Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) LONDON – NATO’s decision to scale back operations with Afghan soldiers and police amid a spike in insider attacks risks undermining the entire international mission in Afghanistan, British lawmakers warned Tuesday. Following the deaths this year of 51 international troops killed by Afghan forces or militants wearing Afghan uniforms, NATO has said that troops will no longer routinely carry out operations such as patrolling or manning outposts with their Afghan counterparts. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that NATO and Afghan troops will still work together in headquarters, in training and on special operations night raids, but most of the patrols where the two groups work side by side in the field has been suspended unless an exception is granted by a commanding general. Essential joint NATO-Afghan ops in limboRetired gen. on joint patrol halt in AfghanistanU.S. military suspends joint patrols with Afghans More in Afghanistan: The way forward U.K. Defense Secretary Philip Hammond told lawmakers that the decision was a temporary response to elevated threat levels following the outrage in Muslim countries over an anti-Islam video produced in the United States. Troops would “return to normal operations” as soon as the tension eased, Hammond insisted after he was called to the House of Commons to explain the changes. However, Hammond acknowledged that British forces are likely to carry out fewer joint missions. Afghan police and...

(CBS) Notable among the films, documentaries, TV movies and literary works created in the wake of Sept. 11 is “Rebirth,” a documentary slated for release just days before the tenth anniversary of the event that devastated the lives of thousands and forever changed the way we view the world. Directed by Jim Whitaker, the documentary tracks for nearly a decade the journeys of five individuals whose lives were shattered on that day in 2001. Complete coverage: 9/11 anniversary Whitaker lost his mother six months before Sept. 11 and it was following a visit to ground zero a short time after the attacks that the idea of “Rebirth” was galvanized. Out of the carnage and remnants of twisted metal came the notion of renewal and regeneration, the idea that a site immortalized for the horror that unfolded there might one day become associated with new life and new beginnings. Ling Young, a Chinese woman badly burned while at work in one of the towers, is lucky to be alive. The documentary followed her painful surgeries to treat massive burns to her face and body. Nicholas is a teenager who lost his mother, an employee at Lehman Brothers. His journey is to learn as much as he can about what his mom was like and to chronicle the impact of her death on the family she left behind. In one of...

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Steven Bochco, a TV producer/writer behind many hit shows over the years, 전주콜걸 has died at age 74, according to a representative at Steven Bochco Productions. The spokesperson said Bochco died peacefully Sunday morning at 10:20 a.m. “Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor,” Phillip Arnold said in a statement provided to CBS News. “He died peacefully in his sleep with his family close by.” Bochco’s TV credits include a wide array of programs such as “Hill Street Blues,” L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “NYPD Blue.” Many of them were shows related to the law genre. The Associated Press writes that “Hill Street Blues” challenged, even confounded the meager audience that sampled it in 1981. Then after critical acclaim, the series began to connect with viewers, while scoring a history-making 27 Emmy nominations its first year. Bochco has won 10 primetime Emmy awards throughout his career including four Peabody awards. The AP reports that Bochco once remembered a fan telling him that “Hill Street Blues” was the first TV series with a memory. “That’s what I always thought of myself doing in the context of TV: craft a show that over time would have a memory,” he told AP in an interview two years ago. “I sensed that very early in my career. It just took me another 10 or 12 years...