nobel peace prize winner malala yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the pakistani taliban, spoke out on monday. >> i thinkvery count has a role in the responsibility right now. countries need to open their borders to afghan refugees. biden has a lot to do. president biden has to take a step forward for the protection of the people of afghanistan. amy: progressive u.s. lawmakers have joined the call. congresswoman rashida tlaib tweeted -- "if we don't start putting everyday people first, no matter what country they're born in, this will keep happening. let's start by opening our country to shelter refugees fleeing the consequences of our actions." meanwhile, the u.s. government is reportedly planning to detain some 30,000 afghan refugees at two militaryases -- fort bliss in texas and fort mccoy in wisconsin. fort bliss is currently holding hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children and has been plagued by allegations of abuse and unsafe conditions. we will have more on afghanistan after headlines. tropical storm grace swept into haiti and the dominican republic overnight, b

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i want to focus on the people of afghanistan, a tweet from malala yousafzai.international community. and to that end, the un security council are due to meet on monday morning. time for a look at the weather. hello there. cloud features quite prominently in our forecast for this week. and with the grey skies come some relatively cool conditions for the time of year. it will often, if not always, be dry. quite the windy start to the day, especially on north sea coast. lots of cloud around generally, but sunshine developing across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. while the winds will ease a bit during the day, it will stay quite breezy and temperatures generally will be a bit below par, 17, 18, maybe 20 degrees. in the evening and overnight this area of rain pushes in from the north—west and that will get down to england and that will get down to england and wales by the end of the night. but with it all dismissed and low cloud working in, especially to western coasts and hills, and we will keep a lot of that in the middle part of the week. clou

malala yousafzai, for example, one of the foremost female advocates who was shot by the taliban at oneut here to talk about evacuating that nationals, she also brought up the plight of women and children who are of course going to suffer under taliban rule and she said she wants human rights upheld in afghanistan for women and children. ., ~ , ., , afghanistan for women and children. ., ~' , . children. thank you very much indeed. let's _ children. thank you very much indeed. let's continue - children. thank you very much indeed. let's continue this - indeed. let's continue this conversation now. william maley is an emeritus professor at the australian national university and author of the afghanistan wars. hejoins me live from canberra. a warm welcome to the programme. i do not know if you were able to hear the conversation we were having just now. what is your reaction to what has happened in afghanistan in the last few days? i afghanistan in the last few da s? ~ , ., days? i think it is a catastrophic - days? i think it is a catastrophic defeat days? i think it is a . catastrophic d

malala yousafzai — the pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the taliban for publicly advocatingnight that she's deeply concerned by the situation in afghanistan. my my hope is that we see stability and peace in afghanistan. i hope women and girls are living in a world where we are talking about advancement and equality, gender equality. we cannot see a country bringing decades and centuries back. we have to take some stands for the protection of women and girls, for the protection of minority groups, and for peace and stability in that region. so many people have become internally displaced in afghanistan, so many are becoming refugees. we actually need immediate help and assistance for them. there is so much to talk about right now, and a lot of us are deeply depressed about the situation there. we are seeing some shocking images on our screens right now. people are just escaping, finding a way to keep themselves safe. when you see that, you realise that this is actually an urgent humanitarian crisis right now. we actually an urgent humanitarian crisis right now.— crisis right

and coming up — an interview with nobel prize winner malala yousafzai — she was shot in the head by the when she was a school girl in pakistan — and is now a global activist for girls�* education. in our other main news today, a one minute silence is held in plymouth, to remember the five people killed in last week's mass shooting. and double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they've come into contact with someone with covid. welcome to bbc news. there is chaos and panic at kabul airport as thousands of people have flocked there, desperate to board flights out of afghanistan — after the taliban swept into the capital, putting them in control of the whole country. there've been a number of deaths there today, where fear about the taliban's takeover has driven people to new depths of desperation. a us official has confirmed that american troops killed two armed afghans who were part of the crowd. meanwhile, more than 60 countries, including the us and the uk, have signed a statement saying afghans and other citizens who want to leave must be a

it was, of course, a member of the taliban who shot a young girl named malala yousafzai in the head because she advocated for education of girls and now the taliban are back in power after 20 years with a state to run. they claim they will respect women's rights this time. they claim women will be allowed even to attend universities in female-only classes, as long as their studies are in line with the taliban's interpretation of islamic law. but they are also a faction that must run a state after 20 years as militants. and the last time around, it didn't go very well. in fact, the lack of international support, there are a handful of nations that recognize the taliban, helped pave the way from their ejection from power. so perhaps, it is actually not all that surprising the taliban did, in fact, cooperate with the united states military for security purposes after the last -- over the last couple weeks. the biden administration got a lot of flack about, quote/unquote, trusting the taliban. but it is a fact they were in a position where they could have killed a lot of u.s. troops and a lot o

i want to focus on the people of afghanistan, a tweet from malala yousafzai. were quite powerful... a big job for the international community. and to that end, the un security council are due to meet on monday morning. lewis vaughan jones there. lewis vaughanjones there. for more analysis, i spoke to laurel miller. she is director of international crisis group's asia program. formerly, she was the deputy and then acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan at the us department of state. she said the speed at which afghanistan has fallen to the taliban will surprise everyone, including in washington. it is obviously an extremely fluid situation, as your reporting has shown. there are the immediate questions of, what is the, i don't even think we can say tradition to power to the taliban, because there is not an transition happening, the taking of power, what is that going to look like, what is the situation going to be just hours and days ahead? as someone, and in this case it can only be the taliban, attempts to ensure some kind of law and order

a tweet from malala yousafzai, the girls women's advocate, shot by the government in afghanistan.day mornint. :, , :, :, council are due to meet on monday mornin._ :, , :, :, :, morning. ok, many thanks for that round-u- morning. ok, many thanks for that round-up of— morning. ok, many thanks for that round-up of some _ morning. ok, many thanks for that round-up of some of _ morning. ok, many thanks for that round-up of some of the _ morning. ok, many thanks for that round-up of some of the reaction l morning. ok, many thanks for that| round-up of some of the reaction to round—up of some of the reaction to the situation, thank you. my colleague yalda hakim spoke earlier to taliban spokesman suhail shaheen who is in doha where peace negotiations have been taking place. he said there would be a peaceful transfer of power and that women would be respected. their properties, their lives are safe, there will be no restraint on anything. we are the servants of the people and of this country. our leadership had instructed ourforces to remain at the gate of kabul, not to enter the city, we

today, malala yousafzai says the us president must take hold steps to protect the afghans.our other main news today, a one minute silence is held in plymouth, to remember the five people killed in last week's mass shooting. and double jabbed people in england and northern ireland will no longer have to isolate if they've come into contact with someone with covid. and it's a dramatic final day in the test match between england and india, as india win by 151 runs. good evening. there have been chaotic scenes at kabul airport as desperate afghans tried to flee the country — by hanging on to departing aircraft, after the taliban's final takeover yesterday. several people are reported to have been killed. american forces fired into the air to disperse crowds attempting to force their way onto planes. in the centre of kabul, there's been an uneasy calm, as armed insurgents flying the taliban flag patrol the streets. us and uk troops are engaged in evacuating their citizens — although all military and civilian flights have been halted because of the crowds. meanwhile, the internat

we saw this tweet from malala yousafzai overnight, talking about the concern for women and girls allaround the world. >> there are huge concerns. i was just talking to a young woman who said they were told not to come to university, not to go to work. she said we just don't know what is going to become of our dreams. i think that is where we are. >> we're seeing reports of kids trying to go to school, but the girls being turned away. >> this is the thing. you know, the taliban has always had kind of a face that it gave to the world and the face it gave to afghans, especially and particularly afghan girls, and so many who dreamed of becoming teachers or nurses. i was just talking to one whose sister is a lawyer right now and she's trying to figure out what her future holds. that's happening all across the country. there's a race for the exit. every girl who can't exit is trying to figure out what her future holds. >> ian pannell just reported from afghanistan, talked a taliban representative who would not answer questions about women's rights. we heard from jake sullivan and douglas l

. >> reporter: and nobel prize winner malala yousafzai, who was shot by the taliban in pakistan in 2012, calling on president biden to now act. >> president biden has to take a bold step for the protection of the people of afghanistan. >> reporter: well, just to give credit to some of the senior diplomats, ambassador russ wilson, the american ambassador, tweeting this morning that reports he left kabul are not true. he's there. he's trying to help some of the people get out. we hear that the british ambassador was personally trying to process some of the visa applications. meanwhile, the taliban's issued a general amnesty, inviting women to take part in public life saying they don't want women to be victims, and instructing fighters not to enter homes. but, of course, people don't believe them. not at the moment and still there's a pervasive climate of fear here in kabul. amy? >> all right, ian pannell there in kabul for us, thank you, ian. >>> president biden addressing the nation in a sharp speech his decision to two dee wain let's go to stephanie ramos at the white house with all the

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and coming up — an interview with nobel prize winner malala yousafzai — she was shot in the head