Calls to extend the Kabul airlift

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Panic and disorder surround Kabul airport, but the American president Joe Biden was unrepentant on Sunday evening when he defended his decision to the withdraw US forces from Afghanistan. After a week of criticism, Biden pledged to help those desperate to leave the country. Ukraine is hosting representatives from up to 40 nations, as it tries to keep up the diplomatic pressure on Russia to return the Crimean peninsula to Kiev's control. And the remarkable story of Josephine Baker, the French- American singer and dancer who's now being recognised with one of France's highest honours.