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World with this degree of precision, is united states of america. weve already evacuated more than 18,000 people since july, and approximately 13,000 since our military lift began on august the 14th. thousands more have been evacuated on private tarver flights facilitated by the u.s. government. these numbers include american citizens department of resident as well as their families. it includes sib applicants in their families. those afghans who have worked alongside us served alongside o us, g...

This is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. evacuations from afghanistan gather pace as amnesty international accuses the taliban of torturing and killing nine men last month. more pressure on the foreign secretary, dominic raab, as it emerges that a key call to afghan officials about evacuating interpreters from the country was never made at all. waiting for aid and answers — why is it taking so long for help to reach the victims of haitis earthquake? n...

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Going door to door hunting these folks. what should the conversation be about adjusting to this new dynamic where maybe you dont fall into either of those two categories but you have stood shoulder to shoulder with the americans and the american military? >> i think maybe what we should do, and we are doing this to some degree, if we know of someone, sivs, ngos, interpreters who worked side by side with our american soldiers, theres many folks from the military telling us the names of individual...

While you and i were on the air together here. and tonight theres more evidence that time is running short here. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. deeply worrying evidence about a premeditated attempt by some elements within the taliban to deliberately target those who have worked with the afghan intelligence and military services but also those who have worked with the americans and british, going door to door, issues letters in some allegations theyve targeted and killed people. david? >> ian, t...

A childs eye to grow into the right shape for adulthood. 0k, come and have a seat there, monty. an increasing number of pupils like monty will be heading back to school with glasses next term. pop those on and keep them out, any that you try on. but, in the meantime, his mum says he will be spending much of the summer outdoors. fiona lamdin, bbc news. lets take a look at todays papers where the crisis in afghanistan continues to dominate. "bad call, minister" is the headline in todays daily mail...

And it was trumps deal with the taliban, not bidens, that scored the fatal blow. its the trump administration that set a may date to withdrawal. freed 5,000 militants, one of whom is now president of afghanistan. and whom are now trying to claim, oh, ways out, they didnt mean it. and it was the vehemently anti-brown and muslim immigrant trump administration that is responsible for the number of our allies who are stuck in afghanistan. they drastically reduced the number of visas processed for af...

This evacuation. i dont know how you can prioritize all these other people before americans first. as far as the process goes, in order to make sure youre bringing the right people here, theres two main ways to vet people, one is with the paperwork, to ask all the important security questions you need to make sure they are who they are and they dont pose a threat and when you dont have the paperwork, you have to do thorough questioning, technical questioning, of that person to try to get answers...

To do it yet. thats a big question. the other thing i think youre right about the interpreters and helpers. the other question is did you -- with the deadline. the august 31st deadline. obviously hes staked out a public position. that will not hold if there are americans in afghanistan. but theres a real question of how many americans are in afghanistan. people dont -- americans dont always register with the consulate when they enter. they almost never deregister with the consulate when they lea...

Here at kabul airport and getting as many people out as quickly as possible. he confirmed he asked someone else to make the call. but afghans who have settled in the uk are worried about how long there is to get others out under threat from the the taliban. there are terrorist groups who dont trust democracy, human rights, nothing at all. killing a human for them isjust like playing with a toy, thats what it looks like for them. he says that evacuating other interpreters should be a priority. it...