i'm dani burger alongside manus cranny in dubai.apacity for china and google mobility data across the continent is showing the impact of government restrictions to combat. we have not just this economic concern but we have restrictions in china. we have -- your view over equities over the month has it changed at all? >> yes, it has. we wept from market weight to overweight. the influx in china has decreesed since december. the crackdown on exand of course the delta environment is -- variant is leading to more restrictions. we're cautious. we're seeing g.d.p. forecast being downgrade and earnings will likely follow. to a greener economy. i think the focus has been very much on growth in china for investors. the fact that it has strong growth potential and the fact that the authorities are also putting importance on the social fabric of the country, that has been overlooked. we expect more regulation. already healthcare is one area that the government is looking at and it could be more things to come. a caution in the short-term. manu

i'm dani burger alongside manus cranny live from dubai. "bloomberg daybreak: asia: europe" fears china's next crackdown could hit video games with the state media calling them spiritual opium. the feds christopher waller says a decision on tapering could be close at hand. plus, banks bouncing back. our conversations with the ceo of standard chartered and the cfo of socgen coming courtly -- shortly. the bank spurred to buy back $250 million of shares and pay a small dividend. bringing us an exclusive interview is rishaad salamat joined by the ceo of standard chartered, bill winters. >> thank you very much. bill winters with me, wearing a mask today because he is under regulations as he is quarantining. bill, great numbers. bill: very nice to be here. we have a bunch of things going on. the big change is loan impairments, which were down significantly. we did some pretty cautious provisions last year at the early stage of the pandemic. relatively little of that has turned into actual losses.we did not release a lot of those provisions. what

elise, with us therefrom dubai.e turn to the united states as president biden says he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan. his administration coming under fire from critics who say that his policies led to the taliban's stunning return to power. >> the sudden capture shocked the world. >> the taliban has taken over afghanistan, seizing control. >> the verdict today has been unanimous and brutal. >> redefining the world -- the word incompetent. >> epic willful mishandling by president biden. >> a month ago the president saidhe taliban takeover of afghanistan was highly unlikely. >> given this horrid backdrop, he had little choice but to cut short his vacation and return to washington by helicoer. how else to answer his critics. he was unrepentant. >> i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years i have learned the hard way that there is never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. i always promised the american people that i would be straight with you. the truth is, this u

i'm dani burger alongside manus cranny live in dubai.is bloomberg daybreak: europe. >> i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years, i've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. manus: president biden strikes a defiant tone defending his policy on afghanistan. the u.s. is in talks with the taliban to end the chaos at kabul airport. another record for u.s. stocks. the s&p 500 doubled from its lows last march. futures and asian stocks fall. the sec chair warns there is a lot europe investors don't know about chinese companies and says beijing could change the rules in the middle of the game. a lot of the action happening over in new zealand so far this morning. kiwi dollar dropping with one case of covid in the region. now, nearly one rate hike getting priced out of the market. manus: absolutely. this is when you begin to see the unease over delta. i would encourage everybody to go and read james mcintyre, his new zealand preview piece. the assumption is that you still get this hike. could they

new lululemon stores here in dubai. i don't want to tell you how much i've spent on athlow pressure, we've just been home and there's nothing to do. let's move on to the bank of england. they have a decision today. one question which central bank will be the first to taper -- to taper trigger, that's one of the main questions we are facing. b.o.e. likely to favor patience. michael saunders said to be the lone dissenting voice calling for an immediate end to bond buying program. we have bloomberg's economy reporter, lizie. what are we expecting from the b.o.e. today? lizie: we're expecting a unanimous vote to keep interest rates on hold at 0.1% and on bond buying 7-1 split with, as you say, michael sounders the esole dissent for the favor of ending stimulus early. he could be joined by dave ramsdan and they'll both cite the recent spike in inflation boosted by the success of the vaccine rollout but they'll be dominated by those who point 1.9 million people on furlough at the end of june, lots of people not wanting to go

i'm dani burger in london, alongside manus cranny in dubai., another record for european equities. we are more than halfway through the reporting season. seems like investors are pretty pleased. manus: yep. if you look back at the past month, i was running agr on the stoxx 600. you can see that metals and miners have been the absolute bulwark. you see dividends, share buybacks as being the real alpha for these markets. financial services up 6%. real estate up 6%. dani. dani: let's stick with the earnings story and get to another important interview this morning. siemens energy has downgraded its margin and -- earnings margin outlook. they abandoned previous guidance after a profit warning from their renewable energy unit in july. joining us to discuss his christian bruch, siemens energy ceo. thank you for joining us. clearly some of the price pressures are an issue here, some of that margin compression. how long do you see some of this inflation in material costs continue to weigh on earnings? christian: thank you for having me. it is a mixed

manus: good morning from our middle east headquarters in dubai.'m manus cranny with daybreak. these are your stories. the taliban take kabul 20 years after they were removed by u.s. military. the collapse brings recriminations in washington. china's recovery weakens as the delta heartbreak adds new risks. key july data are short forecasts. the fed's kashkari once a few more strong jobs reports a 4 -- wants a few more jobs -- strong jobs reports before tapering. shifting the gears of the bond market, the single biggest drop in yields on friday this year. i just had a conversation with steven major from hsbc. he sticks resolutely to his view that the taper is in the price. we got a reality check on friday. the consumer sentiment crashing the lowest since 2011. the fed's taper is largely in the price. growth has been tapered back in terms of bloomberg survey to 2.6% versus 6.6% in the united states. that is still the strongest growth since the 1980's. what is normalization? major makes a point. you should now focus on the left-hand tail risk, which i

it's on dubai's a blue waters island. it's set to go into action.t. if you're in the mood for a little romance. you may want to spend some time in the sun study out of tel aviv. and that getting out of the sun can boost your libido. researchers say uv exposure release is higher levels of hormones. and also increases testosterone levels in men. however, they warned that people should be careful about too much exposure to sun. they say more research is needed to determine whether uvb treatments will be effective in treating hormone disorders. so not to be sunny tomorrow. >> is it. lawrence. i forget i was going have some sun tomorrow. and we it's going to 95. yeah. sunny and hot and a friday night and we're going to see tonight at 8 o'clock we'll be back in prime time. thank you so much joining us here. during kron, 4 news at

emirates, play from dubai. tried circling, big 777 for about an hour. seems to go back again. so there's not much way of getting out of the capital at the moment. is that i was just going to finish on that thought. these are ordinary funds for leaving cobble. returning back to the villages in district, this is the rural population that was forced to leave and abandoned their lives and the countryside and come to cobble those who are coming to cobble from the provinces of people who were serving in the government on the national security forces they have come with their families to cobble fitting retribution of india types and it's just a village never. what you are referring to at the airport. that is for a small portion of the relation, in fact, a very small portion talking about what's the site for them that came to cover for some safety from other parts of, of afghan is done another surrounded by the very people that are running from them . there's some sort of transitional government the organization is goi

he lives in dubai. it's very frustrating."u can't tell who is on them so it was put on the red list for that reason. it might be that the uae will actually leave the red list and maybe go on to the famous amber plus list but there is concern about the remarkably constant number of new infections in the uae which some people are suggesting suggests that the figures might not be entirely valid. again, there is nothing which is going to change about the hub status of the uae so effectively if you take what the transport secretary said at face value, it won't change for the rest of the year, but i think it might. but that was the reason originally given. we only have a minute left. this is from justin. "i recently travelled abroad to an amber list country, ibiza, and five days after returning i got pinged and instructed to isolate. is it mandatory that i self—isolate or only advisory?" if you get pinged from a track and trace it is mandatory and if it is from the nhs app it is advisory. they go by the passenger information from wh

my family have already moved to dubai and have a cell and near the cobbler airport. i cannot share the information for the news, but i'm kindly requesting president biden at please do you broke your promise? i respect you, but now you left us behind. you brought taliban back? you are innocent. people mean you're at the people of our garrison day light taliban or they support taliban, but majority be people of a gun and they have taliban. the witnesses, a ww people. they left up get a son and even did jump on an airplane, but they said we will kill ourselves, but we are not hunting as to the wild animals means taliban. so a lot of retired generals, colonels like turner and more video congressman chris met mr. jerry torres retired army, all my friends, they are supporting us. they are supporting me with my family, but job i didn't didn't. so i'm kindly requesting 3 support and it's, and people and 3 support american allies well and favor. and i really, if it's so sad to hear that there hunting down your family still, and obviously you've already sacrificed so much phys

they move from chicago to dubai by support of by support of congressman chris met. but the beaten by taliban taliban, the beat my family, they beat every every, every single people and the people. a lot of people they killed by taliban. but the taliban they are not showing us. they say no social media, no facebook do not post anything. they block everything, so people, they cannot see american or, or international people. they cannot see the block, everything. if anybody post against taliban they will be hated automatically says just real quick before i let you go, you said that you feel betrayed by it, but a president, binary lie, g. the not take care of your family. that being said, he said that it was just absolutely surprise the taliban took over afghanistan and just a meager less than 2 weeks. is that how you see, or was there actually on the ground from people you've talked to? was it pretty certain that this is going to happen or how that was going to gain. busy control rapidly, once the us pulled out, actually the people they were, they were surprised why? t

_ in the uae and i can tell you why dubai and— in the uae and i can tell you why dubai and the rest can't tell who is on them so it was put on the red list for that— them so it was put on the red list for that reason. it might be that the uae — for that reason. it might be that the uae will actually leave the red list and _ the uae will actually leave the red list and maybe go on to the famous amher— list and maybe go on to the famous amber plus— list and maybe go on to the famous amber plus list but there is concern ahout— amber plus list but there is concern about the _ amber plus list but there is concern about the remarkably constant number of new _ about the remarkably constant number of new infections in the uae which some _ of new infections in the uae which some people are suggesting suggests that the _ some people are suggesting suggests that the figures might not be entirely— that the figures might not be entirely valid. again, there is nothing — entirely valid. again, there is nothing which is going to change about— nothing which is going to change about the — nothing whi

i'm dani burger alongside manus cranny who is alongside in dubai. bloomberg daybreak europe. cautiously hawkish. the central bank signaling tightening to come. traders await minutes from the fed for clues on tapering. the taliban pledge afghanistan won't be a haven for terrorists. you might have seen u.s. equities take a dip yesterday but otherwise it is all about risk. the question today posed by p.j. manus: there is no alternative. if you look at what they are saying, dani, it is very, very clear. it could be a fed error. it could be -- the credit impulse rolled over in china. there is a lot to go wrong really to switch the equity investors. a lot of people have bought hedges into this meni dip. you have yet to reach an extreme positioning in equities. dani: certainly. in equities as the bank of america has opponented out, you have healthcare as the most crowded sector. it is the first time in about a year. kind of a twinge of defenseness underneath the surface there. manus: a big drop in terms of growth, profit and expectation. let's show you the

flights then went to dubai first of all, those flights from dubai are now heading straight here to rafal days, there may be four flights of those today but it was a symbolic moment to see the ambassador arrived back on british soil, nevertheless there is a feeling here when i spoke to the admiral that that mission is incomplete, because a number of local afghan allies around 1000 by the count of the uk defence secretary, have been left behind. laurie bristow stayed behind to process as quickly as possible these applications. there must be so much going through the heads of those returning to the? it going through the heads of those returning to the?— going through the heads of those returning to the? it was fascinating to watch him _ returning to the? it was fascinating to watch him walk _ returning to the? it was fascinating to watch him walk down _ returning to the? it was fascinating to watch him walk down the - returning to the? it was fascinating to watch him walk down the steps l returning to the? it was fascinating i to watch him walk down the steps and wonder what he must have

♪ >> good morning from our middle east headquarters in dubai. i'm manus cranny with john mckenzie.t is daybreak europe. the stories that set your agenda. the f.d.a. gives full approval to the pfizer vaccine raising hopes for sustained economic reopening. asian stocks follow the u.s. higher chinese tech after beating on sales and kamala harris makes a major foreign policy address. she blasts china but says the u.s. won't force its allies to pick sides. welcome back to the show. welcome aboard tom mckenzie. in theory we do things a bit different. glad to have you with me on daybreak europe. what have you got? there is a structural shift. we moved from this real anst about markets with some kind of ease. perhaps a taper from the fed. i think there is a shift in the gears tom from the kiwis, the fed and of course the chinese. >> yes, of course. interesting to hear from the pboc governor drawing together having a meeting with the banks there saying we need to be sure there is adequate credit supply. as we said in the head in the headlines credit slowed quite a bit after july. there is a

most of those people were returning soldiers who had evacuated from kabul, gone to dubai and then flewant passenger on the departing ambassador. we watched him walk down the steps alone from that flight. he was the first passenger. he shook hands with the permanent under secretary of the foreign office. there was no ceremony, no 0ffice. there was no ceremony, no speeches, the quietly went with colleagues into the terminal building. that is how the ambassador tenure essentially ended. we have heard the report he will continue to work from countries nearby. clearly, though, it is a mission that is incomplete, given the fact the embassy and the uk personnel here have not been able to evacuate everyone. and the sense i got speaking to senior officials he was one of sadness. it was a degree of pride in the fact they had evacuated 15,000 people, but there was a degree of real sadness that it is incomplete, the fact that many hundreds of people who now rely on the taliban for their own safety and over the next few days we understand more people will be coming back from an air base in dubai an

manus: good morning from our middle east quarters in dubai. moderating inflation, consumer prices in the u.s. rise. but at a slower pace. china widens its crackdown on online insurance firms and issues a warning. get ready for more regulation. the csi 300 drops. goldman sachs sees only a transient impact on demand from the pandemic. president biden calls on opec to pump more oil. good morning across the world. wherever you are, and if you are not in new zealand, you have to worry about inflation. the question is the transient nature. we put it in the chart. is it enough? is it enough to say that because these reopening components are less virulent that the u.s. is going to change the narrative? dani: over at rbc, no it does not make a difference. he says we have started to get some hints from fed officials who have been out loud wondering if inflation targets have already been met. one data point does not tell us much. matt: -- manus: it is almost like touching a straw's. core inflation drops. herein lies the point, which is where you have thi

maus: a very good morning from dubai. dani burger alongside me in the london. at these are the stories that set your agenda. a jobs report raises bets the fed is closer to pulling back on stimulus. guidance $550 billion infrastructure bill clears the last hurdle before a senate vote. china surges, bonds and commodities sell off. the nation's growth forecast is slashed. it is time for a booster. anthony fauci says the vulnerable should get a follow-up jab soon as the cases hit a six-month high. france begins a health pass today. good morning. the jobs market -- the jobs report, i should say, has a lot to answer for. i take you to the repricing. it is in the real yield. a spike in real yield. quite literally, the fx, the commodity, and the equity are the most components of the world. good morning. dani: commodities absolutely falling out of bed. if you're going to listen to jay berry at j.p. morgan, he says this is investors becoming more comfortable. the growth is happening in the u.s. and it is here to stay. that is the message from the jobs report. it is stagf

we are live from dubai. a snapshot with global equities.ounce back from the biggest one-day rally in asian equities driven higher by tech. you have to say, look at that. the hang seng tech index up 0.7 5%. robert kaplan, i put it to you very simply, robert kaplan opens the door. the gap is wide from the analyst community. let's get back to lucy macdonald from jp morgan who has global em income trust to manage on a daily basis. lucy, i put up the equity board because i think it is important to acknowledge that there is something happening in china. the rhetoric continues from president xi. i want to get a sense from you in terms of what happened in the chinese equity market? when i look at the hang seng down 6% last week. $900 billion was wiped out of china tech last week. you came to the end of the week, did you say, what just happened? lucy: the regulation is the driving force in that sector at the moment but i also think what is going on in china with the debt restructuring is extremely important. the switch from all sorts of growth and v

manus: good morning from our middle east headquarters in dubai. i am manus cranny. dani burger alongside me at london hq for stories that set your agenda. tapering. they call for a reduction in the asset purchases as soon as the autumn. the e.u. decides not to impose new travel curbs on the u.s. despite the spread of the delta variant. the u.s. sees the biggest weekly jump in virus deaths december. the pboc fuels expectations for more policy easing. they warn investors not to pull the wool over their eyes when it comes to china risks. a very good morning. the voices rise on a taper. one man or woman's taper is another man or woman's tightening, isn't it, dani burger? bostic and kaplan have a variety of opinions. this is what i am drawn to. he differentiates the actions on fed funds from what actions are going to be on asset purchases. we must differentiate and disaggregate. good morning. dani: good morning, mr. cranny. you are spot on on pulling this out. this is something jeffrey rosenberg over at blackrock wentz out as well. the market is believing it, too. it has

the campaign was set up after latifa was forcibly returned to dubai after making a bid for escape inl landscape. last week we examined the impact of the tories' success in the midlands and north on their traditional heartlands in the south. today, we consider labour's challenge — whether the party can build on success it's had in cities to win back some of the towns it's lost. alex forsyth reports from leigh, in greater manchester. the members of leigh scooter club like things from the past. their vehicles celebrate old trends. politically though, there has been a change of direction. this is one of the places that's seen labour loyalties overtaken by new—found tory support. when leigh was very much a mining town, you had labour and you had the unions, and that was big. people have moved away, new people have moved in. i think it's just watered down and down and down. you're always told that your mum and dad were labour, so you're labour, and you just get it rammed down but politics has changed over the years. can you see people going back to labour here? ican. yes, ican. yeah, becau

in mid air, and afghan woman gave birth in an evacuation flight from dubai to britain. the cabin crew helped deliver the baby girl said to be in good condition. >> we have continuing coverage of the situation in afghanistan on air and online at www.cbssf.com. >>> tomorrow, vta will resume light rail service just in time for the 49ers and raiders game at levi's stadium. the orange line will be operating tomorrow to take football fans to levi stadium. test runs of the light rail service have been happening all week long. the light rail system shutdown after a mass shooting at the main vta railroad yard. >> teachers are struggling to provide other education options for students in florentine. right lyon for children forced to stay home because of covid-19 is independent study. school districts are confused about what is required and what is funded. some superintendents are worried the system will break down if the coronavirus forces large numbers of students and possibly entire schools into independent study programs on short notice. >> still to come on cbs5 and streaming

before the president, the official said, fled to uzbekistan for one night and on to dubai where he isow. there was no money with him, the official said, he literally just had the clothes he was wearing. but why did the collapse happen so fast. first, the official said they underestimated the local and tribal demands the taliban made. and the ability to fall back. the cities like kandahar fell before they could. and they underestimated, too, the effect the u.s. withdrawal would have on the rout. as kabul began to look precarious, the u.s. helped focus on a negotiated settlement that would lead to ghani stepping aside to transition. the president agreeing to leave to assure peace. the official said the concern was war inside a city of 6 million people. we knew if ghani left, the guns would be silent. talks were went for monday in qatar, but on sunday, the taliban hit. and they got a final demand from a man that the u.s. wanted as a terrorist from a network affiliated with al qaeda. a long-term negotiator wanted a peaceful transfer of power and that the government should issue a statemen

i met with them in dubai. what they wanted to do is to sound reassuring and in a rather convincing way, i must say. what we are seeing now is that they have used temer and terrorized the community -- they have used temer -- they have used terror and terrorized the community. but then we have seen reassuring statements after that. not so reassuring action on the ground, so that is a big question, around if they will be able to form a government. that is going to be hard. brent: there is so much that is uncertain moving forward. you write this week in "the new york times" that now is the time for the united nations to fill this new influence vacuum in afghanistan. how confident are you that can work? >> that was three weeks ago and we still hoped negotiations would get under way. that time has passed, i think. one of the reasons is the rivalry between big powers. we have tried to do the best they possibly can, not least on the humanitarian side because you can see it is a disaster. brent: you see the world bank,

going need three dubais. so the question really is how long does this go on for. now president joe biden was clear they're definitely getting all the american citizens off, although they don't know how many there are still in afghanistan, and he made a suggestion that they do want to do the best they can for afghan allies. now according to my source, the conversation about how long this goes on for is already happening on the base, and the concern i think amongst defense officials is that there is probably about another week in which they can do this. i mean, i have to say that sounds to some degree optimistic because you have this extraordinary pressure on infrastructure there on the soldiers, a risk to human life, and the problem too is if you sustststn this opeit seems to be going well, more will come. if you shut this operation down or you say you've got another 48 hours, everybody will come. so there is very few messages you can give that will stop that desperate tide of afghans outside the fence that i

our chief international correspondent joins us from dubai. thank you for joining us.nd that press conference extraordinary today to watch. i'm wondering did anything surprise you? >> it was quite jarring to see the government media and informion centers. it was heralded as one of the success stories of the afghan government. afghan media has been hailed as one of the success stories of the last 20 years. to see the day the taliban coming down that staircase led by a man whose identity has always been a mystery, no one has seen his face before. we have always wondered whether he really existed, whether there was many. so the whole thing was a performance. the way they were dressed, the way they came in. but the words they used are words that have been used only times before. i have heard countless times, afghans have heard countless time that afghan women and girls would be given all of their rights within islam. what does that mean? it was the islamic republic of afghanistan, one of the most republic institutions in the world. the taliban told us it's not islamic enou

kemp, thanks for l colonel richard kemp, thanks for taking the time to speak to us live there from dubaihead straight back to washington. we wait still and i have said that for a number of hours, for that pentagon briefing. we bring you pictures from the white house and we expect comments from there. back to barbara plett usher now because in his last half hour, we have had confirmation from the pentagon that earlier they were talking about the casualties they are now talking about fatalities.— casualties they are now talking about fatalities. yes, that's right. mike pence _ about fatalities. yes, that's right. mike pence tweeted _ about fatalities. yes, that's right. mike pence tweeted that - about fatalities. yes, that's right. mike pence tweeted that there i about fatalities. yes, that's right. | mike pence tweeted that there are about fatalities. yes, that's right. i mike pence tweeted that there are a number of us personnel dead and another injured. he did not clarify how many there were, how many casualties there were, but us media have been reporting there are at least [i have bee

, not guns, to get fresh fruits harvested, across borders, sold in markets in pakistan, new delhi, dubai. we've taken exports in afghanistan, which was once dubbed the garden of central asia. again, a country 80% depend the upon agriculture. and we're selling those fresh fruits into new super market chains, reliance, big bizarre, india's waiting as they have for centuries for the beautiful afghan fruits. but we have a responsibility, number one, to get them fruits to market so the fruit does not rot in the fields, which would be even a double disaster by 9/11. number two, it's getting my afghan employees, dedicated, who've worked for me for over a decade out of the country with their children and spouses. >> what's your plan right now to get those employees out, whether there's afghan nationals or u.s. nationals. how do you get them to the u.s. or to a safe spot? >> right, i'm doing the best i k can. i have s.i. about. >> visas. the p-2. however, the challenge of the p-2 refugee status is in order to qualify you have to leave afghanistan. there is no u.s. funding available to leave, so y

. >> what did your sister-in-law tell you about the trek to dubai and when she is going to get here andt she had to go through to get out of the country? >> she was absolutely terrified. it was a mission in the middle of the night. we knew from the beginning that there was a high percentage of it being unsuccessful. there were many other failed missions with this special operations group that has been rescuing people, and there was hours where we didn't have contact with her and then all of a sudden got a message that she was in the airport and i received a photo of her with her group, and that's a photo of her on a commercial flight out of kabul. >> that must have been such a relief to you, but what do you say, sophia, to the rest of your family members? i am assuming they were involved in this school, too, and they are, you know, on that list to get out. what do you say to quell their fears now? you know, what do you do? are you confident that they are going to get out, especially given what the president said today? >> we are losing hope. every minute is critical but we are telling t

reporter: this is the skytree, the second tallest building in the world behind only the building in dubaio fast your ears pop. 634 meters. that's about 2,000 feet. twice the size of the salesforce tower in san francisco. in every direction, it's a sea of buildings. 35 million people are down below. everything is in the shadow of the skytree. i'm not scared of heights but i was a little nervous up here, especially in the area that has the glass floor. plenty of ohs and ahs for about $30 u.s. >> that is a stunning view. >> it is stunning. and you don't think like that so you're looking down and it is a long way down. >> yeah. he's done a great job in tokyo. >> he really has, and he's got one more to go. >> okay. closing ceremony live on peacock or you can watch it here tomorrow at 5:00. have a great night folks. >> take care. >> bye! what does it take to make it? in the race to succeed, does somebody always have to fail? we've got to start lifting each other up. and give everybody a fair shot. because when that happens, we've all made it. ♪ >>> the 17th and final day of the olympics is draw

ross: here is our correspondent in dubai.ter: it is the same kind of statement the taliban have been making for many months, if not years. there's been a steady position of diplomats from many countries, of afghans going to the gulf state of qatar, sitting down with the taliban, asking, what do you mean when you say all the rights within islam? what do you mean by a pure islamic system? they have been saying, we just don't know the details. so when the words are vague, people have to look to what is happening on the ground. and in recent months, as the taliban took control and some of the rural areas -- in some of the rural areas, the images, the reality which has been emerging is not that different from when they were power in the 1990's. in general, it was that girls were not going to school, and when they did, it was only to class six. they were -- there were dozens of media organizations, particularly those which were women presenters, were shut down. there were many places where music was banned, where men were told were

it means neil, who lives in dubai, will be able to see his one—year—old grandson for the first time inpite the anger i feel towards the government, i can now put that behind me and we can now look forward and we can travel, so that's really good. and we can almost get our lives back to a form of normality of being able to see our friends and family. country by country, more of the world is opening up to uk travellers, but well into summer and after months of uncertainty, the question is how many will want to make the trip? caroline davies, bbc news. now on bbc news, witness history. hello, i'm nikki fox. thanks forjoining me at the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london ahead of the summer 2020 paralympic games. in this special edition of witness history, we're looking back at some important moments in the recent history of disability and sport. coming up: a medallist who competed at the first paralympic games. we'll hear about the special olympics for those with learning disabilities. away from sport, we'll find out why students at america's deaf only university shut down their c

her african parents were evacuated from couple to dubai where they caught a turkish airlines flight to the u. k. helped by the cabin crew, her mom so man had to give birth on board as have arrived, the british military confirmed it was ending its flights carrying civilians. frances, on the same, shakira and afghan actress living in france, managed to get her mother and brother out of afghanistan at the last minute. as in so many cases it involved days of frantic phone calls to people on the ground at the airport. what they do on my end and then never, i've rediscovered the smell of my mother and it's something that i'd forgotten. my mother's tears reminded me of the tea she shed when i left half chemist on. it was really moving a lot of emotions today. shabbier and afghan journalist filmed himself as he and 9 close relatives waited to get onto one of the final evacuation flights. he's now in spain, spending the night and day in the airport. and the good was one of the worst experiences i have ever had. i never was forced to spend the night with my family and in an open place like that

being effective, being clean, and this week, there were pictures of the leader's nephew posing in dubaiyles. these are examples of how this government has failed. going back injanuary talking about the uk and the us, i think this shouldn't come as a surprise. joe biden won the american presidency under the promise that his foreign policy will be benefiting american middle class. so his calculation is if our troops are not directly benefiting the american middle class, why don't we just go out entirely? and there were no votes in the afghan war. absolutely. and also, he has to think about the legacy, he does not want to be that president associated with the perpetual war in afghanistan. let's talk about continuing on the american theme, if we may, michael. biden, in a sense, decided on friday, to hit back and hit back hard, so we had this thing about no... that it can secure an airport hundreds of thousands of miles away and get people home. but that's still ongoing. we will see what securing the airport amounts to. whether that is the taliban choosing not to attack. and of the practical

attractions like the lost chambers aquarium at dubai's atlantis the palm is set to welcome tourists withfish. the sea life centre has designed a web app to help guests identify species within its 65,000 strong marine life population. so the way the app works is you pull it up on your web browser and you press scan fish. 0h, big stingray. and then it takes a snap and pulls up information about that fish. to help distinguish dolphins from dogfish, the artificially intelligent app uses image recognition technology which should get smarter with time. the hard work is mapping those species. so that is the process we are going through now, and then testing, to make sure that when you focus on that particular species, that fish, it's the right information. the ocean tales platform then tells you things like where the animal can be found in the wild, its endangered status, and about different conservation projects in the works. but do we all want to be glued to our phones whilst at a real—life aquarium? this app really is about educating our guests on the welfare of our species or mammals. atlan

coming up to tokyo he had done 11.03 and obviously his previous personal best was in dubai at 11 secondsto do it. rob, what were you thinking when you watched him run? you don't have long to actually see him in action, do you? no, it felt a bit surreal. it was just so amazing and i was so emotional, i didn't know what to do. from the interview i have read, he said he wasn't even thinking about the medal, he was only thinking about how fast he had run. it is doubly impressive for him. yes, he has been watching the time. he has done a couple of previous bests but coming up to these games he has been doing 11.17, 11.22, so i was pleased to see he had done under 11. hoping in the last couple of weeks he would be able to do it. and he has come through. i love the fatherly understatement, "i was quite pleased," that's wonderful. tell us about his running history. when did you first spot he was quick? he always liked running around and playing football as a child and then, many years ago, he was chatting to a teacher at school who said, "what aboutjoining a club?" so, hejoined charnwood athleti

it means neil, who lives in dubai, will be able to see his one—year—old grandson for the first time inte the anger i feel towards the government, i can now put that behind me and we can now look forward and we can travel, so that's really good. and we can almost get our lives back to a form of normality of being able to see our friends and family. country by country, more of the world is opening up to uk travellers, but well into summer and after months of uncertainty, the question is how many will want to make the trip? caroline davies, bbc news. how has the travel industry responded? we will be asking that to the business community in 20 minutes time. let's get some of the day's other news: the biden administration is considering making it mandatory for all foreign visitors to the united states to be vaccinated against covid—i9. the country closed its borders to most international travellers during the pandemic. a wildfire that has raged for more than a week has now reached a thermal power station on turkey's aegean coast. the coal—fired facility was already evacuated and flammable a

we think in dubai. will we hear anything more from a shop, connie? i think it seems very unlikely despite he says, there'll be another episode that he's going to play any important role in the future of afghanistan. now is he also slightly misinterpreting the events that took place over the past? what, particularly the last week, james, maybe the last 2 weeks and he said, what happened should have led to an end to the war. because whilst yes, it was being labeled, particularly where you are by some of the american networks as being a war. another war and i've got a storm, they were large areas where it was actually more of a drive by shooting on the part of the taliban because the african security apparatus was turning tail and running. it was taking off its uniforms or it was even being kind of subscript it if you will, or subscribe into being part of the tongue about absolutely such surprising events and such speed to all of that. he may have been referring to that. i think he's also possible he was referring to what should have happened to the p s

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