thank you. >> i thank the representative of estonia for their statement. i now yield the floor to the represented above norway. you have the floor. >> thank you, mr. president and thank you for calling this emergency meeting on the situation in afghanistan. allow me to thank the secretary-general for his briefing as well as the ambassador for his remarks. to echo the secretary-general and previous speakers, the situation in afghanistan is extreme lease serious. over the last few weeks, amidst an ongoing violent conflict, the national security and defense of the country collapsed almost entirely. over the last 24 to 48 hours, the leadership of the central government has disintegrated. the country and its population are now facing a crisis of significant proportion. suffering and hardship because of violent conflict, drought and food insecurity, as well as the covid 19 pandemic and other infectious diseases like polio and measles. we, the security council, and the entire international community need to show our continued commitment to them in both words and

president tirumurti: i thank the representative of estonia for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of norway. you have the floor, please. mr. kvalheim: thank you, mr. president. and thank you for calling this emergency meeting on the situation in afghanistan. i also would like to thank the secretary-general for his participation and his briefing , as well as the ambassador and mr. isaczai for his remarks. the situation in afghanistan is extreme or serious. -- extremely serious. over the last few weeks, amidst an ongoing violent conflict, the national security and defense forces of the country collapsed almost in their entirety. over the last 24 to 48 hours, the leadership of the central government has disintegrated. the country and its population are now facing a multilayered crisis of very significant proportion. suffering and hardship because of violent conflict, food -- drought, and food insecurity, as well as the covid-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases like polio and measles. we, the security council, and the entire internation

thank you. >> i thank the representative of estonia. i now give the floor to the representative of china. >> thank you mr. president. the present situation has undergone fundamental changes. in light of the developments on the ground, the security council has conducted full consultations with the aim to find an effective way out and secure peace, stability, and order, which is in line with the expectations of the international order. at the same time, given the fragile and sensitive situation as well as uncertainties into its future, any actions taken by the security council should help ease rather than intensify tensions and conflicts so that afghanistan can transition smoothly. rather than relapsing into turmoil. the countries concerned circulated the draft lezz solution -- draft resolution last friday. china has huge doubts about the necessity and urgency of adopting this resolution. and the balance of its content. despite this, china has still participated in conversations and put forward reasonable amendments together with russia.

thank you. >> i think the representative of estonia. i now give the floor to the representative of china. >> thank you mr. president. the present situation has undergone fundamental changes. in light of the developments on the ground, the security council has conducted -- with at the same time, given the fragile and sensitive situation as well as uncertainties into its future, any actions taken by the security council should help ease rather than intensify tensions so that afghanistan can transition smoothly. china has huge doubts about the necessity and urgency of adopting this resolution. despite this, china has still participated in conversations and put forward reasonable amendments together with russia. unfortunately, our amendments have not been fully adopted. china has always opposed forcefully pushing to resolution based on the above considerations. mr. president, the recent chaos in afghanistan is directly related to the hasty and disorderly withdrawal of foreign troops. we hope relevant countries will realize the fact that wit

i give the floor to the representative of estonia. you have the floor, please. thank you mister president. i welcome the presents and the strong messages of the secretary general and their representative of that kind of stuff. last week, we highlighted our grave concern that the number of civilians killed and injured in africa. stan had reached the highest on record. whereas taliban responsible for the largest share of casualties to day, having declared control over afghanistan, the taliban bear even greater responsibility and accountability for the safety and security of all people. enough can stand estonia calls for those in power. those in positions of authority to adhere to international law, in particular, international humanitarian law, and uphold the norms and standards and human rights. what has not changed is that more than half the population of going to stand is in need of humanitarian aid. it is of critical importance to ensure that humanitarian access is not hindered and that a providers can work and safety we call and all parties to allow immediate

i think that up to date of estonia for a statement, and i'll give the floor to the representative of china. k. thank you, mr. president. don't yet, of when it is a present, a domestic situation in afghanistan has undergone fundamental change. a life of the development on the ground to situate the security council has conducted full consultations, was the aim to find an effective way out and how to help. i'm going to stay restore peace, stability and order, which is in line with the general expectations of the international community. at the same time, given the fragile and sensitive situation, the country as well as many uncertainties in future with any actions taken by the security should help ease rather than intensify tensions and conflicts. so that afghan nathan can transition smoothly rather than relapse into turmoil. when we're down, some of the countries concerned circulated, the draft resolution last friday, the demanding action to be taken on monday. going to china has huge doubt about the necessity and urgency of adopting this resolution and a balance of its content. despit

we heard from the un representative of estonia as well as l representative of estonia as well as fromessed the importance of keeping that operational. the secretary—general mentioned that the taliban had by and large respected the human offices. there was an attack in july. but it seems that the taliban have largely stowed away from that kind of threatening behaviour towards you and offices and he urge them to continue. there is a great deal of concern about protecting civilians. earlier, the secretary—general said that just civilians. earlier, the secretary—general said thatjust in the last month 1000 people had been killed or injured in the fighting. you heard the afghan representatives speak about mass executions and military —— of the military. there's a great deal of concern that executions do not continue, especially targeted killings in kabul. it was mentioned that reports of the taliban going house to house of the taliban going house to house of revenge killings. there is concern about that. there were calls of holding the taliban accountable, especially as they are largely in

i give the floor to the representative of estonia. you have the floor, please. thank you, mr. president, your washing out 0 ally for you, the, the you and building in new york. we heard from anthony to tara, she was talking about respecting human rights. now it's the time to stand as one we must be united, he said, but significantly, we heard from glum as exams the afghan ambassador to the us. he said he was speaking on behalf of millions of people speaking for women. girls journalists internally displaced people. he said, we've seen how the taliban have broken their promises in the past, sitting in on that discussion, watching it for us from his usual vantage point is our diplomatic editor james base . james, what you make of what we've heard so far? well, i think what you heard from the secretary general was deep concern from the united nations. 2 main areas they were looking at. one was human rights and one was the possibility of as he describes that terrorist organizations returning to afghanistan. those are clearly the major concerns of the un, which keeps

from taiwan to estonia, from poland to japan. and thatis estonia, from poland to japan. to minimise the disaster. the pr disaster, the humanitarian disaster that this hasty decision presents to us now. it is still ongoing and it can go south. ~ ., ., ,, it is still ongoing and it can go south. ~ ., ., ., ., south. what do you mean? it can go south? i south. what do you mean? it can go south? i mean _ south. what do you mean? it can go south? i mean that _ south. what do you mean? it can go south? i mean that right _ south. what do you mean? it can go south? i mean that right now- south. what do you mean? it can go south? i mean that right now we - south. what do you mean? it can goj south? i mean that right now we are in this very — south? i mean that right now we are in this very unstable _ south? i mean that right now we are in this very unstable and _ south? i mean that right now we are in this very unstable and tense - in this very unstable and tense standoff between the americans, the british and the others around the airport and the taliban in control of the countr

you are looking at the representative from estonia.he wind will remain in afghanistan to help afghans, according to the when chief. mr. gutierrez has said they are operating in areas and is concerned about the rights for afghan females. we will keep our eye out and give you updates. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> only a negotiated political solution can lead to durable peace in the country as well as stability in the region. mr. president, i would like to reiterate estonia's commitment to the people of afghanistan. however, our cooperation with any future afghanistan leadership will be based upon -- >> time for the business flash, some of the biggest news. saudi aramco in what could be a $25 million deal on the purchase of a 20% stake in allianz industries. it is backed by an agreement and it could be reached in a couple of weeks. jay-z wants to add -- mobile to get into the mobile sports is in his. it is undergoing a reorganization under michael rubin, the founder and executive chairman who is now taking over as ceo. the u.s. government open

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estonia's rein taaramae benefited from an early break full city reach the summit finished first to takeambitions of the third title of a row —— 34—year—old. written's adam yates would like to and emulate his twin simon, who won the welter three years ago for some finished alongside rockledge and his

sasha takes her talented talent to estonia where she is staging an ambitious opera with the aid of some very big, very bright costumes. anthony: we begin with the extraordinary developments in afghanistan. the u.s. says it is sending 3000 troops to help evacuate busy staff in kabul. the decision comes with the beleaguered afghan government struggling to turn the tide. the taliban are on the march against afghanistan. that comes hot on the heels of militant overrunning the strategic income of ghazni. heavy fighting is also taking place in the country second-biggest city. the u.s. believes the afghan capital itself could come under attack within weeks and is asking its citizens to leave the country immediately. >> the taliban triumphant in ghazni. they have met barely any resistance. it seems that without backing from the u.s. and other international troops, afghan government forces are reluctant to make a stand. >> our security forces are still fighting the opposition and some areas. >> ghazni lies on a vital highway connecting these cities. both already under heavy attack by the taliban

gareth bale will captain wales in their world cup qualifiers against belarus and estonia next month.ded. and leicester'sjonny evans is in the northern ireland squad for their qualifiers against lithuania and switzerland, despite being injured. he damaged his foot playing in the fa cup final in may. scotland head coach, steve clarke, has been given a contract extension beyond next year's world cup through to euro 2024. he's named his latest squad today. keeper david marshall has been dropped. full details on the bbc sport website. we reported yesterday that liverpool aren't going to let mo salah travel to egypt for next month's world cup qualifier because of the quarantine rules on his return to the uk. more premier league sides are expected to follow suit. they unanimously agreed to do the same with the players in the last hour or so. let's speak to our football reporter alex howell. this will clearly be a massive issue for lots of club. this this will clearly be a massive issue for lots of club.— for lots of club. as he said, this will be a massive _ for lots of club. as he said, th

estonia's rein taaramae benefited from an early break full city reach the summit finished first to take the overall lead. but the 30 firm old won't threaten roglic�*s ambitions of the third title of a row —— 34—year—old. written�*s adam yates would like to and emulate his twin simon, who won the welter three years ago for some finished alongside rockledge and his team—mate egan bernal, who we might have to support at the battle to come over the next three weeks —— roglic. nick parrott, bbc news. roger federer revealed last night that heis going to have another knee operation that will keep him out of tennis for "many months". the 20—time grand slam champion says he has to think about his long—term health. it is going to be difficult, of course, in some ways, but at the same time i know it is the right you because i want to... i want to return to the tort and chum shape orform. i am realistic, don't get me wrong, i know how difficult it is to have another surgery and try it at this age, but, look, iwant to another surgery and try it at this age, but, look, i want to be healthy and i will

estonia's ryan tara may was wearing the red jersey for only the second day, but lost it after gettingn this crash just seven miles from the finish. he got left behind as belgium's yasper philipsen claimed his second stage win of the race. frenchman kenny ellis—onde is now the overall leader, five seconds ahead of reigning champion pree—moz rog—litch. the final women's golf major of the year gets underway tomorrow, and this year's aig women's open will be extra special for the winner at carnoustie. an increase in prize money means the championship will become the most lucrative one we've seen on the women's calendar. craig templeton reports. don't be fooled by the scenic views, there's reason my they when the sea breeze picks up, it becomes one of the toughest courses in the world. this becomes one of the toughest courses in the world-— in the world. this might be the trickiest british _ in the world. this might be the trickiest british open _ in the world. this might be the trickiest british open that - in the world. this might be the trickiest british open that i - in the world. this

i would like to also thank government of india, norway, and estonia of the pin holders and the rest of the security council members and responding positively to the request to brief the council about the alarming developments. and i understand this meeting also highlights the security council's commitment to ensuring that the people of up on sun are able to live in peace, security, and dignity and shrine, than the charter of the united nations and the universal declaration of human rights and disregard. i should also like to welcome the security council statement of for august condemning the terrorist attack when you and compound in iraq and the recent increase and the level of violence in the country. let me also thank if thought as g lyons for her thoughtful briefing and highlighting the alarming threat and serious concern about the situation. and i understand mister president, were compelled to ask for this urgent meeting at the situation in afghanistan have been rapidly deteriorating due to recent escalation of violence by the taliban, and the brutal military offensives on major ci

i mean that's relevant to vietnam, arguably, not so much of estonia. why? when you went out to speak at the meeting, we, we just seen by the indian president of the council. it was widespread support for almost all the members of which period one to pakistan and other regional countries to me ever participate. but in the getting to that without giving any reason and only right, a kid representative so that we can represent you at the moment. but communicate focused on the subject on i need to speak another words. i think it was because in the i'm not at the cable industry the pounds, but in any case we made our use no toner media. and that's to do with the way the us work because i was in the zone on the security council. they got veto things, but it was the rotating chair of that emergency meeting. because the c for the month of which i can abuse that credit in order to take part in positions and to stifle funds. once in a critical debate on board is sam quality there and to, to our audience. and his sound is, is going in and out. but obviously as you say,

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those countries, along with fellow member states, lafayette and estonia, say that bell roof has been facilitating the search of migrants as a form of hybrid warfare. they claim this is in retaliation to e. u. sanctions against misc. meanwhile, polish government insists it has sent a central items to dozens of migrants. stranded on its board with fellers was recently came under fire from rights groups over the tribes refugees who include women and children. they are said to have been stuck at the border for more than a week. poland has denied them entry, saying that they are the responsibility of billers, a former vice chair of the european council on refugees and exiles. keith vest says, while building by such countries has previously proven ineffective, we remember 2015 hungry built a wall against refugees coming in from serbia. i mean the these measures which may be particular. busy to better, really lithuania is now trying to build a wall, v you money against better is for the same reasons as, as potent. so it seems to be an endemic problem. the people keep on wanting to build wal

first a question — what do mexico, finland, hungary, estonia, oman, republic of congo have in common?y are all countries that have set new temperature records since we were last on air in april. but it is what happened in canada in a week of extreme heat then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. this is lytton, filmed by residents fleeing as it burns almost to extinction. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada's highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north—west usa as a so—called high—pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day. it is thought the extreme heat was a contributing factor in hundreds of deaths. in the usa, california is suffering another disastrous fire season with the state's second largest fire on record almost completely destroying the town of greenville in august. searing heat in europe too and on the italian island of sicily in august,

those countries along with fellow member states latvia and estonia, say that batteries has been facilitating the search of migrants as a form of hybrid for fast, supposedly. in retaliation for the sanctions against mens meanwhile, poland government doesn't seem to have sent essential items. dozens of migrant stranded on its board with batteries. also recently came under fire from rights creeps over the trap. refugees which do include women and children. they said to they are said to have been stuck there at the border for more than a week. poland has denied the men tree, but as saying that they are the responsibility of batteries with a form of vice chair of the european council on refugees next south. keith best says that wall building by such countries as previously proven to be ineffective. we remember 2015 hungry built a wall against refugees coming in from serbia. i mean the these measures which may be particular. busy to better routes, lithuania is now trying to build a will v you money against better is for the same reasons as, as potent. so it seems to be an endemic problem that peop

estonia's rein taaramae retained the red jersey despite crashing near the end.de. a museum in the netherlands has opened a new exhibition aimed at people who are visually impaired. called the blind spot and based in the city of utrecht, it recreates existing artworks but adds extra dimensions, including sounds and smells. tim allman has more. art tends to be, by its very nature, a visual medium. a display of colour and light, texture and contrast. but galleries like this have long struggled to cater for those whose vision is impaired. so here at the utrecht�*s central museum they are moving beyond two dimensions, transforming paintings into sculptures, inspired by one woman's interaction with 3d art. it helped her to touch the painting. she was blind, and then she was very... she had a lot of emotions, she was touched. and then i called jeroen and we thought we had something. it's based on a theme of inclusivity. that moment was the starting point to actually create this exhibition. you don't look at this art. you touch it, you smell it, you listen to it. the vi

i mean, they're relevant to vietnam, arguably, not so much of estonia. why? when you are now to speak at the meeting with joe enough, just sheen by the indian president of the council. it was widespread support. almost all the members of the one to pakistan and other regional countries to be able to but india getting to that without giving any reason and only in right, a kid representative. so that represents at the moment. but communicate on yawning, on, i believe, speak. none of us now, i think it was because it was not one at the cable industry, but in any case we made our use no tone media and that's.

inspiring it was, the american military working with our allies from poland, from bulgaria, from estonia, to be there and see a provincial reconstruction team with people from south korea. a difference they were making for the people of afghanistan, and how sad this is. but the veterans need to know that they did achieve no significant attack on the homeland for 20 years. and also, we want to think the different agencies that i saw. the united states agency building schools, bridges and roads. remarkable achievements that should be recognized and always appreciated. but, i do believe along with the general, the war is not over, the war is moving in its coming to the united states. god bless you. >> i think we have time for questions and i would like to utilize the cast and crew of the united states of all why they are here -- while they are here. >> these are afghan american veterans that served, they are american soldiers that served during 2001 from then until now. is an not time that we recognize the president as the legitimate government of afghanistan? >> there are resolutions and t

i saw how inspiring it was, the american military working with our allies from poland, bulgaria, estonia, to be there, to see every construction team with people from south korea. what a difference they were making for the people of afghanistan, and how sad this is. but the veterans need to know, first of all, that they did achieve nothing if can attack on the homeland for 20 years -- no significant attack on the homeland for 20 years. we want to thank the different agencies that we saw. building schools, bridges, roads. a remarkable achievement that should be recognized and always appreciated. but i do believe, the war is not over, the war is moving. and it's coming to the united states. god bless you. >> i think we have time for questions. i would like to utilize the cast and crew of "united states of al," while they are here. >> keyser are afghan american veterans, they served -- these are afghan american veterans, they served from 2001 through 2020. is it about time that we recognize the legitimate government of afghanistan? the taliban [indiscernible] >> right, there are resolutions

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estonia's rein taaramae of team intermarche clinched a surprise victory in stage three of the vueltaongside britain's adam yates and slipped to third in the overall standings, 30 seconds adrift. to football, and the bristol city women's manager, tanya oxtoby, has today stepped down from her role after three years in charge. the australian had been on maternity leave since january and, following the birth of her son in march, had not returned to the game. the new super league season starts in just under three weeks' time. the first appearance of a female athlete from afghanistan at the paralympics will no longer happen, as zakia khudadadi is unable to travel because of the chaos at kabul airport. she was one of two afghanistani athletes taking part in the taekwondo event, with hossain rasouli also unable to compete. the chef de mission of the afghanistan paralympic committee has been speaking to laura scott. unfortunately, i haven't been in contact with them because of the power cuts in kabul, lack of internet connection. so i've not been able since to, you know, contact them. but fro

not going to walk away from south korea, that we're not going to walk away from nato commitments in estonia if the russians threaten, how do the taiwanese feel about this. i think those are challenges. president biden is smart to convene the g7, try and shore up that side of this. so bottom line, big challenges ahead. in particular, we're one c-17 crash, one big bomb going off, one gunfight at the kia corral if you will from this thing turning sideways very quickly. let's all pray these flights keep going, that the taliban are smart enough not to attack us and that we are sending a signal to deter them. i think if with do those things we'll get through this tactical moment and on to the other two challenges. >> longer term, how does the u.s. withdrawal affect the u.s.'s ability to gather intelligence about growing threats there? >> it diminishes it significantly. there are ways we can mitigate that. we have a constellation of overhead sensors. we can continue to rely on technical means. the taliban, perhaps surprisingly, has become more used to operating on the internet. so there are cyber

estonia is another place with strong efforts. taiwan's government does a lot of very proactive work recognizing an information threat targeting their citizens re--- citizenry. the challenge in the u.s. is, who has the moral authority to be the corrector? depending on which segment of the population you live in, you trust very different media. for a long amount of time now, there's been a core dated effort on the start of certain properties to erode confidence in the pro -- possibility of an outside internet -- entity to fact-check. you can't trust. it creates a perception that it's too hard to know who to trust. the only person you can trust is an influencer or media property that is telling you this. one of the key challenges is that it's very hard to tell someone, this information is not true. this is not the facts. this is exactly the challenge we face. when you trust newsmax and newsmax is telling you something , you see people who won't be receptive to any fact-check of their content. whether that's government media or any o

we have forces now that we have in estonia facing the russian buildup.hanistan was the only place in the world where where we have deployed. and guess what? we had deployed only 2500 military versus the other bigger deployments. i think this argument is being pushed by the administration and by the lobbies of the allies of the taliban to just put, you know, some emotional pressure on the american public, and they were successful. lauren: yeah. and finally here, as we wrap this up, if you look at the economy in afghanistan, they're sitting on, what, a trillion dollars in these critical minerals like lithium used for batteries in electric vehicles, etc. do you think the chinese or the russians are going to to go in and economically boost them to extract those minerals? and if so, does that put the u.s. at a disadvantage? >> already the u.s., by leaving the country, is at a disadvantage. that's done. is so now the competition is going to be those who are going to move in. the taliban already have friends, have allies, and i just mentioned qatar, pakistan, s

estonia's ryan tara may was wearing the red jersey for only the second day, but lost it after gettingow the overall leader, five seconds ahead of reigning champion primoz roglic. and finally the defending champion dominic thiem has pulled out of the us open tennis which starts at the end of this month. in a statement on social media, thiem says he'll miss the tournament and the rest of the 2021 season, after continuing to struggle with a wrist injury he suffered back injune. and andy murray is playing hubert hurcazh in the second round of the cincinnati open. it's x—x you can follow the action on the bbc sport website, you can follow the action on the bbc sport website, gavin's here with sportsday at 630 back to you we will talk more about afghanistan and npc are debating the caliban take —— taliban take over the country but for the residents of kabul, they can do little more than see what happens next. our afghanistan correspondent at the latest of what life is like in the capital city. this is the centre of kabul and this is returning to some kind of normality even though the proces

estonia's ryan tara may was wearing the red jersey for only the second day, but lost it after gettingipsen claimed his second stage win of the race. frenchman kenny ellis—onde is now the overall leader, five seconds ahead of reigning champion pree—moz rog—litch. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thanks so much, mark. currently the situation at the airport is stable, however, there are threats, and they are closely monitoring those at are threats, and they are closely monitoring thos— are threats, and they are closely monitoring thos are threats, and they are closely monitorin: thos . . , ., , monitoring those at any moment, they could happen- — monitoring those at any moment, they could happen- we _ monitoring those at any moment, they could happen. we can _ monitoring those at any moment, they could happen. we can identify - monitoring those at any moment, they could happen. we can identify them, l could happen. we can identify them, if we identify them, we will take immediate military action without hesitation in accordance with

estonia's rein taaramae was part of an early breakaway on the race's second longest stage and rode tohe first time since the tour de france after confirming he'll compete in the tour of britain. the manx sprinter equalled eddy merckx�*s record of 34 tour de france stage wins last month. the race begins in cornwall on september 5. it's been confirmed that spectators will not be allowed at the tokyo paralympic games. as well as stadiums, fans are also requested not to attend road events. the japanese government has proposed expanding and extending the country's state of emergency, due to the ongoing pandemic, with the paralympics beginning a week tomorrow. and finally, a former captain of the afghanistan women's football team says she fears for the safety of her former team—mates and other female athletes in the country. khalida popal, who fled to denmark ten years ago, also helped found the afghan women's football league following the lifting of the ban on women playing sport after the taliban were overthrown 20 years ago. when i received the messages and voice messages from the player