however, i think that tony blair himself— however, i think that tony blair himself is— however, i think that tony blair himself is putting himself in a standing _ himself is putting himself in a standing for quite a lot of criticism _ standing for quite a lot of criticism as well, with people remembering his legacy with this whole _ remembering his legacy with this whole ordeal.— remembering his legacy with this whole ordeal. . , , v , whole ordeal. sebastien, picking up with what joanna _ whole ordeal. sebastien, picking up with what joanna was _ whole ordeal. sebastien, picking up with what joanna was saying, - whole ordeal. sebastien, picking up with what joanna was saying, tony l with whatjoanna was saying, tony blair has learnt the hard way as it were to be judicious with his comments on matters relating to the fight against islamist terrorism, because of course the controversy over whether the iraq war was started for the wrong reason and the rest of it. given the political consensus about going on back then, does he have a bit more credibility on this in terms of political voic

blair — the claims that have been made by tony blair. interesting to note the downing _ tony blair. interesting to note the downing street sources in the last 24 hours _ downing street sources in the last 24 hours have said that contrary to the scathing attack that tony blair has launched on president biden and what he _ has launched on president biden and what he called an imbecilic commitment to ending for ever worse, downing _ commitment to ending for ever worse, downing street on the other hand have stressed that the prime minister— have stressed that the prime minister supports the us and isn't criticising — minister supports the us and isn't criticising the us, and that coordination is very important. and has also _ coordination is very important. and has also been saying that that relationship between president biden and prime _ relationship between president biden and prime minister borisjohnson is and prime minister borisjohnson is a good _ and prime minister borisjohnson is a good one — and prime minister borisjohnson is

tony blair says that afghanistan is being abandoned. it is tragic, dangerous and unnecessary, imbecilic to walk away. many people, as a result of what has happened in afghanistan are going to have a deep doubt as to whether we can be relied upon and the trouble with this decision is that our friends are now anxious and those people opposed to us feel heartened by it and that is not a good place to be. it is a conflict that cost the lives of a57 uk servicemen and women. thousands more were injured. as veterans ask themselves, if it was all worthwhile, the man who first sent them to afghanistan says yes. the fact is, the country did have a chance and it was really our own internal short—term politics in the west that has driven, in the last couple of years, us to put at risk what we gained and i think it is only now that we are realising, in this moment of crisis, exactly how much we gained and how foolish it is to lose it. it is managing that crisis here at kabul�*s airport that remains the focus for british soldiers and the governme

tony blair is wauain shyama and martin. tony blair is waging against — shyama and martin. tony blair is waging against the _ shyama and martin. tony blair is waging against the dying - shyama and martin. tony blair is waging against the dying of - shyama and martin. tony blair is waging against the dying of the l waging against the dying of the light and what he clearly sees in the document as the abandonment of democracy as at the least worst governing solution. he obviously has perfect material here. it is a little bit late, but what he is raging against is our loss of confidence in western values, our inability to commit to anything, which i think it's something we have seen across the us with a try. and now, of course, with our own dishevelled government in number ten. —— number10. it seems to regard the bringing of democracy as a utopian delusion and intervention, virtual of any sort, as a full set in. the world is now uncertain of where the west stands because it is so obvious that the decision to withdraw from afghanistan in this way was not driven by grand stra

tony blair himself has _ western interests. tony blair himself has come _ western interests. tony blair himself has come under- western interests. tony blair- himself has come under criticism for his role in afghanistan. the himself has come under criticism for his role in afghanistan.— his role in afghanistan. the world understands _ his role in afghanistan. the world understands that _ his role in afghanistan. the world understands that whilst _ his role in afghanistan. the world understands that whilst of - understands that whilst of course there are dangers in acting, the dangers of inaction are far greater. now, does he have any regrets, and what would he say to families who lost loved ones? we what would he say to families who lost loved ones?— what would he say to families who lost loved ones? we went in there for very good _ lost loved ones? we went in there for very good reasons _ lost loved ones? we went in there for very good reasons and - lost loved ones? we went in there for very good reasons and we - for very good reasons and we achieved a lot thanks to thos

by tony blair, it has been pretty mixed. some supportive but some also criticising him for— supportive but some also criticising him for his— supportive but some also criticising him for his own role in afghanistan as well, _ him for his own role in afghanistan as well, given that it was him that led the _ as well, given that it was him that led the uk — as well, given that it was him that led the uk into afghanistan in 2001 alongside _ led the uk into afghanistan in 2001 alongside the us. we have had people on the _ alongside the us. we have had people on the left _ alongside the us. we have had people on the left of the party, particularly people like john mcdonald, quite critical of tony blair— mcdonald, quite critical of tony blair himself, saying that he had some _ blair himself, saying that he had some front criticising president biden— some front criticising president biden when it was blair that led to the uk _ biden when it was blair that led to the uk into some of the words in the zist the uk into some of

a serious mistake says tony blair. do you agree?— a serious mistake says tony blair. do you agree? yes. tony blair has more foreign _ do you agree? yes. tony blair has more foreign policy _ do you agree? yes. tony blair has more foreign policy experience, i more foreign policy experience, including hard knocks, thenjoe biden and hisjudgment is basically sound. and then the question is one, what is moral, what has been done to the allies of the united states that we are abandoning in afghanistan? can we extract over 10,000 americans? they are stuck there. the military, the security forces, the contractors, the family members, all these people, but also our allies and our afghan collaborators. beyond that, what did this due to the perception of the united states as a reliable ally? from taiwan to estonia, from poland to japan. and thatis estonia, from poland to japan. and that is what we need to focus on after we tried to minimise the disaster. the pr disaster, the humanitarian disaster that this hasty decision presents to us now. it is still ongoing and it can go south. ~ ., ., ,, i

former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal — former british pm tony blair accuses president biden of following an �*imbecilic�* policy — and donald trump attacks mr biden. biden�*s botched exit in afghanistan is the most astonishing display of gross incompetence by a nation's leader perhaps at any time that anybody�*s ever seen. leader perhaps at any time as thousands of afghans try to escape the taliban, europe is preapring for many refugees. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the expected arrival of hurricane henri. and cambodia's last remaining population of critically—endangered vultures are on the brink of extinction. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk ministry of defence says seven people have died in the chaotic crowds outside kabul airport where thousands are trying to flee the afghanistan, a week after the taliban took over. people have been trying to get through checkpoints in sweltering heat to reach evacuation flights. the british defence secretary, ben wallace, said the uk had flown

the former british prime minister, tony blair, has said president biden�*s policy — which led to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan — was "imbecilic". he says the decision to leave represents a tragic, dangerous and unnecessary abandonment of the country. mr blair, who sent british troops into afghanistan two decades ago, has urged the government to help all afghans who supported the uk, calling it a "moral obligation". 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. he's the former prime minister most often remembered for the controversies that swirled around the conflict in iraq, but before the war there came this moment in 2001 when he committed his troops to afghanistan shortly after the september 11 attacks. military action against targets inside afghanistan has begun. i can confirm that uk forces are engaged in this action. the world understands that whilst of course there are dangers in acting, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater. 20 years on, his critique of president biden�*s decision to pull out is unflinching. he writes... a phrase the president has

former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal — former british pm tony blair accuses president biden of following an �*imbecilic�* policy — and donald trump attacks mr biden. biden�*s botched exit in afghanistan is the most astonishing display of gross incompetence by a nation's leader perhaps at any time that anyone�*s ever seen. as thousands of afghans try to escape the taliban, europe is preparing for thousands of new refugees. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. and cambodia's last remaining population of critically—endangered vultures are on the brink of extinction. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk ministry of defence says seven people have died in the chaotic crowds outside kabul airport where thousands are trying to flee the afghanistan, a week after the taliban took over. people have been trying to get through checkpoints in sweltering heat to reach evacuation flights. the british defence secretary, ben wallace, said the uk had flown out more than a

former prime minister, tony blair calls it "unnecessary and tragic". the west has to understand that when we do something like this, the signal it sends out is one of inconstancy. it's one that says, "look, if the going gets tough, we're out." a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state, as tropical storm henri is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. covid antibody tests are to be widely offered to uk adults for the first time — to try to find out how much natural protection people have after contracting covid—19. and don everly, who formed the everly brothers duo with his late brother phil, has died at the age of 8a. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. president biden will meet virtually with g7 leaders on tuesday to discuss "continuing close coordination on afghanistan policy and the evacuation of citizens". the meeting was convened by borisjohnson, who has called on the international community to work together to prevent a humanitarian crisis. nato officials say — over the past week — at least 20 people have di

a strategy that was initiated, in fact, when tony blair was prime minister. that strategy involved, after ousting the taliban in 2001, in partnership with the northern alliance, it then entailed creating, moving to create and afghanistan, a highly centralised state in a country that is geographically and ethnically very diverse, concentrating all power in kabul, and in kabul, all power with the president, who can only represent one of the multiple ethnic groups. and the other part of the strategy was a counterinsurgency. and a counterinsurgency involves having to have a local partner, as architects will tell you, and the trouble was there was no partner. the government in kabul was corrupt, ineffective and illegitimate. but peter, hindsight is 20/20 and president biden says he does not want to hand this war over to another american president. what could they have done? do you suggest that us troops stay there indefinitely? no, my point is the opposite. that the strategy failed. what can you say about a conflict where you spent several trillion dollars, in the

tony blair is spot on. we as members of congress and led the efforts on the senate and we have been pushing this administration it says early this spring to start moving americans and afghan partners have afghanistan of the present has known for months that it was going to poll our troops out and the makes no sense the way took our troops out and left americans in the country. we have seen the rapid rise of the taliban them another extremist organization as you stated, isis, al qaeda, other extremist organizations predict reconstitute. liz:ho shall pelosi's stuff happens moments when she spoke to a local tv station interdistrict out there in california and we have new data showing with the delavan itself, skating in terms ofon military hardware. you're going to see tens of thousands of four vehicles, 600,000 weapons and more. new york times abc and cbsn washington post, there calling at the present for inaccurate comments about al qaeda and now threat read and then senator biden in 2004, said yakima terrace

blair spoke about imbecilic, but it was tony blair who, 22 years ago, made that great speech saying the west should intervene and change regimes and government, bring goodness to the world. this was a new form of imperialism not all that removed from what alfred milner said more than a century ago. but this is what the west is now paying for, going into countries and not understanding what is there, and trying to change them. what's happened in afghanistan? a corrupt regime where the army and everything else, the president leaves and flies away with a pot of gold, things like that. and basically, we have created this mess. and instead ofjust bringing our hands, we should admit the mess we've created, and that goes back to several politicians, notjust what biden is doing at the moment. the seech to biden is doing at the moment. the speech to which he is referring to the game known as the chicago doctrine, because it was delivered in chicago. anyone who wants to find that can find the text and indeed the video of tony blair speaking. it's interesting, this is a role that boris johnson

. >> i would say tony blair is spot on. we as members of congress and i led the effort on sivs in the senate, we've been pushing the administration since early this week to start moving americans and african partners out of afghanistan. the president has known for months that he was going to pull our troops out. it makes no sense the way he took our troops out and left americans in the country. we have seen the rapid rise of the taliban. we will see this with other extremist organizations. as you stated isis, al-qaeda, other extremist organizations. they will just reconstitute. elizabeth: let's show pelosi's stuff happens moment when she spoke to a local tv station in her district out there in california. we've got new data showing what the taliban is now confiscating in terms of military hardware. you are going to see tens of thousands of war vehicles, 600,000 weapons and more. you know "new york times," abc, cbs, "washington post" is calling out the president for inaccurate comments about al qaeda not a threat. al qaeda n

the sunday telegraph's front page story looks at criticism from former prime minister tony blair, who sent british troops into afghanistan 20 years ago. he says the uk has a "moral obligation" to stay until everyone who needs to leave the country has been evacuated. the mirror also features those comments from mr blair, who added president biden�*s withdrawal from the country was "imbecilic". meanwhile, the sunday express features comments from the armed forces minister, who says british veterans who served in afghanistan should be proud of what they accomplished, despite the collapse of the afghan government. let's start on the mirror. it is quoting an article from the telegraph but it is one that is unsurprising how many of the papers have chosen to go with it, given that this is tony blair who is not known for his criticism of american governments. laying it on thick, if not by name president biden. mr blair not by name president biden. m blair has written an article where he strongly attacked the withdrawal of allied troops from afghanistan, but particularly laying the blame at

tony blair said as much, you hear other leaders, china knows he is weak. look at how they have talked to our representatives and how they have acted, how they are supporting the taliban. you know that russia thinks he is weak, they can't believe he approved the nord stream 2 but he shut down the keystone pipeline at the same time, he had no plan, he tossed away the plan that president trump and secretary pompeo and our allies and partners put together. it didn't have to be this way, but when you have a weak leader who is not taking ownership and not give the guarantee he will get everyone out, and he wants to date certain on the calendar. the general said this is probably 6,000 additional troops. and probably several more months, we have to make certain every american, every ally, every afghan partner. the vulnerable women who will be killed. if they say we have to get them out. steve: quickly, what about the political accountability. >> well, with the political accountability. we have to look near-term and long-term ramifications of this, near-term is the

maria: well, on the tony blair comment, i was reading the story tony blair calls this an imbecile move. that was reported earlier. you mentioned the hr1 voting bill and i want to get back to that because i've got to tell you, there are viewers of this program who have lost faith in the republican leadership, lost faith in mitch mcconnell and in you because we do not know if you have your arms around free and fair elections. how come there's no discussion about all of the states that are changing their voting laws right now, how come there's no discussion about the audit going on in arizona right now? what are you going to do? can you prove to the american people that you are in control here and able to ensure that we will have free and fair elections in 2022 and 2024? >> well, first and foremost, maria, you can see it's not in law. the answer is, yes, we can. secondly, if we watch the states, georgia passed an election law that more people are registered to vote than any time before and difficult to ever cheat again. state after state where dem kravitz have left the state. that's where

member tony blair all those _ educational. member tony blair all those years ago? all about education. mandela used to talk about— education. mandela used to talk about no— education. mandela used to talk about no matter what your background is, it is _ about no matter what your background is, it is the _ about no matter what your background is, it is the duty of the state and others _ is, it is the duty of the state and others to— is, it is the duty of the state and others to give you a good education. on that— others to give you a good education. on that i_ others to give you a good education. on that i completely agree, henry! thank you. it's so nice to get agreement, isn't it? eunice stubbs has died at the age of 84, there she is on the front of a lot of newspapers. i talked about margate us, the creator of the bbc�*s sherlock series, saying she was as delightful in person as you'd hope from how she appeared on screen —— mark gettys. a brief tribute from you both? i mark gettys. a brief tribute from ou both? . you both? i never met eunice stubbs,

tony blair says that afghanistan is being abandoned. it is tragic, dangerous and unnecessary, imbecilic to walk away. many people, as a result of what has happened in afghanistan are going to have a deep doubt as to whether we can be relied upon and the trouble with this decision is that our friends are now anxious and those people opposed to us feel heartened by it and that is not a good place to be. it is a conflict that cost the lives of a57 uk servicemen and women. thousands more were injured. as veterans ask themselves, if it was all worthwhile, the man who first sent them to afghanistan says yes. the fact is, the country did have a chance and it was really our own internal short—term politics in the west that has driven, in the last couple of years, us to put at risk what we gained and i think it is only now that we are realising, in this moment of crisis, exactly how much we gained and how foolish it is to lose it. it is managing that crisis here at kabul�*s airport that remains the focus for british soldiers and the governme

amy: that was tony blair responding to jeremy corbyn just after the u.s. invaded afghanistan. corbynould go on to serve as labor leader party from 2015 to 2020. he is joining us from greece. to continue the debate, jeremy corbyn, if you could respond to blair, the former british prime minister, blasting biden recently saying the u.s. withdrawal of troops from afghanistan is imbecilic, saying the move as every jihadist group around the world celebrating. your response to what is happening now and what has happened over this 20ears? >> simply saying to tony blair and george bush, you toothe people to war that made no sense whatsoever in 2001. you exacerbated the problems. you created the poverty. you created -- the ly people who benefited have been the world's arms dealers and realtors in dubai. we are nw -- we have to look at this and is likely longer historical -- slightly longer historica context. [indiscernible] encourage the u.s. to fd the mujahideen which offially rmed into the taliban with pakistan because they felt they had to oppose what they believed to be thsoviet con

amy: that was tony blair responding to jeremy corbyn just after the u.s. invaded afghanistan. corbynould go on to serve as labor leader party from 2015 to 2020. he is joining us from greece. to continue the debate, jeremy corbyn, if you could respond to blair, the former british prime minister, blasting biden recently saying the u.s. withdrawal of troops from afghanistan is imbecilic, saying the move as every jihadist group around the world celebrating. your response to what is happening now and what has happened over this 20ears? >> simply saying to tony blair and george bush, you toothe people to war that made no sense whatsoever in 2001. you exacerbated the problems. you created the poverty. you created -- the ly people who benefited have been the world's arms dealers and realtors in dubai. we are nw -- we have to look at this and is likely longer historical -- slightly longer historil context. [indiscernible] encourage the u.s. to fd the mujahideen which offially rmed into the taliban with pakistan because they felt they had to oppose what they believed to be e soviet cont

blair who led the uk forces _ chris, it was tony blair who led the uk forces into afghanistan in 20 —— 2001— uk forces into afghanistan in 20 —— 2001 alongside the us. today is focused — 2001 alongside the us. today is focused largely on those comments and his— focused largely on those comments and his damning attack of that political— and his damning attack of that political slogan to enter the" political _ political slogan to enter the" political wars" political slogan to enter the" politicalwars" —— political slogan to enter the" political wars" —— forever was. compared _ political wars" —— forever was. compared to what it was like 20 years _ compared to what it was like 20 years ago. — compared to what it was like 20 years ago, he has also criticised the fact— years ago, he has also criticised the fact that he has made this claim that every— the fact that he has made this claim that everyjihadist group around the world _ that everyjihadist group around the world would have been cheering at this withdrawal and saying that if we were — this with

the former britiah prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. state of emergency have been declared in new york state a head the arrival of hurricane henri. don't go to kabul airport — that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan are being told unless they're instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defense officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. crowds, chaos, confusion: the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. translation: we've got a legal visa. many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but w

the former british prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. in other news, a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. hello and welcome. don't go to kabul airport. that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan are being told, unless they're instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defense officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. crowds, chaos, confusion: the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are

former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal — former british pm tony blair accuses president biden of following an "imbecilic" policy, and donald trump attacks mr biden. biden�*s botched exit in afghanistan is the most astonishing display of gross incompetence by a nation's leader perhaps at any time that anybody�*s ever seen. as thousands of afghans try to escape the taliban, europe is bracing for a potential new wave of refugees. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. and cambodia's last remaining population of critically—endangered vultures are on the brink of extinction. now on bbc news, three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong at the victoria and albert museum, london. hello, i'm kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers: clean energy. we are here at the victoria and albert museum in london with a socially—distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the world's leading engineers. now, th

it is tony blair in london, marc. >> wow. labor prime minister who supported joe biden's candidacy saying twaes right man for the right moment. joe biden says he hasn't heard anything from our allies about loss of credibility. when is the last time you heard a foreign leader call america's policy like an imbecile. he is right except the biden administration is even getting the politics wrong. the reality is if you asked a man on the street should we get out of afghanistan after 20 years most people would be yes. but no marches on washington or backlash for keeping our troops there. i'll tell you what, if al qaeda reconstitutes itself in afghanistan and carries out attacks on the west, there will be a backlash, all right. the politics will be very bad for joe biden. >> dana: thinking about this being an ideological struggle. war for a generation, right, when we were attacked on 9/11 it brought it home. america goes on offense. we won't sit back and wait to be hit again. that's happened. a lot of progress has been made certainl

blair described the us decision to withdraw from the country as "imbecilic". the guardian reports that the taliban have criticised the us for what it described as "anarchy" at kabul airport, suggesting that its own fighters were the only ones capable of retsoring order. meanwhile the metro focuses on the story of a british paratrooper who was filmed helping a baby and her mother over a wall at kabul airport to safety. so let's begin. kick us off this time, the guardian says number ten plead to biden after taliban show of strength.— taliban show of strength. yeah, i mean, basically, _ taliban show of strength. yeah, i mean, basically, what _ taliban show of strength. yeah, i mean, basically, what we - taliban show of strength. yeah, i mean, basically, what we are - taliban show of strength. yeah, i i mean, basically, what we are seeing at the moment is the us calling all the shots, and britain and other countries like france are really trying to almost begged the us to stay longer in afghanistan rather than hastily retreat before we managed to put out all our

the former britiah prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan.

the former britiah prime minister, tony blair, has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. don't go to kabul airport. that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised — unless instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds — and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with

i the prime minister who sent british troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, tony blair, says the uk has a "moral obligation" to stay until "all those who need to be are evacuated". our political correspondent, chris mason, is here. what more did he say? a former prime minister often — what more did he say? a former prime minister often associated _ what more did he say? a former prime minister often associated with - minister often associated with controversy around the iraq conflict making his first public intervention in afghanistan since the fall of kabul, he says it's tragic and unnecessary and dangerous what is happening and he says there is a moral obligation for the uk to stay as long as necessary to get everyone out to has a right to come to the uk because they work with british forces that he is making a bigger argument, he says in this article that has gone up on his website that this is a fight against radical islam, a political ideology that perverts the religion and the taliban are symptomatic of that and he says the west has to show commitment and if that is a long—ter

it 3 the failure of a strategy and policy first by tony blair on the back of donald ron fell. the achievements of the new generation are going to have to be... when taliban were last there, there was no mobile phone network. now it is pervasive if it continues and it has brought with it a new awareness, new connectivity and above all, a new literacy. that is the upside but this week, i think what we will get is a coming to terms with a failed strategy, where do we go from here? the implications are ominous for britain but there is this immediate prospect of getting those that you need to be got out and how you do it, are the arrangements really in place? and what you do about people who are staying on there? find what you do about people who are staying on there?— what you do about people who are staying on there? and when you talk about that new _ staying on there? and when you talk about that new awareness, - about that new awareness, connectivity and literacy among the afghan people, how much do you think has changed their in terms of people actually being prepared to ac

the former british prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. in other news, a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri.

in the starkest terms, tony blair called it an imbecilic withdrawal. the speech going around from a veteran of the afghan war, he speaks of the united states with a level of bitterness and contempt that i can't imagine has been heard in the british parliament for decades. the united states has taken a blow to its credibility around the world. it is no accident that china is sending public messages to the people of taiwan, the people of hong kong saying, look. you can't count on the united states. >> what about joe biden's reputation, michel? this is a man who touts his foreign policy experience. in many ways it's like when he first spoke about this, it's the withdrawal. it's all about the withdrawal. it's not about the withdrawal. it's about the way it was handled. you can debate those other things. how much does joe biden's reputation suffer in this? >> i really do think this has complicated our picture of joe biden considerably. let's acknowledge the thing he didn't do that his predecessor might have done. he didn't attack reporters like stephanie fo

iraq was started by tony blair — afghanistan was finished budget borisjohnson. is there a difference between someone who starts intervention and someone who starts intervention and someone who finishes it? it’s someone who finishes it? it's different because politicians of every — different because politicians of every political persuasion have all tried their— every political persuasion have all tried their best over the last 20 years— tried their best over the last 20 years to — tried their best over the last 20 years to make this work, and itjust hasn't _ years to make this work, and itjust hasn't that — years to make this work, and itjust hasn't. that doesn't absolve anybody from responsibility, of course, but ifthis_ from responsibility, of course, but ifthis was— from responsibility, of course, but ifthis was a— from responsibility, of course, but if this was a simple problem to solve, — if this was a simple problem to solve, it— if this was a simple problem to solve, it would've been done. it's solve, it would've been done. it's so inc

the former britiah prime minister, tony blair, has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri.

blair, said the uk stood shoulder to shoulder with the americans. now that the military operation is over, and the taliban once again in charge of the country, it is up to the diplomats to work out how best to work with people who until very recently considered implacable enemies. tonight, downing street has confirmed a uk government representative has met senior taliban leaders in doha to discuss safe passage for british nationals and afghans who've worked with the uk. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for 20 years, the relationship between the west and afghanistan has been shaped by military force. but those boots are no longer on the ground, so how now might the world engage with the taliban from outside? well, it certainly requires a new kind of diplomacy. western powers want the taliban to ensure afghans can leave if they want. they say the rights of women and children should be protected. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. and that's what they called for last night but the united nations works better when, well

former prime minister tony blair, who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, describes the us decision to withdraw as "tragic, dangerous and unnecessary." in other news — covid antibody tests are offered

britain's former prime minister, tony blair, who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, says the uk has a moral obligation to stay until those who wish to leave — have escaped. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts

here, the former labour prime minister, tony blair, who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, has described the us withdrawal as "tragic, dangerous and unnecessary." mr blair said the decision to end what us president biden has called "forever wars" was wrong. here's our political correspondent chris mason. he's the former prime minister most often remembered for the war in iraq. before that came this moment in 2001, shortly after the september 11th attacks. military action against targets inside afghanistan has begun. i can confirm that uk forces are engaged in this action. two decades on, chaos, desperation. let's hear what president biden has to say now in the roosevelt room of the white house.— the white house. after a series of meetin . s the white house. after a series of meetings throughout _ the white house. after a series of meetings throughout the - the white house. after a series of| meetings throughout the weekend the white house. after a series of- meetings throughout the weekend with my national security team, i want to update the american people on our ongoing ope

britain's former prime minister, tony blair, who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, says the uk has a moral obligation to stay until those who wish to leave — have escaped. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. hello and welcome to the programme. "don't go to kabul airport." that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised — unless instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds — and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the coun

the british were by their side, led by tony blair. he issued a blistering statement yesterday that began like this, quote, the abandonment of afghanistan and their people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours. it went on, arguing, quote, anyone given commitments by western leaders will understandably regard them as unstable currency. i want to speak now to rory stewart. he ran across afghanistan from harat all the way to kabul. he's a former member of the british parliament. it's good to have you on. few people have as much on the ground, face to face experience with afghanistan as you have. you saw the criticism there. he said that the u.s. abandoned afghanistan. do you agree? >> yes, and it's been humiliating for the u.k. we wake up to the situation and it's embarrassing. essentially britain believes very strongly, our defense secretary said he thinks it's the wrong decision. he tried at the last moment to get a coalition with the turks and others, failed to do so. but the u.s. has created over ma

the former prime minister the united kingdom tony blair, a really interesting interview, thank you to ap for bringing that to us. a real impact over the weekend, and it dovetailed with the request made to our team thursday, would someone get peter trubowitz on the line. he is at the london school of economics but for years held court at the university of texas at austin thinking every day about government. usually we talked to peter trubowitz may be about china, and now on how we pick up the pieces from afghanistan. wonderful to have you with us. we went from a washington consensus. there was a clash of civilizations. a post-american world. what does the new world look like? does joe biden have a theory to go on? peter: great to be with you as always. right now it is hard to see biden's theory. we are in the midst of a real debacle and crisis in afghanistan. i am sure we will talk about it. the decision to withdraw from afghanistan was in fact informed by larger international or geopolitical as well as domestic considerations. internationally the larger goal is to reorient american st

we had two former prime ministers of great britain, theresa may and tony blair, condemn this operation, condemn his leadership. tony blar called it an i am bo si lick withdraw. the speech there's going around from a veteran of the afghan war, he speaks of the united states with a level of bitterness and contempt that i can't imagine has been heard in the british parliament for decades. the united states has taken a blow to its credibility around the world. china is sending messages to the people of taiwan saying you can't count on the united states. >> what about joe biden's reputation, michel? this is a man who touts his foreign policy experience. he said it's all about the withdraw. it's not about the withdraw. it's about the way it was handled. how much does joe biden's reputation suffer in this? >> i really do think this has complicated our picture of joe biden considerably. let's acknowledge the thing he didn't do that his predecessor might have done. he didn't attack reporters like stephanie. he didn't throw his commanders under the bus and throw all the blame on them. he didn't

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we heard from tony blair who is calling the biden administration response to this imbecilic. president biden will attend the meeting virtually. jake sullivan, the national security adviser was speaking this morning about why the chaotic situation at the airport is making things so much more complicated. here is what he said. >> one of the challenges is once arriving at the airport, the three main gates coming into the airport have been crowded with large numbers of afghans. just ordinary afghans who want to get on a plane out of the country. we have been spending the last period working out various operational solutions to get americans onto the air base. >> reporter: those massive crowds are a problem not only because of how hard they make it to process all of these folks and figure out who is who but because of this new isis k threat. the group who has voiced a specific threat to americans and the international airport. that makes those folks who are all being told to congregate in one place a real soft target for a suicide bomber or other types of terrorism attacks. the ad

blair said we were shoulder to shoulder with america. now that the military mission is over and the taliban is in charge it is up to the diplomats to work out how they deal with those who were sworn enemies just weeks ago. 0ur diplomatic affairs correspondent, james landale, has been looking at the options. 20 years, the relationship between the west and afghanistan has been shaped by military force. but those boots are no longer on the ground, so how now might the world engage with the taliban from outside? well, it certainly requires a new kind of diplomacy. western powers want the taliban to ensure afghans can leave if they want. they say the rights of women and children should be protected. i women and children should be protected-— women and children should be rotected. , ., , ., protected. i should put the draft resolution to _ protected. i should put the draft resolution to the _ protected. i should put the draft resolution to the vote _ protected. i should put the draft resolution to the vote now. - protected. i should put the