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0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the sp entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban if they want to see any support and that include, it starts with freedom of travel. we have been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. were working on that every day. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. secretary we requested such a classifi...

0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. weve been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. ...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, youre correct. there are f...

Was obviously said some time in advance of his decision to sign up to the protocol as part of the eu withdrawal agreement. we told him then what impact this would have on our relationship with the rest of the uk. we told him then the harm that this would do to northern ireland. and i hope now the prime minister sees that our warnings were right and that he does the right thing. you know, it is never too late to put right what is wrong. its never too late to do the right thing. and i hope now in ...

In life and thus, the media really leads and we are portraying different ways of doing that and coronation street have been phenomenal for me. we have got it wheelchair accessible all around the streets which makes it easier for older people and people carrying heavy things. people dont realise that access isntjust for the disabled people, because it makes life better everywhere and for coronation street to tell that story, because i think theyre the only one who has told that story — other th...

Continues to benefit people. but then you brought her down. you brought theresa mays government down. you brought her brexit deal down, you backed brexit. and now look where youve got — no power, no more money for northern ireland, a brexit deal that you had backed the idea of going ahead with brexit and the prime ministers obviously let you down. well, look, it was disappointing that the prime minister who came to northern ireland and gave pledges that there would be no border in the irish se...

Heard that message from you? very, very good. very positive. i mean, the commitments from the bbc and netflix to making disabled shows was huge. channel 4 made a similar commitment. sky is building on making a commitment now. we havent heard from channel 5 but hopefully we will. and with that, hopefully change will happen because people will become empowered and people will become used to seeing disabled people on screen. we will leave it there for the moment. thank you very much indeed and list...

Do you think in the end, he was so desperate to get brexit, he was, kind of, willing to say anything to you simply to get brexit and think, "well, well sort this out later?" well, what he said to us was obviously said some time in advance of his decision to sign up to the protocol as part of the eu withdrawal agreement. we told him then what impact this would have on our relationship with the rest of the uk. we told him then the harm that this would do to northern ireland. and i hope now the pri...

The representation it wanted? it was well behind other minority diversities. the most successful lobby was from the deaf broadcasting council, getting subtitles and audio description. it took a while for the broadcasters and the regulators to get there but it is now a requirement for broadcasters to have virtually all their programming subtitled, and 10% of it audio description. so, with the next wave of diversity challenge was from ethnic minority representation and all the broadcasters made co...

In the area and it doesnt matter what your political background. so i think that what we did then in delivering that much—needed funding to invest in our infrastructure in northern ireland was something that was good and and that continues to benefit people. but then you brought her down. you brought theresa mays government down. you brought her brexit deal down. you backed brexit, you backed borisjohnson. and now look where youve got — no power, no more money for northern ireland, a brexit ...