he was to chair the international red cross conference and it was a chance to see his family. ah, he took me out for a whole day. we went to the museum winters or football and things like that. and i remember afterwards to having my father for myself who was a hey, a fantastic thing to happen. once. before returning to the middle east, he arranged to me to stole in paris 3 weeks later. for her birthday. it was a meeting he would never make during the 1st 2 weeks of september, 1948 and adult spent what would prove to be the last days of his life. in rhodes, putting the final touches to a revised peace plan completed on the 16th of september. it contained a major concession to his rail. jerusalem. the city would no longer be under arab control. it would be administered by the united nations. but this change had come too late. 6 days earlier in an apartment in tel aviv benuya, who, the st. the commanders of lair, he, the stern gang, had come together to seal the fates of folk, bernard dogs, natalie mall voted against the assassination of an adult. doctor sal dod voted for the ass

the regional director of the international red cross is warning of a major humanitarian crisis in afghanistanancial short falls and the coming of winter. the u.s. withdrawal from that country has been a foreign policy crisis for president biden and his team. the smoke is still clearing tonight after explosive testimony this week from the president's top defense advisers on capitol hill. jennifer griffin looks at the fallout from the pentagon. >> it's a real possibility in the not too distant future, 6, 12, 18, 24, 36 months, reconstitution of al qaeda or isis. >> reporter: one of the stunning admissions. signs of collapse began in june, yet the white house did not call for withdrawal. documents show the afghan central bank depleted its u.s. dollar reserves in the months before the taliban took kabul. >> we didn't fully comprehend the depth of corruption. >> reporter: yet that corruption was documented for more than a decade by the special inspector general for afghan instruction. defense officials testified no one saw that, but had intelligence suggesting that the afghan government would fall

she's a spokes person for the africa region at the international, which is red cross joyce's via skype from nairobi. you know, thank you for joining us here and deserve as a modern griffin and spelt it out that the situation is dire. what are the priorities in your view? well, food access to food is definitely one of the important priorities, but there is also access to health, lack of medical supplies. what we're seeing is that there's been increased pressure on hospital with receiving dead and liking supplies and personnel. also, there's not enough this lack of cash, electricity, and other vital supply in the region. it's not for lack of trying and doesn't hundreds of trucks have gone through some like 450 more than 450 trucks of entity. great, but any 30 a have returned. is that all part of the problem? i mean, there's definitely not enough vital supplies that are coming in into to cry, including medical supplies and the full supply. so that's been an increasing concern. logistics has been extremely difficult, but also well looking at the shifting crop front lines, they're going fig

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tie: president of the international committee of the red cross, emphasising as so many humanitarian leadersd a way to work with new taliban leadership, for both sides to understand each other because tens of millions of afghans desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as a new caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a primordial rock crashes to earth, turning one family's driveway into a scientific landmark. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough. applause. translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free!

the president of the - international committee of the red cross. of millions of afghans desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as a new caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan. lyse caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan.— here in afghanistan. lyse doucet there. mps in britain have voted in favour of a tax rise to fund national health and social care services, which have been put under great strain during the covid pandemic. the prime minister, borisjohnson, said his plan — which is expected to raise more than £16 billion a year — would deal with "catastrophic costs" faced by those who need care. critics say the tax rise does not do enough to address decades of underinvestment in health care. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. mind the corner. the ayes to the right, 319. the noes to the left, 248. with barely a murmur, conservative mps backed billions of pounds in tax rises to raise money for the nhs and social care, while labour mps voted against. it feels like a d

but the international them is red cross making a privilege that they should set the good put together a convoy april 2020, that call. the sale there has not been delivered. those who have concerned about the plight of the syrian people need to push the western countries that have a say about also the un has on their own leadership with that is and you have to comply with the un security council resolution focus. it's not just on the military and parts and the routes and it also has a requirement that was what i knew to focus on. the new resumption of sure. read a tree city and you need access to watch health care schools and hospitals . and the un secretary, it is where they are in a tight spot right now, because i'm the producer to be honest, cities throughout the syrian crisis. the secretariat has been very passive in creating the right environment for the refugees to go back. but we have the resolution was adopted unanimously. you have to comply with it. the foreign minister of my name is up to me. it's from the big data quotes. a lot of the i'm doing who keep asking you about the

. >> that was the president of the international committee of the red cross emphasizing as so many humanitarianrs are, they have to find a way to work with the new leadership or both sides to understand each other because tens of millions of afghans desperately needed humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as the new caretaker government takes charge here in afghanistan. >> leaders of a pro-democracy group that holds the annual vigil to remember the massacres in tiananmen square have been arrested. arrested in support of patriotic democratic movements were detained and three other standing committee members were arrested. one of the largest confederate statues still on public display in the united states has finally been removed after a new court battle in cheering crowds watched as cranes began dismantling the monumento general robert e. lee that has towered over the virginia state capitol in richmond for 130 one years. it became the focus of angry protests after the killing of george floyd last year in minneapolis by a white police man. officials in mexico say that one person has b

the president of the international committee of the red cross, emphasising what so many leaders are sayingind a way to work with the new taliban leadership. so both sides understand each other. tens of millions of afghans desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as a new caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan. the bbc�*s lyse doucet in kabul. let's have a look at other stories making the headlines. in the united states, anti—racism activists have in india, dozens of people are missing after a ferry collided with another passenger boat and sank in the north— eastern state of assam. about a0 passengers have either been rescued or swam to safety. officials say in total there were more than 100 people on the two ferries. the philippine president, rodrigo duterte — who's not allowed to run for another term — has formally accepted his party faction�*s nomination to run for vice president in the next election. the head of russia's emergencies ministry, yevgeny zinichev, has been killed while on an inter—agency training exercise in the arctic.

peter, the president of the international committee of the red cross, emphasising so many leaders sayingw taliban leadership. tens of millions of afghans desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as a new caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan. the government takes office here in afghanistan-— afghanistan. the bbc's lyse doucet. anti—racism activists have celebrated the removal of a controversial statue of a confederate general in the us. the memorial to robert e lee in the city of richmond, in virginia, became a focal point during last year's black lives matter protests. for more on this, i'm joined now by our correspondent david willis in washington. great to have you on the programme. talk us through the background of why this statue is so controversial? well, the city of richmond in virginia served as the capital of the proslavery south during the american civil war. robert lee lee was a civil war general who was leading forces intend on maintaining slavery —— robert e lee. that statue in richmond of robert e lee has proved a focal

peter, the president of the international committee of the red cross, emphasising what so many leaders find a way to work with the new taliban leadership. tens of millions of afghans desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. these are the challenges as a new caretaker government takes office here in afghanistan. the bbc�*s lyse doucet. anti—racism activists have celebrated the removal of a controversial statue of a confederate general in the us. the memorial to robert e lee in the city of richmond in virginia became a focal point during last year's black lives matter protests. for more on this, i'm joined now by our correspondent david willis in los angeles. great to have you with us david. just talk us through the background of why this statue is so controversial. this background of why this statue is so controversial.— is so controversial. this is a statue commemorating - is so controversial. this is a statue commemorating one is so controversial. this is a i statue commemorating one of is so controversial. this is a - statue commemorating one of the confederate generals

we discussed humanitarian issues with the president of the red cross international committee. he's been visiting medical facilities and his also met with the new african government the on the one side, you will see all that these are remnants of war. you see these camps, these vehicles, military vehicles. you see this traction where fighting has taken place, including in some of the cities like lasker, gar, and others. and on the other hand, you see an normality of life and normal life. you see that this country is and has been affected by 40 years of war and by poverty and the 2 together create enormous human period need. what i can see is that this is a country in bad need of your many terry and assistance of help to stop realize, infrastructure and basic services. it needs international support and when and how political lack there's states will recognize the new i've gone. government is of course, up to them. our interest is that international support comes to have gone east on to the people of i've gone east and in a way which is respectful of the geneva conventions of be

of 38000000 needs humanitarian aid. among them are 3 and a half 1000000 people internally displaced by conflict. red cross president pita mara traveled to the country and visit medical facilities before meeting with the new s can government. and he found time to speak to his head arty. on the one side, you will see all that these are the remnants of war. you see these camps, these vehicles, military vehicles. you see this traction where fighting has taken place, including in some of the cities like blush, guitar and others. and on the other hand, you see an normality of life and normal life. you see that this country is and has been affected by 40 years of war and by poverty. and the 2 together create enormous human period need. we had a long conversation with marla, about the deputy of now, when our government has a very substantial conversation with him self and with some of his closer ates and collaborators in order to ensure that the humanitarian space, which is needed for a good, impactful, and mutually human terry and assistance are guaranteed, i think we got a lot of understanding and also good sen

the international committee of the red cross has been handing out blankets, kitchen sets and food in a mara region. thousands of people have been killed in at least 2000000 displaced. conflict broke out in november between the t gray people's liberation front and government forces. it since expanded into neighboring amara and the far regions, the government, the estimates around 450000 have fled to their homes, their how the people to the situation is worse than before. we are separated from ralph families. initially we left by gather without parents uses and brought them the piece time. i'm separated from my parents and childrens richer, and it's my eldest daughter is already independent and has left. the 2nd one is 9 years old. she's with my parents, but i don't know where she is. and i don't know where my husband get no. health care workers and friends are now required to be vaccinated against coven, 19, or face suspension without pay. the mandate came into force on wednesday, 2 months after president manuel macross announced, feel to meet him around 2700000 staff and hospitals re

the president of the international committee of the red cross has travelled to kabul. of the population lives with disability, this is a huge number. so, here is really the origin, the beginning and at the same time, the most hopeful part of what a humanitarian organisation can do. you speak about hope but you are arriving in afghanistan where it's starting again, taliban leadership and many are worried if not fearful. many afghans tell us that they willjudge the taliban not by their statements but by their actions. what would be the first actions you would ask of them? in many respects, it's the continuation of what we have been able to do in the past. we will have seen and you see that in our programmes women, girls, men are working alongside that we have developed social activities in a physical rehabilitation centre which are inclusive where men and women are able to develop both up, and we have i think, in the past found the balance between the respecting local traditions and local values and at the same time, respectful. so, one gives perspectives to rights and to

38000000 people needs humanitarian aid. among them are 3 and a half 1000000 people internally displaced by the conflict. the red cross president peter maurer, traveled to the country and visited medical facilities before meeting with the new afghan government. he also spoke to us earlier on the one side. you will see all that these are the remnants of war. you see these are camps distorted vehicles, military vehicles, you see the struction where fighting has taken place, including in some of the cities like classical regard and others. and on the other hand, you see and normally of life and normalcy of life, you see that this country is and has been affected by 40 years of war and by poverty, and the 2 together create enormous humanitarian need. we had a long conversation with marla about at the deputy of now we're now in government, a very substantive conversation with him self and with some of his closer aids and collaborators in order to ensure that the humanitarian space, which is needed for a good, impactful and usually humanitarian assistance are guaranteed, i think we got a lot of understanding and also good s

i've rescue crews brought him and his fiance to the american red cross shelter at the international high school several days after the storm draper can't return home because it's still under water. the last time you heard the warning was up to the top of the approach light 7 high. officials say throughout patterson 300 people had to be rescued and nearly 100 cars were abandoned throughout the city before i to harry boss dropped his car off at the auto shop on bergen street. he won't be getting back his car. >> the came and it just came for osha. sleep real quick. an if you can see. everything is flooded out of the end of the body where for we'll have to replace it. >> many of patterson's urban homes run adjacent to the passaic river. mayor andre sayegh says american rescue plan money will fix the sewer system of some of the most neglected areas to help alleviate this from happening again. this is the clarion call for infrastructure improvement. and also if you can believe that climate change was legitimate its storms are getting fiercer and fiercer meanwhile, residents waited for the riv

international boulevard. then ran a red light slamming into the family as they crossed 38th avenue. investigators say the suspect tried to run away but was taken to the ground by good samaritans. sure. until officers showed up and made rest stop. from a lot of range to me. >> he started saying he had kids of his own. and i just think someone with kids, but take responsibility to the actions. the kids who were rejected remain in critical condition with severe head trauma. >> news. >> kron four's your local election headquarters and with just 4 days until the recall election. a new poll shows even more california voters say that they're going to keep governor newsome in office. kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains how the governor's responding and how the front running replacement candidate is preparing. if newsom wants. >> and the governor, gavin newsom and his wife filling out and handing in the recall election ballots at the secretary of state's office friday support. >> no and go. >> a new berkeley igs an la times poll shows 60% of likely voters say they'll k

red cross. though questions remain about willingness to engage with the international community. u.s.retary antony blinken and lloyd austin in doha to discuss how american diplomacy could prevail in afghanistan but the presence on the ground. the biden administration will have to rely heavily on the good torque to act with a middleman but the taliban and get u.s. citizens out of the country. the senior state department confirm today at an american family trust to a neighboring country by land and thousands expected to do in the coming weeks. fearing taliban violence to lack of opportunity, civilians flee afghanistan. two neighboring iran to pakistan. >> we didn't have money for our sick members. we are taking them to a charity hospital so they can get aid. >> we do expect u.s. and qatari officials to take questions tomorrow morning on the evacuations and the growing humanitarian crisis inside afghanistan. mike. >> mike starting us off live from doha, thanks. the biden administration keeping quiet about afghanistan and peter doocy in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spendin

red cross. though questions remain about their willingness to engage with the international community, us secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are in doha today, in part to discuss how american diplomacy could prevail in afghanistan. with no presence on the ground, the biden administration will have to rely heavily on the qataris to act as a middleman with the taliban and get us citizens out of the country, a senior state department official confirmed today that an american family crossed to a neighboring country by land, as thousands are expected to do. in the coming weeks for reasons from fearing taliban violence to lack of opportunity. civilians continue to flee afghanistan to neighboring iran, tajikistan and pakistan varnish to there is no work in afghanistan. we didn't have money to get treatment for our sick members, we are taking them to a charity hospital so they can get free treatment. we do expect both us and qatari officials to take questions tomorrow morning on the state of those evacuations and the growing humanitarian crisis. this is inside afghanistan

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ahead of an international aid conference for afghans thought on september 13th charlotte bellis has more from cobble will help a sion doctors without borders, african bridge prison, red cross all putting out releases saying this is really getting serious. and a lot of it comes down to money. the taliban. essentially, the width and community is cuddle funds to the telephone because they sanctioned with you in sanctions. but because going to some was running for the most part on international aid. and during talking health care education, a lot of the staples that people rely on that's been cause amnesty international says dozens of syrian refugees have been detained, abused and tortured by security forces since returning home. a report describes violations against 66 people, including 13 children. it says 5 still in custody, while the fate of more than a dozen is unknown. me and my shadow government has declared what it's cooling, a people's defensive war against the military rulers. national unity government is made up of politicians deposed in a qu in february. the world food program says it's delivered its last 8 shipment to ethiopian war tone t gray region. the governme

with her presented it's from the united nations and the red cross, the questions remain about their willingness to engage with the internationalnity. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are there today in part to discuss how american diplomacy could prevail in afghanistan with no presence on the ground. if the biden administration will have to rely heavily on them to act aso a middleman with the taliban and get u.s. citizens out of the country. a senior state department official confirmed today that an american family crossed to a neighboring countryni by land as thousands are expected to do in the coming weeks. for reasons from fearing taliban violence to lack of opportunity, civilians continue to flee afghanistan to neighboring iran, tajikistan, and pakistan. >> we didn't have money to get treatment for our sick members. we are taking them to a charity hospital so they can get free treatment. >> we do a expect u.s. and qatar officials to take questions tomorrow morning on the evacuations of the growing humanitarian crisis inside afghanistan. mike. >> mike: trey yingst started his loft li

doubts was now an international star. 3 years later, he was called on again. heading this time to the middle east, which had been plunged into war ah, quite plain with you in the red cross markings was carrying the brave camps. nephew of the swedish king organizer of the white classes campaigned on a mission that would seal his fate. the folk cabana adult was on his way to palestine and to his death of the hands of jewish military. i al jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of counts full cabana dot a tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his death would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace in the middle east. ah, killing the count on algebra. ah . hello there. let's have a look at the weather across the middle east and live. and i mean, got low pressure across the black sea that's bring you some weather to turkey and georgia. some of that rain is trickling into lebanon and into iran, but it is launching hot and dry and settled for much of the region. the shema when have died down that blows down from iraq into the gulf states. so there is plenty of sunshine around with the temperatures down slightly in

doubts was now an international star. 3 years later he was called on again, heading this time to the middle east, which had been plunged into war ah, quite plain with you. and the red cross markings was carrying the brave count. nephew of the swedish king organizer of the white classes campaigned on a mission that would seal his fate. the folk abandon, adults was on his way to palestine and to his death at the hands of jewish military i ah, ah ah ah ah hello there, it's a conflicting picture. weatherwise across australia we've got finding dry weather up in the north thanks to high pressure clinging on. we've also seen some unusual heat in alice springs for this time of year, but the temperature is going to dip down as we go into saturday and the wet weather will arrive. but it's looking rather unsettled. down in the south, we've had a strong cold front sweep across the south. west that's brought the temperature down in perth is going to warm up slightly. but for some parts of australia we have got to be a wind warning for parts of victoria. that thanks to some damaging winds and those winds could turn dangerous for parts of the south east. as we go into the weekend. we g

doubts was now an international star. 3 years later, he was called on again. heading this time to the middle east, which had been plunged into war ah, quite plain with you in the red cross markings was carrying the brave count. nephew of the swedish king organizer of the white passes campaign on a mission that would seal his fate. the folk cabana adult was on his way to palestine and to his death at the hands of jewish military. i. l g era recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count full cabana dot tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his death would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace in the middle east. killing the count on l. g as in ah ah ah ah well attempt his dropped in sydney already because this cold wind from the surf has brought showers up across sidney across our new south wales actually. but in the heart of australia there's nothing in the sky. the breeze is coming from the south . so these cooling down a bit, alice springs down to 21 in purse were about 27, very much warmer. but look at this nice warm cap here. as you push the cold up, you tend to push the warm ahead of it and you get really qu

doubt was now an international star. 3 years later, he was called on again, heading this time to the middle east, which had been plunged into war ah, quite plain with you and the red cross markings was carrying the brave count. nephew of the swedish king organizer of the white classes campaigned on a mission that would seal his fate. the whole combat adults was on his way to palestine and to his death. at the hands of jewish military i al jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of counts full cabana dot tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his day would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace. in the middle east, killing the count on l. j. as in news news, news, news. news. news. i, again, here's her headlines for the americas starting into a saucy, on 34 agrees. i want to show you the 3 day forecast here because it's cloudy on saturday, but once we get into the sun on sunday, we'll crank your temperature up to 38, even warm are still 39 degrees on monday, the south end of south america, we've got our storms through the amazon basin a wet day for my house, with a high of 34 degrees, also wet across parts of