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World Service,25 Aug 2021,49 mins

President Biden sticking to evacuation deadline

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US President Joe Biden says he expects the US evacuation mission in Afghanistan to be finished by 31st August, but he also stressed the military would be making contingency plans for all scenarios. But that's less of a concern for France, which evacuated 600 Afghans in May, leaving it less vulnerable to the Taliban's lightening advance. We'll be in Nepal to look at the impact of climate change on one of the world's poorest countries - including more landslides, droughts and forest fires.

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