point for me and like me didn't have to be so complicated the the, the, the the, the week's top stories here on all the us and it's 20 minutes campaign not gone. it's dawn leaving the country in the hands of the same terrorist group. they've bowed to defeat a generation ago on a parting gifts, the american forces ravaged cobblins national apple, find all the helicopters and there are a lot of them that were abandoned. the was the, the, the various, various electrical blogs removed the,

the telephone and the supporters have been celebrating the us with a pool with the groups white flag flown all across the country. as jo biden's approval rates and things to new lows. we look at how the us administration is trying to salvage its image off to the disastrous op kind of pull out. plus the british foreign secretary is broke by a m p 's over his handling of the crisis and off down the stone and why he was relaxing on the beach when cobbled both the telephone when did he was holding the sticky not interested in what they are for i make the phone a 2nd. i think your personal transparency reports of what people hold. i use it sunday. so it's a weekly err on

a breakdown of the stories that grabs headlines over the past 7 days that have you with us. while this week, for the us military conclude at the longest f a was leaving afghanistan to the fate of the same people, washington had promised to overthrow. 20 years ago. the remaining american troops left the country in the dead of night early on the 31st of august, which was the deadline day cobble, welcomed the withdrawal with celebratory gunshots and fireworks right off to the last. u. s. military act croft took off from the cities route, which is now fully under taliban control. well, let's have a look at what the americans left behind. you're going to see damage to cause broken glass. bob's wine and piles of rubbish. house will be what looks like that day. the u. s. military disabled, what as equipment they could before leaving, which you can see now when one marines video back on thursday, senior correspondent rod gas to have visited the capitals ruined hub. these place

looks very different to what we arrive to during the evacuation that cleaning the plagues up. there's said enormous amount of work to do what with all the vehicles, all the armaments, all the i'm you mission that was left behind by us and allied forces as they were treated as above while there was of it this tool as a person that is still being cleaned up, but as i say, there's a lot of work to do this. evacuation that the pentagon called the largest and most complex in history, left a whole lot of trash behind trash, wreckage and de brie. the taliban commander tells us they destroyed 95 percent of equipment to stuff and systems. they destroyed everything and destroyed cars. airplanes, especially the military or for us are destroyed 100 percent. we asked to see the airport and once crammed into the back of a pickup truck,

we got our wish. it was like a movie set, a disaster scene. our 1st stop was the helicopter graveyard, all the helicopters and there are a lot of them that were abandoned at capital airport. they have been sabotaged quite visibly. the wires have been cut various various electrical blocks removed and smashed, apparently with a sledgehammer. anything the taliban or even afghans could use the americans destroyed and what they couldn't bring themselves to destroy. they let loose the, the dog crate the cause such as the on lot. we have yet many of the dog lives behind by american booth. but they weren't locked in crates as we had be led to believe they what they were, let you at the dentist, someone before the fire us troops had taken someone,

had opened all the crates and left them with, with food on line animal activists of mobilized in the thousands there, in the sense that the american troops could have left behind these dogs right there next to the runway. at the mercy of the taliban, the americans lift the dogs to get out from the specific places. but our teams and our officers called the in charge of the docs. and to dave, they came to the port and they're trying to collect the docks and they are trying to know if a solution for them and what they need to give them all, we can say that they are safe. this may be just what the taliban needs. a p r stunt, collect the dogs and the move with the activists and reap the humanitarian glory. alternatively, they may have enough on their plate. the other interesting thing about the airport is the, the hundreds of armored diplomatic vehicles that have been left here abandon during

the evacuation. they used these vehicles to block off roads while the evacuation was on the way. this is passport control. a couple international airport. this is the states that it was left in after the evacuation was complete for some reason, other than destroying or the military vehicles and aircraft at the united states left behind. they also destroyed much of the airport civilian infrastructure, computers, x rays, cameras, even arrival and departure screens. here they saying it was the americans who cut the power cables knocked over the monitors, smashed windows and kicked in doors, even new to the vending machines. why? perhaps boredom, perhaps hate. you don't dead the 20 year war and leave in a humiliating evacuation without feeling a little bit of spite. where i'd gas

d a r t couple. i've gotten this done. over in the us, the bodies of soldiers killed in the combo poop last was transferred to dover, full space. 13 service members were among a 170 people killed in the suicide forming. the oldest of the soldiers was just 31 years old. among those pang, that respect was the u. s. president. i'm speaking of him, joe biden is hitting new lows at home with only 43 percent of americans approving of his performance. according to a national poll. now his was rating since he started the job down 6 percent since the chaotic withdrawal from cobble. so would a p. all campaign allow the administration to win back the hearts and minds of the vote of what he columnist simon right, gives us his take areas in the last us soldier to leave afghan is don major general chris donahue, of the 82nd soon to be played on the screen by bradley cooper or chris or jay to

think it nice. only thing i know is, is definitely going to be a movie because now the robots of rocket installing has been lost by the u. s. than it's buddies. the real battle, we're getting the battle to make light, and i turn the u. s. actually one. well, maybe not one, not miracle workers, but make it look, they didn't lose quite so badly. exhibit one is in fact, the aforementioned major general chris donahue. there is no way that this picture here was there, and if they do it in heroic green, send it out into the well, the media will govern it without question. say stuff like this, the last american soldier to leave afghanistan. you know to me that the last american troops left afghans fan, i mean, come on. you think this is really bizarre? us don't do enough guns. we will not forgive. we will not forget.

we will hunt you down to make you pay that angry old uncle joe biden. they're talking about this new. all this long voices. k ought to be confused with cable or special on eagle the asteroid. whenever they pop on what it might be, hard to believe, given the general accuracy for those and strikes, you still need special forces time on the ground, guiding them in just in case civilians game on. indeed, civilians was hit on monday, a us drug strike report and he killed 10 members of one family. most of them children depended consent. the target was a bomb laden vehicle carrying several suicide bombers from isis, a k, the local affiliate of islamic state, who are planning an attack in the capital. this con, just 3 days off to that devastating blast up the port. well, the us military has confirmed that it carried out the strike thing resulted in secondary explosions. central command said it's aware of reports,

the civilians were killed and is conducting an investigation. that incident odds to be evolved death toll over the course of a 20 year war that's come at a devastating price. in the same the taliban now has more black hawk helicopters than 85 percent of the countries in the world. ah okada and isis k still exist in our growing and gamma stand and eventually they acquire these weapons.

oh, the majority of every member behind me is a veteran. we now have americans stuck in afghan at the taliban in charge with mo, more weaponry than they've ever had in the past. and a border that is open. ah, the humanitarian catastrophe. loons. in afghanistan on the half, the population may be monetary and the system one and 3 don't know where their next meal will come from. the u. k. had the 2nd largest military presence in afghanistan and the british foreign secretary has been grilled over some major missteps during

the withdrawal t shed and shoddy and with dusty. how's the story pair in the heart of rest? and it only feels like a matter of time until the foreign secretary will be given the boot. the incompetence of the nature withdrawal is harmful munition. but dominic robert found himself under fire for his disappearing acts as kabul south he was on holiday. but what exactly did he go detail, he dodged 11 times. for the sake of transparency of your actions. when did you hold the beach? did you go on holiday? interested in what they are? what date did you go? i made to. what date would you hold the foreign secretary of state? i think your own personal transparencies reports and what the actual holiday and so you can run, but you can't hide in this. tell your parents who blame dirty intelligence for the speed at which the region was seized. by the taliban, although a leak foreign office risk assessment showed that the department,

the one he himself is in charge of wound i saw was on the brink of collapse piece talks a stall on the u. s. nato withdrawal is resulting in rapid taliban advances. this could lead to fall a city club of security forces. taliban returned to power, must displacement and significant humanitarian need as a days and weeks go by the taliban take over the foreign secretary full of under more and more scrutiny, even from colleagues in his own talking. many of whom have served after nissan and arguably never know more about the country than he does. women also in a foreign minister way to his becky stone, went to bed. yeah. i'm not sure i'd have to check if you'd like to know. the busiest seems particularly random because high come us with reason is better stop ranging evacuation of government people through tashkent. and it seems to be a route the work screen, the effectually, from germany, ho minutes i could ever stop the us from a tree through from africa. he's gone, going

a won't declining phone calls from counterparts. and literally putting you had in the sound won't make the situation old problem disappear. and the comments weren't, let him forget that. who is take response to the 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 the, you know, just purely transparency. we got 3 types of cases. they melting away to get, frankly, and countries that didn't you 3 question question on the surface. this looks like a friend you've planning on on grunz. ok. so he has finally decided to follow his foreign counterpart lead and head to the region, but it's a bit late now, considering all western forces have left us on neighboring countries of clothes

that brought us to not to mention the numbers of british national still stuck there how will they guess how or even will they know constant 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 in the low hundreds, $900.00 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 let me somewhere between 10500. so let me explain. k nationals. so let me explain why it's difficult. and the same grilling dominant. rob. talk into the age old mantra, the u. s. remains are closest ally of course, so you can follow the u. s. and assuming the act on government could keep the taliban at bay and didn't prepare for the west as every government should. but does this make rob a writer and does, for johnson have a leg to stand on? when robs incompetence seems to encapsulate the government's loss of control. as

a whole. public person doesn't have deep knowledge and who is supposed to to protect the nation. it doesn't make me feel that i can trust politician, my whole opinion of the government is not very high. and as the dominant, rob, so behavioral thing is appalling. i'm just sure that she doesn't know what's going on this site. actually not the best. i mean to, to be on british, but someone gives you 4 days or 5 days to clear out the country can go much chances . can everyone else seems to be more, more concerned with his own in depression that he is making on the world? well, there's a lot more what's going on in the world around him. a heads off teams that's out in the yellow voyage to the north pole, and a russian life breaker. we'll be looking at that office we lose

. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is on, 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 i think what your mind indeed gets up against and with a great decision over the last 30 years it's, it was the 1st decision which didn't follow the course of the events and history. what was an attempt to change the course company and the biggest task on the street is to contradict history,

is to change the historical part from the national foreign policy. was actually july them did the with the logan and find need for this hour. we want you to put your woman's clothes on for some pretty mesmerizing frozen landscapes. and on the arctic nights, as we had to the north pole, were on board a russian nuclear icebreaker bound for the north thought. the ice breakers main job is to guide tankers through rushes, frozen northern seas, but in the summer, when its downtime the ship carries tories to the north pole, the vessel is large and heavy. it takes to tug both to pull it out from its moorings. and we're sailing off into the arctic ocean. so for the next 10 days it's

going to be ice water, more ice, more water and yeah. 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 also have icebreaker is, but only russia has empowered by atomic energy 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. 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 water. technically you can swim in the arctic ocean without leaving the icebreaker. let step in dark habit. though nothing fancy . why it has everything we need. we've found a couple of big tags in one of the doors. now we're minor of how rocket can get in the ocean. the room has what look, it even has a humidifier. and it also has a tv, but only 2 channels. one shows you the route and 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 new now it's time to meet the captain. a tall,

handsome man who likes to smoke is bite on the bridge while steering the mighty vassal forward at the other 20 miles. it's the rudder, as i understand through a move through all the more you can effectively call the ship's wheel, the rudder above. and it has automatic steering, which holds the ship's course of course. so this is something like an auto pilot, right? tony's axiom of the, quite an auto pilot auto pilot is what keeps an aircraft in 3 dimensions. whereas on a ship it's just to shut up. and then if i turn the rudder or then was, it was just a new course. the vessel will turn and adjust to a new steady course, and this is what happens on a lower deck every time the captain adjusts the course. the helm sets these large pistons in motion, which turns the ship left or right. the we were on the bridge interview and the captain and we were lucky enough to side our 1st arctic iceberg. shoot you this

back to the day. icebergs aren't 100 percent. why they have these beautiful to watch sheet. they also come in handy for local birds. after 2 days of sailing, we reach friends, joseph land, and uninhibited arctic archipelago which belongs to russia are now the most dangerous part of our journey begins. if something happens, it will take days for someone to come rescue us from now on. we can count only in ourselves in our capital the well, this is what it feels like. the ice breakers allowing for the ice trembling can't when the ship, the ice you

might think data icebreaker, ramsey i, but it actually rides upon it 1st and then crushes down word with all the mind. and that's one. the propellers come into play, they help chop the into small pieces, painting the way forward, watching the ship break the arts and push dry and trying to decide is mesmerized. it's weirdly both calming and intimidating at the same parts of the ship start to cover with ice as we get closer to the north. however, the temperature isn't extreme just under 0 degrees celsius. unlike me, veteran polar explorer who we interviewed on the deck even refused to put his hat on the prison. it's a common misconception that the north pole is the coldest spot on the earth. it's completely false. the north pole is the middle of an ocean. the ocean is a kind of heat storage as it allows temperature spike frequently at the north pole is warmer than let's say in tango or mac on or who ends means. the pole of cold

does not coincide with an actual geographical walk. on the 3rd day we saw our 1st polar bear was taking a nap on an ice floor before we woke up the beer gave a grumpy look. walk away and try to fall asleep again. well, don't be full by his adorable look. these are deadly wild animals that are in order for attacking human. and you see it live in the arctic is no picnic can feed isn't short supply for these animals and a polar bear will go after anything that's moving in their time even for you. what a lot of people the ship really missed is good asleep midnight. but look how bright it is. it's really hard to adjust to the polar day and a lot of passengers, including myself, are having a hard time falling asleep. you see the sun rises incense just once per year, which makes the time of day and irrelevant concept here. that goes to the time

itself. by the way, we'll get to that. but the north pole, on the 5th day, all eyes were on gps coordinates as everyone's waiting to finally reach 90 degrees north. oh, me see here from here, every direction you look at south. there is nobody about us. we are literally on top of the world. i don't know, let me say it again. we are on top of the world, so we're getting the mind. if you want to know what time it is, it's basically whatever you want to supply by the way throttle away from the mainland to show you all of the strong arming together at the top or at the bottom just like her as longitude as we can determine time in the planet. so at the north

or south pole, it's all the time zones and none of them are the same. no time, no other people just be down las frozen desert. it was most real experience in my life. well, until this happened in the water in north pole after all, and only had 2 people made in here. when on top of the world go it in the job with the leg. each magical in this place to me personally is that you exist within one dimension with the world around the case time with the rhythm of all the people who are close ones friends relative to kathleen,

different parts of the well let in this way. if you're in one dimension with nick, you have some time one could look at how we lived right along with a cruise. constantly rush gun reporting for our teeth from the north pole. oh i

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ah, i use on november the 3rd 1945 just a month after the war ended. ah, the u. s. joint chiefs of staff receive report number 3 to 9 me. select 20 targets to attack in the soviet union with nuclear bombs. the time was right. as the u. s. s. was devastated by war. united states last about 400000 people. had the brits last less than the americans. had your soviets suffered 27000000 deaths.

me 27000000. there's an incredible number. i john kennedy, american university commerce that address at 963. he said that was the soviet suffered of world war 2. was the equivalent of the entire united states east of chicago having been destroyed, ah, initially the plan to attack the u. s. s. was code named trojan over time and devolved into pincher bush lanka, crankshaft half moon cog wheel off tackle. and sherry, a deer, december 19th, 949, saw the adoption of the best known plan to wipe out the soviets, ah, operation dropshot, date of attack. january the 1st 1957.