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colin clark speaking to me earlier. you can - west. colin clark speaking to me earlier.ry on the bbc news website, bbc .com/ news. you can also download the bbc news app, of course. injapan, officials have told nearly two million people to evacuate, as torrential rain continues to batter western parts of the country. at least one person has died, with three missing. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. streets submerged, flooded by torrential rain. nearly 2 million people injapan have been urged to evacuate their homes and seek shelter. sirens. the government sending more than 150 troops, police and firefighters to help. with rescuers using lifeboats to tote the vulnerable through flooded roads. and digging through mud to look for the missing. translation: i heard a loud noise and thought it was an earthquake, when i went outside i was surprised to see mud, stones and trees scattered around. i'm scared because even more rain is forecast for the area. according to the government, at least 1a rivers have burst their banks with western japan hit the hardest. the areas of saga

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escalation here colin clark, do you think that withdrawal is a miscalculation by the u.s.nt biden? >> i do. it's a miscalculation from the point of view of afghan stability. it is a shrewd calculation in terms of u.s. domestic politics. this is a popular move among large swaths of the u.s. population and it is one of the few areas i can think of where there is bipartisan support. the trump is in this ration was moving towards a withdrawal at sign president biden continue to that. those in opposition seem to be folks like myself and others in academia or thing takes and the policy world warning of catastrophic consequences in terms of al qaeda. >> in assessing the prospects for this withdraw, would they have anticipated what has happened, this sudden escalation in taliban dominance? >> they likely mapped out multiple scenarios, knowing that this was going to be one and probably had a strong chance of being one. the u.s. is banking on this being contained to afghanistan but i think that this instability is likely to spill over into other parts of the region. >> if it heads i

colin clarke is a terrorism expert and the director of policy and research at the intelligence and securityery, very ten several days leading up to the 31st. did the international _ days leading up to the 31st. did the international community _ days leading up to the 31st. did the international community know - days leading up to the 31st. did the international community know that | international community know that the potency of this group? because any months, even years leading up to where we have got to, it was all about the taliban, the peace talks, trying to push back, make sure the taliban did not gain territory, much less focus on this offshoot.- less focus on this offshoot. anyone -a in: less focus on this offshoot. anyone paying attention — less focus on this offshoot. anyone paying attention is _ less focus on this offshoot. anyone paying attention is aware _ less focus on this offshoot. anyone paying attention is aware of - less focus on this offshoot. anyone paying attention is aware of isis-k. j paying attention is aware of isis—k. i wrote a book called after the caliphate whe