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sport centre where lizzie is with all of this afternoon's sports headlines. there's one game in the premier league this evening where nottingham forest welcome tottenham to the city ground. there's still talk about the future of forest manager steve cooper but he says — speculation about his future at the club doesn't concern him. i don't need any reassurances. for me it is stay true to yourself as i only focus on myjob, and the great relationship with the people i work with every single day, players and staff. and commit to what we believe is the way of working. like we have done now for a couple of years. it is fair to say any team going to play nottingham forest, they know it is a difficult game, despite where they are — you can fall into the trap of thinking _ you can fall into the trap of thinking they are not going well or

they are _ thinking they are not going well or they are under pressure or they are less than— they are under pressure or they are less than their best but you can't assume — less than their best but you can't assume it — less than their best but you can't assume it. you have to assume they will be _ assume it. you have to assume they will be at _ assume it. you have to assume they will be at their best and at home they will— will be at their best and at home they will be hard to beat. manchester city manager pep guardiola insists he's not concerned by erling haaland's foot injury. the striker has missed city's last two games and guardiola says he's likely to miss tomorrow's game against crystal palace. city head to play in the in saudi arabia next week. we will see if he travels with us and then see whether he plays in the second game, the third game. it is not a fracture. sometimes players recover quicker and others not, the doctors say we have to take it day by day and week by week how he feels. at the moment he doesn't have symptoms, he doesn't feel pain and he could be ready to play again. onto cricket, where england's women are heading for defeat in mumbai against india in their one—off test. they rattled through the final

three indian wickets at the end of day two, but not before the hosts had reached a28 runs. england's response was a mile off that total. in the end they collapsed to 136 all out, in just over 35 overs. so with plenty of cricket left to play, india wasted no time increasing their lead which is now nearly 500 runs. nat sciver—brunt top scored for england with 59. the bowlers are making us create indecision in the way we go about things so i guess the inconsistency of the pitch as well, there are a few factors, it was a day of ups and downs. in the morning we took those three wickets quite quickly, i guess, that's how you'd like to finish off the bowling innings. and then obviously the batting innings had its ebbs and flows a little bit as well. but hopefully we can be a little more decisive and have some good intent tomorrow.—

good intent tomorrow. england stru: . led good intent tomorrow. england struggled against _ good intent tomorrow. england struggled against spin - good intent tomorrow. england struggled against spin which i good intent tomorrow. england | struggled against spin which has rather— struggled against spin which has rather been the story of the last 12 months or— rather been the story of the last 12 months or so, we have seen in the women's _ months or so, we have seen in the women's ashes series in the english summer— women's ashes series in the english summer ash women's ashes series in the english summerash gardner women's ashes series in the english summer ash gardner took eight wickets — summer ash gardner took eight wickets for australia to win the test _ wickets for australia to win the test match at trent bridge. england's shockingly last a t20 series— england's shockingly last a t20 series against sri lanka and despite the fact— series against sri lanka and despite the fact thatjohn series against sri lanka and despite the fact that john lewis sent a number— the fact that john lewis sent a number of the england batters to india _ number of the england batters to indie to _ number of the england batters to india to have a batting camp to learn _ india to have a batting camp to learn to — india to have a batting camp to learn to play spin, once again we saw the — learn to play spin, once again we saw the side really struggle once the pitch— saw the side really struggle once the pitch started to turn.- saw the side really struggle once the pitch started to turn. henry ran s-ueakin the pitch started to turn. henry ran speaking to — the pitch started to turn. henry ran speaking to me _ the pitch started to turn. henry ran speaking to me a — the pitch started to turn. henry ran speaking to me a little _ the pitch started to turn. henry ran speaking to me a little earlier. - baseball star shohei ohtani says he can't wait to get started with los angeles dodgers. the japanese player has moved to the dodgers on a ten—year—contract in the biggest deal in his sport's history. the two—time mvp has agreed to defer a big part of his wages to get round salary cap rules and help the dodgers achieve success. and that's all the sport for now. much more on that story and all of the sports news on the website. back

to you. lizzie, thanks so much. israel has had its opening the border at kerem shalom for more aid to go into gaza, the decision had been welcomed by the decision had been welcomed by the white house national security adviserjake sullivan who is visiting the region. mr sullivan who today has been meeting the palestinian authority president mahmoud obasi has called as a significant step. hugo bachega, tell us more about this crossing point and what jake sullivan is saying to mohammad abbas. yes. and what jake sullivan is saying to mohammad abbas.— mohammad abbas. yes, sir, an important _ mohammad abbas. yes, sir, an important announcement - mohammad abbas. yes, sir, an important announcement by - mohammad abbas. yes, sir, an| important announcement by the israeli authorities because this is going to allow more humanitarian aid to be delivered to gaza. for days we have been talking about the desperate situation, the humanitarian situation in gaza, with widespread shortages of basic supplies and also hospitals under a

lot of pressure with the health system under the verge of collapse. so now more trucks carrying basic supplies will be entering gaza. up until now all trucks were entering the territory through the rafah crossing on the border with egypt. and now israel saying that the kerem shalom crossing point will also be open for the delivery of humanitarian aid. this comes on the second day of the visit by the us national to adviserjake sullivan. national to adviser jake sullivan. he national to adviserjake sullivan. he was in ramallah in the occupied west bank and met the president of the palestinian authority man with a bass, and yesterday he had meetings with the israeli leadership. i think the message from the biden administration was that he was trying to tell the israeli military to change tactics in gaza and to move to a phase that he described as a more targeted and precise tax to

target the hamas leadership in gaza. this obviously amid international pressure on the israelis as they have been concerns about mounting civilian casualties in gaza and also the worsening humanitarian situation. fighting in gaza continues and actually about 30 minutes ago we heard the air raid sirens here injerusalem, which is really unusual, and we actually heard the iron dome intercepting rockets here over the city. reports say that three rockets were intercepted by the country's military. the first time that jerusalem came under attack in several weeks. so again, jerusalem came under attack in severalweeks. so again, it jerusalem came under attack in several weeks. so again, it shows that these groups continue to have the capacity to launch rockets at israel as this military offensive continues in gaza.— israel as this military offensive continues in gaza. hugo bachega, thanks very _ continues in gaza. hugo bachega,

thanks very much. _ live now to miri eisin, a retired idf colonel and director of the international institute for counter terrorism at reichman university. thank you forjoining us. israel's military said it recovered the bodies of three hostages, do you know any of the circumstances of that? where these attempted rescue efforts? ., ., ., ., ~ efforts? no, what we are talking about our bodies _ efforts? no, what we are talking about our bodies that _ efforts? no, what we are talking about our bodies that were - efforts? no, what we are talking| about our bodies that were found while israel was acting, the idf forces on the ground operation in the northern gaza strip. the details that have come out that all three are individuals who were kidnapped on october seven and was seen alive october the 7th come in the initial reports that come out of israel, because they still don't have details, is that they were murdered by hamas in captivity and found in the tunnels themselves. one of them was 19, and as his mother said, he had asthma. they kidnapped him

without, the israeli military conscripts is, not the kind of military you are used to, she was very worried about him the entire time. i don't know additional details, this is what the idf has put out until now. just details, this is what the idf has put out until now.— details, this is what the idf has put out until now. just to clarify, our put out until now. just to clarify, your special _ put out until now. just to clarify, your special forces _ put out until now. just to clarify, your special forces are _ put out until now. just to clarify, your special forces are trying - put out until now. just to clarify, your special forces are trying to l your special forces are trying to get the hostages out. there was an incident, an attempt last friday. that is going on, is it, alongside those negotiating teams that were operating out of qatar?— operating out of qatar? there is auoin to operating out of qatar? there is going to be _ operating out of qatar? there is going to be consistently - operating out of qatar? there is going to be consistently the - operating out of qatar? there is l going to be consistently the trying to get to the hostages themselves. i think we both understand clearly the hostages are the get out ofjail card free for the terrorists, especially the top echelon. and in that sense the expectation today is the more or less 130 hostages, because we don't know exactly who is alive and who is dead, hammers have never shared that information with anybody, and so most likely they are with the top echelon to be used in a

very horrible way —— himars. today the idf also put out from one of the places they were looking to get to hostages, the different capabilities that hammers have been trying to use to lure the israeli soldiers using the idea of hostages where they have microphones with voices in hebrew. they are really trying to use them to lure them into the different booby traps. i'm certain that we are trying to get to them but it isn't like we understand that's easy. there was an ambush a couple of days ago in which nine israeli soldiers lost their lives will stop in terms of the broader tactics, the defence minister saying only yesterday that the war would go on for several months. is it your understanding that the totality of the war? is there a possibility within the next few weeks that israel may move to what the americans have been pushing for, a much more targeted approach in terms of tactics? i for, a much more targeted approach in terms of tactics?— in terms of tactics? i think we are already there- _ in terms of tactics? i think we are already there. there _ in terms of tactics? i think we are already there. there is _ in terms of tactics? i think we are already there. there is such - in terms of tactics? i think we are already there. there is such a - in terms of tactics? i think we are already there. there is such a big | already there. there is such a big gap when we talk about military

issues and how people understand them in the attacks on the southern gaza strip. the whole tactic in and around khan younis, if you look at it, has been much more targeted because in the northern gaza strip and israel did try, that was to save lives, that doesn't mean it always does so. ., _ ., lives, that doesn't mean it always does so. ., ., , , does so. you say that but president biden described _ does so. you say that but president biden described it _ does so. you say that but president biden described it as _ does so. you say that but president biden described it as indiscriminate| biden described it as indiscriminate bombing a matter of days ago. he said a bombing a matter of days ago. he: said a lot of other things. bombing a matter of days ago. he said a lot of other things. do - bombing a matter of days ago. he said a lot of other things. do you | said a lot of other things. do you acce -t said a lot of other things. do you accept that? _ said a lot of other things. do you accept that? he _ said a lot of other things. do you accept that? he absolutely - said a lot of other things. do you accept that? he absolutely said i said a lot of other things. do you i accept that? he absolutely said that and also said _ accept that? he absolutely said that and also said hamas _ accept that? he absolutely said that and also said hamas needs - accept that? he absolutely said that and also said hamas needs to - accept that? he absolutely said that and also said hamas needs to be . and also said hamas needs to be destroyed. he and also said hamas needs to be destroyed-— destroyed. he did say that but in terms of destroyed. he did say that but in terms of the _ destroyed. he did say that but in terms of the tactics _ destroyed. he did say that but in terms of the tactics and - terms of the tactics and indiscriminate bombing, do you accept that part of his conclusion? i do not think we do indiscriminate bombing. when we are in urban warfare, no military knows how to do in a very exact way, the fact that we are doing it with the ground forces all of the time, the fact that as you just mentioned soldiers

have been dying and have been killed inside this ground operation, indiscriminate would mean we would do it from the air, we wouldn't care. we care, we target, we try to do so. hamas hides behind civilians. that doesn't mean we are doing it indiscriminately. it is the way that hamas. .. ., indiscriminately. it is the way that hamas... ., . ,, indiscriminately. it is the way that hamas... ., ., ~ ., ., hamas. .. you talk about maximum effort to avoid _ hamas. .. you talk about maximum effort to avoid civilian _ hamas. .. you talk about maximum effort to avoid civilian casualties, i effort to avoid civilian casualties, but how can you say that when half of the air to ground munitions that have been used to our unguided munitions, what is called dumb bombs, according to us intelligence, 40-45% of the 29,000 bombs, according to us intelligence, 40—45% of the 29,000 munitions used so far have been unguided and they pose a much greater risk to civilians in densely populated areas? that has come from us intelligence. i areas? that has come from us intelligence.— areas? that has come from us intelligence. i would have you go and interview _ intelligence. i would have you go and interview your _ intelligence. i would have you go and interview your british - intelligence. i would have you go. and interview your british officers, not israeli, because in terms of the response i will give them every military uses different types of munitions, they are used in different spaces. the fact we have used all different kinds, that's

what all militaries do, that is not unique, not in an urban area, not in any other place. the difference in that sense between the exact command as you say, the guided munitions, the ones you are calling dumb munitions, the lethality is the same, there is no difference, it is about where you are trying to attack. if it is in an area you have already cleared out you can easily use what you call the dumb munitions as opposed to the guided ones. at the end, what we are trying to do is both to destroy a heinous terror organisation that for some reason never gets to be mentioned about what they are doing. before hugo said they fired rockets into jerusalem. and here we are, they are doing. before hugo said they fired rockets intojerusalem. and here we are, they're going to try and continue continuously to fire rockets into israel all the time. it

rockets into israel all the time. it is a point that our correspondence make and a point that we regularly return to in terms of what hamas has been doing over the eight weeks. the fact is you are a former idf officer and that's why i'm asking you about israeli tactics. {lilia and that's why i'm asking you about israeli tactics.— israeli tactics. 0k, thank you very much. israeli tactics. 0k, thank you very much- we — israeli tactics. 0k, thank you very much. we appreciate _ israeli tactics. ok, thank you very much. we appreciate your- israeli tactics. 0k, thank you very much. we appreciate your time. i much. we appreciate your time. around the _ much. we appreciate your time. around the world _ much. we appreciate your time. around the world and _ much. we appreciate your time. around the world and across - much. we appreciate your time. around the world and across the much. we appreciate your time. - around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. you have one there on — you're watching bbc news. you have one there on my _ you're watching bbc news. you have one there on my wrist _ you're watching bbc news. you have one there on my wrist and _ you're watching bbc news. you have one there on my wrist and then - you're watching bbc news. you have one there on my wrist and then i - one there on my wrist and then i also got sliced on my finger. and that was the millimetre one right there. back in the past i was struggling to stay on the straight and narrow path. i got in a situation where a fight broke out and i ended up getting stabbed six times. he and i ended up getting stabbed six times. . , and i ended up getting stabbed six times. .,, , , and i ended up getting stabbed six times. , , ,, and i ended up getting stabbed six times. , _ , times. he was supported by this academ . times. he was supported by this academy. since _ times. he was supported by this academy. since its _ times. he was supported by this academy. since its launch - times. he was supported by this academy. since its launch 11 - times. he was supported by this i academy. since its launch 11 years ago it has helped thousands of young people turn their lives around. bill people turn their lives around. all the people turn their lives around. fill the lads have different experiences of different elements. when young people see us and talk to us and we do assemblies and stuff, too, they know. ~ , ~ ., , do assemblies and stuff, too, they know. ~, ~ ., , do assemblies and stuff, too, they know. the west midlands police force area has know. the west midlands police force area has the — know. the west midlands police force area has the highest _ know. the west midlands police force

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live now to oleksander merezk, a member of ukraine's parliament and head of foreign affairs committeedomestic policies affecting ukraine. your reaction to the aid being blocked? taste your reaction to the aid being blocked? ~ ., ., , _ ., , ., blocked? we are happy to start negotiations — blocked? we are happy to start negotiations on _ blocked? we are happy to start negotiations on ukraine's - blocked? we are happy to startl negotiations on ukraine's access into the european union but unfortunately the decision to block aid we desperately need right now when ukraine is bleeding during the war, this is a bad sign, but i'm sure that this mistaken decision will be corrected as soon as possible. it will be corrected as soon as possible-— will be corrected as soon as ossible. _, , .,' . ~ will be corrected as soon as ossible. , . ~ ., will be corrected as soon as ossible. , ., ., possible. it comes off the back of a similar blockage _ possible. it comes off the back of a similar blockage in _ possible. it comes off the back of a similar blockage in washington. . possible. it comes off the back of a l similar blockage in washington. just hand on heart, how nervous our politicians and people in ukraine that perhaps countries in the west

are beginning to waver? first that perhaps countries in the west are beginning to waver?— are beginning to waver? first of all, i are beginning to waver? first of all. i think— are beginning to waver? first of all. i think i _ are beginning to waver? first of all, i think i am _ are beginning to waver? first of all, i think i am sure _ are beginning to waver? first of all, i think i am sure that - are beginning to waver? first of all, i think i am sure that the i are beginning to waver? first of| all, i think i am sure that the aid from the united states and from the european union will continue. there are several reasons to be optimistic. first of all, there were a number of statements, strong statements of unwavering support on ukraine made by the president of the united states, made by republicans, democrats and made by the leadership of the european union. the second reason to be hopeful is that it is in the best national interests of the united states, for instance, to support ukraine to continue to provide us with the necessary weapons. because as president biden put it, it's the best investment in american security. i’m put it, it's the best investment in american security.— put it, it's the best investment in american security. i'm 'ust going to ut onto american security. i'm 'ust going to put onto the — american security. i'm 'ust going to put onto the screen i american security. i'm just going to put onto the screen pictures - american security. i'm just going to put onto the screen pictures from i put onto the screen pictures from only a few days ago when president zelensky actually met viktor orban in the setting of the inauguration of argentina's new president. it is

mute, there is no sound on the video. do you happen to know what you're president said to viktor orban? �* . . , you're president said to viktor orban? �* . ., , .,, ., you're president said to viktor orban? a ., , ., , orban? actually it was a very impressive — orban? actually it was a very impressive video _ orban? actually it was a very impressive video and - orban? actually it was a very impressive video and there i orban? actually it was a very i impressive video and there were orban? actually it was a very - impressive video and there were many guesses what our president said. but our president later said that he asked him a very simple question. given the at least one reason why the european union shouldn't start. i understand judging by this picture, judging by this video, viktor orban had absolutely no convincing answer. he was at a loss, or at least he looked taken aback by the question of our president. 50 he the question of our president. so he directly confronted _ the question of our president. so he directly confronted him _ the question of our president. so he directly confronted him about i the question of our president. so he directly confronted him about that. let's go back to the aid issue. because it is so crucial, so many people have said that, including your present. in terms of military help, ammunition, all those sorts of things, tanks, how much supplies do

ukraine have when there is this blockage in the pipeline for more? well, we are in desperate need, especially when it comes to shelves, to ammunition. because let's not forget that we are fighting against a huge superpower which has more than enough. we are outgunned basically and outnumbered by russian troops. that's why in order to save lives in soldiers and civilians we need more munitions. we were promised 1 million shells to be provided by the european union but unfortunately so far we have not received yet most of these shells. while russia has received 1 million shells from north korea. just briefl , shells from north korea. just briefly, factually, _ shells from north korea. just briefly, factually, do - shells from north korea. just briefly, factually, do you have any sort of timeline how much your supplies last for before you need all of those stocks to be

replenished from the west? taste all of those stocks to be replenished from the west? we don't have such deadlines _ replenished from the west? we don't have such deadlines but _ have such deadlines but unfortunately we have to be very economical to save, for example, shells. but in our case it's a matter of life and death. you are havin: to matter of life and death. you are having to decide _ matter of life and death. you are having to decide already... i matter of life and death. you are having to decide already... sorryj matter of life and death. you are i having to decide already... sorry to cutacross you, you having to decide when to use shells and when to not use them because you don't have enough? taste use them because you don't have enou~h? ~ .�* use them because you don't have enou~h? ~ ., �* ., ., , , enough? we don't have enough shells, it is true, because _ enough? we don't have enough shells, it is true, because russia _ enough? we don't have enough shells, it is true, because russia has - enough? we don't have enough shells, it is true, because russia has more i it is true, because russia has more and they can afford to bombard us, to fight with more quantity of shelves. this is true. but you know, we will be fighting even without having enough weaponry because we have no choice. b, having enough weaponry because we have no choice.— have no choice. a final brief question. — have no choice. a final brief question, we _ have no choice. a final brief question, we had _ have no choice. a final brief question, we had vladimiri have no choice. a final brief i question, we had vladimir putin in the news conference say yesterday he was winning the war. his strategy seems quite clear, draw this out,

hopefully the west splinters, trumpet perhaps comes on in the next presidential election. that may be a strategy. what is the counter strategy. what is the counter strategy from ukraine? fiur strategy. what is the counter strategy from ukraine? our counter strate: is strategy from ukraine? our counter strategy is to _ strategy from ukraine? our counter strategy is to continue _ strategy from ukraine? our counter strategy is to continue to _ strategy from ukraine? our counter strategy is to continue to fight, i strategy from ukraine? our counter strategy is to continue to fight, to l strategy is to continue to fight, to continue to first of all reinforce our defence and of course we rely on the support of our closest friends and allies. but you know, our strategy is not to have negotiations, peace talks, because it makes no sense, and to continue to fight no matter what at all costs because again we don't have any other choice but to fight tooth and nail. ., , . other choice but to fight tooth and nail. ~ , ., ~ ~ ., other choice but to fight tooth and nail. ~' , ., ~ ., ~' other choice but to fight tooth and nail. ~ ., ~' nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for takin: nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the — nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the time _ nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the time to _ nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the time to speak- nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the time to speak to i nail. oleksandr merezhko, thank you for taking the time to speak to us i for taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. a new report by the united nations has shed more light on the suppression of women in afghanistan. it says the taliban government has started sending female abuse survivors

to prison because state—sponsored shelters have been closed. gender—based violence against afghan women and girls has been on the rise since the taliban retook power in 2021. joining me now is heather barr, associate director of the women's right�*s division at human rights watch. thank you forjoining us. your reaction to this new research and what the taliban is doing here? this re ort what the taliban is doing here? try 3 report documents what afghan women have known ever since august 15, 2021, which is that one of the first things the taliban did after they took over was to dismantle the whole system that had been put in place by the government and ngos to respond to violence against women. it took them a bit longer but after that they largely dismantled the legal system. and so there's been more attention to banning girls from education and women from work but this is an important piece, too, their systemic deprivation of the

rights of women and girls and that crackdown is continuing and getting worse as we speak.— crackdown is continuing and getting worse as we speak. taliban officials have said they _ worse as we speak. taliban officials have said they would _ worse as we speak. taliban officials have said they would ask _ worse as we speak. taliban officials have said they would ask male i have said they would ask male members of the family to make "a commitment not to harm women survivors of abuse." even when i read that out, that seems absolutely extraordinary. the read that out, that seems absolutely extraordinary-— extraordinary. the taliban have sent a very clear — extraordinary. the taliban have sent a very clear message _ extraordinary. the taliban have sent a very clear message that _ extraordinary. the taliban have sent a very clear message that women i extraordinary. the taliban have sent| a very clear message that women are the property of their male family members. they have also said that if women go out and are not dressed as the taliban thinks they should be they will punish the male family members rather than the women themselves. so women are in the situation where their male family members are really being seen by the taliban as their owners and their keepers. it's an impossible situation for them. they have been waiting a long time for the international community to respond appropriately to this very serious crisis, which is the worst situation for women in the world right now. i'll come back to that thought in a

moment but shelters have been closed, are there any sort of safe spaces for women left? fine closed, are there any sort of safe spaces for women left? one save sace spaces for women left? one save space that _ spaces for women left? one save space that existed _ spaces for women left? one save space that existed until _ spaces for women left? one save space that existed until a - spaces for women left? one save space that existed until a couple | spaces for women left? one save i space that existed until a couple of months ago was beauty salons, that might sound silly but it was one of the only spaces where women could go and speak to other women, get advice, perhaps get some kind of protection. the taliban closed then about three months ago at a cost of 60,000 jobs for women and also the loss of one of the only spaces left where women could get help from other women. where women could get help from other women-— where women could get help from other women. briefly on this, what sort of stories _ other women. briefly on this, what sort of stories are _ other women. briefly on this, what sort of stories are you _ other women. briefly on this, what sort of stories are you hearing i other women. briefly on this, what sort of stories are you hearing in i sort of stories are you hearing in your organisation emerging as a result of everything we have been talking about? it’s result of everything we have been talking about?— result of everything we have been talking about? it's important to say that if women _ talking about? it's important to say that if women are _ talking about? it's important to say that if women are fleeing _ talking about? it's important to say that if women are fleeing violence i that if women are fleeing violence and sent to prison their cell—mate may well be a women's rights protester because one of the things we are seeing is that the taliban are arbitrarily detaining and really

forcibly disappearing a large number of women's rights protesters. we have spoken to some of them who have eventually been released after having been tortured in prison. these are the women who come out on the streets and protested against the streets and protested against the taliban's policies and tried to get the world to pay attention. you mentioned the _ get the world to pay attention. you mentioned the international community. it appears that they have few levers. what do you think in addition should be being done here? malala yousafzai gave a speech in south africa ten days ago where she said that the world should recognise the situation in afghanistan as gender apartheid. the situation in afghanistan as genderapartheid. i the situation in afghanistan as gender apartheid. i think that one of the things the international community needs to do is avoid normalising this and kind of moving on and forgetting about the situation. afghan women feel very forgotten by the entire world and they want people to realise that what happens to them has implications for women's rights globally.

implications for women's rights aloball . ., �* ., implications for women's rights aloball . ., , implications for women's rights uloball. ., , ., globally. heather barr, sorry to rush ou globally. heather barr, sorry to rush you towards _ globally. heather barr, sorry to rush you towards the _ globally. heather barr, sorry to rush you towards the end i globally. heather barr, sorry to rush you towards the end of. globally. heather barr, sorry to l rush you towards the end of that thought but we are out of time. thank you for your thoughts, from human rights watch. i'm back here with the headlines injust human rights watch. i'm back here with the headlines in just a human rights watch. i'm back here with the headlines injust a moment or two. with the headlines injust a moment ortwo. don't with the headlines injust a moment or two. don't go away. hello. it's a reasonably mild, but cloudy, day out there for most of us. most places also looking dry, which is good news after the fairly soggy start to december that many of us have seen. as we head into the weekend, a lot of dry weather around, mild and breezy, lots of cloud. but there will be increasing amounts of wind and rain across the north—west of the uk as weatherfronts move in here. not moving south too quickly because we've got high pressure that's stalling across southern parts of the uk, keeping things largely dry and keeping those weather fronts at bay, at least across much of england and wales. for the rest of the day, a bit of brightness just breaking through that cloud at times, particularly for parts of east anglia, north—east england, eastern scotland as well. the breeze coming in from a south—westerly direction. so it is fairly windy, particularly across the north—west of scotland. we could see gusts of about 50 miles per hour or more in the far north.

mild for most of us. temperatures around about 11 or 12 degrees in the west, but still a little cooler across parts of eastern england, where we're sticking in single figures. but through this evening and tonight, then, just a bit of drizzle across the north—west of scotland, most places looking dry. fair amount of cloud around, perhaps even the odd pocket of mistiness where the winds are a little bit lighter in the south. so the lowest of the temperatures will be for the south—east of england and east anglia. i think a generally mild and frost—free start to your weekend. the mild air mass is with us. you can see the orange colours on the map. the winds coming in from a south—westerly direction through the course of the weekend. so, yes, frost—free, i think we're not expecting anything wintry through the weekend, but we are expecting some wet weather on saturday. that's just going to sit across the far north—west of scotland, i think. there could be the odd spot of drizzle for south—west scotland, cumbrian fells, for instance. whereas further south, yes, a lot of cloud. but should stay dry, mild and breezy for most of us. so around about 12 or 13 degrees, a touch warmer, in fact, than recent days, but head through saturday night into sunday, and this front really sticking around. in fact, we could see up to 175

millimetres of rain through saturday night into sunday across parts of the north—west of scotland. some rain for northern ireland, perhaps north—west england as well. but there could be some flooding issues across the north—west of scotland, where an amber weather warning is in force through the course of sunday. further south, though, you're more likely to stay dry, perhaps a bit more sunshine, in fact, for parts of southern england on sunday. looking ahead into next week, i think the wettest day is going to be tuesday. some heavy rain fairly widely. it's a little bit up and down, but a fairly cloudy and unsettled week ahead. bye— bye.

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