain took shakes and other bottled drinks off its menu in england, scotland, and wales, claiming supply issues. donald's is the latest to be affected by ongoing supply disruptions. -- mcdonald's is theatest to be affected by ongoing supply disruptions. the problem stems in part from the massive shortage of truck drivers caused by brexit in the coronavirus pandemic. >> we are 10% to 15% short of drivers.

on sundays days, 20%. we have lost a lot of drivers due to brexit, a lot of drivers because of covid, self-isolating , or have gone back to their native lands and now can't get across. reporter: meanwhile, unemployment in south africa has climbed to a new record high with 8 million people out of work. the jobless rate stood at 34.4% in april to june, up on was 2% from the first quarter of this year. this is businesses laid off people admitted to slow down caused by the pandemic. the figure is the highest since the survey started in 2008. the south african economy has long been plagued with higher unemployment, contribute in a growing inequality. -- to a growing inequality. let's look at today's trading action. wall street extended gains to date with technology shares leading the nasdaq and the s&p

500, both closing at all-time highs. gamestop, a high street retailer at the heart of the battle between institutional hedge funds and amateurish investors earlier this year, rose as much as 26% for no apparent reason on tuesday. in japan, the government has adopted an interim plan over how to protect local farmers and fishermen, when millions of tons of radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant are releasing the sea. the water has been accumulating since the 2011 triple meltdown. it has sparked concern and outrage among locals, as well as china and south korea. we have this report. reporter: the plan to release treated radioacte wasteater from the fukushima nuclear plant is moving forward. the japanese government has already given its support, and

operator tepco will continue with cleanup efforts. >> today, the cleanup measures were decided for the water at the nuclear power station. we will move steadily forward with the decommissioning while prioritizing safety. reporter: the treated water will be released in the ocean. it has the support of the international atomic energy agency, but not everybody is happy with the decision, especially the fishermen. they say they have seen the price of their fish fall by up to 30%. more than a decade after the meltdown, agricultural products and seafood from fukushima are still often price lower by stores and shunned by customers, even though all the food is tested for radiation. to reassure anxious consumers, the government plans to promote fukushima products to the food industry, and it will also set

up a fund to buy seafood products and freeze them for tempering storage to lessen the impact of negative perceptions. anchor: finally, as chaos continues to grip afghanistan, airbnb will provide free accommodation to 20,000 afghan refugees arriving in the u.s. and elsewhere. the offer starts immediately and will be paid for by the company and its chief executive, as well as donors and a fund set up to help people. in a tweet, the ceo call the resettlement of afghan refugees one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time and cold on other business leaders to do the same and invited people willing to host refugee families to reach out to the company. anchor: great idea. thank you very much indeed. that is the business.

that is it. the rolling stones drummer charlie watts has died at 80. his sound and the sounds he made with his drums drove the band forward from the very beginnings. let's look at a number from 1968, charlie as ever on the drums. ♪ >> ♪ please allow me to introduce myself i am a man of wealth and taste i have been around for a long, long year so many a man's soul ♪ anchor: mick jagger, the sound, charlie watts, very much the way he saw it, a person behind the front men making the sound of

the stones, as unforgettable as it is. the news was confirmed by his publicist. charlie watts died in hospital in london surrounded by his family. he underwent an unspecified medical procedure last month, and announced he would sit out the upcoming tour of the u.s. he was a member of the stones since 1963. he played jazz, and played for the pleasure of doing so. let's bring in a man who interviewed him, our international affairs editor joining us from home on your birthday. happy birthday to you. sad news with the death of charlie watts. you met him. >> there is an old saying amongst people like myself who started out their caree spning records on the radio, believe it or not. you want to get people on the dance floor, put a rollin stones record on and they will get up and dance.

thatas sometng that could be said about the stones, due to the music, due to the songs come of the rhythm of charlie watts. i went to interview charlie watts a few years ago, when he used to come regularly to paris. he was a lover of horses and racing, and had his own resources. he came over here quite often. we were staying in a nice hotel near the arc de triomphe. a couple of us went to interview him. what was most striking is the man that we met was far removed from the image of the rolling stones. remember in the 1960's, if you're old enough to remember this like me, without giving away our ages, but back in those days, people would criticize the rolling stones, saying they were an influence, the end of music

as we knew it, but charlie watts was anything but that. he was a calm individual. he said a few things that stuck in my mind. the first one was that he really wasn't that interested in rock involve itself and in playing with the band, and he would have given it up years ago had it not been for mick? . he said mick jagger knows all about the internet, social media . i don't care about all that kind of thing. if it were not for him, i would probably not be doing this anymore, so he is keeping this all enthusiastic about carrying on working with the rolling stones. for me, it is just a job. i said, how did you get the job? he said in the 1960's, i was a session musician, and in particular, one jazz player whose name was bud powell.

he was someone i listen to and made me want to play the drums, so i bought a banjo and fixed it up and began playing drums myself. i was a session musician and played with different groups, and played for the rolling stones. and that is where it started. one other thing he said to me that stuck in my mind was that he was a man who lived in the past to a certain extent. as i said, he was not into social media the internet with a modern lifestyle, and said i enjoy nothing more than being at home watching an old film from the 1940's and 1950's, or a british gangster movie, because in my mind, that is what life was about, and today i am lost by it all. anchor: he sounds like a lovely plan. -- man. charlie watts was completely different. a lover of jazz. >> also, i think that if you ask

people to name a famous drummer from a group, most people know ringo starr, someone know keith moon, but there is one everybody will know, and that is charlie watts. you can name dozens of lead singers from groups, but when you have to name the other members, it's hard to know the name of the drummer, and charlie watts is one of those household names that practically everybody knows, so a great tribute to drummers. i think a real loss to the land of rock 'n' roll, and a severe loss to those of us grew up with the rolling stones, those of us who listen to it and were all part of the rolling stones in our future, or rest in peace, charlie. you will be sorely missed. anchor: it sounds like you liked him. >> i did. anchor: quite right. thank you for that remembrance of charlie watts, the drummer of the rolling stones, who sadly

passed away at the age of 80 we will have more later in this program. to stay with us. more news to come. life in paris. ♪ -- live from paris. ♪

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