shoot you tomorrow from the office of the national security council of afghanistan. thank you. thank you. just before we go to break a quick reminder of her breaking news, a man has been detained after taking 3 people hostage at a bank in the russian city of 2 men inside berry.

well now are all the headlines, sorry to sound the united nations security council, extending a mandate for a deliveries to northern syria by 12 months. a program was due to expire on saturday. nearly a 1000 trucks from turkey brings supplies for millions of syrians every month. russia wanted to flow through damascus to its allies in the syrian government, but agreed to compromise and last minute talks with the us in order to pass the resolution. while algebra russel sardar, has returned to the syria turkey border crossing of barbara, how our meeting displaced people in a lab. the last rebel held enclave in the country. he says that people living in northern syria desperately need the aides. that comes through the crossing. we were in the city center off it live and people were seeing that they are very much disappointed about the discussion that's going on in the united nations security council because they're saying that they shouldn't be discussing to close the last remaining a delivery point. and they need that, but the need that how the un international military and aid and so the

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we learned the national security council is conducting this broad interagency review globally and that's no longer going to be a combat zone. whether or not the rules change there following this troop withdrawal is something the cia and pentagon are trying to figure out now along with the national security council because that could affect deeply how we carry out counter terrorism operations in the region. >> we just showed that map of how much afghanistan the taliban now says it controls. what does the pentagon say about the taliban's advance in. >> the pentagon is monitoring the advance of the taliban and well aware of how quickly it's moved through the afghanistan country side pushing back afghan forces. they well aware how quickly and the amount of force the taliban is moving. it's a concern here and because of that advance that military fi officials are watching it and warning a civil war is possible. the head of u.s. forces in afghanistan said this about the future of the country. >> we should be concerned. the loss of terrain has to be concerning because it's a war but a psychol

officials with the justice department, homeland security, and the national security council have been sent to port-au-prince to meet with haitian officials after the murder of the country's president. haiti has asked for u.s. troops to quell the unrest that has gripped that country in recent days. that request is under review. and sources confirm that an american arrested in the assassination worked on and off as a dea informant. mola lenghi is in port-au-prince. >> reporter: vincent was one of about 30 people and three living in fda that pla role presidenmo assassination. he claims he was there simply as a translator. as you mentioned, we now know he previously had ties to the u.s. government as an informant. >> dea operation, everybody stand down! >> reporter: president jovenel moise was gunned down by assail lents, claiming to be members of the dea exactly one week ago. we now one of those men, 55-year-old joseph can vincent previously worked for the dea as an informant. the drug enforcement administration denies any involvement with the assassination. mike hill has worked with inf

the second here and what you seen come out of the white house and national security council only a fewfrom the government that says we cannot protect critical business interests. and that it is imperative for business leaders in the u.s. and around the world to protect themselves. that means strongly authenticate their users. i means actively manage and patch and make sure the systems are well protected. it means implementing backups and recovery processes and procedures and having those available. so the private sector and corporate american industry need to do a better job protecting themselves so they don't fall victim and the government needs to do a better job to establish the precedent that this is not to be tolerated. >> quickly, you mentioned public facet of this, the private as aspect. how about people at home? is there anything citizens can do to try to mitigate the effects of the attacks? >> well, for sure there's a role for citizens to play. and number one is don't be gullible online. make sure that you're exercising good cyber security practices. and the department of home

excellency ambassador there, they're much representative of france to the united nations and president of the un security council. distinguished representatives of the member states of the united nations security council. dear sister, the foreign minister of sudan and deer brothers, the representatives of a democratic republic of congo. and of a theory of the outset. i would like to extend my congratulations to ambassador revere on assuming the presidency of the security council and to thank on the secretary general in grandison the executive director of unit. and the us special envoy for the horn of africa for the remarks, the president, egypt. a nation of over 100000000 souls is facing an existing show threat. a grand structure of mammoth proportion has been constructed across the our tree that bequeathed life to the people of egypt. a colossal wall of iron and steel has risen along the banks of a great and ancient river. and that's cast along and dark shadow over the future and faith of the people of egypt. with every brick and every layer of mortar, the girl grows higher and its reservoir grows larger, and i

early we saw a delegation from the national security council that came to inspect the premises here of to do with this enormous facility, which used to be a mini city where tens of thousands of u.s. troops came through, where u.s. presidents came through. now it is being handed over to the afghans to fight the war on their own. laura and christine, back to you. >> just filed that for us a few moments ago. thanks, ana. >>> u.s. cyber officials are tracking a huge software attack. the products are widely used by i.t. management companies. now the white house is urging companies who believe their systems were compromised to immediately report it to the internet crime complaint center. cyber officials say the same malware in this attack was used to hit a meat supplier last month. over the weekend president biden said the government is not certain who's behind the attack yet but he's directed federal agencies to assist in the response. the attack is just the latest in a string of attacks. that jbs attack led to a temporary shutdown of beef plants and the colonial pipeline attack in may disr

they have open access to the presidents national security council, members of congress, and he holds a lot of influence. but when trump appointed a retired lieutenant colonel acolyte as secretary, if i've been a foreign intelligence officer looking at the united states, i would've concluded, this guy is about to lead a coup against the government. and i think that's what he was noodling with as the days went by. we >> senator, you heard with the general just said there, and indeed this constant chaos has brought numbness, it's been compared to the fraud boiling experiment, even the coverage of one six, we tend to shorthand as the riot or the insurrection. it was a straight-up attempt to change the results of an election. are these books that are coming up in rapid succession, there will be four of them out and on the market in just a few weeks time, are they useful as a break, a reminder to us to slow down, look back, see how close we came, and realized the grave danger that continues? >> i hope so. i do think we forget how crazy this guy was in the end after he lost, i think that we

i do that for the national security council and the secretary of defense as well.lf of the joint chiefs. the same applies to them. we always adhered to providing best professional military advice bar none. it was candid, honest on every single occasion. we did that all the time every time. the other thing i think is important to note here is that i, the other members of the joint chiefs and all of us in uniform, we take an oath, an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states, and not one time did we violate that. the entire time from time of commissioning to today, i can say with certainty that every one of us maintained our oath of allegiance to that document, the constitution, everything that's contained within it. and we also maintain the tradition of civilian control of the military. we did that without fail. we also maintained the tradition of an apolitical military. we did that then, we do that now and we will do that forever, all the time. >> i would like to add a comment to that, bob. i've known the chairman for a long time. we foug

united nations security council has voted to extend a cross—border aid operation into syria from turkey last—minute compromise was reached between raja and the united states —— between russia. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, chief executive of think tank demos, and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. and is clearly already worked out the views of the majority of the people in the country. we will deal with football little later, but let's bring you up—to—date. no more self—isolation rules for nhs workers, says the ft. it reports that ministers are reviewing the policy amid fears of a staffing crisis ahead of the next phase of rule relaxing, which could see the introduction of covid passports, according to the times, which leads with reports that bars, restaurants and clubs will require certificates for entry in a bid to drive up vaccinations. �*0ne game from glory�* — england's squad, which has �*won over public with skill, bravery and humility�* take the front of the i, ahead of su

the united nations security council met this thursday to address the crisis. >> the first round of parliamentary and presidential elections took place on september 26 with the second round in november. when the prime minister met with us yesterday, he said the intent is to maintain this calendar, and we are working with local election authorities and with the prime minister for elector matters and to look at the issues and do our utmost to meet this stage. >> we spoke to the u.s. ambassador to haiti about the crisis unfolding there. here is what he had to say about the interim government and who exactly is in charge at the moment. >> there was an entering government. the prime minister was there when the assassination occurred, but the main prime minister was in the process of warming this government, but unfortunately, they did not have time to be implemented for assumed duties, but since the assassination occurred, there was a political vacuum, and that could not be left like this. you should have had an interim government to step in, but now, i think leaders can sit down together and try to f

nations cameron hudson is a senior fellow. the atlantic council and former director for african affairs, the white house national security council. he says the un meeting was critical to push negotiations forward. the last month has been perhaps the most critical phase of these negotiations because the rains in east africa started falling within the last week or 10 days. and so the last month since the end of may essentially when the african union last held a in negotiation session among all the parties, that's really too long to wait. and i think that we've seen them, the tension mounting on the egyptian into nice side that they can't simply wait any longer to continue to negotiations. this was an effort to get, not just the security council involved to try to negotiate a settlement. i don't think that was ever part of their strategy. it was really to get the security council to push the african union and to push all of the parties, especially the ethiopians. back to the negotiating take table, we can certainly say for certain that egypt and sudan have been conducting military exercises, joint military exercises in their, in th

the delegation also includes representatives from the white house national security council and state department and after their trip, those officials will brief president biden so he can make decisions about next steps so far, haitian police have arrested more than 20 people, including 18 colombians and two haitian americans. and while the interim government has asked for military assistance, there are no current plans to send american troops. though the pentagon says the request is still under review. but something the u.s. will be deploying -- thousands of covid vaccine doses, possibly as early as this week kate >> okay, monica alba at the white house, thank you >>> still ahead tonight, the out of control airline passenger duct taped to her seat and an airline ceo who says the mask mandate may go away >>> also, one for the history books. novak djokovic's wimbledon win sets him up for something that hasn't been done in 30 years >>> this weekend we have seen incidents in the air and on the ground caused by unruly airline passengers one out of control traveler even had to be duct tape

military professional advice to whomever is the secretary defense and i do that for the national security council as well and i will speak also for this one time on behalf the same lies to them candid, honest and every singleio occasion we do that all the time everye time. the other thing that i think is important to note is that i and the other members, all of us in uniform take an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states and not one time do we violate that. the entire timeti from the timef commissioning to today i can say with certaintyt everyone of us maintain our oath of allegiance to the document. everything that is contained and we also maintain the tradition of civilian control of the military. we did that without fail andnt maintained the tradition of in a political military. we did that then and now and we will do that forever. >> i would like to add a comment i've known the chair man for a long time. we fought together. we've served a couple of times in the same units. i'm not guessing at this character. i think i clearly have tremendous faith and confidence

administration is condemning the killing and launching his own investigation and the united nations security council is meeting today to talk about the next steps. >> disgraced california lawyer michael avenatti has been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for extortion one of former president trump's adversaries was found guilty of trying to extort more than 20 million dollars from nike court documents show he threatened to expose accusations of corruption at nike, let's say paid him to conduct an internal investigation. a suspect learned the hard way that swallowing marijuana is not a good way to hide drugs from a state trooper. the ohio officer pulled over the man for a traffic violation. the driver had a bag of pot which is illegal in ohio. >> and he the baggy in his mouth to try to hide it. and fortunately he swallowed the bag and then began choking the trooper performed the heimlich forcing the drugs out of his throat. an ambulance was called to make sure that the driver was okay. >> coming up next. hour, rescue operations to recovery efforts with dozens of people still unaccounted for i

nations? are let's now bring in cameron hudson. he is a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and is also a former director of african affairs, the white house national security council. he joined us now from washington, d. c. mr. hudson. i know us has been lobbying against this being taken to the security council of a month now and has said that this really bypasses the a you process. so in your mind, does this mean that the african union mediation processes essentially dead? well, it's certainly been on pause, i would say for the better part of last month. and of course, the last month has been perhaps the most critical phase of these negotiations. because the rains in east africa started falling within the last week or 10 days. and so the last month since the end of may essentially when the african union last held a negotiation session among all the parties, that's really too long to wait. and i think that we've seen them, the tension mounting on the egyptian ensued me side that they can't simply wait any longer to continue to negotiations. this was an effort to get, not just the security council involved to try to negotiate a settlement. i don't think tha

arrested, including columbia, and us national 3 others were killed in fighting with security forces and 8 are still on the run. the united nations security council has voted to extend a vital lifeline to syria. russia opposed a resolution, allowing international aid to cross through turkey into the rebel health ne of the country. moscow says the 8 operation violates theory and sovereignty. lithuania, the military has begun building a 550 kilometer long razor wire fence on its border with fellow route. between the authorities accused means of allowing hundreds of migrants to enter the european union illegally. bella ruth allowed crossings and retaliation for e u sanctions imposed after men diverted a flight to arrest a dissident journalist. steve w. news from berlin. there is a lot more on our website. that's d w dot com the the u. s. s p. the office withdrawal from afghanistan with to schedule to be out of the country by the end of august 20 years after entering the country in the wake of 911 to fight terrorism. bad leavings saying the job has been done, after costing millions of dollars and more than $2300.00 us lives. people about to ask, when

international and he still plays a central role as a permanent member of the united states, united nations security council as an atomic power. so it's important for germany. you have good relations with britain, but germany will try to avoid a kind of splits, developing between germany and european union because of its closer relationship with the united kingdom. so it's almost right after interrupting his story. i was johnson have arrived at the press conference and us just listen that he to visits that you made it to the u. k. in your 16 years as german chancellor. and in the course of that time, some things have changed beyond recognition. but i for much of your 10 year, it was certainly a tradition angular for england to lose to germany international football tournaments. and i'm, i was grateful for breaking with that tradition just for once. and now this one thing that it stayed the same is your commitment to the u. k. germany relationship as you want said, we share the same values and we share a lot more than that. germany is the u. k. second largest trading partner, 3 quarters of a 1000000 brits wo

and often difficult store in the what signs should we be looking out for from the united nations security council, diplomats at the center of this conversation. that things can move ahead because at the moment it sounded like a situation report. well, i think you're right and the key will be how food actually moves in the region at this point. the whole situation and gray now as intertwined between tactical military decisions on the one hand going to do need to solve the humanitarian problem on the other. for example, one of the key bridges over that because the river is separating central western t grey was the stride within the last 24 hours. this is going to hinder significantly, the ability to move humanitarian food a. although i think the bridge. ready was destroyed, more or military, we have reasons to prevent the grant funds forces from re entering western western to get a gated mean sort of some form of people. c 5 we've been hearing from but it's on shaky ground, isn't it? i mean, from your experience as an ambassador at the time how tenuous is that relationship between t gray, an or to

military professional advice to president trump and president biden and i do that to the national security council and i am going to say, we always adhered to best professional advice. we did it all the time. the other thing that i think is important to note here is that i and the other members -- all of us in uniform, we take an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states and not one time did we violate that. the entire time from the time of commissioning to today, i can say that every one of us maintained our oath to that document, the constitution and everything contained in it and maintain the tradition. and we also maintain the tradition of an a political military. we did that then and do it now and will do it forever. secretary austin: i would like to add a comment to that. i have known the chairman for a long time. we fought together and served in the same units and i'm not guessing at his character. he doesn't have a political bone in his body. and i clearly have tremendous faith and confidence in the chairman. what i want to make sure we do is maintain our focus o

arrested, including colombian and us national. 3 others were killed and fighting with security forces and 8 are still on the run. the united nations security council has voted to extend a vital lifeline to syria. russia opposed a resolution allowing international aid to cross through turkey into the rebel health ne of the country. moscow says the 8 operation violates theory and sovereignty. lithuania military has begun building a 550 kilometer long razor wire fence on its border with fellow route between, you know, 40 acute minutes of allowing hundreds of migrants to enter the european union illegally. bella ruth allowed crossings and retaliation for e u sanctions imposed after min diverted a flight to arrest a dissident journalist. steve, good news from berlin. there is a lot more on our website. that's d, w dot com the the u. s. s. p d f is withdrawn from afghanistan with to schedule to be out of the country by the end of august 20 years after entering the country in the wake of 911 to fight terrorism bad leaving, saying the job has been done of the costing millions of dollars and more than $2300.00. the us lies people about to ask. when did thi

we kept the united nations security council resolutions adopted the $993.00, which by john silver. then over not more than all the regions outside which was occupied. i think we should move towards the piece. and i mean, this is not the easy process, but the 1st step is mutation on get medication on the board, right. ok, does this, that does this step that the armenians are asking the russians to deploy along the border? does it forward the prospect of peace? you know, well, the 1st of all, i guess we should mention about the russians over the armenians. more than with george. can iran now it's kind of the 3rd border by john, i'm in the, i mean they can invite russians. it's matt, silver and territory. but i, we believe that 1st should be guilty mutation because where russians exactly will state, you know, we are not in favor of getting some mala, ford and troops. i mean, we have all of the peacekeepers on in current law. but on our border, we would like to guard our, our sales and was capable of that. i think we should start the process of mutation and then russians can be deploye

withdraw president biden said it was time for regional powers to step up shooter demo from the national security council of gallus then said international cooperation is continuing. and it's natural for neighboring countries to take measures to protect their own interests. the truth is that we've been pursuing a regional strategy for a while. the truth also is the national defense and security forces have been fighting the minutes that are now threatening central asia. and so what we're seeing is a natural response from our neighbors up in the north to secure their borders. because we are actually do we, we've been doing that to, to this point. but we're also, we're also expecting that they would naturally take actions also to secure their own interest in their folders. atalla has, you know, are harboring touch harris with terrorists from multiple organizations are harboring islamic movement to a 2nd. the terrorists, but also i am from, from, from china. and so it is only natural that our neighbors are taking steps in that direction. finally, this news or the fur, has literally been flying in the russia

united nations security council has voted to extend a cross—border aid operation into syria from turkey

the united nations security council has voted to extend a cross—border operation bringing aid into syriaate for the long—running operation was due to expire on saturday, but a last minute compromise was reached between russia and the us. jean mackenzie reports from the turkey—syria border. here was this woman's last resort. it's where she ran to after two of her sons were killed. as millions fled the syrian regime, they found shelter in this corner of the country, outside the government's control. now they're trapped in makeshift camps, up against the border with turkey, existing on help from outside. just over the border in turkey, trucks are loaded with food, water and medicine — part of an un agreement to bring crucial aid into the part of the country still controlled by rebels. 1,000 of these trucks go across the border every month, carrying vital supplies, and that now includes covid vaccines. this is an absolute lifeline for people in idlib. for many, it's their only lifeline. that lifeline was in danger. russia, syria's key ally, signalled it wanted to close the crossing, preferri

the united nations security council has backed the african union mediation efforts in a bitter and on—going ethiopia, egypt and sudan over a huge hydropower dam on the blue nile. ethiopia has this week begun the second phase of filling the reservoir of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, intensifying fears that water access to egypt and sudan could be restricted. the european parliament has approved, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution condemning hungary for a recent law forbidding the depiction of homosexuality and gender change to under—18s. parliamentarians are urging the european commission to take legal action against the hungarian government and to withhold eu funds. hungary's prime minister, viktor 0rban, says the law is necessary to protect children. now to another huge set back for the olympics — with the announcement that there will be no spectators at events in tokyo. 0rganisers have been forced to make the change with just two weeks before the start of the olympics, after declaring a state of emergency in the capital because of a surge in covid cases. this was how the new

they've approached the united nations security council to intervene in therapy, says the project is essential to his development, but caro and costume fear it could restrict that water access. those headlines and it continues here now to 0 after counting the cost stadium, thanks for watching bye. for now. something was going to change. has anything really changed? this is systemic violent that needs to be addressed at its core. we are in a race against the variance, know what to say. we are all saying we're looking at the world as it is right now, not the world. we like it to be. the devil is always going to be in the details. the bottom line. i'll just use hello i'm how am i? he's been and this is counting the coast on al jazeera. you're look at the world of business and economics this week. internal conflict board was to dispute ethiopia as challenges are piling up with even the united states calling on international lenders. the block access to finance. it is prime minister abbey for the political and economic challenges. one of the biggest exports is of emissions wants to drill in. the ar

security council on this issue. ok, thank you very much. james bass, our diplomatic editor at the united nations. and so i'm now joined by full a crew move who had the secretary out for the africa platform at pan african organization working with communities, businesses and governments joined us from nairobi. so as hearing from james baron, just from that discussion at the united nations, they're not going to really do anything to facilitate abroad agreement between the river nile countries. so if not, the united nations does the, does the african union then have the capacity to address this? having made the united nation and have the capacity, i am not sure when they does get time to do in discussions, picked up by africa. and just been a few months before bachelor it was, it was a different way to take time to build trust. and so that the biggest selling the big mike, whether he's able to prove that, whether it is whether they're cutting to chase able to be present trust that way that that will be able to cover for the discussions now. so where does it go from here? because you were saying that

now the cypress has appealed to the united nations security council over a turkish back, trying to reopen and abandon town on the island. greek cypriots who represent the island internationally fear that plan is designed for turkish cypriots to resettle in the town of photoshop. president tuan, supported the plan along with the 2 state solution during a tuesday visit to the islands will be announcements lead to international condemnation, french and us officials have called them of provocative and unacceptable. the islands been split since 974, when a war divided the island along ethnic groups. greek cypriots live in the southern part of the island tucker cypriots. live in the north land disputes between the 2 have gone on for decades and un efforts to unite the mediterranean island have consistently failed turkish cypriot authorities partially open the town of sophia last year, specifically for visits. the greek officials via plans to open the air. you further could lead to a so called land grab with us now address at the office there was a professor of economics and public policy, also

they're calling on didn't on, on the united nations security council international court. and there to be any union to look into the cause to look into the cases. now, these protested, as you can see, many of them are universe university you did in a benefit, you didn't want to took part in del tobar 2019 approach. present students, but i've been providing press services to get the administration and also put a mix. so volunteered to help these processes. and now they say that my colleague can turn the camera the other sites so that you can see them. they'll just say that they will continue protesting until the demands automatic. they say that they do not trust the authorities. they do not did not trust the government consecutive governments. they also blame the government, not only the government, but configured governments for what they consider mismanagement. i corruption by consecutive governments and they say that they will continue protesting. they will continue protesting, gone till the demands are met. they have been caught doing by security forces. security was to

it has sent a poor example to other nations, to us as a permanent member of the united nations security councilmmit this summer to actually cut our budget. 0perationally, this saves lives. this money provides support for clean water, polio vaccinations, for tackling hiv, and the critical humanitarian support in places like yemen, syria, and libya. those vaccums get filled, either by extremists, or by other nations with extremely different agendas. if china or russia push in, then they have a different agendas and is very difficult for us to get back in there. retail bosses are calling on the government to take action against violence and abuse aimed at shop staff. this security footage was released by boots pharmacy to highlight the problems workers face. some of the uk's biggest brands are campaigning for greater legal protection for employees. the government said courts should be increasing sentences for such assaults. chinese astronauts have conducted their first ever double spacewalk. it's only the second time chinese astronauts have stepped outside their craft while in space. the astronaut

that they are very much disappointed about the discussion that's going on in the united nations security council because they're saying that they shouldn't be discussing to close the last remaining a delivery point. they need desperate need that how the un international military and aid, and so the u. n. should be discussing how to open the new border crossings that will carry the 8th to these people who definitely need that it. and yesterday, we were at the refugee camps 10 thousands of the towns and more than 100000 of the people living in that can on there. very much hard, tough conditions, women, children, elderly people, people who need the medical treatment or there and left with no choice, without no options in the middle of a global pandemic. and to they also in we have with a couple of the medical facilities, hospitals, even in our hospital, which is just indicated to the children. and you can see that how nurses doctors are not going to have these people. you're watching the news, our life from london much more still ahead for you. the drug company pfizer will seek approval for a boost

that they are very much disappointed about the discussion that's going on in the united nations security council. because they're saying that they shouldn't be discussing to close the last remaining a delivery point and they need that. but the need that how the un international military and aid. and so the un should be discussing how to open the new border crossings that will carry the aid to these people who definitely need that it. and yesterday, we were at the refugee camp 10 thousands of the towns and more than 100000 people living in that camp on there. very much hard, tough conditions, women, children, elderly people, people who need the medical treatment are there and left with no choice, without no options in the middle of a global pandemic. and to they also have with a couple of the medical facilities the horse because even just in a hospital which is just indicated to the children. and you could see that how nurses doctors are going to have these people hold taliban claims at now. controls 85 percent of afghanistan. it's made major gains this week and the vacuum left by the withdrawal

the uk has warned the united nations security council that half of myanmar�*s population of 5a millionected with covid within the next two weeks. earlier in yangon, people burned the country's flags in protest against the military junta who seized power february. the uk ambassador to the un says myanmar is facing a serious health, political and economic crisis. the covid situation is of particular concern. the coup has led to a near total collapse of the healthcare system, and healthcare workers are being attacked and arrested. the virus is spreading through the population very fast indeed. president biden has ordered two million american government workers to get vaccinated, or else face compulsory covid testing and restrictions. the administration is struggling with increasing infection rates, while around half the population is refusing a jab. mr biden also offered incentives, including cash, for people who go to be vaccinated. live now to our north america correspondent david willis, he joins me from los angeles. what more details do we have on this effort to get vaccination number

their request, the issue will be discussed next week at an urgent session of the united nations security council. have a morgan reports from out for chicago near the board with if you appeal when rebel sees the to grand capital this week, this european government said that was because it had withdrawn its forces. it says it needs them to focus on other threats to the country. when did you ma by? you don't just go to the goal of declaring a cease fire in the to gray region is to neutralize the danger of the 2 great people's liberation front and withdraw military equipment from there. because the region does not currently pose a threat to the country. the exit of the army from too great is one of the steps to address the external threats to the renee sounds damn and fill the gaps. the renaissance dam is built, the blue nile source of 80 percent of the miles waters. it's set to become africa. the largest hydro electric them upon completion is u. p. s, as it's hopeless, millions of people out of poverty, but talks to reach an agreement with the downstream country, sudan, and egypt over the damp fill

and so this is why the, this issue is being discussed in the united nations security council. there is an argument that it could cause regional instability and is a matter of international peace and security. so whole acumen, it had the secretariat for the african platform, the african organization working with communities, businesses and governments joins us from nairobi. i know that you've been listening in to all of that. and really, i suppose both, both rush are in the us, making it clear that there has to be negotiated settlement to this dispute, but that the african union is the, is the appropriate forum and the place for that to happen. now what stage we are in these negotiations. i was just saying that too, but i don't know whether we have been the day to get paid. i don't know the delicate stated or know where you go to because if you look at what i've been up and over the last jamie as was so he did a lot of be focused on the need to have a binding agreement before the building of the day i'm sure you've done, i've been extremely adamant about insisting that visuals

rebalance or pivot 10 years ago and where our good friend continues to do good things at the national security council. i have not yet seen the same strategy towards russia. you see little things take on importance. companies that are completing the pipeline under the baltic sea. it seems like a unilateral confession. i did not understand that. you get these sort of name-calling about who is a bigger killer between president biden and president putin. i want to see the conversation elevate. eastern europe. it does not require further nato expansion. also, russia, keep its hands off and get out of places like that. the only way a belief to start that process knowing realistically is to perhaps consider what you may call a dialogue. former senator not in others on the russian side who have a historical perspective on this relationship they can talk and propose some ideas without it seeming like they are speaking for their government or giving a unilateral confession. give some deniability to the government and the idea on how to use the tension in eastern europe hundred europe can be arrived at. just no

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i'm the head of international relations and regional cooperation at the office of the national security council here in couple. thank you. on the show. thank you for being. i know it's about midnight and i appreciate you being up tonight and with us and chagrin i did and everyone else and yes, my name is shaquira and i'm from re bastard. they're just women's and human rights activists. fantastic. thank you, sir. chris and moving on to ali. i'm the one i'm like fi, i'm a journalist from coco. alright, fantastic. you. i want to bring a little here so 20 years on from the us invasion. they also the taliban rather quickly, but they never really knocked them out and it really put them away. it's like water, the dam holding them back over all this time. and now would you agree? does it seem from your perspective there and cobble but the taliban is indeed ascended at the moment. but let me go on the premise of your questions. it's all about. we're never really. and then the point for that there is they will not really never went away, primarily because they were not a domestic ask them on the movement

feeling broken that there is such a discussion and negotiation is going on in the united nations security council, because the discussion should not be to whether to hand the, the mandate for the last remaining a delivery point or not. but it's rather shouldn't be about how to reopen the other gates and increase the open case through the borders in the north and the yes, because these people desperately need the community. and here, there are 4500000 people who are living in this tiny region and with limited access to the food, the madison, the medical care, and the, the water and electricity. yesterday i was in the refugee camps and talking to the people, women, elderly people, those people who need the medical urgent medical care and children. and you can see that they are really living under the rough conditions. and these people are carrying the scores of a decade off the war. and through the last couple of days, they have been even facing maybe to lose their last lifeline of the aid that they desperately need. also today was to their medical facilities, hospitals in it left like list and med