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

so, you know, tony, tony blair has lied from the beginning over time. even right now when he's talking about the withdrawal, he's saying that the taliban failed to give up all kinds of leadership. this is, this is blatantly fault you tell about actually offer to hand over osama bin lot. they just wanted proof that he was actually guilty of $911.00 before doing it, which is called due process, right? something that they came to believe in, in western democracies. and so he's, he's still lying about that right now in 2021. and he's still saying that, you know, the whole effort was noble. you know, this guy has blood on his hands from 2 countries. he's killed and displays millions of people. and he thought the adapted to talk about noble pursuits. it's on believable. there is a generate, a post $911.00 generation of africans now hitting their twenties to where you have women go go going to school women and jobs. and that's not wild in jeopardy to something to be said for that though. surely. yes. so tony blair here he brings these off, he says that the eco

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

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

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

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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

minister, tony blair — who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago — has described the us withdrawal as "tragic, i. "dangerous and unnecessary. mr blair said the decision to end what us presidentjoe biden has called "forever wars" was wrong, calling the slogan "imbecilic". i was prime minister at the time of september the 11th. i took the decision that we should support america and the nations from all round the world in removing the taliban from government there because they were sheltering al-qaeda, who were responsible for the 9/11 attack and were not prepared to yield them up. we've had 20 years of yes, immense difficulty, but also real progress and i think the problem was that, in the end, with these situations, you've got to be prepared to commit for the long term and i know how difficult it is to do that. but the truth is, when we came to the end of 2019, we were in a situation where troop levels were significantly down — america had a few thousand troops, nato had something like 8,000 troops. the country could have been helped through the next phase of its progress, but the

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

. >> 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

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

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 calling 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. as thousands of afghans try to escape the taliban, europe is preparing 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 don everly, one half of the everly brothers duo with his late brother phil, has died at the age of 8a. now on bbc news, another chance to enjoy rajan datar�*s epic rail journey across the southern united states in the travel show. this is the mighty mississippi. the economic backbone of early america, running north to south for more than 2000 miles, carrying the people and cargo that helped to turn this country from a fledgling upstart into a powerhouse. for much of the 19th century, steamboats like this ruled the river. but in 1879, construction began on a transcontinental train line, that wou

former british prime minister tony blair accuses president biden of following an imbecilic policy. the west has to understand that when you do something like this, the signal it sends out is one of inconstancy. it's one that says, look, when the going gets tough, we're out. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri and don everly, one half of the everly brothers duo with his late brother phil, has died at the age of 8a. now on bbc news, click gets rare access into nasa hq to take a look at the research and engineering that is going to make space exploration possible. this week, another chance to see our race to space, where we hit the road, built a house and, shh... whispers: ..locked up some astronauts. jump on in. thank you. so you're not using the steering wheel at all? you're using a... oh, wow! laughter. which way are we going? which way are we going! i'm at nasa in houston where lucienjunkin is taking me for a spin. using both a steering wheel and a joystick, you can point this vehicle in one direction and dri

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

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

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

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

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

former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal, with former british prime minister tony blair accusing president biden of following an imbecilic policy. 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. now it's time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together leading commentators in the uk with the correspondents who write, broadcast and blog for audiences back home from the dateline: london. just one topic for us this week — how 20 years of commitment to afghanistan dissolved in a matter of days and what the consequences may be for the people of afghanistan, its neighbours and the rest of the world. joining us are janet daley, columnist with the sunday telegraph; michael goldfarb, host of the podcast, the first rough draft of history, and with me in the studio, the guardian's china editor, vincent ni. welcome to all of you. it's good to have you with us. janet, let's begin with what t

what grew out of a personal disaster for tony blair? >> julie: i've got some thoughts. who were you the most nervous to interview for that? >> you know, i think viola davis. honestly, she's my -- she's the top of the top of the top. i do the same thing for a living. >> julie: i did a commercial with her with miss piggy. [ laughter ] we were in the bathroom. it was a miss piggy -- i don't remember. it was for a car, i think. but there's viola davis. and i just was like, she sees through me, she can see my soul! >> it was a brilliant podcast. if i may say so, she was a brilliant guest. >> julie: you've done one season. how many episodes? >> oh my god, at this point -- i mean, i've done -- i feel like 25? >> julie: oh my god, that's a lot. >> yeah. i'm about to take a little break. because i've got to go to work. on a set. >> julie: oh, very mysterious, minnie. is it porn? [ laughter ] >> it's not porn. not this week. >> julie: ah. well, i have an idea. i was thinking, because for next season, if you've already done 25 of these episodes of the same seven questions, maybe i

what grew out of a personal disaster for tony blair? >> julie: i've got some thoughts. who are you the most nervous to interview for that? >> i think viola davis. honestly, she's my -- she's the top of the top of the top. i do the same thing for a living. >> julie: i did a commercial with her with miss piggy. [ laughter ] we were in the bathroom. i don't remember, it was for a car, i think. but there's viola davis. and i just was like, she sees through me, she can see my soul! >> reporter: it was a brilliant podcast, if i say so, she was a brilliant guest. >> julie: you've done one pseason. how many episodes? >> oh my god, at this point -- i mean, i've done -- i feel like 25? >> julie: oh my god, that's a lot. >> yeah. i'm about to take a little break. because i've got to go to work. on a set. >> julie: oh, very mysterious, minnie. [ laughter ] is it porn? [ laughter ] >> it's not porn. not this week. >> julie: ah. well, i have an idea. i was thinking, because for next season, if you've already done 25 of these episodes, the same seven questions, maybe i can pose some n

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the prime minister of the day which was then tony blair and i became very critical of tony blair but if i hadn't been knighted in 2002 i doubt that i would then knighted. you go down on one knee in the queen taps her on the shoulder with a sword. my grandchildren if they are interested will be able to see it but it's a big moment. i'm a passionate admirer of the queen is a lot of british people are and it's a big moment. i won't said didn't amount to anything a month -- one of the most exciting days of my life. >> host: and you figure a big fan of the queen are you a monarchist? is that a correct term for you? >> guest: i guess i am a monarchist because when i think of people in britain it's not the power that the queen has what does she never uses any way but the fact that she denies that power from anybody else. i think it's going to be a time when the queen dies which is liable -- there far more amount of elizabeth-ites than the institutions of the royal family. the royal family will not have gone unnoticed in the united states. it's had some pretty bumpy times the last two years

tony blair is just a prominent example. i am curious what this tells us in your view about how hard it is to make these type of moves, change u.s. foreign policy, and whether washington is weirdly stacked with microphone for people that have been wrong a lot on mid east policy. >> and the irony, if you flashback to 10, 15 years ago when the vote was had, joe biden deserves credit to moving for withdrawal and advocating, explaining while it is necessary, while other hawks stuck their heads in the sand, say no, the original terrible decision must be maintained, for infinite periods of time, right? there never will be a comfortable time they would advocate for withdrawal. to his credit, joe biden campaigned on it, remember hearing it on the debate stage when he was asked the question about did the obama administration get it wrong about surge in afghanistan? he said yeah, we got it wrong. i have been advocating to get out of afghanistan. put me in ofs as president of the united states, i will get us out day one. he is staying

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

remember as the day when prime minister tony blair was on his way to buckingham palace to offer his resignation to queen elizabeth. but there was another important event on that cloudy afternoon. ah, count enhanced harris as one of london's most fashionable addresses former residents into 3 previous but his prime ministers, it lies just a few 100 meters from piccadilly centers. ah, on that june day in 2007, the gin to you rose garden was filled with police 1st responders to the strange discovery of a man's body lying on the mon. the body was that of 63 year old doctor ashley, small one father of to me, a billionaire businessman and a spy. ah, his fall from the fish floor balcony, which spot more questions than answers and he's fallen. did he jump or was he pushed? dr. my one was the 3rd dejection living in london to die in this way. in 1973, the egyptian ambassador to the u. k. general lacy nazis fell from a balcony in the very same building. and in 2001 actress sewer house, me known as the cinder runner of egypt in cinema, also found to her death. ah, it generally accepted the dash off mall. o

blair personally. he's a dedicated arm salesman and once you start a war you open and kind of pandora's box, you don't control and it controls you today. good, dennis, and matt did is the bad better said those in yemen who the united states names to be a threat. the good terrorists are those who are inferior. the joke here is we've been there before. i mean, if you consider the amount of time story, there was nothing to do. if i say that the saudis are giving money to groups that are in the city and that not only but also the i s i s people who say you want to come to me that can really put $1000000.00 each to give them arms training equipment, we are the ones who are clear, all those people to go. we a new piece, that's what we want. freedom and in the doctrine that has endured from bush to obama is that the world is a battlefield. and that the united states has the right to go into any country around the world to conduct what they call kinetic operations, lethal operations, regardless of what interna

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.

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blair personally. he's a dedicated arm salesman. and once you start a war. ready you open a kind of pandora's box, you don't control and it controls you today. good dennis and mad did is the bad better is that those in yemen who the united states names to be attract the good terrorist and those who are inferior. the joke here is we've been there before. i mean, if you consider the amount of time story, there was nothing to do. if i say that the saudis are giving money to groups that i insidious not only a little, but also the i s i s. people who say you want to come to me, the medical side really put 1000000 dollars each to give them arms training equipment. we are the ones who are clear on those people to go. we're a new piece, that's what we want. freedom and the doctrine that has endured from bush to obama is that the world is a battlefield. and that the united states has the right to go into any country around the world to conduct what they call kinetic operations, legal operations, regardless of w