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in afghanistan. and englands katarina johnson—thompson leads the heptathalon as track and field events get under way at the commonwealth games. we begin with us house speaker nancy pelosis visit to taiwan. its a historic moment, marking the highest—ranking visit by an american official to the self—ruled island in 25 years. this is the moment she arrived — theres nancy pelosi leaving the plane at the airport, being met by a small delegation. in a statement, ms pelosi said americ...

Point here is that the old al-qaeda is dead, but the brand of al-qaeda will continue, as indeed the nazi brand continued after the death of hitler and the defeat of the nazis in germany. i dont think we could call it an end, but a transition phase in whichever al-qaeda marks into eventually. an awful lot to discuss. we will now join our chief international bbc correspondent lyse doucet from kabul. how was this man in afghanistan and the first place? what do we know about why he was there? the de...