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and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. announcer: and now, "bbc world news". lewis: this is. i am lewis vaughan jones. a tragic wonder in afghanistan. a drone strike last month after a car bomb kills an innocent aid worker and nine members of his family. expect a press conference shortly. we have a specialeport from a family forced to sell their children's home to pay for food. >> you see the utter desperation that so many afghans are living in right now. lewis: a stark new warning on climate change from the u.n. temperatures increasing by twice

the agreed limit. england grappling the need for expensive covid tests for fully vaccinated travelers arriving from abroad. and the teenage sensation returns home from the u.s. open to rewatch her victory on tv with her mom. and dad from london. >> last night, i rewatch the final and try to relive a couple of the moment and remember how it felt so it is sinking in a little bit more. ♪ lewis: hello, and welcome if you are watching on pbs in the u. and around the world. we start with breaking news at this hour, reports of washington say that one of the u.s. military's final act in afghanistan, a drone strike

against a suspected car bomb turns out to have been a tragic blunder. an investigation by the u.s. central command h apparently determined that the august 29th strike in kabul, which general millie describes of the righteous strike, actually killed an innocent aid worker along with nine members of his family. it included seven children. we are going to cross live now to washington for a press conference in the pentagon. >> i can hear and see you fine. >> all good here, sir. i will turn the floor over to you. >> thanks, john. i am here to brief the results from what i directed, the strike in kabul from 29 august. having thoroughly and viewed the -- reviewed the findings, i am now convinced that as many as two civilians, including up to -- 10 civilians, including up to

seven children, were tragically kill in that strike. moreover, we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis-k or were a direct threat to u.s. forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those were killed. this strike was taken in the honest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our for in evacuating the airport, but it was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apologies. as they combatant commander, i am fully responsible for the strike and the tragic outcome. i have begun with the most important findings of our investigation, i want to provide the background leading up tohe strike and include an explanation as to why we felt reasonably certain that this was a legitimate strike on imminent isis-k teat with no indication that we would strike civilian casualties, as we asserted in our initial statement. a strike on 29 august must be

considered in the context of the situation on the ground in kabul and the international airport, following the isis-k attack that resulted in the deaths of 13 soldiers, sailors, and marines, and more than 100 civilians and also the substantial body of intelligence indicating the imminence of the attack. in the 48 hours prior to the strike, the compound -- let's bring the map up now, plee. we are just going to bring this up. hopefully we'll have an opportunity to see it here as we go forward. john, can you see the map there? hey, john, can you hear me now? >> the press has hardcopies.

>> ok, roger, i will continue based on that, john. in the 48 hours prior to the strike, since it intelligence said point number on was bei used by isis-k planners, used to facilitate your attacks. we were also receiving a significant number of reports indicating multiple avenues of attack, which were being planned simultaneously, through which isis-k would attempt to harm our forces, including with rockets suicide explosive vests, and vehicle-born explosive devices. in fact, in the 36 hours preceding the strike, our leaders on the ground, at the airport, and in the strike cell received more than 60 different pieces of intelligence leading to iinent threats, with some intelligence corroborating and some conflicting. units observe from our uav's, which were flying above kabul throughout the day. one of the most recurring aspects of intelligence was that isis-k would utilize a white we

go to carella as a key element -- white toyota corolla as a key element in the next attack. we initiated an intense surveillance of the compound with as many as six reapers on the morning of 29 august. at 8:52 a.m. local time on 29 august, a white we go to corolla arrived at point number one, a compound we believe to be a point of interest in imminent threat to the area. two adult males exited the vehicle, met with an adult male in the compound, and received it back from him. the corolla then departed the compound headed south, ande followed the vehicle. at 9:05 a.m., the toyota corolla picked up an adult malearrying a bag at point number two and then continued south. at 930 5 a.m., the corolla

arrived at the compound at point number three, which we now know to include an office of nutrition and education, and all three adult males in the vehicle entered the vehicle on the compound. at 11:19 a.m., three adult males unloaded bags and jugs from the trunk of the vehicle before deploying the compound at 1122 a.m., heading south. at approximately this time, u.s. forces were notified of a sensitive intelligence collection indicating that an isis-k cell leader in kabul was dropping off supplies. at 12:11 p.m., the corolla arrived at point number four, and at least two adult male occupants exited the vehicle in front of the office building before returning to their vehicle andt one: zero 7:00 p.m., heading west and then south. at 2:00 p.m., the corolla returned t the compound at point number three.

subsequently, multiple adult males were observed loading the truck of the vehicle -- the trunk of the vehicle with items assessed at the time to be explosives. before departing at 3:47 p.m. with four adult males heading north. at 4:11 p.m., the corolla returned to point number two and dropped off one adult male carrying a bag, and then continued on after driving near point number one, the colorless dropped off one adult male at point number five, roughly -- corolla dropped off one adult male a point number five, roughly 700 meters. the corolla dropped off its last passenger on the road at point number six. at 4:51 p.m., the corolla arrived at point number seven and backed into a compound that was approximaly three kilometers from the airport, which was the closest it came to the airport all day. we were very concerned that the

vehicle could move quickly and be at the airport boundary in a matter of moments. by this time, we had observed the vehicle for about eight hours. in the compound, the vehicle was observed being approached by single adult male, assessed at the time to be a co-conspirator. the strikeas exited at this -- initiated at this time because the vehicle was stationary. a single hellfire missile was set to detonate insi the vehicle to minimize the chance of civilian casualties. to strip the vehicle at 4:53 p.m., which produced an explosive event and following flame significantly larger than a hellfire missile would have been expected to produce. it is my assessment that leaders on the ground had achieved a reasonable certainty that the time of the strike to designate the vehicle as an imminent threat to u.s. forces at the airport, and that they made the strike in accordance with established rules of engagement.

that assessment is based upon interviews with leaders on the gr and members of the strike so. on the review -- strikes out on the review of the intelligence from the team and on the team's interpretation of how this vehicle and its occupants' actions were confirming t actions they were seeing. it is my conclusion that the area was clear of civilians and that they had taken prudent steps in regards to weapon hearing that strike to minimize the civilian casualties finally, it imy assessment that they did believe, as reported, that there was a secondary explosion. our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake. first, i will stress this was not a rushed strike. the strike that were deliberately followed and observed this vehicle for eight hours, while crosschecking what

they were seeing, all available intelligence, to develop a reasonable certainty of the imminent threat that this vehicle posed. indicated a second's closure, the initial investigation could only record but there was a possible to probable external accelerant, that could include either explosive information in the vehicle or initial gas tank of the vehicle. subsequent analysis could not rule out the presence of a small amount of explosive material, to determine the most likely cause was the omission of gas from a propane tank located immediately behind the car. such an ignition would have created a brief but massive fireball or either directly up and out of the compound that was observed in the vehicle and displayed in this photo. if we could get thathoto up, please. lewis: well, you have got a sense of that briefing from the pentagon, giving us some key

details actually into what happened. keeping up with that for us in washington is our correspondent, gary. what if we learned? gary: we learned that the u.s. military in the last hours in afghanistan made a tragic and huge mistake in targeting what it thought was in isis-k car bomber at actually killing an aid worker and nine other members of his family, including seven children. the pentagon was pretty adamant when this first happened, 36 hours before the end of operations there, that they had got the right person. they said there was an imminent threat to the kabul airport from this, having been good intelligence, and they rejected the immediate reports at came from the ground that these were civilian deaths.

they conducted their investigation, and they say they made a tragic mistake, extended their condolences and apologies to the family who lost so many people that day. with the problem is, this is a huge blight on what was a pretty ignominious exit from afghanistan. people around the world remember this kind of thing, remember these kinds of mistakes, and to the u.s. military, that their transparency needs to be, you know, applauded won't carry much weigh with those who are lookingt who are looking for jesus to take up anti-american activity. lewis: gary -- for excuses to take up anti-american activity. lewis: gary, they detailed the 60 pieces of intelligence, receive 36 hou beforeand, a white toyota corolla would be used, that was one piece of intelligence. that was a reason why they were tracking the car. as you said, these kinds of

deils, these kind of explanations may explain the actions, but they all contribute to this picture of that shambolic withdrawal of afghanistan. gary: i think that is right, and if you think ofhe context, there had been a murderous attack on the airport already that had happened, killed american soldiers and 170+ afghan civilians. the americans were very edgy at that time. they believed there were attacks that were about to happen at any moment, ry high levels of uncertainty, edginess about what was happening, as they were trying to evacuate people. and clearly, they put two and two together and made five, and there are 10 people dead who should not be dead right now. some of the other detail -- they appear to have relied on some visuals of people putting stuff in the back of the car, assuming

that was explosives. turned out to be bottles of water, according to the commander, the head of central command. this white toyota corolla as you talk about, i do not know how many white toyota corollas there are in kabul, but it is a pretty common car. i did not know how much that narrows it down, significantly. and of course the sort of point-to-point intelligence, talking about this being near one of the compounds that an -- that they had identified as an isis-k stronghold. the massive secondary explosion, their "proof" that there was a bomb in the car, turns out to be hellfire missile ignited a propane tank that was parked behind it in the driveway of the compound where it pulled into, and that was the cause of the secondary explosion. some ways, you know, it shows you the real dangers of sort of,

you know, paleo the logical thinking, trying to justy the end, interpreting in a way, and it does not add up the way they thought it. lewis: thanks for that, gary. gary o'donoghue in washington. still to come on bbc news, the rest of the day's international developments. stay with us. ♪ >> 30 hos after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. >> there are people alive, and there are people not alive. >> whatever we have got. >> a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco ere she was married 26 years ago. >> it looked as though have they had come to find in war, but

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next, the u.n. says despite all promises to take action on climate change, the world is still on course to heaup to extremely dangerous levels. carbon bands and more than 100 countries, concluded that we are still headed in the wrong direction. scientists recently concluded global emissions need to be cut by 45% by 2030, but this new analysis shows countries are ssively off target. our correspondent has more. >> the world are still heading in the wrong direction. what has happened is every five years, countries of the world, the so-called peers agreement update, sending them into the u.n., so the expert will be going through all of these documents, slightly over half the countries of the world have seen these plans, but if you

added everything up, and if you also include the emissions of the countries that have not sent in carbon reduction, you in effect see not a fold in admissions, which is what scientists say is needed, but a rise of 60% between now and 2030. that is literally the opposite of whaclimate scientists say is needed. not long ago, last month, we were reporting, in fact on your program, about the u.n. climate science panel saying what is really needed to avoid the worst impact of climate chae is to have a 45% reduction, a cut in global emissions by 2030. the science laid out in that report was extremely starknd clear to all who have seen it. we have a situation, that props up what everyone is actually doing for real in the coming years, and you did a rise of emissions. as you say, the calculations by

the u.n. is that puts the world on a course for an increase in temperature of 2.7 degrees celsius by the end of the century, which, frankly, is territory that climate scientists are scared of. they say we are already seeing the effects of climate change. the world has warmed over one degree. the higher you get, the worse things are. you mentioned the agreement threshold of 1.5, two degrees, if that is what happens, the consequences will be severe. sea levels will rise. you will see it in coastal flooding, crop failures, heat waves. i mean, the list is really horrible of what happens to the world and all of us if you have a rise on the order of 3.7 degrees.

we are heading not just the wrong direction but a dangerous one. bun describes it as a catastrophic outcome -- the u.n. described it as a catastrophic outcome, if that is what happens. not enough is being done to reverse the problems, despite all the talking that has gone on for so long. lewis: thanks to david here. tennis star in marotta cano -- in marotta cano -- emma rad ucanu says her victory is sinking in. natalie peart reports. natalie: since she burst onto our screens at wimbledon this summer, life has been a whirlwinfor a emma raducanu. no parties. instead, she did the one thing

she had yet to do following her astonishing u.s. open win. emma raducanu: last night, i just watched the final and try to relive a couple of moments and remember how it all. it is sinking in a little bit more. it is something that is a little bit difficult to component -- comprehend. natalie: for the rest of us, it was naiiting. emma raducanu: i personally did not feel any stress. i was just having a lot of fun out there, and i think that's what helped, because i was not thinking at all about anything that was out of my control. after the final, there was a really nice moment after winning , there was a sprint around with a lot of music. natalie: since then, she has been out of the headlines and dressed in chanel at the prestigious med gala. in her bank account is now one point 8 million pounds better off.

but she says she is leaving it up to her parents to decide what to do with the money. emma raducanu: i aprobably not as great with it, in hindsight, but they just gave me a hug when i came back, really, nothing crazy. no big celebration. my mom made some really good homemade dumplings, but there was nothing crazy or over the top. they just e rely sweet, just really reassurance, sing they are proud of me is enough. nae: her new world ranking of 23 has opened up a lot of new tournaments for her. she and her team -- emma raducanu: i think i need time to rest and recover, because it has been demanding physically, and emotionally, to withstand seven weeks on the road. natalie: but when wendell and rose ron, might we need a new moniker?

-- when wimbledon rolls around, might we need a new moniker? emma raducanu: i think that should stay with him. i have still got so much learning to do. natalie: learning she will no doubt taken strike. talie pirks, bbc news. lewis: congratulations again to her. just before i go this hour, let's remind you of this main story, the breakg news at the top of the hour. the u.s. military has admitted a drone strike against a suspected car bomb attack are in afghanistan missed its target and resulted in the deaths of 10 innocent civilians, including seven children. the commander of the central command apologized, saying he takes full responsibility. >> here are the briefing results of the investigation i directed on the strike in kabul on 29 august. when we thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and is wording analysis by

interagency partners, i am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike. moreover, we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle or those who died were associated with isis-k or were a direct threat to u.s. forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. this strike was taken in the honest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces in the airport, but it was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apologies. as combat the commander, i am fully responsible for the strike and the tragic outco. lewis: just to let you know, that briefing is actually still ongoing and taking questions from journalists in the briefing room at the pentagon there in washington can you can see people still speaking. we are keeping you up-to-date

with details, the context being laid out of that mistake, and of course we will bring you any details as we get them. that is it at the moment. i am lewis vaughan jon narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪

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