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Meant to be a multigenerational undertaking. we were attacked. we went to war with clear goals. we achieved those objectives. bin laden is dead and al qaeda is degraded in iran, in afghanistan. and its time to end the forever war. >> it was no accident that biden made his announcement from the white house treaty room looking out over the ellipse where george w. bush told the nation about those very first airstrikes on afghanistan back in 2001. we were a different country then. biden also said he...

Undertaking. we were attacked. we went to war with clear goals. we achieved those objectives. bin laden is dead and al qaeda is degraded in iraq, in afghanistan. its time to end the forever war. >> the forever war is now in its 20th year, and after announcing the plan to end that war today, president biden visited arlington national cemetary to honor members of the military who lost their lives in afghanistan and iraq. >> it was a hard decision to make, sir? >> no, it wasnt. to me it was absolut...

Is degraded in afghanistan. and its time to end the forever war. thank you all for listening. may god protect our troops. may god bless all those families who lost someone in this endeavor. >> president biden speaking today from the same room where president president george bush started the afghan war under day 20 years ago. the secretary general of nato said all the nato troops will leave afghanistan on the same timeframe as united states. that means all u.s. troops and nato troops will be out...

Forever war. >> the forever war is now in its 20th year and after announcing the plan to end war today, president biden visited the arlington national cemetery to honor members of the military who lost their lives in afghanistan and iraq. . >> was this a hard decision to make? sir >> no it wasnt, for me it was absolutely clear. >> joining us now has been, roads for national security adviser for president obama -- we are continuing to cover the situation in brooklyn center minnesota, so we may be...

Joe, symbolically showing why he feels this must be done. >> right, well, jonathan lemire, joe biden was a skeptic of our participation in afghanistan before he was sworn in as vice president, famously having a confrontation in afghanistan with then-president karzai, getting -- pushing away from the table, throwing down his napkin and leaving because of corruption in that government. he then was opposed to barack obama increasing the number of troops in afghanistan. so, a lot of people not surpr...

The lifeline plane reaches fairisle with a very special cargo. enough vials of vaccine to give the whole adult population a second dose. shop scratch. from 18 to 85, everyone is covered. its probably one of the safest places in the country, really. you know, we can decide whether people come in or not. there is no visitors come on the boat. and as i say, they have been very good about controlling it, keeping people from coming on the plane. with fairisle being 25 miles from mainland shetland, th...

Were struggling to cope with the peak of the first wave. april 12th 2020 saw a95 deaths of care home residents from covid alone. more than 800 residents died from other causes, but the combined figures are over three times the number who died on the same day, in 2019. many families and care providers argue that only a public inquiry will explain why residents werent better protected. heres our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. this is david capewell�*s way of seeing more of his wife, ...

Youre watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... president biden says its time to end americas longest war�* and for us troops to leave afghanistan. the countrys us ambassador says the alliance between the countries will remain strong. this is not the end of our partnership. he will continue to support afghanistan for essays and continue to support the economics. a policewoman in minnesota, whose fatal shooting of a black man sparked ci...

But tiny fair isle — with a population ofjust 48 people — can now claim to be one of the safest. the scottish island — located between orkney and shetland — is known for its knitwear. this week, vials of astrazeneca vaccine were flown in on a small plane, meaning every adult on the island was able to have their second dose. jen stout reports. touchdown. the lifeline plane reaches fairisle with a very special cargo. enough vials of vaccine to give the whole adult population a second dose....

Come on the boat. and as i say, they have been very good about controlling it, keeping people from coming on the plane. with fairisle being 25 miles from mainland shetland, the decision was taken to fly in the vaccine doses. fairisle was one of those areas of the uk where there were no confirmed covid cases, so we felt it was really important to maintain that. we were very keen that we went in and we took the vaccination programme for all those that were entitled in one go. it is a big relief fo...