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The prime minister defends the uks strategy in afghanistan — insisting hell honour the commitment to the countrys people. as taliban leaders return after years in exile, mps here pack the commons for an emergency debate about the crisis in the country. in parliament, borisjohnson faced criticism from all sides, as plans were announced to resettle 20,000 afghans in the uk. no matter how grim the lessons of the past, _ the future is not yet written. and at this bleak turning point, we must help ...

We must help the people of afghanistan to choose the best of all their possible futures. the prime minister said the us pull—out from afghanistan meant there was little britain could do. labours leader agreed there was no military solution, but said the government had failed to prepare. theres been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the afghan forces and staggering complacency from our government about the taliban threat. the result is that the taliban are now back in control of afgha...

For this time of year, ranging from 13—21c. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines... angry exchanges in the house of commons over afghanistan. ministers are accused of serious failings human borisjohnson says the uk will honour its commitments to the afghan people. no matter how grim the lessons of the past, the future is not yet written, and at this bleak turning point we must help the people of afghanistan to choose the best of all their possible futures. theres been a ma...

>> i dont disagree that would make logical sense. the problem is al-qaeda has already pledged to there. the taliban has been working with them and he was purposely said that. i think the facts of the ground its not just al-qaeda with every other sort of islamic terrorism group now. even if they dont come to afghanistan, that might be wher the taliban get smart. maybe they say dont, here. >> there are like 20 of them, 2 different groups. >> i think the most important thing in the last 20 years ha...

The europa conference play—offs. certainly not complacent in how we are preparing and i have not seen any complacency in anyone in the camp because we cannot afford to have too many missteps in this early part of the season. we want to try and hopefully keep developing our football. you would like to think there would never be any complacency but there would be no reason for it to be there now. stjohnstone will be looking to join celtic in the next round tonight. theyll face a tough task again...

Are back— particular are already there. they are back above pre—pandemic levels. australia. _ are back above pre—pandemic levels. australia, although they are suffering from lockdowns at the moment — suffering from lockdowns at the moment again. we are a bit of a lie guard. _ moment again. we are a bit of a lie guard. im— moment again. we are a bit of a lie guard, im afraid, when it comes to recovering — guard, im afraid, when it comes to recovering pre—pandemic levels. we are now�...

This impeachment investigation by friday. an alleged victim of jeffrey epstein filed a lawsuit against prince andrew on monday. d giu giuffres lawsuit accuses andrew of assault and emotional distress. governor newsom faces a recall election in just under a month. and this may be the biggest threat to his position, complacency among voters. more from kyung lah. >> reporter: californias mail-in ballots are going out in just days. were talking about the recall of californias democratic governor...

A sense of complacency that things will return back to normal, that our democracy is no longer under threat. that is not true. as you pointed out, there are forces in play that are purely self-serving that are looking to hold on to a -- an america that doesnt really exist anymore, a -- an america dominated by a white angelo saxon partisan population that wants to retain its own grip on power. there is nothing wrong with the country that has become more heterogenous, more of a melting pot and mor...

Will be able to completely upend our democracy but we should be vigilant. one of the reasons that im speaking about this is there is a sense of complacency that things will return back to normal, that our democracy is no longer under threat. that is not true. as you pointed out, there are forces in play that are purely self-serving that are looking to hold on to a -- an america that doesnt really exist anymore, a -- an america dominated by a white april glow saxon partisan population that wants ...

Winning. there are some -- its a divided republican field, certainly. and there is not a lieutenant governor, big-name democrat run ing as an alternative. but democrats in the state of california are doing what democrats in a lot of places do, which is worrying. and also that worry sort of breaks through potential complacency and complacency and people not voting would be the real problem for governor new some. >> running scared. also huge race with major national implications. thats it for us. ...