lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreian sanctuary. lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. _ sanctuary.lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. thank you - sanctuary. lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. thank you very l foreign secretary. thank you very much for your time. the taliban have told the bbc that their new government will be announced in the next day or two but there "may not" be a woman in any of the top posts or in cabinet. meanwhile, the uk is in talks with the taliban to try to secure "safe passage" out of afghanistan for remaining british nationals and eligible refugees. our first report is from our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. a nation on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. now under taliban rule. a third of afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. the un said nearly half of the country needs help to survive. supporters of the taliban have been celebrating the departure of foreign forces. now, the militants have to show how they'll run the country. a senior representative in qatar told the bbc an announcement on a new government is expect

let’s at brighton. -- lisa nandy. let's look at the _ at brighton. -- lisa nandy.thing? absolutely. we can expect cooler weather for all. everything? absolutely. we can expect cooler weather for all of | everything? absolutely. we can i expect cooler weather for all of us as we head through the next few days. misty and murky in places. we have some areas of mist and fog across southern and eastern part of england but for england, wales and at the eastern half of scotland, it is mainly dry with spells of sunshine and the odd shower. northern ireland and western scotland will with a heavy breasts of rain from the west. an increasingly strong southerly wind, but a warm wind direction meaning temperatures will be where they should be at this time of year. the last of the very warm days. a band of heavy rain accompanied by gusty squally winds stop its days mild through tonight but as the rain band pushes further eastwards tomorrow, behind it, a change in the feel of the weather, something much cooler and fresher. will turn to sunshine and fresher. will turn to sunshine

we will speak to lisa nandy on the programme shortly.— will speak to lisa nandy on the programme shortlymy can't use them, but a potent symbol of america's defeat and the rise of the taliban. but was it a defeat, or a calculated withdrawal by a us president determined to draw a line under two decades of war? at the white house, joe biden praised the action of us troops in helping to evacuate more than 120,000 people from kabul in recent weeks. the extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravery and selfless courage of the united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. for weeks, they risked their lives to get american citizens, afghans who helped us, citizens of our allies and partners and others on board planes and out of the country. but this was a president on the defensive, widely criticised for the way and apparent haste with which america withdrew from afghanistan, leaving some us citizens behind. mr biden insisted he was right to end the "forever war" and not to extend what he called the "forever exit". he laid the blame in

earlier shadows they could to lisa nandy do not hold back on dominic raab either. out in the most chaotic circumstances. thousands of people left behind because of 18 months of failure to get ready for this moment. obviously lisa nandy going in hard not doubling rather himself to take a bit of personal responsibility. it a bit of personal responsibility. it will be interesting to see how much a guess of that. that has been some concern from other departments were in the last couple of days that he has not necessarily taking that, with him saying in interviews that they were failures of military intelligence, something that has not necessarily please his colleagues in at the ministry of defence. interesting to see how far he will go in accepting some kind of responsibility for what has played out over the last couple of weeks. this is a short period of time for mp5 to hold him to come and ask mps to hold him to come and ask these key questions which will be defining the response going forward over the next couple of weeks. haste over the next couple of weeks. we wil

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and they are going on a talk on him and lisa nandy but more of that on another day, that's all we have civilians will be on the road this afternoon to try to boost deliveries of fuel to petrol stations across britain.

i'm joined now by the shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy. is this the right strategy for the uk?ve been urging for some time we need close cooperation with our allies in order to cope with our allies in order to cope with the challenge china presents, china is deeply embedded in the global economy including here in the uk and there is no global challenge that can be solved without the active participation of the chinese government whether it be climate change are covid. we have seen genocide committed and the rights and freedoms of people in hong kong in particular have been eroded. it is right in my view for the government to be working much more closely with our allies, particularly with australia who has been working on the frontier and from whom we can learn as well as support. but this is only the start of a much more coherent approach from the government towards china and we can't continue the situation where one government department is rolling out the red carpet while the other is sanctioning chinese officials. we need a proper strategy to deal with this at home as well a