is what must be done. and not the international community telling us this is what you need, this is what you need. we don't want that.— don't want that. monique clesca s-ueakin don't want that. monique clesca speaking to _ don't want that. monique clesca speaking to me _ don't want that. monique clesca speaking to me from _ speaking to me from port—au—prince earlier on. the red cross in lebanon says at least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a fuel tanker explosion in the akkar region, in the north of the country. the incident happened near the syrian border. a dozen ambulances and emergency services are at the scene. a number of people are missing. it is not yet clear what caused the explosion but lebanon has been suffering from an acute fuel shortage. the us president, joe biden, has issued a stong defence of his decision to pull us troops out of afghanistan as the country's fourth largest city mazar—i—sharif was captured by the taliban. in a written statement, he says he'd inherited a deal made by his predecessor donald trump which imposed a deadline for us withdrawal and cut the number of the country's troops in afghanistan down to a bare minimum.