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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. united states is it will make every effort to help the americans and afghans ask they want to leave the country after the august 31 deadline. there are fears for those associated with the american university of afghanistan. very few of the 1200 staff and students have been able to get out. we are speaking to a texas law maker as the texas state prepares to welcome the first round of afghan refugees with the pl...

Group known as isis—k. the taliban has made it clear though, the deadline stays. heres president biden: heres president biden. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruptions to our operations. well have more on that in a moment b...

Welcome to newsday — reporting live from singapore — im karishma vaswani. the headlines: president biden tells g7 leaders hes sticking to his afghan withdrawal deadline — saying any delay will expose america to terrorist attacks. each day of operation brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate. six come from six in kabul — desperate scenes at the airport as the taliban say no more afghans will be allowed there. well g...

>> reporter: afghan refugees arriving in the u.s. detailing the exit from kabul saying people died in the crush trying to get to the airport. >> yeah. the children were dying because there were many people pushing. they say they have to get to the flight. to the terminal. >> reporter: at kabul international airport time is running out. the u.s. and nato allies have one week to pull out all their citizens and vulnerable afghans after the taliban again insisted to accept no extensions beyond augus...

On a pace to finish by august the 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruptions to our operations. the world bank says its suspending aid to afghanistan because of the talibans seizure of power. the bank says its deeply concerned at the impact ths will have on development projects...

Burns was delivering, which is that what the taliban does between now and august 31 determines what the international communitys posture toward the taliban will be. when the u.s. says the international community, the allies. this is a circumstance that put me in mind of some of the people i interviewed who have been this back channel to the taliban, who negotiated with them. uniformly, they report that among the impressions they get of the taliban is that the taliban consider its international i...

Control right now are the taliban and the taliban have issued this threat. they have repeated it again that if american troops stay beyond august 31 then there will be consequences so why on earth with president biden or indeed any leader of any country want to jeopardise security of their troops by keeping them there? and i thinkjo biden is very mindful of that and has been defied throughout this whole process and i dont think anyone expected him to change his mind. what he came across as durin...

Is right. you staying firm on it but i have to be honest with you, it is not a surprise that he did not extend the deadline because the cold truth of the matter is that it is notjust the us calling the shots here all the other g6 nations or the eu or the un or nato who were all in the meeting. the truth is that the people in control right now are the taliban and the taliban have issued this threat. they have repeated it again that if american troops stay beyond august 31 of any allied troops the...

That posture is in the talibans hands right now. >> finally, i want to ask you a question i asked chris murphy last night. theres ways of seeing this as this was a huge ogistical miscalculation or they didnt care about the allies or the refugees or the people hunted by the taliban. theres another view. this is the chaos that comes from the end of a failed war. what do you think? >> i think this is both things at once. the biden administration wasted a lot of time deciding that it was going to ki...

Welcome to bbc news — im david eades — our top stories president biden holds firm on his afghan withdrawal deadline — he tells g7 leaders any delay increases the threat of violent attacks. each day of operation brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate. at kabul airport — as the taliban now say no more afghans will be allowed there — theres continued desperation. never, never. its not my country. also in the progra...