attitude of the nation, not just the north dakota and it got to be something that you could get elected. this time, the fight against drugs took a check and told us that there was a competence short form. this is way too dangerous for him to be doing. clearly they put him in harm's way. a rural college student does interest get shot in the head and found in a river like something else had to be happening with the extraordinary success of this mission. critical skill, gravely helpless courage is united states military and our diplomat headlines have september. the 1st president biden defends america's hasty withdrawal from i've got a son stressing me out. standing result of the mission, despite the chaos and bloodshed, the u. s. for the final days in the country,

then we won't be in that situation. time, please, please, please. i beg you to, to, to read us from british national, stronger than carbo. meantime, a pleading for help as the foreign secretary admits he's unaware of the exact number of citizens that are left in the german governments facing a backlash for its alleged failures during the cobble evacuation to over how many local workers it actually managed to rescue. ah, my good afternoon live for moscow this wednesday just turned 1 pm in i was covered with you were my r t 's world news h q. and 1st as mentioned in those headlines, president biden was given a glowing endorsement of america. longest war he went so far as to say,

the afghan mission was an extraordinary success. despite the chaos and the bloodshed of recent days, warning some of the upcoming content, you may find upsetting. extraordinary success. and this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. it was designed to save american lives, the family of the 13 american soldiers who died and a terrorist attack and cobble a few days ago would definitely argue with that biden's appearance at the dignified transfer of the remains. certainly added insult to injury. i said, i swear to god if he checks his watch one more time, i couldn't look at him anymore after that considering especially the time and why we were there. i found to be the most disrespectful thing i've ever seen now after this so called successful operation over a 100 americans are still stranded in afghanistan. the exact number is not known

apparently, and that is despite jo biden's promise that no one would be left behind. now we believe that about 102200 americans, we may, nap, can stand with some intention to leave. and for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we're going to try to get it done before august or and, but if we don't, if you're american, for sure, if there's american citizens left, we're going to stay to get them all out. now, while the u. s. public overwhelmingly favors withdrawal from afghanistan. poles also show that the public is unhappy with how it was done. over 80 percent of the public says that they wanted the military to stay in and make sure that americans should get out safely. now, republicans are stepping up and calling for joe biden to step down. we call upon most somberly the resignation of this president joe biden. and as the right thing

to do, to preserve some modicum of honor. and to step down, i think one of the reasons why the past couple of weeks of, of gas that have been such a shock to some and such a disappointing confirmation to others. is because of that disconnect between reality and how that reality is projected. i believe there should be accountability for what i, what i see is probably the biggest failure, the american government on a military stage in my lifetime. but it's not just republicans. some democrats also seem rather unsatisfied by recent events. the recreation process appears to have been egregiously mishandled. in order to move forward, we need to answers and accountability regarding the cascading failures that led us to this moment. our troops deserve nothing less than a complete and unvarnished truth. i think that timeline is less than what we have to do to get the us citizen and others out of the country. and within the military, there is discontent as well. over 90 retired generals and admirals called for the

highest ranking us general. and for the us secretary of defense to step down the loss of billions of dollars in our advanced military equipment and supplies fall into the hands of our enemies is catastrophic. the damage to the reputation of the united states is indescribable. we will be seen for many years as an unreliable partner in any multinational agreement or operation. trust in the united states is irreparably damaged. now, after 20 years, the war in afghanistan seems to have come to an end, at least for america. joe biden is taking credit for finally bringing the troops home. however, the manner in which he did it has many questioning his competency. we've got a situation where it looks like august is wrapping up to be the worst month yet for the biden whitehouse. caleb martin r t new york. despite his claims of success by it and blamed his previous s a donald trump for the abruptness of the u. s. withdrawal for the president's words

appear. remarkably similar to the things trump had previously said is found indeed an error of major military operations to re make other countries. i think the ear of nation building will be brought to a very where i was not bound by anything from did. and the evidence of that is all the other things trump has done that biden has undone as quickly as possible. it's a bite and doesn't care about anything that trump did that, that it feels held to be, wasn't held to that fight and started backwards by removing our position of strength, like closing back run, shrinking our footprint, you half the size of an airport in the city of 4000000 people and then making it impossible to defend that by drawing down the military as he goes until there's not enough people left. it was a disaster waiting to happen,

and biden did it all in the wrong order. every death is on him. their blood is on his hands, the only choice he has right now is to claim credit for doing good because that will fool that people who aren't really paying attention. but the whole world knows he did this completely wrong. and in the worst, most inept, bumbling possible way. and i don't see him saving the last us tubes left. haven't cause internationally putting campbell on monday just before the clock struck midnight local time. but tuesday morning, taliban fighters, willing to see for yourself these pictures through to us here at the will the center can be seen strolling around facility that they not fully control. the main transport hub, looking pretty deserted to view the usual kind of shadow planes. the militants posed for photos captured vehicles, aircraft, and equipment, but it's reported that much of the trophies left behind to be decommissioned, which may explain why it was so readily abandoned. meantime, other elements to tell you about in the south, east and city. of course,

the taliban held the mach funeral for the as to foreign forces. as you can see, they draped face coffins with us nato petition french flags. there are also some banners of the defeated islamic republic. gonna stand to now replaced by that white flag of the tele buttons, islamic camera reports coming in for the pantry valley to last day or so that's north of the african capital. cobble where at least 7 opposition fighters reported to have been killed in clashes with the taliban on monday night. since the fall of carnival on the 15th of august, punch has been the only province to stand against the medicines. we spoke to a representative of the national resistance front of i've got to stand about these recent developments we are not. busy fighting to deepen the risk to exacerbate the ethnic grievances, we are resisting. we are defending our home, our values, our people,

line of communication is still open. so there is a dialogue between the natural resistance front and the taliban. however, if they continue their narrative of dominance and we will be forced to resist to defend our home, orlando, or values or people number one failure, kennesaw state governments was the political structure. unfortunately, the political system was highly centralized, a highly centralized unitary presidential system that gave all power that concentrated all power in one city in one palace and in the one individual. the leadership itself didn't have the expertise that they have the experience to make rational decisions. so unfortunately, and again, it's done in the past 20 years because of the political system,

you've had pervasive corruption. the money that was assisted to us again, which were very grateful for, it wasn't used properly inside afghanistan and it was because of the week leadership of the army. international terrorism is reemerging and considered a taliban victorious, considered themselves victorious. and so this is a threat not only to get some people, but to the whole world. it's a global conflict. recognizing the islamic camera, it's will just be legitimizing international terrorism. the system is not a system that should be acceptable in the 21st century. anyone who recognizes and saw mchenry will be betraying the people of afghanistan. now we will try and give you sort of think about some of that back story here and try again many thoughts on that as we question more at r c. so for years there's been a point of view in the us that the defeat of the soviet union afghanistan,

way back in the eighty's was, may be a precursor to the collapse of the ussr years later, serbian american journalist, the boy should manage expanded on that. i did opinion pays for all the questions if it's not maybe america's turn to crumble after this mess you'll find loads more interesting angles and thought provoking pieces on our site. the russian foreign ministry. now say moscow paging washington and his lum about plan to hold a meeting in cobble. as soon as a situation in afghanistan stabilizes in the airport reopens for russia, the regions considered to be key in terms of its own security. president putin spelled at the futility of the u. s. campaign. so would you please, could you look at the events dr. unfold and now new russia? i mean, i've gotten this done for 20 years. us soldiers have been on african soil. and for

20 years, they have been trying to so to say, civilize the local people. but in fact, to impose their own standards and values, including the political structure of society. and what did that bring them only tragedies. and then the immediate problem of the people start that now that they want to be there. well, you k national feel strong enough, got to start pleading with the government for help with 5000, but citizens evacuated from cobble. there are 100 still believe to be left behind. one of them shared his fears. a lot of taliban around. yeah. and a lot of people they know that i came from britain and i'm just a scared. if i come, i go out and i'm just like looking around and looking might be fine. if they start someone gun man come to to, to, to kill us all to took us somewhere. i'm trying to board johnson and the foreign minister. and we all, we all versus it does and we,

we don't want this be in this situation. i'm please, please, please. i beg you to, to, to rescue from here as british foreign secretary, dominic robs method. he doesn't know exactly how many you k nationals are still, and i've got to stand his face growing on grove. the handling of the british evacuation mission of late. and he put the number left behind, maybe in the low hundreds as he put in during a recent interview. look, of course, when we are lament the fact that anyone would be left behind. i know that the number of u. k. nationals, the particular responsibility of the foreign office is now down at a very low level specific, well, low hundreds given that we've taken in total $5000.00 out. and most of those are difficult cases where it's not clear around the eligibility of their undocumented rob is also flatly denied a claim in us made that britain may have been indirectly responsible for letting

a suicide bomber into cabala for know the devastation after that last thursday. last happened that one of his entrances, as you know, are afghans were waiting in line to be processed to fly out. at least a 170 were killed. a pentagon document, the leak to political magazine, claims that the u. k. at austin, american forces to keep a gate a terrible airport open in order to help get british nationals out. despite that severe imminent possible terrorist threat that was being warned about that. well the u. k. foreign secretary says that allegation is just not true. while another government ministers accused the u. s. know of adults are going to play the game. there is an underlying current of blame, which is on helpful. it's a distraction from the main efforts of what is happening on the ground. if the scale of this attack was known beforehand, old gate should have been closed as a matter of protocol, and they went, which suggest saw it, detailed intelligence was missing, or huge risks were chosen to be taken anyway. we as former

u. k counter terrorism intelligence officer should bridge about how such an operation should go than in a high risk situation. like that. end of the day. if you've only got one or 2 or 3 days left to carry out your evacuation, it could be argued that you constantly shut down the operation every time that as a tower. because if you do so, of course you should have an initiative to group such as i say, so perhaps even the taliban themselves, you could manufacture bomb alerts like that. and therefore, by disrupt the operation. after time, even before the capture plays, the british appeared to be the people who actually went public with this, which in a way could undermine any attempts to capture or kill the attacker before he got to the airport. because of course, that discloses the festival. there is a source that is disclosed misconduct information. i'm 2nd,

it gave warning to the attacker. if he's watching the news, which i'm sure he said he was colleagues, that he was nice. there was information you've been given that he might, he or she might be on their way. berlin's been struggling to evacuate germany linked local workers, math, galveston, to the government, having to explain why, then, up to 40000 personnel are still stuck in the country despite previous promises. a year correspondence covering that side of it. 4587. that's the exact number of people germany was able to lift out of cobble. a jump, langler merkel was pretty clear about who had priority for evacuation. because up to the bottom, you will continue their vacation alteration for as long as possible in order to make it possible for afghans who worked with us for security freedom, the rule of law and development to leave the country. however, while just under $4000.00,

just not number were off guns citizens and the $138.00 of them were in fact local staff, along with around $500.00 family members. not less than one in 5 of those rescued by germany. as for who the rest of the people are still being worked out. but in this case, we do not yet know, at least in each individual case, whether there's any direct connection with local staff. you can imagine how things were happening. there is, nobody was standing in front of a german plane counting and saying, we're only taking with us those who are coming to germany and we're leaving those who need to go to italy or belgium. because of this, of course there are people connected with other you countries who have been brought to germany. the cale thick approach to the l. if to be blamed on a lack of preparedness from both the foreign defense ministries here in lynn, when it came to the speed at which the taliban advanced and the limited capability of local forces. in mid august,

the german government estimated that less than $180.00 local employees and their families would need to be flown out. ultimately who got on to german planes, was decided by the taliban. they controlled access to the airport and does the interior ministry admitted last week? that severely complicated the selection process. we currently have a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported. border now in germany and government estimate 40000 people were left behind when you factor in family members as well. german foreign minister, high coma, said the safe haven would be offered to more guns, but refuse to be drawn on how they should get out of the country. i would not come into that publicly in any way. currently, the conditions for securing these routes have not been created at all for that

there would have to be agreements with the taliban as well as with the countries where these people will go. hope is that once coble airport is open to civilian flights, more people will be able to come here to germany. but make no mistake. the taliban hold all of the cards on the ground and indicates is, are there any checks carried out on eligibility to fly? won't be able to be carried out until those people are on german soil. peter oliver, off the berlin. change of pay, so little bit different after the break still to come with me, kevin. oh, any on our t reg limits of life on russia? nuclear ice breaker, why not on a mission to the top of the world? no less, all of all the for cruise with a bit of a different barking shortly after this break. ah,

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ah hello again. there was promised a rare look next life on board a russian nuclear icebreaker. the ship school, 50 years. victory is one of the largest have its type. usually its main job is to guide tankers through rushes, froze northern seas. but in, i guess we could call the off season. it also takes people on the ventures to the top of the world. a roving correspondent bought a ticket. were on board a russian nuclear icebreaker bound for the north pole. as a journalist, i've been to many dangerous places all around the world, but this trip definitely stands out. we're about to visit police explored and accessible part of our planet and get only a 1000 visitors year because it has suitable that environment and harsh climate. so

like a lot, we're going all the way to the north the word morning from the man, the whole board of world, only nuclear icebreaker played a lot of stuff around us center top. technically, i'm not a minute long film here. i live, throw caution to the wind and check out why the giant behind me is an icebreaker called 50 years, a victory. that is go to take us to the north pole. the ice breakers main job is to guide tankers through rushes, frozen northern seas. but in the summer, when it's downtime the ship carries tories to the north pole, normally trip like this would cost up to $50000.00. but this time the ice breakers booked for russian a grade. students have got taken as a reward for their studies. and also,

i guess you could say there are smartest kids in russia. the cream of the crop. we the press simply tagged along. the vessel is large and heavy. it takes to tug both to pull it out from its moorings and were sailing off into the arctic ocean. so for the next 10 days is going to be ice water, more ice, more water and humming of the ships nuclear reactors. the 50 years of victory was launched in 1993 and as the world's 2nd largest nuclear icebreaker. it used to be number one until recently with them the arctic again line which is even bigger and more powerful. other countries have icebreakers, but only russia hasn't powered by atomic energy. this is a huge, i mean it's basically like a rebuilding apartment complex but place platform because of its size. i guess i keep losing sense of direction around here. so for instance,

right now, try to find my cabin, but i have no idea where it is. in the, in the 50 years of the victory gym, basketball court restaurant convention, whole flash disco bar. given a swimming pool filled with salty, sea water. technically you can swim in the arctic ocean without leaving the icebreaker. the left step in dark habit. nothing fancy a slide, it has everything we need. we found a couple of big bags in one of the drawers are admire how rocket can get in the ocean. the room has what look, it even has a humidifier and it also has its see me,

but only 2 channels. one share with you the route and the other one gives you the view from the ship bow. so given the fact that there is no internet and mobile reception whatsoever, this is about all the digital entertainment that you will get on board. but you can always gaze in the window and enjoy using our big news. the icebreaker uses the energy of nuclear reactors which can power small town if need be. there operate from a control center that is vital to maintain the ship. safety is telling that the only books they keep on a shelf in the room are about radiation and how to detect it. as we walk around the shift, i see radiation signs. doesn't mean that it could be exposed to radiation. no, 1st of all, you're walking by rooms which i've only limited access in case there is an area

where the radiation exceeds the plate level. official alarm goes off, which notifies everyone then certain measure taken up the truth be told, the reactors are safe, it is more likely you will be blown overboard by strong wind legal dose, radiation on the ship rapidly look like somebody coming up. next we were lucky enough to cite our 1st arctic iceberg. it's and we're approaching the edge of the world. this is what it feels like. the ice breaker allowing for the late it's a common misconception that the north pole is the coldest spot on the. i don't know

. let me say it again. we are on top of the level of bracing, i think they call the best job of the week care costs and he's got that is more of that to cover the coming days. now, next, according to a new study, tech companies spend around a $100000000.00 euro every year on lobbying efforts to show you policies in their interest with us, firms told me we list of the biggest spend as it comes from brussels has been trying to push promising policies as they've been described, against corporations regulating their online activities and trying to do that well . these are some of the companies that spread the most on lobbying, some pretty familiar names. they're all, they're all of them. a lot of them, us companies, that's the tech john. google is the biggest spend there. as you can see, top firms, mostly american companies, all together showing up more than $32000000.00 euro a year to try to push their agendas in the blog. there are more than $600.00

companies vying to buy influence in the you see more of in the news. well, they're all had quoted around the world in china and france, but to get a large percentage of them are american research shows, industry lobbyists were involved in the majority of almost $300.00 european commission meetings that had been intended in theory, to try to reign in pub from these tech chides some of the stuff consumer rights campaign is worried. then what is most striking is how big tech is trying to control the narrative around regulating digital markets and services through its extensive use of think tanks, industry groups, high level names and consultancies, and academic research. with big bucks and a towering presence. big tech is trying hard to prevent the emergence of a new rules that will force them to change the way they operate in europe. and that low expect your cohen spoke to this says the activities a big tech companies could be a threat to the founding principles of the the idea that tech companies

a spending such huge amount of money on lobbying in d. u is quite frightening to be frankly, not low being in order to benefit their customers low being in order to avoid being held accountable for directions. there is no doubt that the greater involvement of tech companies within the political systems in europe and in other countries as well, is a great threat to democracy. they could be deciding who will be allowed to be heard that can ban politicians from, from the platforms. so there is a very serious risk here, date companies will be ending up having almost full control over free speech. some of the think about isn't enough for all our stories and so much

more or any of a social media or r t dot com. let me tell you, i had the substitute in color brazier now for an hour later into the evening. it's on the farm to keep you abreast of any breaking stories and explain more as it happens. great lineup few for the rest of the day then. but for now, for me, even though it is wednesday, september the 1st thanks for checking in with us and have a good day the ah, in the news .