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Carrying refugees from afghanistan has landed at a uk airport. president biden says us troops could remain in afghanistan beyond the end of august, passing his deadline for withdrawal. labour has accused the foreign secretary, dominic raab, of a dereliction of duty after reports he declined to phone his afghan counterpart to seek help airlifting interpreters out of afghanistan. but the government has defended his actions. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government th...

Are saying _ lib dems and the snp. some people are saying he should resign or he should _ are saying he should resign or he should be — are saying he should resign or he should be sacked. i dont think that is where _ should be sacked. i dont think that is where he — should be sacked. i dont think that is where he is as far as where the government— is where he is as far as where the government is likely to be in response _ government is likely to be in response to this. their argument is, l...

Is coming down. >> the evacuation of america is interrupted by sporadic gunfire. ♪ >> sean: here with reaction donald trump jr. is with us. i saw the president scheduled today and that was about covid. no questions. no discussions. no updates. no plan. nothing at all to help our fellow americans. and by the way, the interpreters, and all the people that we promised, if this day ever came we would protect them and get them out of there. not necessarily bring them here but we would bring them to...

Like most afghan interpreters will help u.s. troops zach and his entire family qualify to emigrate to the united states in exchange for the sacrifice they made for our country. our country created a specific visa category specifically for man like zak who helped u.s. troops so than their families who come to the united states. and zach first applied for that visa six years ago. but it hit a snag, because overall zach spent about three years working for the u.s. war effort in afghanistan, in addi...

So, how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? im sick to my stomach. well bring you the latest on the evacuation from afghanistan. also this lunchtime... reporter: are you going to resign, mr raab? - labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters�* lives at risk, after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. new research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protecti...

Interpreters to be traitors. there were many incidents over afghan interpreters. they were tortured, they were killed, they were, you know, beheaded. so, you and your family feared that, because of yourjob, that you could have been beheaded? yes, that was, you know, the worst thing could happen to someone. he, his wife and three—year—old girl fled their home, their entire livelihoods, arriving in scotland four weeks ago, under a resettlement programme. it came to me difficult when i had to s...

He had already worked with so many different interpreters, but zach was different. he was physically fit for one. his english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided. he said i immediately recognized that he was a special guy and i was very lucky to have him. marines in other platoons began to eye this new addition with envy, but major schueman had no intention of sharing him. the patrols were long and terrifying as the marines made their way t...

Dominic raab of putting interpreters lives at risk after he declined to make a phone call himself to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. in our other main news, nearly 37,000 new coronavirus cases are reported in the uk — but researchers say the main vaccines do offer good protection against the delta variant. a coroner has formally opened inquests into the deaths of five people who were killed in a shooting in plymouth a week ago. the inquest heard from...

Zak that caught major shoe mens attention, heres how he described the first time that he met zak in sangin. quote major shaman concedes he was in a transactional mood on the day he met zak, yet already work for so many different interpreters, but zak was different, he was physically fit, for one, his english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided given the dangers trying. he said quote, i recognize he was a special guy, and i was very lucky to...

But did he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, were told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but its understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resignin...