Raabsolute Scenes
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Dominic Raab has been questioned by MPs on the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, during an appearance at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. We chat with the head of the committee Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative MP, who served in Afghanistan. Our Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, joins us from Kabul to share what she’s been hearing from Afghans about their dreams and fears for the future.
And remember Piers Morgan? Ofcom has cleared ITV over the now ex-Good Morning Britain host’s comments about Meghan Markle. Stewart Purvis, former Ofcom board member and former chief executive of ITN, helps us understand the media regulator’s thinking.
Today’s Newscast was made by Rick Kelsey with producers Danny Wittenberg, Alix Pickles and Ben Cooper. The studio manager was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Sam Bonham and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, one of the good things about going through the newscast inbox is when you can make |
| 0:08.3 | someone's dream come true. |
| 0:10.2 | So Sam emailed saying, I keep seeing Lees duet on the news and I've been wondering whether she'd stay in Afghanistan |
| 0:16.7 | and what it's actually like to be a foreign correspondent there right now. I know she'll be super busy, |
| 0:21.6 | but is there any chance you could sweet talk her on to do a piece on newscast? |
| 0:26.0 | Lease, is there any chance we can sweet talk you on to do a piece on newscast? |
| 0:30.1 | I don't know, we'll have to see what you know what what's involved in this like |
| 0:34.4 | sweet talking is enough in this day and age but of course I would love to make your |
| 0:39.0 | emailer happy the creating happiness is one of my goals these days when we live in a news landscape which has a lot of sad a lot of challenging news let us say. |
| 0:50.0 | Well let me pose Sam's questions. |
| 0:52.0 | Are you, are you in Afghanistan for the long haul? |
| 0:54.8 | I mean, how long do you think you'll be there? |
| 0:57.1 | Well, let me put it this way. |
| 0:58.2 | I was also in Afghanistan in 1988-89 |
| 1:02.4 | when the Soviet troops were pulling out. |
| 1:04.7 | And there I was a young Canadian and someone called from London from the BBC and said, |
| 1:10.1 | Lease, are you going to be there for the duration? |
| 1:13.0 | And I didn't know what they meant. |
| 1:14.8 | This was a very British expression. |
| 1:16.9 | And I thought, I kept thinking, what is the duration? |
| 1:19.1 | And to this now, here I am, more than 30 years later, |
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