mi commitments of the united nations in geneva.- commitments of the united nations in geneva. all this is happening — nations in geneva. all this is happening against _ nations in geneva. all this is happening against the - nations in geneva. all this is i happening against the backdrop of covid. how much is this exacerbating the situation? well, because it's not only one thing. there's also another area where public health professionals left the country. so this also created a kind of empty space in terms of the capacity on the ground. set as i mentioned, it's very difficult to describe the situation. today i was discussing... and also they are not sure what will happen, whether they will be receiving salaries in the future because most of the economics that employed them, their salary was dependent on foreign aid, and now they are not sure what will happen, and what changes the taliban will allow within the system, how many will be removed from the system. so this is chaos, it's difficult, people are completely stressed. doctor, thanks so much for joining us on newsday. in

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so geneva didn't bring peace, i mean, there was no illusion about that. geneva was not going to bring peace. it was only a cover basically for the soviets to leave. on february 15, 1989, the last soviet troops left afghanistan. the soviets left behind them a country devastated. they had lost 15,000 men, but1 million afghans had been killed and over 4 million wounded. 5 million had fled the country as refugees. altogether, one quarter of the afghan population was displaced by the war. and the fighting still continued. the mujahideen and the communist regime in kabul were locked in stalemate. in 1991, a failed coup in moscow brought about the collapse of the soviet union and the russians stopped funding their communist proxies in kabul. with the soviet union no more, america stopped supplying arms to the mujahideen. our goals had not been, really, to build a new afghanistan and our own internal debate over what's the future of the soviet union affected our strategy towards the afghan resistance. we decided to abandon the afghan resistance. and to focus, rea

so geneva didn't bring peace, there was no illusion about that. geneva was not going to bring peace. it was only a cover basically for the soviets to leave. on february 15th, 1989, the last soviet troops left afg ha nista n. the soviets left behind them a country devastated. they had lost 15,000 men, but one million afghans had been killed and over four million wounded. five million had fled the country as refugees. altogether, one quarter of the afghan population was displaced by the war. and the fighting still continued. the mujahideen and the communist regime in kabul were locked in stalemate. in 1991, a failed coup in moscow brought about the collapse of the soviet union, and the russians stopped funding their communist proxies in kabul. with the soviet union no more, america stopped supplying arms to the mujahideen. our goals had not been, really, to build a new afghanistan and our own internal debate over what's the future of the soviet union affected our strategy towards the afghan resistance. we decided to abandon the afghan resistance. an

so geneva didn't bring peace, i mean, there was no illusion about that. geneva was not going to bring peace. it was only a cover basically for the soviets to leave. on february 15, 1989, the last soviet troops left afghanistan. the soviets left behind them a country devastated. they had lost 15,000 men, but one million afghans had been killed and over four million wounded. five million had fled the country as refugees. altogether, one quarter of the afghan population was displaced by the war. and the fighting still continued. the mujahideen and the communist regime in kabul were locked in stalemate. in 1991, a failed coup in moscow brought about the collapse of the soviet union, and the russians stopped funding their communist proxies in kabul. with the soviet union no more, america stopped supplying arms to the mujahideen. our goals had not been, really, to build a new afghanistan and our own internal debate over what's the future of the soviet union affected our strategy towards the afghan resistance. we decided to abandon the afghan resistance. and to

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so geneva didn't bring peace, i mean, there was no illusion about that. geneva was not going to bring peace. it was only a cover basically for the soviets to leave. on february 15, 1989, the last soviet troops left afghanistan. the soviets left behind them a country devastated. they had lost 15,000 men, but1 million afghans had been killed and over 4 million wounded. 5 million had fled the country as refugees. altogether, one quarter of the afghan in 1991, a failed coup in moscow brought about the collapse of the soviet union and the russians stopped funding their communist proxies in kabul. with the soviet union no more, america stopped supplying arms to the mujahideen. our goals had not been, really, to build a new afghanistan and our own internal debate over what's the future of what's the future the soviet union affected our strategy towards the afghan resistance. we decided to abandon the afghan resistance. and to focus, really, on recovering the stinger missiles and taking them out of the hands of possible future terrorist attacks. with the us and s

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that is actually a violation of international law, of geneva convention. according to the law, the polish order guard should, should arrest the personho crosses the border illegally and then in the detention center this person should be granted an option for applying for asylum. >> now since the state of emergency was pronounced by the lush government it means that groups like yourself, journalist, they can't get to the area to verify this for themselves. how are you dealing with trying to get help to the migrants with this situation there, now, on the bord? >> we are being contacted by family, relatives, and friends of those crossing at the moment and by those people who have their phones, stl. if they send us a pin that shows that they are not in the zone, that they crossed this area of emergency state, we are able to reach them, to find them, and to help them with food, some medical aid. give them some warm clothes. that really is humanitarian aid. unfortunately, mt of the groups are still in the zone, which makes it impossible for us to reach them. >>

secretary general says more than $1 billion has been pledged at a conference in geneva. antony good terrace as one in three afghans don't know where their next meal will come from and basic public services are close to collapse. >> the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering, and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them. and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. laura: so that is the international reaction. here in the u.s., secretary of state antony blinken has been defending the biden administration's withdrawal from afghanistan. speaking to the house foreign affairs committee from the state department, mr. blinken said the decision to leave was a tough one but necessary. >> upon taking office, president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating it. had he not followed through on his commitment, attacks on our forces and those of our allies w

and the scottish champions glasgow city are in champions league qualifying action right now in geneva against the swiss side servette. it's the first leg of the tie. the winner of the tie will reach the last 12 group phase. now onto the paralympics, where it's been another golden day for great britain. david smith won his third consecutive para title in the boccia to become the country's most successful athlete in the sport. but as our reporter in tokyo, rachel latham, told me earlier, smith didn't have it easy in the final. he was coming from behind and he had to show so much grit and determination, and hold his nerve to win that gold medal. he's a player at the paralympics. he has cerebral palsy so we had to keep control of his whole body. because bocce is about mind over matter, it's a thinking man's game. he had to control himself throughout to win the gold medal, and he was actually great britain's 30th gold medals here in the games in tokyo. it meant so much to david that he got quite emotional after the match and, in his interview, he even said that he hoped showing those emoti

speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, he said one in three afghans did not know where their next meail was coming from. more than three million afghans have now fled their homes, their suffering compounded by a drought, the coronavirus and political turmoil. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. we can now speak to daniel runde who's a development expert at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. we have got conflict and climate issues as well and if you throw in on top of that covid, it could hardly be worse. but the conflict should be dying down now. does that give you any cause for hope? humanitarian assistance to support the afghan people, we don't necessarily have to support the new afghan government to the extent we can call it government, we do not have

it's 6am in singapore, and midnight in geneva — where, at an emergency aid conference, more than $1 billion has been pledged to help afghanistan. the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of fighting and drought made worse by instability following the taliban's takeover last month. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said its people faced perhaps their most perilous hour, with one in three afghans not knowing where their next meal would come from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. as the taliban took control of the country, they had promised no revenge attacks on their opponents. but the bbc has obtained and verified footage showing civilians being killed by their fighters. it's further verified that more than 20 people have been killed in panjshir province, where

the united nations will host a high level meeting in geneva and new york on afghanistan today, in a bid to convince governments to maintain humanitarian support for the country despite the taliban's return to power. the un estimates that 18 million afghans — almost working among the afghan people as a doctor and humanitarian worker for more than 16 years is singaporean medic, dr hakim young. he'sjoins us now from singapore — where he has recently returned to from afghanistan. karishma's questions: i know you talk to your friends and colleagues a lot in afghanistan — what are they saying about the situation there now? thank you for having me. our friends are fearful, angry, sad and have trauma. in the sense that the world has abandoned them as they struggle with basic survival needs, safe shelter, food and water. they go for provisions and they are nervous about how the new government will behave. and this trust of global powers and in the kabul university graduate needs food for his wife and child in so the last few weeks he has tried selling bananas and vegetables and would push

in geneva, he cited extreme weather events and he said a n. report shows the world has reached its tipping point. >> these options for climate and our planet, it's worse than we thought. it's moving faster than predicted. yet we are far from meeting the goals of the five-year-old peers agreement. these reports show just how far off course we are. stephanie: he urged governments to offer new plans for admission cuts have -- ahead of an oncoming climate summit. reports say the ozone hole over the southern hemisphere is larger than usual this year and still growing. it covers an area larger than antarctica. allowing more ultraviolet radiation to reach earth. a ban on chemicals is helping but it could be decadesefore the ozone lar recovers. special counl or john durham who was tasked by president trump with reviewing the origins of the most -- russia investigation charged a cybersecurity lawyer today with lying to the fbi. he's accused of presenting information to the fbi without disclosing that his firm represented hillary clinton's 2016 presiden

sanctions if iran comes back into compliance, but iran's uninterested in resuming stalled talks in geneva until the u.s. takes unilateral moves, newly elected president ibrahim raisi id today via video. >> ( translated ): the united states has not yet discharged its obligation, which is lifting sanctions. it has encroached upon the agreement, withdrawn from it, and levied even more sanctions on our people. >> schifrin: for much of the day, the theme was unity to fight covid and climate. but u.n. secretary general antonio gueterres warns, the world is failing to unite. >> instead of humility in the face of these epic challenges, we see hubris. instead of the path of solidarity, we are on a dead end to destruction. >> woodruff: and with me now from just outside the united nations is our foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin, and our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor, from the north lawn. so, nick, as you point out, it wsn't just president biden, it was dozen of world leaders who spoke today. give us a sense of some of the broader themes that ran through the day. >> reporter:

tackle plastic pollution in the world's oceans has been launched at the world trade organisation in geneva. the global treaty on plastic waste would encourage the recycling of plastic products by taxing those made with virgin plastic. more than eight million tonnes of plastic enter the world's oceans every year. greta thunberg has played down expectations for this year's climate summit, cop26, saying the talks — in glasgow — are doomed to fail. the teenage environmental activist said no country in the " global north' was doing enough on the issue and change could only come " when there were enough people on the streets demanding it'. and the use of leaded petrol has finally been eradicated from the globe . the un environment programme says it will prevent more than a million premature deaths a year. no more leaded petrol is the point the un is making there. let's look at some of the issues. couple of words. one is mitigation and another is adaptation. climate critical habit for you next week and will be back at the same time next week. a bit of mitigation for you. they explain all that

speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, he said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. more than three million afghans have now fled their homes, their suffering compounded by a drought, the coronavirus and political turmoil. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. we can now speak to hardin lang who's vice—president for programs and policy at refugees international. thank you very much forjoining us. we have got conflict, we have got covid and of course we have got covid and of course we have got covid and of course we have got climate. the drought issue. i mean, is worse element than that or is itjust put together itjust compounds the challenge? mil together it “ust compounds the challen . e? �* together it “ust compounds the challenge?— challe

speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, he said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. more than three million afghans have now fled their homes, their suffering compounded by a drought, the coronavirus and political turmoil. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. californians are heading to the polls on tuesday to decide the fate of their governor. in the wake of the covid lockdown that gavin newsom ordered, republicans managed to get enough signatures to force a recall vote. the choice on the ballot paper — yes to throw him out, — no to keep him in place. but they also have the option to choose a replacement should they wish from a list of over a0 candidates. so important is this to the white house president biden has flown in to lend mr newsom some

speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, he said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. more than three million afghans have now fled their homes, their suffering compounded by a drought, the coronavirus and political turmoil. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. i've been speaking to hardin lang who's vice—president for programs and policy at refugees international i asked him to explain the many challenges facing international aid efforts in afghanistan. all three of those crises intersecting at the same time, and these are crises that were building and had been present before the taliban took power. together they sort of weaved into what could be said a perfect storm of humanitarian catastrophe. so far there are 18 million people in the country who

in geneva today, the agency's director in africa addressed the victims, some of whom were as young as 13. >> we in w.h.o. are indeed humbled, horrified and heartbroken by the findings of this inquiry. as w.h.o. leadership, we apologize to these people, to the women and girls, for the suffering that they have had because of the actions of our staff members and people we have sent into their communities to help in a very difficult situation of an epidemic. >> nawaz: the associated press has reported that senior w.h.o. officials were informed of the abuse claims back in 2019, but failed to act. an overloaded boat docked in sicily overnight with nearly 700 migrants on board-- that marks the biggest arrival in italy in five years. passengers were most from africa, and were crammed together on a rusty fishing boat out of libya. after disembarking, they headed to a reception center. nearly 45,000 migrants have reached italy this year, nearly double the total at the same point last year. back in this country, the georgia man accused of killing eight people at spas in the atlanta area pleaded

in geneva, antonio guterres cited extreme weather events, and he said a u.n. report shows the world has reached its tipping point. >> the disruption to our planet and our climate is already worse than we thought and it is moving faster than predicted. yet, we are far from meeting the goals of the five-year old paris agreement. this report shows just how far off course we are. >> woodruff: guterres urged governments to offer new plans for emission cuts ahead of an upming climate summit. the annual ozone hole over the southern hemisphere is larger than usual this year, and still growing. scientists said today the hole now covers an area larger than antarctica. that's allowing even more ultraviolet radiation to reach earth. a ban on ozone-depleting chemicals is beginning to help, but it could take 40 years for the ozone layer to recover. special counsel john durham, reviewing the original russia investigation into former president trump, charged a cybersecurity lawyer today with lying to the f.b.i. it involved alleged russian contacts with trump associates during

in geneva today, the agency's director in africa addressed the victims, some of whom were as young as 13. >> we in w.h.o. are indeed humbled, horrified and heartbroken by the findings of this inquiry. as w.h.o. leadership, we apologize to these people, to the women and girls, for the suffering that they have had because of the actions of our staff members and people we have sent into their communities to help in a very difficult situation of an epidemic. >> nawaz: the associated press has reported that senior w.h.o. officials were informed of the abuse claims back in 2019, but failed to act. an overloaded boat docked in sicily overnight with nearly 700 migrants on board-- that marks the biggest arrival in italy in five years. passengers were mostly from africa, and were crammed together on a rusty fishing boat out of libya. after disembarking, they headed to a reception center. nearly 45,000 migrants have reached italy this year, nearly double the total at the same point last year. back in this country, the georgia man accused of killing eight people at spas in the atlanta area pleade

international donors are meeting today in geneva to discuss humanitarian relief. the un estimates that half a million people have been displaced by the conflict in recent months. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been monitoring developments from delhi. from 18 million people in afghanistan already relying on humanitarian aid, the situation in recent weeks has only got worse. there has already been a drought in the country, millions of people on the brink of starvation and now so many more displaced as you have said. so the un says this really is an urgent call to the world. now, one of the key reasons, of course, is because since the taliban took over the country, foreign donations and aid stopped coming into the country, so the money is simply not there to fund these essential programmes. only a few weeks ago i was talking to a senior official from the world food programme in kabul who said that if they don't get the funding that they need for theirfeeding programmes in the coming months, then afghanistan could fall into a famine. the un is as

she's in geneva. we are hearing these huge, huge pledges. but when it comes to getting the vaccine itself, where is the problem area? what is the understanding of where the weakness is? ~ ., ~ . ., , is? well, that evening. actually, what happened _ is? well, that evening. actually, what happened when _ is? well, that evening. actually, what happened when the - is? well, that evening. actually, what happened when the vaccine is? well, that evening. actually, - what happened when the vaccine came to the markets, the country back up so many bioassays that it left a note covax a little short of bioassays, and as you are saying previously, like when india had its devastating resurgence, basically, the indian supplier, which where the main supplierfor the the indian supplier, which where the main supplier for the kovacs facility really divert the doses domestically, so from currently the promise of 120 million, of those that arrive, we only delivered 67 doses, really, 67 million doses, currently. of course, we are happy about countries sharing th

the united nations called the meeting in geneva to address what it called a �*mammoth�* humanitarian crisis. it beat its target of 600 million dollars. here's the un secretary general. even before the traumatic events of last week, afghanistan was for his mother was humanitarian crisis in the world. when in three afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. the poverty rate is spiralling and basic public services are closed to collapse. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and at the same time, afghanistan faces a severe drought, the second to hit the country and for years. many people could run out of food by the end of the month just as winter approaches. one of the many issues he mentioned there was people fleeing their homes. estimates put the number of internally displaced people in afghanistan at 3.5 million, about 10% of the population. this graph shows the number of afghans forced to flee per month since 2018. you can see the sharp rise in 2021. but this data only goes up tojuly — so it's likely to be much higher for august and s

speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, mr guterres said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. the number ofjob vacancies in the uk have hit a record high as the economic recovery continues. new figures from the office for national statistics show the number of people in work, has also rebounded to levels not seen since before the pandemic. but business groups said there remained high demand for more staff, and there was a risk labour shortages would dampen growth. three people have died after a car crashed into a residential building in west london overnight. police say they arrived at the scene on the great western road in notting hill to find the car on fire, and evacuated a number of residents from the buildi