Whistleblower describes 'chaos' of UK Afghan exit

12/07/21 • 29 min

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The government official says Britain only helped 5% of those asking for assistance. Also: China says the US will pay for its diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, and more than 900 people are told they're fired in a group video call in the United States.

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