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so lets now get down to business, and as youve been hearing, in the us, a report has just been released that looks at the deadly pull—out of afghanistan in august 2021 that ended americas longest war. the taliban swiftly took over control of the country. since then, the economic decline has been dramatic as most foreign aid was withdrawn. so, what is it like doing business there? rumi spice partners with farmers in western afghanistan to export saffron, the worlds most valuable spice...

failure of silicon valley bank, theres still no explanation, zero for the grieving families of the victims of the covenant school massacre. six innocent lives were claimed that day including three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members. and while tennessee lawmakers have been calling for more details on the shooters motivations, those calls have mostly fallen on deaf ears. among those pressing for answers, governor bill lee yesterday tweeted this. the covenant shooting was a...

president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, jim, president bidens purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants t...

and it was all apparently to impress a bunch of his teenage friends in a video game chat room. "the washington post" interviewing one of the members, who says teixeira acted like a father figure to the group during covid. >> it felt like i was on top of mount everest. it felt like i was above everybody else, to some degree, in that i would be able to brag to some people that i knew stuff that they didnt. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s....

cohen was discredited from his own legal adviser, robert cos costello. take a look. >> i just spent two hours or so testifying before the grand jury at downtown manhattan. i got my point across although it was clear to me that the manhattan das office did not want to get to the truth. i need to explain that a little bit. i called them up after i saw michael cohen on tv, stating things he said he was going to tell the grand jury and had told the grand jury. it was contrary to what he to...

so that is year—on—year. covid—19 had a massive impact. by default, a lot of people who are volunteers are somewhat grey around the gills because that is lifes experiences led to that. its really difficult for the voluntary sector is to bring volunteers back into the voluntary sector is to do more work, so you have a catch 22. you have all of covid, all the worries of the world. you have found that as well. yes. covid, all the worries of the world. you have found...

hurts working americans and help the rich and of course climate and the private jets. john kerry or whatever. what are we to make of the main focus of their screaming these days? >> they are a threat to our very democracy. >> that our democracy. >> extreme threat to our democracy. >> attacking our democracy. >> our democracy. >> our democracy. steve: republicans are threat to our democracy. really? didnt they push early voting to nullify the election campaign and protecting incumbents ...

hurts working americans and help the rich and of course climate and the private jets. john kerry or whatever. what are we to make of the main focus of their screaming these days? >> they are a threat to our very democracy. >> that our democracy. >> extreme threat to our democracy. >> attacking our democracy. >> our democracy. >> our democracy. steve: republicans are threat to our democracy. really? didnt they push early voting to nullify the election campaign and protecting incumbents ...

its friday the 9th of september. youre watching a special edition of bbc news following the death of her majesty the queen. britains longest—serving monarch passed away yesterday, aged 96, at balmoral castle — the scottish retreat which her majesty had visited since she was a girl. gun salutes and church bells will ring out across the uk today as the country begins to mourn. the new king — charles iii — will address the nation this evening. on todays programme well be rememberi...

sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how theyre building a following. im not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. ...