indeed, gary o'donoghue, thank ou affected. indeed, gary o'donoghue, thank you very _ affected.e, thank you very much for _ affected. indeed, gary o'donoghue, thank you very much for that - affected. indeed, gary o'donoghue, thank you very much for that update there from washington. there has been more successful team gb in the paralympics. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's chetham. yes, a good day for the paralympics, jonnie peacock winning bronze in the 600 metres and plenty of success elsewhere. three goals, amongst those... , , ,, ., those... first up was andrew small, he went in — those... first up was andrew small, he went in the _ those... first up was andrew small, he went in the teeth _ those... first up was andrew small, he went in the teeth 33 _ those... first up was andrew small, he went in the teeth 33100 - those... first up was andrew small, he went in the teeth 33100 metres | he went in the teeth 33100 metres backin he went in the teeth 33100 metres back in beer and got a bronze medal. in the world is in 2019 he got a silver, but toda

gary o'donoghue. — this whole thing was conducted. gary o'donoghue, thank you very much.his children when the drone strike happened, killing ten of his relatives, including the cousin, and six of the children. a warning that some of what you hear may be distressing. he was the head of our family. he had 40 years and he was engineer in a charity organisation. the other one, from the youngest, he was 30 years and he was an officer of international army. and the other was 19 and he was a student. and the seven others, they have four, five, two and 12, three and 11 years. they were all children. but they have killed them in this attack in kabul. how would a person who is an engineer and who works, who hasjobs, charity organisation, they serve about two decades for the poor people, for those people that they... the north part of our country in kabul, how can he be part of a daesh or a suicide attack? it is not possible. we see how, in our lives... sobbing: we gather with our parts of our members of our... _ how... why they killed our family, our children? seven children. they

thankl you very much, gary o'donoghue utterly unilateral fashion.hue there you very much, gary 0'donoghue there for us in washington. more than a million people in the us state of louisiana are still without power after hurricane ida hit on sunday. it brought winds of up to 150mph — amongst the strongest ever to hit the us mainland. at least two people have died and rescue workers are using boats and planes to search for people trapped by floodwaters. richard galpin reports. the wind having subsided in louisiana. it is now a more tranquil picture after the storm. but a huge task lies ahead in dealing with the aftermath. in particular, these floods. rescue teams have been searching for people in need of help. some who had stayed put as the hurricane made landfall say they were lucky to survive. last night was rough. we saw slow water coming in under the door, and then it progressivelyjust got, i was mopping, and then it progressively got worse. it was ankles, knees, almost chest level, so we put the dogs on the counters and then we climbed into the a

gary o'donoghue.being introduced first in the united states — will search for matches of already known images. some security experts however say the measures could be used by authoritarian governments to scan phones for other content such as political material. i'm joined now by emily taylor, cybersecurity expert at chatham house and editor of the journal of cyber policy. hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thou:hts hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first— hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all about _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all about apple's . thoughts first of all about apple's attempt to scan for child sexual abuse. can it work and is it helpful? abuse. can it work and is it helful? �* , abuse. can it work and is it helpful?— abuse. can it work and is it helful? �*, . , ., , helpful? it's a very polarising issue, helpful? it

gary o'donoghue, sobering thought. gary 0'donoghue, thank you very much.rk kimmitt — served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for middle east policy in president george w. bush's white house. thank you for talking to us. we have seen 15 provinces falling to the taliban injust seen 15 provinces falling to the taliban in just seven days. seen 15 provinces falling to the taliban injust seven days. are seen 15 provinces falling to the taliban in just seven days. are you surprised by the gains they have made? i surprised by the gains they have made? ., , ., surprised by the gains they have made? . , . . ~' . , made? i really am, and i think any military observer— made? i really am, and i think any military observer would _ made? i really am, and i think any military observer would be - made? i really am, and i think any l military observer would be surprised as well. it is not unprecedented throughout history to see this kind of collapse, but with the force that we have trained so welcome and we have put so much time and effort into, it is coming as a su

our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue, explained what's being done there to support the governmentn kabul. i think, politically, ithink, politically, here, there is not a lot of focus, frankly on afghanistan. i think it would be wrong to suggest there was, the covid—i9 pandemic congress is tied up covid—i9 pandemic congress is tied up over legislation, rows over voting rights and other issues, and there is not really a lot of focus among lawmakers, but i think the administration itself believes it is under some pressure to demonstrate that despite pulling out its troops, it has a commitment to the people of afghanistan and the government and they keep reiterating that. of course, the us government is one of the key sponsors of the inter—afghan dialogue, the talks between the taliban and the government. they say they are not prepared, the us and says they are not prepared to throw in the towel on those talks yes, but that they are trying to create some impetus, but the military realities on the ground make it less likely the taliban really need to negotiate, if you like at this poin

our correspondent gary o'donoghue has more details on the programme.lready had in place for some time, as you pointed out. really it is answering some of the pressure that has come from members of congress and some of the refugee and human rights groups here in the us that the americans weren't doing enough for those people that put themselves in harms way in afghanistan on behalf of the us government, the us military. they are expanding the original programme which was really limited to those who had worked for the us government or the military directly and for two years or so, to include those who have worked for perhaps less time, more recently, and indeed more significantly for those who have worked for ngos and media organisations, for example. it is not as straightforward as it might seem, though, because they will require those afghans will require those companies and organisations to nominate them for this process and they will have to leave the country in order to go through the vetting process that could take 12 to 14 months. so they and thei

gary o'donoghuejoins gary o'donoghue joins me from washington.00 troops _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to the | 3000 troops may go back to the airport in kabul to facilitate that drawdown as he heard there from ned price they are not saying how much they are moving from the embassy but they are moving from the embassy but they are moving from the embassy but they are reducing to what they call a court of the medic presents and this was not the to have to send troops back into the country when the drawdown is well over 95% complete and do to be completed by the end of the month but the circumstances on the ground have necessitated it. they are insisting the embassy will remain open although they were press very hard over whether the embassy will remain in its kabul situation inside the city or whet

let's go to our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue. bit of a saviour during the covid pandemic— pandemic. my goodness, it has been cuite a pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall. — pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall, when _ pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall, when you _ pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall, when you think- pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall, when you think back - pandemic. my goodness, it has been quite a fall, when you think back a i quite a fall, when you think back a year, this time last year, the winter months of last year, andrew cuomo really a leader, a national leader, any battle against the coronavirus, those daily new york state briefings that he gave, that kind of leadership people thought they were looking for at that time when there was a little coming out of the white house. at here we are a year or so later, and his fall from grace has been completed today with his resignation, facing a number of allegations from women about sexual harassment, fac

gary o'donoghue is in washington. that us drones had killed civilians over many years. yes us drones had killed civilians over many yew-— many years. yes and of course the nature of this _ many years. yes and of course the nature of this strike _ many years. yes and of course the nature of this strike was _ many years. yes and of course the nature of this strike was in - many years. yes and of course the nature of this strike was in the - nature of this strike was in the city. and that is going to be something that is gonna carry some inherent risk. interestingly they went from saying initially that they didn't believe that there were civilian casualties do now saying they're not in a position to dispute that they were. i think they are edging towards a position where they think they may have to confirm some of theirs. you heard john kirby there for transparency but it will raise questions of course in what is already a very messy and difficult situation. not least in terms of the airport but they're insistent here th

and let's hearfrom gary o'donoghue on how this is playing out in the us.other outlets around the world, there is concern of course about the speed with which the afghan army appears to be melting away in these provincial capitals, concern about the extent to which all the money and effort that was spent has seemed to come to naught in some ways. but i don't think there's any appetite, certainly among the american public, for any extension of their mission there. and it's quite extraordinary when you think that the afghan army, the afghan security services, has an air force, albeit trained and supported by the us, but has an air force. the taliban don't have an air force. typically, air superiority would give you a significant advantage in a conflict like this, but it doesn't seem to be going in that direction. and we hearfrom central command, which is the part of the us military that oversees that part of the world, that around 95% of the pull—out has already taken place of us military personnel, and there's discussion of course in the media here about whe

gary o'donoghue is with us from the white house.xt few minutes i understand president biden will be speaking, what do we know about the format of this address? it is speaking, what do we know about the format of this address?— format of this address? it is going to be a fairly _ format of this address? it is going to be a fairly substantial - format of this address? it is going to be a fairly substantial speech . to be a fairly substantial speech as we understand, maybe 35 or a0 minutes, added... a week will pay tribute to those who have served and fought and lost their lives in afghanistan and to the operation over the last couple of weeks but he will also be expected to justify his actions over the last seven months since coming into office, the timetable he set, the nature of this withdrawal, the hurried, shambolic nature of parts of it, and of course this problem he has, having made a promise to all americans and to those tens of thousands of afghans not to leave until they are all out, having apparently had to leave before all

gary o'donoghue - morning in washington. enjoy the l walk back. gary o'donoghue talking walk back.s" to afghanistan to help those who are able to leave the country and eligible to come to the uk. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. what more do we know about what this beefing up means? because it is something dominic raab was alluding to in interviews today. hat something dominic raab was alluding to in interviews today.— to in interviews today. not very much. to in interviews today. not very much- this _ to in interviews today. not very much. this is _ to in interviews today. not very much. this is the _ to in interviews today. not very much. this is the prime - to in interviews today. not very i much. this is the prime minister's official spokesperson talking about what will happen now, the efforts to still try to get afghans out who are at risk, and this is something that was talked about a week ago. the uk talking about processing people through neighbouring countries. a week ago they were talking about sending additional personnel. some

we can cross live to washington and our correspondent gary o'donoghue. how many afghans might apply andtions to be processed? they don't really know— applications to be processed? they don't really know how _ applications to be processed? the don't really know how many applications to be processed? tia: don't really know how many will apply. they think it could be in the tens of thousands, though, and that would include notjust people who had worked for these other organisations but also their families. the issue is that they will be required to get a nomination from the ngo all the media organisation they worked for in order to get onto the list to be considered. then they will have to travel to a third country, probably pakistan, possibly turkey via iran to make that application. that process could take 12 to 1a months. there are plenty of barriers in the way of any afghan who wants to take up way of any afghan who wants to take up this offer from the us government but the state department insist they understand the difficulties of that but at the moment they are not offering any relo

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue.en having such success on the battlefield. there is little incentive for them. a lot of pressure being put on them in terms of their future and what kind of role they might have, and how recognised they might be in the international community. i think the issue there is how much they care about international recognition. it is not something they cared about in the past, but whether that has changed. there have been some disturbing developments reported in the meeting this morning, accusations here of real atrocities. one ambassador from afghanistan itself talking about people being stoned and having their hands chopped off, children flogged, he says. these are all allegations he levels that the taliban forces surrounding these six urban centres around the country. of course the assassinations continue. we had another one this morning, the chief spokesman for the afghan government was assassinated at friday prayers, and that follows a pattern of other targeting that has been going on by