u. k and united states have sanctioned several russian officials and entities on the 1st anniversary of the lexia valleys poisoning will position figure suffered from a near fatal nerve agent attack. one year ago, western intelligence agencies believe russian secret service officers poisoned devoutly with the nerve agent. no shock. he was treated in germany and flew back to russia in january where he was that arrested of german chance anglo medical has used her final official visit to russia to ask that may putin to free the valley from prison. the russian leader refused her request saying his jailing was not political rallies, poisoning strained relations between the 2 countries. the leaders also discussed the situation in ukraine. i'm the tourist. oh, of course we also talked about the distressing situation of alexi na valley from our perspective. the sentence to a penal colony on the basis of an earlier verdict with which the european court of human rights has classified as manifestly disproportionate for us is unacceptable. and i once again called on the russian president to release

and attending public events. she'd been found guilty of inciting people to break co with 19 rules after an opposition protest charges. she says are politically motivated. the u. k. canada and the united states have imposed new sanctions on the bellow, russian presidents, government, alexander lucas, shank, and defended his leadership as the country marked a year since he was elected for a 6 term. the opposition says the vote was rigged under simmons ripples was good. alexander lucas shanker was big conversation event was still going on when the consequences of his actions in the past year started to play out on the world stage . new sanctions the u. k. first on out them, his reaction, the point that is just where you can choke on those sanctions in the u. k. we haven't had even the faintest idea for millennia. about this great britain, your america's lapdogs. later came new sanctions from the united states and canada as well. because shanker said the election was free. unfair describing the opposition protests as an attempt 235000 protest is we're arrested 600 opposition. supporters are in jail now. the crackdown even reached the olympics in tokyo athlete, christina simone, whose gaia had s

and you're getting lost in the complex in politics that happens as well. so, you know, if you think of a system like the one in the u. k, which like canada and united states of america and india or have the 1st 13 system . this is a terrible, terrible verging system because the car from being made and the traffic is going to provide for minority based government. it also means that you can get to political conscious and new level get could arise ation. you get a, you know, 10 kind of position to use that results in spoken. and in simplistic arguments. you don't get didn't get people trying to compromise or cheryl work together. but you get division b, c, s, at its most dramatic in the united states. where the divide between the republican party and the big democratic party, so bitter and so deep as to be frightening. and we have seen it at its way worse than the trunk. yes. that. so in the case of something like it's now going to be neutral about press it and tell you that i think it's the most disastrous. i've been pretty politics. 7000 years have been in the case of branch, they will see a phenomenon, which is turns impact on the idea. but if people wor

and stalemate. international calls now for an urgent piece process to begin. all of this leading the united states in the u. k. to dispatch 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out empathy staff, and local interpreters. let's check in with rob mcbride reporting from cobble this friday morning. i mentioned herat their 3rd largest city, 2nd largest city of kandahar, spiritual home of the taliban. what something that very significant, in fact, you know, the whole of afghanistan is waking up this friday morning to once again, completely changed dynamic and a country that has been changing by the day and over who controls what? i've got to say an immediate future that they've now completely uncertain. where do we go from here? a lot of the focus of attention has been down in the south in the city of kandahar . this is hugely important for everybody involved in this conflict for the government. it's the 2nd city and it's because it's in the hotline of the taliban. what the birthplace of the taliban. it is treated almost as a fortress city. and while much of the rest of kandahar is gradually come under taliban control

u. k, which like canada and united states of america and india, or have the 1st 13 system. this is a terrible, terrible voting system because coughing, being a democratic is going to provide for minority based government. it also means that you can get to political conscious. and you get polarization. you get a, you know, 10 kind of position. the views that results in slogans and in simplistic arguments. you don't get didn't get people trying to compromise or share all worked together. but you get division b. c. i said it's most dramatic in the united states where the debate between the republican party and the big democratic party, so bitter and so deep as to be frightening. and we have seen it at its way worse than the trunk. yes. that. so in the case of something like it's not going to be coughing, he neutral about pressing charges, that i think it's the most disastrous idea and pretty politics, 7000 years. in the case of breakfast, they will see a phenomenon which is in terms impact on the idea that but if people worried about all sorts of things in their lives, you can

u. k, which like canada and united states of america and india or have the 1st pond because voting system. this is a terrible, terrible verging system because the car from being made and then the traffic is going to provide for minority based government. it also means that you can get to political conscious and new left get rise ation. you get a, you know, 10 kind of position, the views that results and slogans and in simplistic arguments, you don't get, didn't get people trying to compromise or share or work together. but you get division b. c. i said it's most dramatic in the united states of america, but the divide between the republican party and the big democratic party is based and so deep as to be frightening. and we've seen way worse than the trunk. yes. that so in the case of something like, it's not going to be perfectly neutral about it and tell you that i think it's disastrous. i've been pretty politics. 7000 years have been in the case of branch. and then we see a phenomenon which is in turns in fact, on the idea that but if people worried about all sorts of things in their l

people desperate to try and get in soldiers from the united states in particular the u. k. they've been that securing the perimeter of the airport and bit to try and just maintain some kind of steady flow of people only so many planes, not enough. even the planes have been regularly taking off from carbon international heading back to the united states western countries and simply not enough plains to carry all the people who are wanting to get on them. and of course security issues as well. there's been a lot of screening of people turning up the documents. many people have turned up there is turned out that they were on no fly list. so not everybody turning up to get on the plane. he's even entitled to, to get on board of one security risk. some have been an issue that have been highlighted. and as we've been reporting to you throughout the day, a western intelligence agency said that they feared that there was a severe risk of a terrorist search at the moment. campbell international apple. and now what we're hearing is that there has been an explosion that pentagon is con

want to bury the truth and condemn julian a song whose fate is still hanging in the air as he faces 175 years in prison. if extradited from a u. k, jail cell to the united states. and so we come here on the program on our t commit crimes behind bah's. we look at the growing problem of transgender convicts using fellow inmates in women's prisons. offer a very quick break. ah . join me every 1st day on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world. the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me the media a reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel safe relation or community? are you going the right way or are you being somewhere direct? what is truth watches in a world to corrupted? you need to defend the so join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah ah, could i be with us for this sunday evening program life from moscow to give her an update? now on this developing situation in northern italy, you can see the picture was a huge fire has ripped through an apartment block in milan. look at these pictures . it's a tower block, around 18 stories high in the south of the city. you can see the

want to bury the truth and condemn julian a song whose fate is still hanging in the air as he faces 175 years in prison. if extradited from a u. k. jail cell to the united states. we discussed the u. s. policy, and i've got to stand with journalist taylor who dock and a former whistleblower bared bro. i think the u. s. government to some extent. it doesn't really know what it's fighting for, nor the binding. pretty big thing. such, it's more of a reflexive sort of series of power plays by individuals in the government's domestically. the manner in which the u. s. has a pedal, whistleblowers, journalists, leakers facts, even before dropped into office. i think a ball into a, perhaps, to a, to all time low. and things that non improves and 1656 years. i think anyone who knows who they're talking about has to look at us as a wild animal and go from there. this is not the 1st time that jolina sanchez was correct in his assessment related to us foreign policy. i think we're having conversations about us wars in the middle east and in particular afghan, it's dan, it is so important to talk about julian authority and would you leave contributions? i think the united

coming from the united states, u. k. and, and other countries when it comes to having a working relationship with the taliban. okay. countries i haven't officially recognized the taliban leadership at the moment, but embassies remain still open or be with the skeleton stuff. where do we go from here? it really started with, with trump, as i was saying in the sense that trump negotiated with the thought with the taliban without giving the public government getting involved without the regional countries getting involved. so trump recognize basically the pilot and surrender have gone against on to the probably been so by then basically it's been walking, you have to put in his footsteps because he wants to end the war. and clearly in the united states, if it's going to deal with a can stand, the future will have to deal with the tale about those who are suddenly out of the blue. as i heard earlier, the press conference asking, asking, blinking circuit their state. and then you call him with a terrorists, was just that they hav

want to bury the truth and condemn julian a song whose fate is still hanging in the air as he faces 175 years in prison. if extradited from a u. k. jail cell to the united states. hurricane eda has slammed into the u. s. gulf coast and is now wreaking havoc in the state of louisiana. it is one of the most powerful storms on record. it's already left a quarter of a 1000000 people without power off shutting down 95 percent of all production in the gulf of mexico. eda made line for just a few hours ago on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. although it's more powerful than that storm which back in 2005 killed almost 2000 people and inflicted around $100000000000.00 in damage. louisiana officials say hearken either will post the biggest challenge yet to the states newly renovated levy system. we now return to a topic we feel deserve more attention than it's really getting anywhere in the latest of a series of reports. we're looking at the problem of transgender convicts abusing female inmates in prisons. a growing number of women said their lives have been turned into a living hell by mail, prisoners exploiting the system. and one of the most notorious case

and so china and russia have not been at war with the taliban, or at war and afghan stand, but nato has the united states as the u. k, as the italians and the french have. and so now, because they have been embarrassed over this situation and recognize that they left essentially the country with an enormous power vacuum that was filled almost immediately. it's a pretty humbling situation to now say to you, to russia and china, who are seen as these great threats in the world. you're the only answer to bringing stability there. oh, absolutely. and especially when you look at the fact that over the last 20 years, the u. s. and its allies has actually made the taliban more legitimate than ever before. and now you're at a point where you've got china and russia saying how they're going to deal with the taliban. at the same time we've actually got biden. and the g 7 leaders now discussing whether or not to recognize the taliban as well as the legitimate government of afghanistan. so will this happen? and if so, how likely is the us to unfreeze that $9500000000.00 worth of atkin assets that are currently being held in us

and has dramatically reduced since mid july. but there are still concerns about the relaxation of the so called traffic light system in the u. k. the amber warning applying to the united states and also the europe in union and switzerland that's been lifted now it's gone green. it means that there has to be a cove it test before the flights of further cobra test on arrival. but apart from that wide open then to a vast number of people. the hope being that the tourist industry will be revive the. the ation industry will also get a shot in the arm, excuse the pardon, but also a business will be given a, a big boost because of this, but there's been warnings because it isn't 2 way traffic for starters, between the usa and the u. k. because the u. s. still benz any movement from flights into to the us from britain because of the situation with the delta variance. and also there is a concern on that so that that could be the position of business once that lifted as soon as possible to get the free up to up to a traffic in terms of trade. furthermore, there are warnings about job losses in the in the haitian industry and also the tourist industry because of this. and a warning tha

and girls of afghanistan, who fear to return to the darkest days. well, our correspondents are across all angles of the story, spread out across the canister, the united states and the u. k. keeping across all developments you need to know about with george, how in london james base for un headquarters, patty cocaine is standing by for us in washington dc. the reaction from the pain. so can, 1st though we will had life to capital and rob mcbride's role scenes of chaos. very distressing scenes this morning at the, the carbo airport. just give us a sense of what the situation is like. no. that's right to me and this monday evening this, that chaos and tragedy continues with these desperate scene that people desperate to get out of afghanistan, the taliban has put up a cold and outside the terminal to try to stop more people getting in to try to stop the situation getting worse, but we do know that people have been trying all day but and often succeeding in scaling the perimeter wall to getting inside. meanwhile, the taliban has been firing shots warning shots trying to keep people away. you occasionally hear gunfire coming from the direction of the airport. meanwhile, in t

and douglas has hired firms like the u. k. bass p. t . p advisors and mercury public affairs, headquartered in the united states, to re brand the government's tattered image and not of its longstanding ruling party. his annual p. f. in pierre offend, watching to london. they're working very hard to try and paint a good picture of this region despite the realities on the ground we've also seen is in, in, in, in respectable papers, which look like here it is to be honest because they paint a very unrealistic pico, these involvement situation. remodeling is now open for business. wins. have known them as well for 41 years. he was the chief in for solved and get a resume. so they can be fooled by what the piano machine is trying to do. me. hiring p. r firms to control narratives is standard practice. but the reliance on a western p r firm's by some african states to furnish their profiles is confounding. when you realize they're often partnering with former colonizers, africa, that was, will continue to honda to the west, the respective on the fact that most of the time they do complete western men in south fearing come room for the night by th

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and it's all leading the united states in the u. k to dispatch 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out embassy, staff, and local interpreters. now before we talk to a correspondent in cobble, i want to have a we look at the map. this is from the long war journal, the latest iteration. we have of it all the red areas, remember, are those that are in taliban controls. harass over here was the 3rd biggest city that we said. now what's happening basically we can start to color and read these balsam territories and it's meaning, i mean, look at the whole west and southern areas of afghanistan are in taliban control. and just as a comparison, this is a snapshot taken every month for the last 4 months. back in april, all these orange areas were contested areas. they have basically all turned red by this point. now let's check in with rub mcbride as i say our correspondence in cobble and have you got any more confirmation? rob about alaska got or kandahar weather of now multiple reports that the taliban is in control of both of these cities an

want to bury the truth and condemn julian a song whose fate is still hanging in the air as he faces 175 years in prison. if extradited from a u. k. jail cell to the united states, the scale of america's problems and ask out and i've gotten a store has been revealed in 20 deep classified documents published by the us national security archive. one shows how issues work consistently and deliberately hidden from the public back in 2002, the defense secretary donald rumsfeld, was worried. the mission was drifting, but he never mentioned public. rather arguing that there was no point in negotiating with the remnants of the taliban more than a decade later, an american diplomat had the same concerns. the 1st question of did we know what we were doing? i think the answer is no. if there was ever a notion of mission creep, it didn't get this done. we went from saying that we'll get rid of ok. so they can threaten us to say we're going to end the television, then we said we will get all the truth the tell about works with then further to have in our exit strategy b. s. table government. and again, it's done. we have to say good enough is good enough. that's why we're t

this is why the united states and the u. k. unfortunately, they cannot be trusted when it comes to these things. they say we're going to withdraw him now, you know, obama was making this promise to close one time. obey, and we've got to send it to presidents later and they're still there. and even in the withdrawal, they're still trying to lead. i mean, i think i think the taliban, you know, they've, they've been very clear to, to the u. s. a. they have to leave by, by the 31st. and they haven't assaulted the air for they haven't done anything. as far as i know, no diplomatic staffel personal have been harmed. so i mean, if the u. s. made this promise they have to keep the promise. it's that simple. okay, but thanks for your time. again, international 1st year let's met has got to talk to you. thanks for watching. well, anger over the destruction in afghanistan reached american shore to with people pouring onto the streets in protest against the taliban. seizing power rallies broke out. both the east and west coasts, from l. a.

high as 25. meanwhile, the united states has said 4 of them. marines have been killed. 3 others are injured. and this all has happened after the united states trailer, i'm the u. k. or warned people to stay away from that area around the airport because of what they were calling an imminent threat from an iso of shoes in afghanistan. now thousands though continued gathering outside the airport. they'd been there for days in hopes of fleeing the country after the taliban took over. witnesses to the attacks have been describing what they saw when those explosions went off. one of them and it was time for the evening prayer when an explosion happened. i saw about 70 vehicles carried around 150, injured to the hospital. i gave my people was standing at the airport gauge for evacuation. when the blood happened. my cousin was also wounded on his leg, so he brought him to the hospital. while the taliban has condemned the blas fair spokesmen twisted and i quote, the islamic emerett strongly condemns the bombing targeting civilians at a couple airport. the explosion took place in an area where us forces are responsible for security. while let's take you now to alive char

this is all prompting the united states and the u. k. to send at least 3600 troops into cobble to help pull out empathy, staff, and local interpreters. washington though insist it's not a full evacuation and the embassy will remain open. bryant, with more now from the africa and capital given events down to the south of the country and the storming by taliban fighters. right. into kandahar itself. this kandahar is i've kind of dance 2nd city. it has. it is right down in the hot land of taliban country in the south of the country in kandahar providence and its neighboring province of helmand. because of that, this is basically become a fortress. it's very important for the government to hold onto this even though much of the rest of the provinces gradually fallen away to the taliban. you have a headlines. samsung's vice chairman's been released from prison in south career up to been granted parole. j wiley was serving a 2 and a half year sentence for primary critic saves relief, reflect the culture of lenient c. for corporate bosses and z

when grace was and we were helping reunited people living in the united states and european countries with their family and france and the u. k. from 2nd august at 4 am. people from these countries will be able to come to england from an ember country without having to quarantine if they're fully vexed. i and others cried out until the roll that inconvenience back to france with the european country not to be included. q angry citizens. bit ridiculous, that frances, that excluded anyone traveling back from through france this weekend will up the quarantine. while most of the you in us will not have to for monday. the rules for france are based on period political tit for tat. that is shameful and to disgrace, where not people from this countries where u. k. national score, desperate to c l families whom we haven't seen for a very, very long time. we're students trying to get back to uni. french politicians are also fuming. a decision has royals up old pension 6 or the best one is on this decision has no scientific foundation, and it's discriminatory towards the french. another absurd announcement. koren scene for the fully va