council. the british medical association, really scathing, not just on government ministers, but also of an h. s. england. and the general medical council, which regulates talk to taking aim at all of them for the handling of the pandemic over the past 18 or so months and saying that doctors and nurses and other frontline and h s work has been sacrificing really with poor working conditions. and poor pay, and also a mediocre offers of pay, rises all throughout pandemic. many of them losing their lives in the process, and only to be treated with at disrespect by those aforementioned organizations and ministries. and also saying that the doctors that he represents and other professionals will refuse to accept the status quo once. and if we get through this pandemic, we will not accept a return to the old pre pandemic days of an n h s. in perpetual crisis. the n h s cannot afford to lose a single doctor where nearly 50000 doctors short compared to e, u averages. and any further reduction in workforce will be catastrophic for the nation's health. now what we've been seeing is a lot of tension in the u. k. in particular, peop

the general medical council, the main regulator, has to look at the qualifications and verify that theyre issues of language and of further trials, which could be a little bit complicated, but i think, broadly speaking, if you've got really highly skilled health professionals who can show the right paperwork, then i'm sure it would be greatly welcome. not least, of course, because we have a shortage of the people we need, don't we? just a last thought on this, there is a potential here, eunice, isn't there, to seize the opportunity of leverage, if we are going to talk to this new taliban leadership. the economy is tanking, three quarters of the budget has gone because it was foreign aid money. we hear reports that, for example, cooking oil has just suddenly gone up 63%. this is a government that, however much it taxes imports and exports at land borders, and however much it boosts heroin — er, opium production, which ends up on the streets of other countries including the uk as heroin — the bottom line is they need money. well, the west has, of course, some leverage, but aid - money onl

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medical supplies. let's hear more on this from the secretary-general of the norwegian refugee council. >> the state servicesot functioning at the moment. there is not even a banking system functioning. there have been hundreds of thousands of newly displaced people, some of them are able to return because there is less fighting in most regions, but all of them basically lost everything in this turmoil. ros: 20 years fighting against the government and against foign forces, the taliban are in charge now and there fighters are keen to illustrate that fact. in kabul, they have been out on the streets and a lot of these fighters have never been to the city before a few weeks ago. in kandahar, the taliban has been putting on a major parade showg off its military equipment, some of which is newly obtained from the americans and the afghan military. if you looked up, you would have seen this military helicopter abandoned by the afghan military, now piloted by the taliban. while this is playing out, many afghans are terrified. we have spoken to two sisters living in kabul, they are so concerned, they have not left

joining me retired general keith kellogg, monica crowley from the council on foreign relations, former congressman jason chaffetz, house budget ranking medical per, he is congressman jason smith, rnc official harmeet dhillon. retired major general nick maguire. we have new numbers from defense officials showing the afghanistan evacuees flagged for potential terror ties higher than the reported numbers. fight over booster shots and fda mandates. they decided not to take a stance on pfizer's booster shot. we have the update. white house limiting restricting antibody drug shipments to states that desperately need them, notably in the south. why? fears of shortages. we have that story. the controversy over china, getting nih deheating from databases that show how the pandemic could have began including a lab leak. democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez said her tax the rich dress was talking about the conversation. how about this, will aoc discuss a new joint committee taxation on report that the house democrats tax hikes will slam lower income blue-collar workers, making just 30,000 a year? what is next for california after big business