for station let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. developments only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk the ah, the british foreign secretary is created by m. p. questionable handling of the crisis and i've got this done while he was relaxing on a beach one cobble, well thought about when did you go to holiday? what did you call them? so they didn't, they are what they did. i made to 4 days before and i think your own personal philosophy is important and whole it it has been barely

a day that american troops have lifted the taliban has a human control of capital airport. this method is a little, but this would include in the civilian part of the airport. for this, we get inclusive access to cobble airports now completely within the group with a ton of following the abrupt us to draw extraordinary success in this mission. the credible skill, great, helpless courage is united states military and our diplomats provide and we defend america put out from a gun on even going forward to say the mission was a real success. this was the chaos and bloodshed, the funny thing. ah,

for moscow, thanks for joining us tonight. archie international. i'm daniel hawkins with utah. sunrise. welcome to the program. and the british. foreign secretary has been facing a grilling bland peas in parliament. dominic rob and other senior ministers have been getting a lot of heat over the government handling of the afghanistan pulled out, described by the opposition at the biggest failure of foreign policy in a generation. it is important for us to move what we're doing away with doing it from when did you go home and i'm with you. i'm not looking to brush over this. i just want to know when you went things. when did you little bit with the facts on the surface, this looks like a family of planning on, on grunz. when was the last time a foreign minister went to a 2nd stop went to perspective. i'm not sure how to check if you would like to know the busiest, very have to come back to 3rd grade what seems particularly reading because high come us was recently started arranging the evacuation of german people through

tashkent and it seems to be rude. the workspace effectively from germany, in terms of your own leadership, in your own actions. up until this point, did you ever, at any point consider offer to reside? now i consider getting home with the job. it comes a day after a tv interview where he indicated that military intelligence failures led to the rapid fall of the country to the taliban in effect, claiming the ministry of defense reform ahead of the army. hit back at rob, over suggestions that thousands of afghans eligible to come to the u. k were left behind and said the government had been forewarned about the situation. and numbers were a key question for what can we see? did the foreign secretary know how many u. k and 4 national long vulnerable people were still in afghanistan, which apparently he couldn't answer. comes numbers remain, but we think that they would be in the low hundreds. why? 100, you mean $110.00 sort of area or do you mean under $3400.00?

they will be low, hundreds 100 sounds that it could be $400.00 or it could be 10510115 . i'm, if i could give you any more precision because i would meet somewhere between 10500 . so let me explain. k nationals. so let me explain why it's difficult. there are also questions about rob's role in the evacuation. he created a key telephone call to the afghan foreign minister to a junior minister to make a call, which ultimately didn't happen wrong off. how often he telephoned ministers in other countries to help assess what was needed during the withdraw process. but the foreign secretary believe the efforts in the u. k. much those on the ground who is take response helpline and the email address in your department, not even being opened. so the, the issue as you have a search for the door is that you have a search of emails including late emails and requests like that. but let me just explain the situation for you. just purely transparency. we got 3 types of cases.

they melting away to get, frankly, and countries that didn't you 3 question question. you're going back to the question from that from and i will really been fine. but other countries use one process, calculator problems. other examples, they don't, people laugh and other widely anticipated question was about robs holiday. the foreign secretary was on the island of creases. the afghan situation was unfolding and he returned on the evening off the cobble fell to the taliban. rob said a modern foreign secretary was capable of working from abroad, but the committee repeatedly asked him to give them the dates on which he was away and he wouldn't for the sake of conspiracy of your actions. when did you for the holiday? what did you go and holiday interested in what they are? what did you go? i made. what date would you want? holiday for me? sadly, who stayed? i think your own personal transparencies important. what date and holiday made? how clear. i should have the statement, i put the date that material times. like why can you just ask this question?

i can ask the big questions when asked dominant rob didn't believe that he should resign or has anything to apologize for though almost almost after almost 2 hours of questions, it remains a case of wait and see to discover if there will be any consequences for the current foreign secretary, henry bolton, the former leader of the you can dependence party says that while questions are being directed at mr. rob big questions should be off of the british foreign office . i don't believe that in the field of national security, defense, foreign affairs, the should be too much transparency. it's very important, for example, in the diplomatic discussions and negotiations. so you to be very tight lips about what's actually being said and done. but, but i think in this particular case, dominant rob needs to be able to all to certain questions. and i, you know, the question is, so, you know, when he was on leave, it's not particularly serious question in my mind. he should have been at his desk

. i don't care when he went to me, be sure to be know that he says, and if he was on leave, he should have got straight back from the lady's return. there's a systemic problem. deep seated systemic problem. and in all foreign ministry on a foreign office, it came up the question, when was the last time a secretary of state visits specs done? well, probably never. and i know for a fact having worked across central asia for some years on a diplomatic level, on the international level. i know for a fact that the british engagement across central asia has been incredibly full. and for example, a few years ago, the ambassador to london, the republic of kirk stone, was complaining to me that anytime he had something serious to discuss with corn office here in london, he was unable to speak to anybody but a junior desk officer. that is simply unacceptable. i mean, while the u. k. foreign secretary slightly denied a claim in the us media that may have indirectly been responsible for letting a suicide bomber and accomplish what last thursday of last have. on one of the

airports entrances were afghans were waiting in line to be processed to fly out. at least 170 people were killed. friends you can document lead to political magazines, suggests american forces kept the votes main gate open. the spot knowing it was a prime target for terrorists in order to let british personnel evacuate the u. k. foreign secretary says allegation is just not true. while another government minister has accused us of indulging in a blame game. there is an underlying current of blame, which is unhelpful. it's a distraction from the main assets of what is happening on the ground. it's the scalar. this attack was known beforehand. all 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 are the former british counter terrorist intelligence officer charles schubert about how such no peroration should be carried out, given the high risks involved. 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 towel or not. because if you do so, of course you just had an initiative to groups such as the iso, perhaps even the taliban themselves, you could manufacture bomb alerts like that and therefore thereby disrupt the operation to act the time even before the cap to place 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 been given that he might,

he or she might be on their way. i've got to saw isn't the 3rd day of it's post us reality with couple that for now devoid of western troops and under the full control of taliban us all and vehicles, helicopters and munitions cannot be seen abandoned outside the terminals from cobble are senior correspondent, motor gas here since this exclusive report. it has been barely a day that the american troops of have left and the taliban has assumed control of capital airport. we have been able to walk around the various agnes, the various sections of the airport and it is a mess. it is a mess. it is all but destroyed, including the civilian part of the airport. the taliban and the authorities are now clearing away. will the barbed wire over? well, the trash will be exploded munitions, which we saw plenty of mortar rounds grenades, munitions. aside from that, we also saw the military vehicles, the helicopters, the jets left behind by the united states. one of the black hawk helicopter were

left behind. also the evacuation. the united states have said that one of the girls have been sabotaged. we can see suddenly sign that the y, as for example of have been caught. there are various electric blocks that are missing. and a lot of electronic equipment lying around near the, the hanger and obviously a sledgehammer with something of the sort to be taken to them. other than that, we also went to the civilian terminal and what we saw, well, the computers have be destroyed, the cameras knocked out the lights, even the screens, the departures and arrivals they were, they were knocked down and destroyed, smashed the the airport as i say, a brad, we had for now is, is non function would be impossible to get it functional for civilian floods in the,

in the immediate future. but as i say, v, the weapons that we saw, most of them, the heavy weapons of the vehicles such as such and such as these behind us, have been sabotaged to have been destroyed. here are the the dog crate. of course such, such a stuff online about the abandoned dogs left behind by the united states military. well, the dogs. yeah. the dogs were left behind. they weren't all evacuated, but they weren't kept. they weren't in the crates. when the tyler by the right, they will let go. buy american troops. those that believe in last, 2 food crates were cut open to allow them to eat the taliban. when they came in these, they saw these dogs running around all over the airport. they weren't aggressive, they were seemingly confused and different to the version that's been described in

british, the british press and specific that the taliban had said that these dogs the death know they tell us they're, they've caught some of them. they're going to catch the rest and put them back into military service and i run a twist. u. s. military dogs. now serving the taliban in wine and i've got to stay on south east and city. of course, the taliban held a mock funeral for the ousted foreign forces, draping, fake coffins with us later british and french flags. are there also the tricolor balance of the, the fee that islamic republic about kind of stop? stop and replace with the white flag of the taliban, islamic emerald. just weeks before the taliban seas cobbler, i joe barton report only knew it was about to happen, but desperately wanted up to stones then president to pretend otherwise. that revelation comes from a bombshell leaked phone call between the 2 ladies, which the reuters news agency says it's been able to verify the perception around

the world. and in parts of afghanistan, i believe, is the things aren't going well in terms of the fight against the taliban. and there's a need whether it is true or not. there is a need to reject a different picture, a lot to conversation between biden and gone, allegedly took place on the 23rd of july. the guy at leader appears to followed the advice some 3 weeks later he addressed the nation, vowing to prevent further instability, violence, and displacements of the people. but one day later taliban fighters stormed the city desponding, the police and government, and forced gone into the country. all the spots president barton's ringing endorsement of the afghan army. you clearly have the best military. you have 300000 well armed forces versus 708-0000. and they're clearly capable of fighting. well. the assumption was that more than 300000 african national security forces that we had trained over the past 2 decades and equipped would be

a strong adversary in their civil war with the tale bond. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold on for a period of time beyond military draw down, turned out not to be accurate. let's get logged out to richard becker, a coordinator on the, the answer coalition, the u. s. face piece and human rights organization. next to joining us on the program today, which is good to have you on what's your take on this leaked conversation between garden, sorry, bite and then and gone in, which she's effectively asking the former african president, the lie about the state of the military. well, the phrase that came to mind, i'm not sure why was that of college had wings, they could fly. this is just an exercise in, in south delusion or spending allusions. but the idea that you can say

whether or not it's true about the ability of the military, the military us trying to get military to carry out the struggle as to say whether or not that's true. we just need to change the picture. if i, it's an amazing statement here. come from her, come from oil later. why do you think one more 2nd, sorry about that the the p. r. i guess the optics of all this is a voice to be more concerned about reality on the ground in the state of the armed forces and how they would fare against the taliban onslaught. well, apparently they really didn't think that this was going to last longer. and i mean, i think every indication is that they didn't think it would all end in 9 days in a 9 day or transfer. but again, what we're biting appears concerned about here is his image. the

perception of buying is really what he's concerned about. and, and that perception, of course, took a big hit with his proclamations like this. there's 300000. and these were public statements was run the 300000 the afghan national army trained by the us. they wouldn't be able to do the job that they'd be able to hold on. of course, we've all seen that. none of that was true. i think that where i was hoping for it was that he would be able to end the us role in military role direct roll inside of that and and not have to suffer the embarrassment of the quick fall of the government. that us is part hundreds of millions of dollars to support and trillions of dollars or $2.00 trillion. i miss spent on the

words so far. it is now estimated that that will go to 5.8 trillion when all is said and done. not a conventions are costing human lives, hundreds of thousands of african people, tens of thousands of us soldiers killed or suffered like changing injuries. and to 20 years later, it's to tell them that can power. so we get the side of the us president and here that he's concerned with image, et cetera. how could this have benefited the other side? president ghani, following bonds, advice and lying to his own people about the future of the army. well, it couldn't do much for him. i mean, and the fact that he fled and plan the way that he did before before the parliament forces actually entered couple shows that you know, the key to like most leaders who are the products of occupation and the military created by occupation forces,

particularly us our condition forces have never fared well, have never farewell, and he fled for his own safety, apparently taking a mentor amounts of money with them. could one argue that biden here did the right thing. i was trying to do the right thing. for example, if connie had, you know, throw the towel even a few days earlier, could you could, is it a one version that the chaos that ensued could have been was? well, i don't know, you know, it's very hard to speculate about what could have been better or worse than this when they weren't had to end the was really going on for 42 years. there was a period where it wasn't going out in the $990.00 and then resumed again. but this is been going on for so the us had to get out and they were going to have to get out. the u. s. forces were going to have to leave and the country to be turned over to the people that kind of stand to determine their own future. how do you envisage

future us involvement in afghanistan? us officials said they're not going to bind and the gun people. borden said that could be the possibility of further strikes of some sort against the terrorists august and the country. how do you see that saving up? i think that what we're buying hopes for is that this can all be put behind him in a timely fashion, meaning in time for the next round of elections and the round of elections after that. so i think it is doubtful that the us is going to engage in more military action unless there's some sectional circumstance rather. so for now, thanks so much. richard becker, the west coast coordinator for the onset coalition. thanks for your time today. thanks. now, earlier, president spot and gave a glowing endorsement of america longest war and even said the african mission was

an extraordinary success. despite the chaos and bloodshed of recent days, you may find some of the photos, you know, next reports 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 families 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. if there's american citizens left, we're going to stay to get them all out. now we believe that about 100 to 200 america, we may nap dennis dance with some intention to leave. and for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. 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 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 recreation 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 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 animal to national agreement or operation. trust in the united states is irreparably damaged. now, after 20 years, the war and ask dana, dan 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 white house. caleb mob, our t new york fund and our rare look at life on board a russian nuclear icebreaker. the ship is called 50 years of victory on one of the largest of its type. and usually it's my job is to go in tankers through rushes, frozen northern seas. but in the off season,

it also takes people on adventures to the top of the wild. roving reporter for the 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 that gets only a 1000 visitors the year because it has suitable environment and harsh climates. so back a lot, we're going all the way to the nor ah, the word the morning from the city of more man, the whole board of the world, only nuclear eyes breaker played a lot of stuff round as is the center top secret. technically, i'm not even allowed to film here. live, throw caution to the wind and check out why the giant behind me is an icebreaker

called. yours, a victory. that is going 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 those are like the smartest kids in russia. the cream of the crop week, 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 is, but only russia has empowered by atomic energy. this is huge. i mean it's basically like a rebuilding apartment complex but 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 bows to jim basketball court restaurant convention, hol, flash disco bar, given a swimming pool filled with salty,

sea water. technically you can swim in the arctic ocean without leaving the icebreaker. deaf and dark habit. nothing fancy. why it has everything we need. we found a couple of big decks in one of the drawers. reminder of how rocket can get in the ocean. the room has white look, it has a humidifier and it also has the tv but only 2 channels. one show 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 digital entertainment that you will get on board. but you can always gauge in the window enjoy using our big news. the icebreaker uses the energy to nuclear reactors which can power small town if need be there operate from

a control center that is vital to maintain the ship safety. it's 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 it could be exposed to radiation. you know, 1st of all, you're walking by rooms which have only limited axis in case there is an area where the radiation exceeds the slate level. official alarm goes off, which notifies everyone then certain measures are taken up with 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 somebody coming up next. we were lucky enough to cite our 1st arctic iceberg. it's and we're approaching we as

over the world 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 well i didn't catch up with all the latest. oxer travel is of course the same here and all the national in the coming days are going on. the ground is next for us fuse if you what thing is in the u. k. it's the cars reports. we're back at 5 a most because i'm, we're the latest join us again that.