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but today mr raab shrugged off the calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no.me to mr raab�*s defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost or didn't have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out. that was the number one call, the only thing that mattered. dominic raab insists he was working hard on holiday, getting back to britain in the early hours of monday — after the taliban had captured kabul. one phone call might not have changed anything, but it adds to the picture of a government blindsided by events and slow to catch up. today mr raab chaired talks with the g7 and other countries. this signal wasn't subtle. but there is cross—party anger at what's happened in afghanistan, and the foreign secretary is feeling the flak. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. the biggest survey of covid infection in the uk has found

are you going to resign, mr raab?alling his afghan counterpart last week about translators who had helped foreign forces. tonight, the prime minister said... the whole of the government has been working virtually round the clock, hitting the phones to do what we can, and to make sure that we get as many people back as possible. so how did events unfold? last friday, dominic raab was advised to call the afghan foreign minister. he was on holiday in crete. he says the call was delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday, by now no call was made and the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the

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the critical misjudgement was made of mrjohnson and mr raab, simply thinking that the gravity of theituation could be dealt with by theirjuniors. sorry to interrupt. it's interesting. george robinson was the defence secretary under blair, he was saying on friday that actually a junior minister would never have a call accepted from a foreign minister, it isjust call accepted from a foreign minister, it is just not practical. if you are going to call it has to be done by somebody of the same rank, and that is convention around the world. w , rank, and that is convention around the world. , ., ~ rank, and that is convention around the world. , . ~ ., the world. exactly, and i think that was the misjudgement _ the world. exactly, and i think that was the misjudgement that - the world. exactly, and i think that was the misjudgement that was i the world. exactly, and i think that - was the misjudgement that was made. at the prime minister and the foreign secretary assumed, took for granted that morejunior foreign secretary assumed, took for granted that more junior people could deal with t

are you going to resign, mr raab?alling his afghan counterpart last week about translators who'd helped foreign forces. tonight, the prime minister said... the whole of the government has been working virtually round—the—clock on the phones to do what we can, and to make sure that we get as many people back as possible. so how did events unfold? last friday, dominic raab was advised to call the afghan foreign minister. he was on holiday in crete. he says the call was delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday. by now no call was made. the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting, and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says securing the airport w

are you going to resign, mr raab? ..for not calling his afghan counterpart last week about translators who had helped foreign forces. tonight, the prime minister said... the whole of the government has been working virtually round the clock, hitting the phones to do what we can, and to make sure that we get as many people back as possible. so how did events unfold? last friday, dominic raab was advised to call the afghan foreign minister. he was on holiday in crete. he says the call was delegated to a junior minister because he was prioritising security and capacity at the airport on the direct advice of the director and the director general overseeing the crisis response. on saturday, the taliban reached the outskirts of kabul. the foreign secretary was still on holiday, by now no call was made and the government said that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. the government says

but today mr raab shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no.ague came to mr raab's defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or don't have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out. that was the number one call, the only thing that mattered. dominic raab insists he was working hard on holiday, getting back to britain in the early hours of monday, after the taliban had captured kabul. 0ne phone call might not have changed anything but it adds to the picture of a government blindsided by events and slow to catch up. today mr raab chaired talks with the g7 and other countries. this signal was not subtle. but there is cross—party anger at what has happened in afghanistan and the foreign secretary is feeling the flak. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. here the government, says the uk will continue to he

are you going to resign, mr raab? he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we're told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such caller urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it's understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties believe dominic raab�*s time is up. the snp's ian blackford says he must resign or be sacked by the libera

mr raab has come under pressure, forfailing to call the afghan foreign minister over evacuation plansthere's been mounting anger in haiti over the slow delivery of aid to areas affected by saturday's earthquake. damage to roads is hampering access. more than 2000 people died in the quake. many more were injured. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, who's the editor of politics home and the businessjournalist, john crowley. most of tomorrow's front pages lead with the continuing crisis in afghanistan, as countries scramble to evacuate their citizens. the financial times leads with the pledge from president joe biden, who vows to get americans out of afghanistan. but the admission from president biden that not everyone will get out of afghanistan who wants to leave leads the telegraph. the i says the uk is considering sending british forces and diplomats into the crowds outside kabul airport to search for evacuees. according to the times, thousands of uk allies face being left behind in afghanistan. and the anguis

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or suggested to mr raab to make this call.gn secretary still on holiday? that question, as far as mr raab is concerned, remains unanswered. thanks very much, chris. more now on our main story — developments in the taliban's takeover in afghanistan. as the evacuation process continues, there are reports that even afghans with valid paperwork are struggling to get through — with checkpoints guarded by heavily armed militants. caroline kennedy—pipe is a professor of international security at loughborough university specialising in military affairs and afghanistan. she told me more about the logistics of keeping the aiport open in kabul. it is understandably chaotic. taliban are ringing the perimeter of the airport. my understanding is that those with american passports are being allowed in without much question. the same is true at the moment. there is a checkpoint allowing uk passport holders through. at the moment, i think we cannot be complacent, but be assured that taliban will not take on those with us west european, if i ca

now, mr raab, the foreign secretary, said that was totally u na cce pta ble. why are you doing it?here was a refusal to ourjournalists to stay in the united kingdom, and the treatment of the journalists is extremely bad, i should say, here. they are expelled. they are deprived of visiting... they? who? who are you talking about? there was a correspondent of the telegraph agency, of the tass, so—called. what's their name? their name is brovarnik. the name is brovarnik. and the whole of his family has been refused prolongation of visa. his wife was pregnant and she was on the ninth month, and they were simply expelled from the united kingdom after the passports were hold inside of the ministry of foreign affairs or internal affairs, i do not know, for about a year and a half. they couldn't leave because the passport, where it was hold, and they couldn't stay because they were deprived of visa. and moreover, i will tell you... to state the obvious... let me finish, please. yes. and i have to tell that conditions for our journalists that are staying here, they're really terrible. they

we knew yesterday that mr raab didn't make that call.t to a junior minister, but this morning we find out through the daily mail that the call wasn't made at all. the reason the foreign office says is that there was a rapidly changing situation in the country and they just simply wasn't enough time to set up that call. we have also heard ministers on the airwaves this morning saying that evenif airwaves this morning saying that even if that call had been made it might not have made that much of a difference because things were changing so quickly, but there has been considerable criticism of dominic raab for not making the call in the first place, and i think there will be even more criticism now that we know that call didn't take place at all. a couple of questions the government will be asked. one, had mr raab agreed to make the call, would it have happened, would he have had enough priority to make sure that conversation with what was the then afghan government happen, and, secondly, why didn't he then returned from his holiday until

and i wind the i clock back a little, mr raab?o you regret now that that wasn't done at the time? i know hindsight is a beautiful thing but do you think you should have done things differently? irlat do you think you should have done things differently?— things differently? not in relation to that, things differently? not in relation to that. no. _ things differently? not in relation to that, no, because _ things differently? not in relation to that, no, because hindsight. things differently? not in relation to that, no, because hindsight is| to that, no, because hindsight is the luxury of commentators, not politicians. to address the points squarely, the afghan foreign minister, there was an opportunity for a call. it is quite right in an emergency situation that i use the brilliant ministerial team i do to delegate and focus on the 11 priority, which the advice to me was clear. stabilise the airport, get the staff in on the ground to process the claims. but the minister of state... to process the claims. but the minister of stat

mr raab accused iran of being behind the reported drone strike on the vessel, managed by an israeli companynal law. iran has denied any involvement. tourists have been leaving beaches in south—western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. firefighters have been struggling since wednesday, to contain dozens of fires around several popular tourist towns — which have now killed at least 6 people and injured another 200. in the turkish holiday resort of bodrum tourists were told to wait for rescue boats last night to escape nearby wildfires, according to local media. our correspondent in istanbul, esra yalcinalp, gave me this update. it is now the fifth day in the series of fires that turkey has seen, to the largest extent in its history. firefighters are trying to put out the flames, both on land, and also in air, through helicopters and planes that were given by russia, ukraine and azerbaijan. so far, more than 100 fires have been going on in 32 cities. however, five or six of them are still going on in bodrum and it is affecting the tourists, the tourism indust

mr raab accused iran of being behind the reported managed by an israeli company, and said it was a cleardenied any involvement. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explained what happened. details have been coming out since friday. this incident occurred late on thursday night. both american and israeli officials have talked about the involvement of drones, including what's known as a suicide drone, effectively a drone that flies into its target and is destroyed, but possibly also involving other drones swarming around the target. and this is something the british also seem to have picked up on, there has been an investigation by the british authorities. that appears to have reached some initial conclusions leading the government to say that it is highly likely that iran was involved in the attack on the merchant vessel and indeed that drones were involved. i think it's worth stepping back for a moment and realising this does appear to be the latest in a series of, a pattern of a kind of shadow war between iran and israel. two countries at loggerheads over a number of issues, includi

mr raab accused iran of being behind the reported drone strike on the vessel, managed by an israeli companyiolation of international law. iran has denied any involvement. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. what do we know about this apparent drone strike?— drone strike? details have been cominu drone strike? details have been coming out _ drone strike? details have been coming out since _ drone strike? details have been coming out since friday. - drone strike? details have been coming out since friday. this i coming out since friday. this incident occurred late on thursday night. both american and israeli officials have talked about the involvement of drones, including what is known as a suicide drone, effectively a drone which flies into the target and is destroyed. possibly also involving drones swarming around the target. this is something the british also seem to have picked up on, there has been an investigation by the british authorities and that appears to have reached some initial conclusions leaving the government to say that it is highly likely that iran was e

that was in a phone call to that uk official, to mr raab on friday night, and in terms of the detailss have been on board and the maritime security industry is saying that they understand this to be a drone attack by a so—called attack drone. now, these are explosive—laden drones that are flown by remote control into objects, and it's believed this was flown directly into the bridge of this ship and that's when the fatalities occurred. so, there is an investigation going on. the ship is continuing north past muscat at the moment under its own power, officials say, but it is under us naval escort, but what this does is to really ramp up tensions into what is often seen as a shadow war between the iranians and the israelis across parts of the middle east. but this, in terms of what happens at sea, as far as those confrontations are concerned, marks a serious escalation. tom bateman in jerusalem. the british prime minister's wife, carrie johnson, has announced she is pregnant. this will be the couple's second child together. announcing the news on instagram, carriejohnson also revealed t

reporter: are you going to resign, mr raab? - labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters�* lives at risk, after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. new research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. and... yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq — after an investigation into allegations of racism. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel... the former manchester united and scotland striker denis law reveals he's been diagnosed with alzheimer's and vascular dementia at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says the uk will continue to help people leave afghanistan as long as american troops remain in control of kabul airport. more british troops are being sent to the afghan capital today to help maintain order. the defence secretary says more than ten flight

my general consent on mr raab is that he is not necessarily going to go anywhere right now.couple of days. when it comes to another reshuffle, it might expedite his move to another department. expedite his move to another department-— expedite his move to another department. thank you for that insiaht. department. thank you for that insight. joanna, _ department. thank you for that insight. joanna, do _ department. thank you for that insight. joanna, do you - department. thank you for that insight. joanna, do you want i department. thank you for that insight. joanna, do you want to j department. thank you for that - insight. joanna, do you want to take us onto the sunday people? this is a heartening story, really, given the general tone of coverage of immigration we normally get. yeah, a record number— immigration we normally get. yeah, a record number of _ immigration we normally get. yeah, a record number of brits _ immigration we normally get. yeah, a record number of brits are _ immigration we normally get. yeah, a record number of brits are offered - record number of br

mr raab�*s colleagues argue that, as the afghan government was "melting away", such a telephone callave made no difference. 0ne interpreter who worked for uk forces in afghanistan has begged borisjohnson for help, fearing fatal reprisals from the taliban. president biden has said us troops could remain in afghanistan beyond president biden�*s deadline of the end of the month. and — the president inisted — no americans will be left behind in kabul. the first of our reports comes from david willis in washington. in the afghan capital, people, scared and desperate, are still trying to flee the country. the taliban are coming for me, this girl cries. one of hundreds pressed to the gates of kabul airport in the hope ofjoining a flight out. president biden continues to blame the craven capitulation of the afghan government. he conceded it might not be possible to complete the american withdrawal by the deadline in two weeks�* time. americans should understand that troops might have to be there beyond august 31st? no, we're going to try to get it done _ no, we're going to try to get it done

opposition parties have called on mr raab to resign. there is no sign of that happening.ly, for the taliban's rapid advance and the collapse of the afghan government, but secondly, there will now be accusations that the government took too long to act when it became clear that the taliban was taking over. nick eardley speaking there. that was a round—up of reaction today and that growing pressure on dominic raab. let's talk to the labour mp and shadow foreign office minister stephen kinnock. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we heard they arejust a forjoining us on bbc news. we heard they are just a selection of some of they are just a selection of some of the questions that have been put to the questions that have been put to the government. what are your top priorities regarding the situation in afghanistan?— priorities regarding the situation in afuhanistan? ~ . .. , in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to _ in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to resign _ in afghanistan? well, dominic raab does need to resign because - in afghanistan? well, dominic

that was put to mr raab earlier.ans, but to address the points squarely, the afghan foreign minister, there was an opportunity for a call it is quite right in an emergency situation that are used the british ministerial team but i do to delegate, and focus on the number one priority which the advice to me was clear, stabilise the airport and get the staff in on the ground to process the claims. but the minister of state, just let me answer the question... butjust to interrupt, you said you delegate, but that call was never made, so you may have delegated, but it didn't happen. the reason it didn't happen, it shows you why it was not the number one priority because the request came in late, the suggestion that the recommendation came in late, friday evening, afghan time, by that point and certainly by the saturday, control was ebbing in kabul and the afghan foreign minister had left by sunday, so the idea that in the interim period we would be able to do any meaningful business or effected any change just nonsense. th

the un resolution mr raab is referring to was passed earlier on monday.er things, it calls for the taliban "to facilitate safe passage for people wanting to leave afghanistan." but with foreign troops gone, and the taliban in charge, whether un resolutions will be respected remains to be seen. gary o'donoghue is with us from the white house. in the next 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 timetabl

on friday, mr raab was advised to call the afghan foreign minister.ay. by now no call was made. the government says that was down to the rapidly deteriorating situation. on sunday, the taliban took kabul. the prime minister chaired a cobra meeting and the foreign secretary flew back from holiday. 0ur political correspondent ione wells joins us now. ione, the prime minister says he has confidence in mr raab, but the foreign secretary is still facing criticism. is it over, do you think? there are questions — is it over, do you think? there are questions for _ is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic _ is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic raab - is it over, do you think? there are questions for dominic raab and i is it over, do you think? there are| questions for dominic raab and the uk government. the prime minister said he does have confidence in the foreign secretary and that comes after the two reports, the first of which that he delegated this key phone call that he was advised to make on tuesday to a junior min

mr raab has come under pressure, forfailing to call the afghan foreign minister over evacuation planse's been mounting anger in haiti over the slow delivery of aid to areas affected by saturday's earthquake. damage to roads is hampering access. more than 2,000 people died in the quake. many more were injured. at ten 0'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the days news. first, the media show hello. i do finally in a position to make some money out of social media? well, the big—name companies do very nicely, thank you, out of what you post on what you share, but have the tables turned in favour of the individual? can we all make cash with our latest musical composition or the recipe we lovingly demonstrate if we are a little bit smart about it? well, websites like patreon offer fans the ability to pay their favourite artists and writers directly. tiktok and facebook have started offering cash to the most popular creators. so is there money to be made in the so—called creative economy, and help we meet at the big beasts, facebook, youtube, tiktok, about the competitio

mr raab is expected to stress the militants need to stand by their assurances to allow foreign nationalsthere were i suppose three groups of people that we were looking to evacuate and repatriate. british nationals, and we know the vast bulk of those successfully left the country. the scheme for afghans who work directly with us and for us, interpreters and others, and we know that we have managed to get a significant number through that. and then the third group of people were afghans who we knew or believed would be at risk of reprisals from the taliban. that is a less easily defined figure. obviously over the last few weeks we have managed to evacuate or repatriate15,000 people. in the months up to that when we were advising people to leave afghanistan, we managed to get many thousands of people out, and we will continue to get people out of afghanistan even though kabul airport is no longer available to us. if airport is no longer available to us. .., airport is no longer available to us, . ., ., airport is no longer available to us. ., airport is no longer available to us. if i can

evacuation of afghan interpreters, delegated to a junior minister never took place and suggests that mr raabe of britain's most senior civil servants, whose departments are overseeing the evacuation from afghanistan, are on holiday. the paper says the permanent secretaries at the foreign office, the home office and the ministry of defence are all on leave. an image of a mother handing her child to an american soldier at kabul airport dominates the metro's front page. it says the woman was "begging" the soldier to save her daughter. it describes how other women threw their babies over razor wire in the hope they would be put on a military flight out of the capital. scotland and manchester united legend denis law is pictured on the back of this morning's mirror. known as the king, law is the sixth member of the united 1968 european cup—winning side to have been diagnosed with dementia. we will be speaking about the impact of dementia on footballers and the questions that are being asked about playing, in the legacy of that time. we will talk to the son of nobby stiles later and how the sportin

boris johnson says he has full confidence in his foreign secretary dominic raab after criticism of his handling of the crisis. mrhas come under pressure for failing to call the afghan foreign minister over evacuation plans. there has been mounting anger in haiti over the slow delivery of aid to areas damaged by the earthquake. votes were damaged and people have died and many more were injured. —— roads were damaged. now on bbc news, 60 years ago, life in afghanistan was very different to the battleground it's become in recent decades, as can be seen from a remarkable treasure trove of films shot in the 19505. treasure trove of films shot in the 1950s. 0ur reporter, who was born in southern afghanistan, has been exploring the films. this is precious. i love this sweet. and ijust ate half of it and kept another half because i thought i will never, ever have them again. for me, this is a diamond. reminds me of my childhood. and the golden time. i was so excited to discover these films. my family had many photographs, but we lost them when we fled the afghan wars as refugees. most afghans have no pictures of their p

one government source told the times, i think mr dominic raabis told the times, i think mr dominic raabtand up an— have done everything we can to stand up an excellent emergency response team in— up an excellent emergency response team in the _ up an excellent emergency response team in the king charles street. the mp hotline _ team in the king charles street. the mp hotline at the peak calls were answered — mp hotline at the peak calls were answered within a minute. we have worked _ answered within a minute. we have worked with teams across government to secure _ worked with teams across government to secure 17,000 people out of afghanistan since april and i'm proud — afghanistan since april and i'm proud of— afghanistan since april and i'm proud of the job my team has done in kabul. _ proud of the job my team has done in kabul. also _ proud of the job my team has done in kabul, also at the sedo and of course — kabul, also at the sedo and of course it— kabul, also at the sedo and of course it is a team effort, we have been _ course it is a team effort, we have been bringing together th

dominic raab, the foreign secretary, suggested nations could do things like attaching conditions to afghanistan receiving aid money in an attempt to influence that. mr having to defend his own actions, particularly he chose to stay on holiday in crete while kabul fell. first of all, with hindsight, i wouldn't have gone away at all. secondly, i based my family, and i've got a young family, on the beach, precisely so i could get back to the department and engage in the cobra meetings, engage with my emergency response team at the foreign office, engage in the international engagement i needed to. the idea i was lounging on a beach, or one report i was paddle boarding in the ocean, i mean, these things are just nonsense when they are put around. in fact, the sea wasn't open because there was a red flag, so no—one was paddle boarding. the immediate question here today is over how long the uk can keep electing people out. as you said, the military has got to have some time to pack up before the 31st of august deadline. we are told military planners are currently working on that.— the taliban's takeover of afghanistan has caused anxiety for afghan familie

and mr blair's fierce criticism of mr biden's withdrawal also raises a question about whether the uk can rely on the us. but when the uk foreign secretary, dominic raabainly have an extraordinary partner in the british government. to back that up, mr price added... what i can say is that our coordination with the british government, with all of our nato allies, has been consistent, it has been clear, and there has been a consensus on this. but only if consensus is the us deciding a policy, and then the uk and others agreeing to it because there's no other option. and not because they agree. it is a relationship. special�*s one word for it. others are being used too. sebastian payne is the whitehall editor for the financial times and presents the payne's politics podcast. great to have you on the programme, sebastian, thanks for your time. how would you categorise the relationship at the end of all this? is the first real split between president biden and financer boris johnson since the last us election, and when resident biden came in, he was very much trying to argue that america is back, we want to reconnect with all the allies, and he made sure t