the join me every 1st day on the alex salmon show. and i'll be speaking to guests in the world, the politic sport business and show business. i'll see you then in the, the, in the the extraordinary success of this mission critical skill. gravely helpless courage is united states military and our diplomats. in the headlines this september, 1st, president biden defends americans hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, stressing the missions are standing result despite the chaos and bloodshed of the us military final days. and we,

we don't want to be in this situation. i'm please, please, please. i beg you to, to, to rescue from british national stranded and cobbled plead for help was the foreign secretary of mit seeds. unaware of the exact number of citizens who left off count down on the german government also facing scrutiny over it. so that failures during the cobble evacuation and the limited number of local workers that managed to rescue ah, was good to have with us and just turn 5 in the afternoon on wednesday here in moscow. 6 30 pm in afghanistan, which is now in the 2nd day of its post us reality with cobble international airport now devoid of western troops and under the full control of the taliban. our crew is there and filmed this exclusive video in the past few hours. the last us planes flew out on monday night and since tuesday morning taliban fighters have

been strolling around the facility. hundreds of armored vehicles can be seen abandoned to cobble apple at. our correspondent tells us these are western diplomatic cars lined up as an extra barricade during the hasty evacuation of president biden's, given a driving indorsements of americans. longest war even went so far as to say, the african mission was an extraordinary success. despite the chaos and bloodshed of recent days or warning that you might find some of the upcoming content upsetting, extraordinary success. and this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomat 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 3rd. 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 would 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 is 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 gaston 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 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 variation process appears to have been egregiously mishandled. in order to move forward, we need to answers and accountability regarding the cascading failures that lead 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 advance 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 and ask dana, stan, seem 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 got

a situation where it looks like august is wrapping up to be the worst month yet for the biden white house. caleb martin r t new york. despite his claims of success bite and blamed his predecessor donald trump for the abruptness of the us withdrawal low some of the president's remarks were remarkably similar to the things trump previously said. is indeed an error for major military operations to re make other countries the ear of nation building will be brought to a very well i quite was not bound by anything from it. 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 he feels held to be, wasn't held to that slide 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 the 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. meanwhile, in afghanistan, southeast and city of hosp, the taliban held a mock funerals for the ousted foreign forces, draping, se coffins with us, nato, british, and french flags. there were also banners to be defeated islamic republic of afghanistan, now replaced with the white flag of the taliban,

islamic emeralds. there also reports from the pen she of valley north of cobbled where at least 7 opposition fighters were reportedly killed in clashes with the taliban on monday night. since the fall of the afghan capital on august the 15th pen, she has been the only province to hold out against the militants. we spoke to a representative of the national resistance front of afghan has done about their developments. ah, we are not fighting to deepen the risk to exacerbate the i think grievances we are resisting or defending our home. our values are people line of communication is so 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 of kennesaw state governments was the political structure. unfortunate 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 had 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 get us in which were very great 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 hell of a 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 islam and camera will be betraying the people of afghanistan, i think is it's been a point of view in the west that the defeat of the soviet union in afghanistan, the 1980, was a precursor for the collapse of the ussr serbian american journalists, new bush knowledge expands on that. i did it in the opinion piece for r t dot com. questioning. if it's now america's turn to crumble, you'll find plenty more angles and thought provoking pieces on our website right now. while the russian foreign ministry says moscow, beijing, washington and islam about planned to hold a meeting and cobbled as soon as the situation in afghanistan stabilizes the

airport reopens for usher. of course, the regions a top priority for national security and president putin views the entire us campaign in afghanistan as a disaster. so we to go to you, please, could you look at the events dr unfolding 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 on the political structure of society. and what did that bring them? only tragedies. berlin, struggling to evacuate afghan staff who held german forces. and it's facing questions over 540000 personnel is still stuck in the country despite previous promises. more on that next from peter oliver. 4587, that's the exact number of people germany was able to lift out of cobble

a chancellor. angular merkle was pretty clear about who had priority for evacuation because of the if 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 is not number, we're off guns citizens. and the 138 of them were in fact local stuff along with around 500 family members. much less than one in 5 of those rescued by germany for the rest of the people that's 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. 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 the theme blamed on a lack of preparedness from both the foreign and 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 flowing out. ultimately who got on to german planes, was decided by the taliban. they controlled access to the airport. 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 comment on 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 for hope is that once cobble 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 that 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 r t. berlin. a british foreign secretary dominic rob is right now facing a drilling by and pays on the foreign affairs select. committee. ministers have

been getting a lot of heat over the government's policy and i've got to stand in recent weeks. rob himself, though, recently blamed the defense ministry for being unprepared for the taliban. swift victory reporting next from westminster. his cape partridge. foreign secretary dominate. rob is appearing before the foreign affairs select committee in the house of commons to face questions by back bench. m. p. 's over his actions during the withdrawal from a gun histone by the us and its allies. and this come of the day after the tv interview, where he indicated that military intelligence failures lead to the rapid fall of os gone on to the taliban in effect, blaming the ministry of defense. so it was an intelligence threatening. i think there's clearly questions around this session was clearly wrong, but allison festival that was shed widely across international partners and certainly not the the, the foreign offices lead responsibility, but we've course planned accordingly. but the former head of the army has hit back at the foreign secretary over suggestions that thousands of afghans who are

eligible to come to the u. k were left behind and the government were pre warned about the situation. other critics, including the shadow foreign secretary, blame raw for failing to live and for throwing the ministry of defense under a bus. the foreign secretary had 18 months to prepare, but was missing in action as a result on his watch, which has become weaker in the world and faces greater risks from terrorism. 45 senior officers, including myself, wrote an open letter to the government in july to say that a large proportion of british nationals and interpreters and other locally engaged civilians where at risk from the taliban. weird, great to generosity and speed because time was not on our side. the response to that was very disappointing. while a senior foreign office saw st says rob had been talking more broadly about the intelligence provided and denies rob were seeking to blame the m. o. d or other issues a likely to be raised by the committee as well. rob was on holiday as the ask on

situation was unfolding and he returned only evening off the cobble fell to the taliban. rob also delegated a key telephone call to the ask on foreign minister to a junior minister, a cool which ultimately didn't happen. rob has blamed the home office for the lack of a planning, relocating african refugees, in other words, blaming to all the departments and not his own foreign office. on the daily mail has prompted the foreign secretary, mister deluded, and the could be an uncomfortable afternoon for dominic rob, under the spotlight of the select committee. while all the talking goes on u. k. national, still stranded in afghanistan, a pleading with the government for help. although the $5000.00 british citizens have been evacuated from cobble 100 stow believe to be left in the capital, one of them shed his fears for this a lot for taliban around. yeah. and a lot of people they know that i came from britain and i'm just scared. if i come i,

i probably 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 go, or johnson, and the foreign minister. and we all, we all versus it does. and we don't want this be in the different tuition. i'm please, please, please, i beg you to, to, to rescue from here are separate lay foreign secretary robins flatly deny the claim . in the us media the britain may have been indirectly responsible for letting a suicide bomber into cobble apple. last thursday. a blast happened at one of its entrances, where afghans were waiting in line to be processed to fly out. at least a 170 people were killed. for the pentagon document lead to political magazine claims that u. k. had asked american forces to keep a gate a cobble airport open to get british nationals out despite the possible terror threat. the u. k. foreign secretary says that allegation is just not true. while

another government minutes does accused us of indulging blame 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 scalar, this attack was known beforehand, old gate should have been closed as a matter of protocol. and they went, which suggest i have a detailed intelligence was missing, or huge risks were chosen to be taken anyway. i will to form a british counter terrorism, intelligence officer charles, true bridge. how was such an operation should go in such a high risk situation? the 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 got, you constantly shut down the operation every time that as a tower or not. because if you do so, of course you just had an initiative to groups such as an official, perhaps even to taliban themselves. you could simply manufacture alerts like that.

and therefore, the operation to act the time. even before the chapter 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 disclosing this conference, mation. i'm 2nd, it gave warning to the attacker. if he's watching the news, which i'm sure he said he was colleague so that he was nice, there was information you've been given that he might, he or she might be on their way. this is all from moscow. good to have you with us a change of direction after the break. i read glimpse of life on a russian nuclear ice breaker on a mission to the top of the world. all of all done for a cruise with a bit of a difference in barking and us in 2 minutes. i

hello, driven by a dreamer shaped by those in me i think we dare to ask me what we're got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy. even plantation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk

me ah ah, hello again. read look at life on board her russian nuclear icebreaker. next, the joint you can see behind me is called 50, is a victory, and it's the largest ship of its type. now usually its main job is to guide tankers through russians frozen northern seas. but in the off season, it also takes people on adventures to the top of the world. roving correspondent bought a ticket were on board, a russian nuclear icebreaker bound for the north hall. as a journalist have 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 that gets only a 1000 visitors the year because it has suitable environment and harsh climates. so

like a lot, we're going all the way to the, nor ah, we're the morning from the media man. the whole board of world only nuclear eyes breaker played a lot of stuff around us is considered. technically, i'm not even allowed to film here. i live, throw caution to the wind and check out why the giant behind me is an icebreaker called the fears of 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 tickets as a reward for their studies. and also,

i guess you could say that things are like smartest kids in russia. the cream of the crop. we've the press simply tagged along. the vessel is large and heavy. it takes to tug boats 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 ship's 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 lot which is even bigger and more powerful. other countries have icebreaker, but only russia hasn't powered by atomic energy. this is huge. i mean it's basically like a rebuilding apartment complex been placed on a platform because of its size. i guess i keep losing sense of direction around

here. so for instance, right now, i'm trying to find my cabin, but i have no idea where it is. in i use the 50 years of victory, both the gym, basketball court restaurant convention, whole flash disco bar, given a swimming pool filled with salty, sea water. you can swim in the arctic ocean without leaving the icebreaker. let step in dark habit. nothing fancy. why it has everything we need. we haven't found a couple of big bags in one of the drawers are minor of how rough it didn't get in the ocean. the room has what look, it even has a humidifier and it also has the tv but only 2 channels. one share with you of the

root. 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 digital entertainment that you will get on board. but you can always gave in the window enjoy. using our big news the ice breaker uses the energy of nuclear reactors which can power, small town if need be their operating 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 could be exposed to radiation. you know, 1st of all, you're walking by rooms which have only limited access in case there is an area

where the radiation exceeds the sleep level or a special alarm goes off, which notifies everyone then certain measures are taken up, should be told, the reactors are safe it is more likely you'll be blown overboard by strong wind legal. there was a radiation on the ship we had to look like coming up next. we were lucky enough to cite our 1st arctic iceberg. it's and we're approaching b as in the world. well this is what it feels like. the ice breakers allowing for the way of doing 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 weld. ah. from the polarized a feeling the heat and cross told max on asi, international for now though, from the moscow news tape, thanks for watching with, with another updates and just over 30 minutes the ah, join me every thursday on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess on the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me

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