collapsed. i crete and was in crete as the afghan government collapsed.— government collapsed. government collapsed. i mean, it's just another example of _ government collapsed. i mean, it's just another example of one - government collapsed. i mean, it's just another example of one rule i government collapsed. i mean, it's| just another example of one rule for them _ just another example of one rule for them and _ just another example of one rule for them and another rule for us. number one, them and another rule for us. number one. the _ them and another rule for us. number one. the fact — them and another rule for us. number one, the fact that dominic brad was even on _ one, the fact that dominic brad was even on holiday, but also it'sjust a continuation of the pm's behaviour, of basicallyjustifying behaviour, of basically justifying some _ behaviour, of basicallyjustifying some of— behaviour, of basicallyjustifying some of the things that people in his cabinet have done. so this story is focusing — his cabinet have done. so this story is focusing on the fact that earlier on

— was he still in crete? chris, thank ou ve was he still in crete?. chris _ was he still in crete? chris, thank you very much. chris mason - was he still in crete? chris, thank you very much. chris mason in . you very much. chris mason in westminster. i can speak now to danjarvis, the labour mp for barnsley central and mayorfor sheffield city region. he's a former officer in the parachute regiment and served in afghanistan. mrjarvis, thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking you what you make of that defence of dominic raab by ben wallace, saying no amount of phone calls to an afghan government at that time, last friday, would have made any difference to what was going on with the situation with the interpreters? well, we will probably never know if that was the case or not. but it seems to me that at a point of international crisis the foreign secretary should be at his desk and not on the beach. so i think it is right to the questions are being answered about the way in which the government has responded to this unfolding crisis in afghani

, _ note of translators, because he was in crete, dealing with contingency plans— in crete, dealing withng, getting people out of— plans and organising, getting people out of afghanistan. and as the taliban— out of afghanistan. and as the taliban rounded on kabul. so that is a pretty— taliban rounded on kabul. so that is a pretty damning story there from the daily— a pretty damning story there from the daily mail, and again reinforces the daily mail, and again reinforces the point _ the daily mail, and again reinforces the point that was made by keir starmer— the point that was made by keir starmer in _ the point that was made by keir starmer in the commons who said you can't organise something like this whilst _ can't organise something like this whilst on — can't organise something like this whilst on a — can't organise something like this whilst on a beach, there's no way that raah— whilst on a beach, there's no way that raab should have been on a holiday— that raab should have been on a holiday even if they thought this was going to take much longer than it did, _ was going to take m

ferro begins a well-deserved sabbatical on crete.patel with us, senior portfolio manager, which barely describes the experience she has. it is one of the most optimistic notes on this economy and the need to participate in markets i've seen in weeks. define, describe your optimism. margie: my optimism is really based on the way the fed operates nowadays. the fed used to be cyclical. they slammed on the brakes, slowed the economy, then fled the system with cash and economy ago. now they are on this secular easing. no sign at all there will be any tightening on the horizon for the foreseeable future. that says to me we will not have what we think of as a normal cycle, we will just have steady growth in the economy. maybe a little slower from the covid bounce back, but enough to make it a good market for equity investors. tom: the conundrum of your successes pricing yield versus dividend growth. which has the high ground now? margie: you definitely have to look at equities for all the uncertainties, simply because, on a yield basis, the

apparently, zeus was born here, in crete. and the gods have been very generous to their land.can find pretty much everything and anything on this island. they are wild herbs, flowers, fruits, vegetables everywhere. there are more sheep here than human beings. they can live off their land. they still have a very strong culture, very strong traditions. and here, they say they're cretans before they say they're greeks. and people either come from the mountai

he was on holiday in crete.was delegated to a foreign minister because he was prioritizing security at the airport, overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday. by now, no call was made. the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting an the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport was the right priority, and meant more than 1,600 people have been evacuated so far, though not everyone. >> it's not fair for us. reporter: this interpreter who we're not identifying worked with british forces. he's been told he is eligible to come to the u.k., but hasn't h the paperwork so he's hiding in afghanistan. >> every second i'm checking my e-mails, you know, it's not in my control. i have four kids i'm thinking of my wife, i'm thinking my life is important for them. reporter: with the foreign of

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of creteay towards the south—east of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting 30—110 mph.

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of creteh—east of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising thundery, too, they'll bring a risk of flooding and disruption. and temperatures still across easte

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of creteef on the way towards the south—east of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting

mr raab was not at his usual desk — he was on holiday in crete, and the call was delegated to a juniore sacked or quit. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and to prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off the calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. that was a no, and a cabinet colleague came to mr raab�*s defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost or didn't have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out. that was the number one call, the only thing that mattered. dominic raab insists he was working hard on holiday, getting back to britain in the early hours of monday — after the taliban had captured kabul. one phone call might no

he was on holiday in crete.l was delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday, by now no call was made and the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport was the right priority and meant more than 1600 people have been evacuated so far, though not everyone. it's not safe for us. this interpreter, who we are not identifying, worked with british forces. he's been told he is eligible to come to the uk but hasn't had the paperwork, so he's hiding in afghanistan. every second, i'm checking my e—mails, because, you know, it is not in my control. i have four kids and i'm thinking about

day have topped out at a7 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of cretego down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that�*s going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting 30—a0 mph. windiest around irish sea coasts, blowing in plenty of showers as we go on through thursday night into friday

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of crete way towards the south—east of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting 30—110 mp

about that. 100 kilometres east of athens, to the island of evia, the second biggest island next to cretended by fire and because of low visibility it has been difficult to put out fires. an at ancient olympia, that has really considered firefighters. firefighters fighting for two nights to save that site where the olympic flame is lit every two years before the olympics and there is great concern. in and there is great concern. in terms of the effort to evacuate people, how is that going? the prime minister _ people, how is that going? tue: prime minister went people, how is that going? tte: prime minister went on national tv on thursday to urge people, if they are asked to evacuate, to avoid all travel, he reminded them when there was a cyclone that hit greece into thousand 20, there was compensation if your home or crops were destroyed, 5000 euros per business and house, but people are reluctant to leave evia, in the west they are reluctant to live, because there is a lack of resources stop they want to save their homes. �* , , ., homes. and the premise that reference _ homes. and the

we knew he was on holiday at a posh, swanky resort in crete.d of the daily mail this morning, was that his officials, last friday, two days before the fall of kabul to the taliban, were asking him to ring the then ministerfor taliban, were asking him to ring the then minister for foreign affairs, his opposite number, in the government in afghanistan or to talk about this very business of getting interpreters who have worked with british forces out of the country. now the foreign office say that mr raab was making lots of calls from his hotel room in crete that day, but he did not ring his afghan opposite number. here is ben wallace again, the defence secretary, offering, well, this response. first of all, i can tell you last friday, because i was dealing with it through the night, on saturday as well, the number one problem last week, the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or didn't have any leverage, the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport w

he was on holiday in crete.s delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday. by now no call was made. the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting, and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport was the right priority and meant more than 1600 people could be evacuated. though not everyone. it's not safe for us. this interpreter, who we are not identifying, worked with british forces. he has been told he is eligible to come to the uk but hasn't had the paperwork so he's hiding in afghanistan. every second i am checking my e—mails. you know? it's not in my control. i have four kids. i am thinking about my wife. i am thinking my

he was on holiday in crete.says the call was delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday, by now no call was made and the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport was the right priority and meant more than 1600 people have been evacuated so far, though not everyone. it's not safe for us. this interpreter, who we are not identifying, worked with british forces. he's been told he is eligible to come to the uk but hasn't had the paperwork, so he's hiding in afghanistan. every second, i'm checking my e—mails, because, you know, it is not in my control. i have four kids and i'm thi

east, 100 kilometres east of athens, to evia, to the island there, the second biggest island after creteyed, and also a monastery was surrounded by fire there and because of the rolling hills and low visibility it has been really difficult to put the fires out there. and if you go to the west and peloponnese, you'll see ancient 0lympia, which you mentioned and that has really considered people. firefighters have been working overnight, for two nights now, to save that historic site where the olympic flame is lit every two years before the olympics, of course, and so there is great concern. in terms of the efforts to evacuate people, get them out of the danger areas, how is that going? the prime minister went on national tv on thursday to urge people, if they are asked to evacuate and to avoid all non—essential travel, he reminded them that when there was a cyclone that hit greece in 2020, there was compensation if your home was destroyed or your crops were destroyed, of 5000—8000 euros per household or business, but people are reluctant to go, monks in evia are reluctant to leave, reside

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of creteo go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting 30—a0 mph. windiest around irish sea coasts, blowing in plenty of showers as we go on through thursday night into friday

day have topped out at a7 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of cretest of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all areas, though, seeing freshening winds gusting 30—a0 mph. windiest around irish s

rarb himself has been having to defend his own actions, particularly he chose to stay on holiday in cretest of all, with hindsight, i wouldn't have gone away at all. secondly, i based my family, and i've got a young family, on the beach, precisely so i could get back to the department and engage in the cobra meetings, engage with my emergency response team at the foreign office, engage in the international engagement i needed to. the idea i was lounging on a beach, or one report i was paddle boarding in the ocean, i mean, these things are just nonsense when they are put around. in fact, the sea wasn't open because there was a red flag, so no—one was paddle boarding. the immediate question here today is over how long the uk can keep electing people out. as you said, the military has got to have some time to pack up before the 31st of august deadline. we are told military planners are currently working on that.— the taliban's takeover of afghanistan has caused anxiety for afghan families settled in the uk, who are desperate to help their loved ones still in the country. many fear their rela

while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete.we're told he was working at making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such caller urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it's understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter.— minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the forei . n resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary _ resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't - resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick - resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up| foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should

mr rob was not at his usual desk, he was on holiday in crete and the court was delegated to a juniorraab put laboursaid he minister in said —— mr raab put labour said he should be sacked or quick pond at the idea that the foreign secretary would pick up the phone at the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we to help afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off calls to go. fire extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off calls to go.- shrugged off calls to go. are you auoin to shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign? _ shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign? no. _ shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign? no. that - shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign? no. that was i shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign? no. that was a | shrugged off calls to go. are you i going to resign? no. that was a no and a cabinet _ going to resign? no. that was a no and a cabinet colleague _ going to resign? no. that was a no and a cabinet colleague

she was not on crete. jonathan: did we confirm where lisa actually was?e on a boat floating around. jonathan: thank you, remain -- thank you, romaine. where was lisa? lisa: i am going to have to do more field research to see where it was. jonathan: is the vacation series done for the summer? lisa: i want to say no, but unfortunately, i don't have any more planned vacations. jonathan: so now you're just asking a load of questions about kids back to school every warning -- every morning. lisa: that's right, i'm just going to be really gloomy. jonathan: even gloomier. [laughter] lisa: that's what happens when i'm off vacation, so get ready. tom: we need to get ready -- it ready for an economic week, and we get ready with michael mckee. jobs report friday, does it from the fed for the next meeting, or is it just another data point along the way? michael: just another data point along the way, in the sense that the next meeting doesn't come into after get the august jobs report, so we will have two sets of numbers to work with. this meeting is going to be a li

he was on holiday in crete.y and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and director general overseeing the crisis response. 0n director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary will still on holiday and by now no call was made. the government said that was made. the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. 0n was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport was the right priority and meant more than 1600 people have been evacuated so far, though, not everyone. it is not safe for us. this interpreter, who we are not identifying, worked with british forces. he has been told he is eligible to come to the uk but hasn't had the paperwork, so is hiding in afghanistan.— hasn't had the paperwork, so is hiding in afghanistan. e

so kanter decided to crete a program that would calm a lot of the racial tensions in america. ♪ ♪ >>t a single mom who's a nurse. she has a young child. her husband died in vietnam. >> frankly you're not what i expected. >> did you expect me to be older or younger? >> huh. >> it was the first starring role for a black woman who was not a domestic. >> that will teach you. >> but they avoided showing her as a black woman as much as possible to make it more palatable for white audiences. >> diane carroll described julia as a white negro with very little negro-ness. >> don't worry about it. there will be another monday next week. >> be at the beginning there were certain stations that wouldn't even carry it, especially in the south. >> back in the '60s whenever a black person was on television, it was particularly pressure. >> it was a huge responsibility for diane carroll to have broken that ground. >> it was a bit too much. by that i mean the responsibility of it was maybe one that i shouldn't have taken so seriously. >> it really drove ms. carroll to the verge of a nervous breakdown.

dominic raab was on holiday in crete.nd ministers go on holiday, but clearly someone in the foreign office is less than entirely happy at the workrate of the foreign secretary because the daily mail discovered whilst he was there, officials in the foreign office were asking him to call the now former afghan foreign minister to talk about the whole business of interpreters who had worked for the british army and needed to leave if the taliban took control of kabul and a couple of days later, that is precisely what happened. did dominic raab pick up the phone to this minister? he did not. the foreign office said he was on the phone with other people, he was notjust on the beach. he was working from his hotel room. but this particular call, which officials said it was important he made rather than a junior minister made, he did not, it was delegated to a junior minister and the call did not happen because his afghan opposite number wanted to speak to someone of the same rank, in other words to the foreign secretary. in other

apparently, zeus was born here, in crete. and the gods have been very generous to their land.find pretty much everything and anything on this island. they are wild herbs, flowers, fruits, vegetables everywhere. there are more sheep here than human beings. they can live off their land. they still have a very strong culture, very strong traditions. and here, they say they're cretans before they say they're greeks. and people either come from t m

your immune system isn't able to crete the immune response to the vaccines other people do. so people who have received chemotherapy, hiv aids patiences and people who received organ transplants or immune yo suppressant drugs. this is study that just came out of the new england journal of medicine. focus on the bottom left of that screen, the red line is what happens when someone got the first two shots, and then they have the third shot and they produced a lot of antibodies. the blue line is just a placebo to give a control test there. point being for people who said i'm just not generating enough antibodies at least according to this one study, when they got that third shot it did make a difference in really bringing those antibody levels up. >> just to be clear people who have hiv on medication are they still immuno compromised am. >> it depends. you can measure that. you can see how many of these types of immune cells they actually have in their system. they're often sort of followed along for that specifically whereas people who may take immuno suppressant drugs for tra

and if you go to the east, to the island, 100 km east of athens and the second largest island after creteus region making it difficult to put out fires there, low visibility there, a monastery was surrounded by fire there yesterday. if you go to the west of athens into the peloponnese, as you mentioned, ancient 0lympia there came a huge concern in the perimeter went to visit today. earth diggers have them brought around to create a fire break around to create a fire break around the historic site where the elliptic torch is lit every two years and tourists flock there was of the message from there was of the message from the prime minister really is if you are asked to evacuate and many areas are being put on red alert, do it. you will be compensated as greeks were and businesses and households were in the cyclone two years ago in your houses will be decapitated at your crops will be paid back to you. so do take that advice and move on if you have to. mark, on the latest on the wildfires, devastating wildfires, devastating wildfires in greece. he will have more for you throughout the day

while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete.than lounging on the beach, we're told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such caller urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it's understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties believe dominic raab�*s time is up. the snp's ian blackford says he must resign or be sacked by the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, insists he must go. so swift was the taliban takeover that kabul had already fallen by the time dominic raab got bac

first after the newspaper reports where it emerged he had been seen on a beach in crete on sunday on reason it never happen was because it was not possible to arrange this call before the afghan government collapse. we've had people like the armed forces minister also say that one phone call wouldn't necessarily have made a difference to the trajectory at which the afghan government collapse, or at which the airlift operation to evacuate people was started, but i think this is certainly added to growing questions that the government is now facing. labour have called for the foreign secretary to resign, called it an unforgivable display of leadership that he should be on a holiday at a time where we are going to one of the biggest foreign policy crises of our time. we've had tory mps, both privately and publicly expressed frustration at which the foreign secretary has handled this crisis, and i think this is certainly a question now that the governments want to be facing about its general preparedness for this crisis. yes, it is summer recess at the moment, which is the period when mp

and helen, this was a first chance to hearfrom dominic raab since that holiday in crete where he wasght and if he had any regrets about that, wasn't he? yes, dominic raab has come under a lot of fire for having been in crete on holiday with his family during the week that kabul fell. there are a couple of very specific incidents that were raised, this first idea that officials had asked him to come home on friday and that he had said that he had agreed and said he would come home on the sunday. he said that he was not asked by his officials to do that, when he was speaking to the bbc. there was also a suggestion that he had been asked to make a particular phone call to the then afghan foreign minister on the friday. he had delegated that to another minister, and it later emerged that the call was not made at all. that was put to mr raab earlier. the hindsight is the luxury of commentators, not politicians, but to address the points squarely, the afghan foreign minister, there was an opportunity for a call it is quite right in an emergency situation that are used the british ministeri

mr raab was not at his usual desk, he was on holiday in crete and the call was delegated to a juniorshould be sacked or quit. the idea that the foreign secretary would not pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. that was a no and a cabinet colleague came to mr raab's defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or don't have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out. that was the number one call, the only thing that mattered. dominic raab insists he was working hard on holiday, getting back to britain in the early hours of monday, after the taliban had captured kabul. 0ne phone call might not

he was on holiday in crete. the government says that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. 0ur political correspondent ione wells joins us now. ione, the prime minister says he has confidence in mr raab, but the foreign secretary is still facing criticism. is it over, do you think? there are questions — is it over, do you think? there are questions for _ is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic _ is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic raab - is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic raab and i is it over, do you think? there are| questions for dominic raab and the uk government. the prime minister said he does have confidence in the foreign secretary and that comes after the two reports, the first of which that he delegated this key phone call that he was advised to make on tuesday to a junior minister and then the further r

last week and you are asked then, i think it was charlie that day, asking you about the holiday in cretek you should have done things differently?— things differently? not in relation to that, things differently? not in relation to that. no. _ things differently? not in relation to that, no, because _ things differently? not in relation to that, no, because hindsight. things differently? not in relation to that, no, because hindsight is| to that, no, because hindsight is the luxury of commentators, not politicians. to address the points squarely, the afghan foreign minister, there was an opportunity for a call. it is quite right in an emergency situation that i use the brilliant ministerial team i do to delegate and focus on the 11 priority, which the advice to me was clear. stabilise the airport, get the staff in on the ground to process the claims. but the minister of state... to process the claims. but the minister of state... ., ., ., ., of state... to do an that the call didn't happen- — of state... to do an that the call didn't happen. it _ of state... to do an that the call didn't

reason for that is that he had to prioritise other calls that he was making while he was on holiday in crete up. there is still the big question that if dominic raab knew how bad the situation in afghanistan was becoming last friday, when these calls were supposed to be made, but he decided to prioritise the airport instead, why did it take him another three days to get back to the uk? it was not until monday this week that the foreign secretary made his way back to whitehall. the other thing that this does is just add to the questions about whether the government was prepared for this. we know that ministers say that everyone was surprised by the speed at which the taliban took over afghanistan, but the perhaps more but the perhaps more pertinent question at the moment is, did they act quickly enough to deal with the emerging situations after the speed of the taliban march became clear? the government is continuing to insist that it did and the cobra meeting this afternoon is another opportunity borisjohnson hopes to show they are on top of this. but opposition parties and some conservative

you talked about the holiday and with hind sight you said you wouldn't have gone on that holiday to creteob in hand. i'm proud of the foreign office team from _ proud of the foreign office team from our— proud of the foreign office team from our ambassador who stayed in difficult _ from our ambassador who stayed in difficult circumstances, throughout in kabul. _ difficult circumstances, throughout in kabul, the team in king charles street— in kabul, the team in king charles street and — in kabul, the team in king charles street and judge us by our results we have _ street and judge us by our results we have secured 5,000 british nationals— we have secured 5,000 british nationals out and we have worked to .et nationals out and we have worked to get 17,000 — nationals out and we have worked to get 17,000 out and we have over 250 special— get 17,000 out and we have over 250 special cases, the scholars and judges — special cases, the scholars and judges and the women's rights defenders out. it is a team effort and i'm _ defenders out. it is a team effort and i'm proud of team effort with the

day have topped out at 47 degrees, and overnight — this is an overnight temperature on the island of crete into the mid—30s. now, there is a bit of relief on the way towards the south—east of europe in the coming days as temperatures will come down a bit. ours are about to go down a bit, too. low pressure is coming into the uk. the heavy downpours, there have been a few so far this week, are about to become more widespread again. this is how we start off on thursday morning, already some showers affecting northern ireland and western scotland. it will turn much wetter through northern ireland in the morning, but across the western side of the uk, even though you may start dry, rain will move in through the day. that's going to extend eastwards to those areas still having some sunny spells even into the first part of the afternoon. now, behind this main band of rain, brightening up in northern ireland, but here some slow—moving thundery downpours bring a risk of flooding and disruption into the afternoon and evening. and temperatures still across eastern parts rising into the low 20s. all a