anchor: let us turn to our chief inrnational correspondent, lyse doucet.in just a moment, but let me bring you a couple more lines from what joe biden was saying. he is urging pakistan to do more to support afghanistan. he said the u.s. is to hold that taliban accountable on ghanistan. we are able to reconnect with chief international correspondent lyse doucet. great to have you with us. really interesting to watch joe biden, and just incredible to think 20 years has passed. perhaps you could put in context for our viewers just have signicant this announcement, this moment is, for afghanistan. lyse: it was so interesting listening to joe biden, and the fration in his voice, empathizing that he -- emphasizing that he is the fourth american president, he his words going over the same cycle, extending u.s. forces in afghanistan and expending -- and expecting different results. it is time to come home, he said. i don't think afghans want for forces to stay a day longer than necessary. but i think from the very beginning, no one can forget what happened in afgh

lyse doucet, bbc news.ofessor of international relations at the london school of economics. he told me more about the relationship between prince hamza and the rest of the jordanian royal family. this is really a family dispute between prince hamzah and king abdullah ii. i think despite...if you isolate all the noise, i think this is a palace coup designed to really silence hamzah, who was seen as a troublemaker. hamzah has been meeting with tribal leaders, tribal elders. he is very popular among certain tribes. he tweets, he gives voice to the grievances of many people, including the tribes. so in a way, at this particular stage, giving the convergence of many challenges and many problems facing jordan, i think what the government has done is to connect the dots between what hamzah has been doing, meeting, being invited to meet with the tribes and also some of the criticisms of the incompetence of the government, and the corruption and the multiplying economic problems. i think this is what we are seeing,

lyse doucet, bbc news.i spoke to dr annelle sheline, senior research fellow for the middle east programme at the sink tank —— east programme at the think tank the quincy institute. i asked her how damaging this extraordinary family feud is. this is really unprecedented and part of why we saw other arab monarchies around the region, as well as the us, very quickly expressing support, which is interesting because previously, especially under president trump, jordan had been somewhat sidelined especially as the uae signed the abraham accords, and especially president trump's efforts to shut down the two state solution. king abdullah was somewhat frustrated and there was also the potential effort by the saudis to possibly take over control of the holy sites injerusalem. there've been of ongoing tension injordan feeling somewhat dissatisfied by the way it was treated by the us and its neighbours, so it is interesting now to see the extent to which support is coming in from all its neighbours and the us because t

lyse doucet, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to jonathan schanzer.vice—president of the sink tank foundation for defense of democracies. i asked him how serious these meetings were against the king. well, right now, thejordanian government is still, i would say, holding a lot of this information close. it's only being shared by a very small circle. i think we'll be hearing more in the coming days but i would say that off hand, looking at the arrests that have taken place — right now, according to the news sources out ofjordan, it's somewhere between 16—20 people — this does not sound like a widespread conspiracy that stretches across thejordanian bureaucracy and thejordanian military, so that would suggest that either it's a small group of people that they caught very early on in a plot or perhaps, as your reporter suggested, maybe this is a bitter squabble between two royals. and the position and the strength of the king in the country is crucial to many of its western allies. it is, but i think it's worth noting that really, over the last ten years

and here in the studio at a safe social distance, the bbc�*s chief international correspondent lyse doucetve you, lyse, and good to have both of you with us on dateline. now, it was the 9/11 attacks on the united states in 2001 which led to the invasion of afghanistan. presidentjoe biden announced this week that september the 11th 2021 will mark the end of its military presence there. 20 years ago vladimir putin, already running the kremlin, was one of the first to tell america's then—president, "we'll back you all the way." today, though, the capitals of what were the late 20th century's superpowers are in conflict once again over territory moscow once called its own. lyse, how did allies against extremism become in conflict again right in the heart of europe? well, there are areas where russia and the united states are working together, will continue to have to work together for common cause. you mentioned about islamic extremism. going back to the september 11 attacks. climate change. they are trying to get the iran nuclear deal back on track. they are also working together on afghanist

lyse doucet, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. missing for nearly two weeks. richard okorogheye's family hasn't heard from him since he left his home in west london. the 19 year old was last seen in cctv footage recorded near epping forest. more than 100 people were arrested in central london yesterday during protests against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. thousands of people took part in demonstrations across england, despite covid restrictions. in bristol, seven people were arrested, after a large crowd was ordered to leave the city centre. two dogs which carried out an attack on an 85—year—old woman in rowley regis have been humanely destroyed. police said specialist advice had established the dogs could never be re—homed, due to the violence of their act. lucille downer, a great—grandmother, died after being attacked by the dogs, which got into her garden through a hole in the fence on friday. police in northern ireland have described a second night of violence in a loyalist area as "orchestrated",

lyse doucet, bbc news.rofessor of international relations, at the london school of economics. he gave us more context of the relationship between prince hamza and the rest of thejordanian royal family. this is really a family dispute between prince hamzah and king abdullah ii. i think despite...if you isolate all the noise, i think this is a palace coup designed to really silence hamzah, who was seen as a troublemaker. hamzah has been meeting with tribal leaders, tribal elders. he is very popular among certain tribes. he tweets, he gives voice to the grievances of many people, including the tribes. so in a way, at this particular stage, giving the convergence of many challenges and many problems facing jordan, i think what the government has done is to connect the dots between what hamzah has been doing, meeting, being invited to meet with the tribes and also some of the criticisms of the incompetence of the government, and the corruption and the multiplying economic problems. i think this is what we are se

lyse doucet, bbc news.sey is a senior fellow at the s rajaratnam school of international studies. he's in singapore. very good have you with us. what do you make of all that has been going on over the last 24, 48 hours with thejordanian royals? 24, 48 hours with the jordanian ro als? ., , royals? there have been long-standing _ royals? there have been long-standing fissures i royals? there have been - long-standing fissures within long—standing fissures within the family as well as within jordanian societies. i would think again there is much that we do not know, that this is primarily domestically driven and there has been widespread criticism, both within the ruling family and within society of corruption of economic mismanagement. that is not to say that other countries in the middle east, particularly the israelis, the saudis, the emirati is don't have an interest in what is happening but i think it would be premature to suggest that they are the driving force in this. in they are the driving force in t

lyse doucet for us there.risjohnson has confirmed the next step in england's roadmap out of coronavirus lockdown is going ahead. non—essential shops, hairdressers and gyms will be allowed to reopen next monday, and pubs and restaurants will be able to serve customers outdoors. but there was no announcement on when and how foreign travel could resume. our transport correspondent, caroline davis, reports. preparing for international travel takes time. the industry is already gearing up, hoping that they'll have a summer season. but today the prime minister wasn't making any promises. obviously, we are hopeful that we can get going, from may 17th, we're hopeful. but i do not wish to give hostages to fortune, or to underestimate the difficulties that we're seeing in some of the destination countries people might want to go to. we don't want to see the virus being reimported into this country from abroad. when it does restart, it will use a traffic—light system. so far, we only know some countries on the red list.

lyse doucet, bbc news.n schanzer is senior vice president of the think tank foundation for defense of democracies. he's in washington. thank you very much for coming on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's on the programme. my pleasure. 50. it's an _ on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's an intriguing _ on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's an intriguing public - so, it's an intriguing public feud within the family here. we have prince hamzah who admits meeting with people who were criticising the governing class in the country, some people said was this a coup? was it strong enough to be a coup? what is your take on how serious these meetings right now, thejordanian government is still, i would say, holding a lot of this information close. it is only being shared by a very small circle. i think we will be hearing more in the coming days but i would say that offhand, looking at the arrests that have taken place and right now, according to the news sources out ofjordan, it is somewhere between 16—20 peop

here is in lyse doucet.dent trump really started focusing on the withdrawal of its last knew thousand us troops, afghans and foreigners alike said we have got to avoid the mistakes of history. in other words, there was an echo of the soviet troop withdrawal in of the soviet troop withdrawal in 1989 of the soviet troop withdrawal in 1989 which sadly paved the way to the collapse of the government in kabul and a civil war which then pave the way to the taliban. so, while so many were seeing we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, this is really a legacy that if you stan wants to ensure it doesn't happen again —— saying we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. this is really a legacy that afghanistan wants to enjoy doesn't have again —— ensure it does not happen again. so, many parties are seeing the fear a civil war and had hoped against hope there would be some conditions attached to the troop withdrawal. but the senior us administration official was adamant the conditions based approach of the last 20 y

lyse doucet, bbc news.nelle sheline is a research fellow in the middle east program at the quincy institute think tank. she's in washington. thank you very much coming on the programme.— the programme. thanks for havinu the programme. thanks for having me- _ the programme. thanks for having me. we _ the programme. thanks for having me. we are - the programme. thanks for having me. we are seeing i the programme. thanks for i having me. we are seeing this extraordinary _ having me. we are seeing this i extraordinary family feud being played out in public. how damaging do you think this is? this is really unprecedented and part of why we saw other arab monarchies around the region, as well as the us, very quickly expressing support, which is interesting because previously, especially under president trump, jordan had been somewhat sidelined especially as the uae signed the abraham accords, and especially president trump's efforts to shut down the two state solution. king abdullah was somewhat frustrated and th

our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is here.t lyse doucet is here. the latest in th now what's the latest in this? is and now a lot of speculation this might have had something to do with him losing his title as crown prince, a lot of people saying it's more about discontent, and yet we're hearing about destabilisation of the country. what's your analysis? the government _ country. what's your analysis? tue: government gave country. what's your analysis? tte: government gave their version of events a short time ago and it dramatically different from what we from prince hamzah, they spoke about how the intelligence agencies of georgia have been following prince hamzah and two other prominent members, saying they had been contacting foreign agencies and local organisations with a plot to destabilise the kingdom. he said the security agencies then went in with a security sweep, more than a dozen people arrested. prince hamzah confined to his home, just as this alleged plot was about to swing into action. the deputy prime minister d

earlier, i got the latest from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet.different accounts of what has been happening injordan over these last significant 24 hours. this is truly unprecedented in the history of the jordanian royal family. you mentioned a bit that came out of that video that was shared with the bbc. there, you have an account of prince hamzah presenting himself as a member of the royal family, listening to the concerns of jordanians, listening to their concerns over corruption and nepotism and misrule and losing hope, but what we just heard in a press conference from amman by the deputy prime minister, ayman safadi, is something quite different. he talked about how the intelligence services had been tracking prince hamzah, as well as two senior members of the royal court, who are among 16—18 people who have been detained. and they have been, according to the deputy prime minister, liaising with foreign agencies as well as local members of the community, and were going to, at some point, take steps to harm, to destabilise jordan. and that is

earlier the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, was asked if this was a coup attempthours ago when these reports first started emerging, it was the washington post quoting senior intelligence officials in the region, spoke of a thwarted coup attempt — that has stunned observers, jordan is a close strategic ally of the us and britain, long regarded as this oasis of stability in the middle east, and this has led now to a wave of reports, you have mentioned some of them, we are still trying to get clarity, but the state news agency were the first to say, no, it is not true that the former crown prince hamza has been placed under house arrest, but they did confirm a number of other senior officials had been arrested. it seems a long stretch to talk about this as a reported coup attempt, but it does seem as though the powerful intelligence agencies injordan have been rattled by what seemed to have been meetings between prince hamza and members of thejordanian society, including prominent tribes, and in his video, prince hamza said he wasn't the person expressing criticism

earlier, our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, explained how prince hamza's version ofernment's. the government gave their version of events a short time ago and it dramatically different from what we heard from prince hamzah, they spoke about how the intelligence agencies ofjordan have been following prince hamzah and two other prominent members, saying they had been contacting foreign agencies and local organisations with a plot to destabilise the kingdom. he said the security agencies then went in with a security sweep, more than a dozen people arrested. prince hamzah confined to his home, just as this alleged plot was about to swing into action. the deputy prime minister didn't give us any more details about what form that this plot was going to take, he didn't say what foreign countries would have been involved, but the government's account was that this was deeply destabilising. i think many people are asking just what was it, was it simply that prince hamzah talked in his video about meeting people where there was criticism of the government, criticism of the kin

i'm joined now by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet.jordan. i'll be talking about an attempted coup here, what is taking place? aha, feign here, what is taking place? a few hours auo here, what is taking place? a few hours ago with — here, what is taking place? a few hours ago with these _ here, what is taking place? a few hours ago with these reports - hours ago with these reports emerging the washington post quoted senior intelligence officials in the region, swart —— talking of a thwarted coup attempt, that has stunned observers, jordan is a strategic ally of the us and britain, long regarded as this oasis of stability in the middle east, and this has led to a wave of reports, some of them we are trying to get clarity on, but the news agency were the first to say it was not true, the first to say it was not true, the former crown prince hamza has been pledged under house arrest, but they did concern —— confirm another senior official sabine arrested. it seems a long stretch to talk about this is a reported coup attempt but it does se

our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, explains why instability injordan could have a bigan has long been regardedas a country which stood apart jordan has long been regarded as a country which stood apart and a country surrounded by on one side by the instability of iraq, the punishing war in syria, saudi arabia, the uncertainty of the west bank. then there wasjordan, held together by the kingdom ofjordan, and the king seemingly able to weather all the storms because whenever there was discontent on the streets, and there has been over the decades, he was able to change his government ministers. but what do you do when the problem is within the family? you can't change your family. so, this has led to this unprecedented royal rift. unprecedented public criticism by a senior member of the royal family, 41—year—old prince hamzah, king abdullah�*s half brother and former conference. and former crowned prince. a huge crisis but in the last few hours, it seems as they been able to resolve the family crisis at least and put out a public show of unity, but this crisis isn't over

our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, explains why instability injordan could have a bigas a country which stood apart in countries surrounded by on one side by the instability of iraq, the punishing war in syria, saudi arabia, the uncertainty of the west bank. then there wasjordan, held together by the kingdom ofjordan, and the king seemingly able to weather all the storms because whenever there was discontent on the streets, and there has been over the decades, he was able to change his government ministers. but what do you do when the problem is within the family? you can't change her family. so, this has led to this unprecedented royal rift. unprecedented public criticism by a senior member of the royal family, 41—year—old prince hamzah, king abdullah's half and former conference. a huge crisis but in the last few hours, it seems as they been able to resolve the family crisis at least and put out a public show of unity, but this crisis isn't over because the issues raised by prince hamzah have not been dealt with yet. prince hamzah have not been dealt with et. ,, ., p

i'm joined now by the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in london.y good estimation over the next few months will be like, a wider take from you. where does the last 20 years of direct us military involvement fit in afghanistan is wider history? there is a lot of history now and unfortunately it is a very dark shadow. for many many months now, ever since the united states under president trump really start focusing on the withdrawal of its last few thousand us troops, afghanistan and foreigners alike gifts said we have to avoid the mistakes of history. in other words, it was an echo of the severe troop withdrawal of 1989 which sadly pave the way to the collapse of the government in kabul and a civil war which then paved the way for the taliban. so many have said we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past and this is a legacy that afghanistan wants to ensure it doesn't happen again. but beyond all expectations, here, afghanistan is again withdrawal in the last of 10,000 us led nato forces leaving, the taliban points to return to power and those that ha

i'm joined now by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet.is he actually under house arrest has there been some sort of conspiracy or a coup d'etat attempt? there is a lot that we do not know. this is an unprecedented moment in this kingdom. there has never been this kingdom. there has never been this kind of very public, stark criticism by such a senior member of the royalfamily. while there criticism by such a senior member of the royal family. while there were reports additionally of an elaborate coup d'etat plot, the more we know and again, we have to emphasise we have a very limited amount of information, it does seem as though prince hamzah has been confined to his home and that his social media, his home and that his social media, his internet and telephone have been cut off. whether you call that house arrest or call itjust being confined to your home, but that video which was passed to the bbc appears to have been his last communication. and he was absolutely clear about why he believes he is being asked to remain there by the countr

here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet.d foreigners alike said, we've got to avoid the mistakes of history, and there was an echo of the soviet troop withdrawal in 1989 which sadly paved the way to the collapse of the government and a civil war which went then pave the way to the taliban, and for so many, they were saying we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past and this is really a legacy that afghanistan wants to ensure doesn't happen again but beyond all expectations, your afghanistan is again a withdrawal of the last 10,000 us led nato forces leaving the taliban poised to return to power and the afghans i've been speaking to after the announcement was first revealed are all saying they fear again a civil war and had hoped there would be some conditions attached to the troop withdrawal but the senior us administration official journalist was adamant the conditions up to last through two years have not for america to close the book on this 20 year war. it may be one of the uk's most remote communities but tiny fair isle

and with me here, lyse doucet — a canadian — whose passports must be thick with immigration stamps bys. when in london, british prime ministers live over the shop, as it were. borisjohnson, his partner and their young son, occupy an upstairs flat in downing street. for the entire week, the news media here been transfixed by this question: who originally paid for it to be refurbished to the prime ministerial family's taste? �*though mrjohnson says he's paid for it, his coyness over the alleged involvement of his conservative party and perhaps one of its donors, has now prompted an official investigation into a possible breach of election law. the could be people who think, i

well i'm joined now by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet.to before the press conference. now we have two dramatically _ conference. now we have two dramatically different - conference. now we have two | dramatically different accounts conference. now we have two - dramatically different accounts of what has — dramatically different accounts of what has been happening injordan. these _ what has been happening injordan. these last_ what has been happening injordan. these last significant 24 hours. this is— these last significant 24 hours. this is unprecedented in the history of the _ this is unprecedented in the history of the jordanian royal family. you mentioned — of the jordanian royal family. you mentioned a bit that came out of that video — mentioned a bit that came out of that video. you have an account of prince _ that video. you have an account of prince hamzah presenting himself as a member— prince hamzah presenting himself as a member of the royal family, listening — a member of the royal family, listening to the concerns of jordania

i'm joined now by our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet.s conference. we have been— there to be a press conference. we have been told that they will give more _ have been told that they will give more details of the arrest. notjust what you _ more details of the arrest. notjust what you are describing, but there are a _ what you are describing, but there are a number other prominent figures — are a number other prominent figures. we have had no clarity at all as— figures. we have had no clarity at all as to _ figures. we have had no clarity at all as to what is the relationship between — all as to what is the relationship between what prince hamzah was able to talk _ between what prince hamzah was able to talk about before his communications, he said, were cut, and the _ communications, he said, were cut, and the other— communications, he said, were cut, and the other people, we don't know all the _ and the other people, we don't know all the names of the other people, in his— all the names of the other people, in his video. — all the names

our chief international lyse doucet explains how the pull—out is seen is afghanistan.hen peace talks with the taliban finally began last september, but the peace talks have made very little progress, and now the americans have said they are pulling out without any conditions, so they are not going to wait for there to be a genuine effort by the taliban to negotiate peace. they are not going to wait for there to be a reduction in violence. so obviously afghans are going to be worried. there will be a hope that these next six months, there's a window, 5—6 months, there is a window for the taliban, for afghanistan's international partners, including the united states, to try to make a bigger push to get all sides at the table. and to move towards peace rather than towards greater war. that is the that there's a fear that this willjust lead to more war and it will get even worse once the last of some 10,000 us and other nato forces are gone. a serving metropolitan police officer has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after assaulting a black man. pc cha

for more on this we can now go live to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet.ong the civilian population as well. anthony says we have done ourjob, it's time to pull the troops home. has this been a successful war for the western alliance do you think with yellow it's an interesting turn of phrase by anthony, because he reads the question what was the job in afghanistan and i think viewers will remember it was after the attacks of september 11 2001 which was a security issue that forced united states and allies like britain to leave an investigation into afghanistan to topple the taliban. there's been talk about democracy and women's rights and developing the country. but at the end of the day when joe biden the country. but at the end of the day whenjoe biden looked at the very bad options on his desk in this work he inherited the decision was largely made on a security basis and we heard from a senior intelligence, senior and ministration official last evening who said that and i believe that the threat coming from afghanistan, from extremist groups like al-q

and with me here, lyse doucet — a canadian — whose passports must be thick with immigration stamps by, having reported from so many parts of the world. no wonder she's our chief international correspondent. good to have you with us. when in london, british prime ministers live over the shop, as it were. borisjohnson, his partner and their young son, occupy an upstairs flat in downing street. for the entire week, the news media here been transfixed by this question: who originally paid for it to be refurbished to the prime ministerial family's taste? �*though mrjohnson says he's paid for it, his coyness over the alleged involvement of his conservative party and perhaps one of its donors, has now prompted an official investigation into a possible breach of election law. the could be people who think, i don't really care who paid for boris johnson's refurbishment, provided its not me. johnson's refurbishment, provided it's not me-— it's not me. there is evidence around the — it's not me. there is evidence around the country _ it's not me. there is evidence around the country were - it's

do follow lyse doucet on twitter. you can find me and the team.ding a bit more time than normal outdoors at the moment, i'm sure a dry weather outlook will be welcome but perhaps not so if you're trying to grow anything in your garden. rain has been in short supply lately. it stays largely if not completely dry through the next few days. rather cool as well, and another bit of bad news for gardeners, frost will continue to feature in the forecast. now, i show you the satellite picture to point out that all of the main rain—bearing weather systems are well away from our shores. high pressure is fending them off and keeping us largely dry but not completely dry. we have seen some showers that managed to pop up during today and we'll see some more of those during tomorrow but for the time being, the showers are fading. so, many spots overnight will be dry with long, clear spells. a bit of patchy cloud and some mist and fog patches developing as well. temperatures for many spots not quite as low as they were last night but —6 looks quite likely in the

lyse doucet is our chief international correspondent. lam i am getting quite confused about the storys trying to reassure what is very much a shocked and jittery nation after notjust a shocked and jittery nation after not just the video a shocked and jittery nation after notjust the video you mentioned from prince hamzah who is a former crown prince, but also about an alleged plot in which the prince is alleged plot in which the prince is alleged to have conspired with other prominent individuals as well as foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. so this is stage one, if you like, that they are saying, we have resolved the family issue, we are resolving the other ones within the law. but are resolving the other ones within the law. �* :. are resolving the other ones within the law. �* ., , ., ., ,. ., the law. but what did you make of that phrase _ the law. but what did you make of that phrase when _ the law. but what did you make of that phrase when the _ the law. but what did you make of that phrase when the king - the law. but what did you make of that phrase when the king said

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