this is bbc news — i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. unebelievably bad — former president, george w bush delivers his verdict on the us pullout from afghanistan. this is one of the worst crisis as we have seen and it has the potential to get even worse thanit potential to get even worse than it is right now. 25,000 south african troops prepare to respond after days of violence sparked by the jailing of former president jacob zuma. spain imposes strict new covid restrictions, despite some of last year's measures being ruled unconstitutional. and britney spears wins

the right to choose her own lawyer as she tries to regain control of her personal affairs. hello and welcome to the programme. "unbelievably bad" — that's the verdict of the former us president, george w bush on the decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. mr bush, who sent forces in after the 9/11 attacks on america, also said afghan women faced "unspeakable harm" at the hands of the taliban. the former president was speaking to german television. the progress that can be made for young girls and women in afghanistan is unbelievable, how that society changed, from the brutality of the taliban,

and now all of a sudden, you know, sadly, i'm afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. is it a mistake? the withdrawal? i think it is. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad, and i'm sad. i spent a lot of time with afghan women, and they are scared, and i think about all the interpreters and people that helped, not only us troops but nato troops, and it seems like they're just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. mr bush isn't alone in voicing alarm at the situation in afghanistan. in an exclusive interview, the un's humanitarian coordinator has described it as a �*humanitarian catastrophe�*. dr ramiz alakbarov said it was one of the worst crises he'd seen. he spoke to our correspondent yogita limaye.

afghanistan needs everything. it needs more than it ever needed it before and it needs it now. the humanitarian catastrophe we are watching unfolding in front of our eyes is really big. it is caused by war, ongoing human suffering associated with displacement caused by war, and by the drought. it is a poor country, people didn't have much before, they are more than on edge. mit? they are more than on edge. why should the _ they are more than on edge. why should the world _ they are more than on edge. why should the world be concerned about — should the world be concerned about what is happening here? afghanistan is the heart of asia. what happens in the heart of afghanistan will influence every corner of asia, and by influencing every corner of asia it will influence the world. don't forget it now, don't think it is not your problem, don't think this does not matter, because this matters on a global scale. is an issue which requires global attention. d0

an issue which requires global attention. , ., an issue which requires global attention-— attention. do you think the world is doing _ attention. do you think the world is doing enough - attention. do you think the i world is doing enough right now? — world is doing enough right now? ., ., ., , world is doing enough right now? ., ., ., ., now? no, not nearly. half of the of afghanistan, - now? no, not nearly. half of the of afghanistan, about. now? no, not nearly. half of the of afghanistan, about 18| the of afghanistan, about 18 million people are in extreme need of assistance. right now, over10 need of assistance. right now, over 10 million people are in an acute state of malnutrition. more than half of the children underfive are suffering more than half of the children under five are suffering from hunger. we still need more funds to provide food, shelter, and immediate needs of the people in terms of access to clean water and in terms of providing dignity and safety to all of those that are suffering from the ongoing conflict. is from the ongoing conflict. is this one of the worst humanitarian crises that the un is dealing — humanitarian crises that the un is dealing with right now in the world? yellow absolutely. it is the world? yellow absolutely. it is one — the world? yellow absolutely. it is one of the worst crisis is. it is one of the worst crisis is |— it is one of the worst crisis is. . , , ., ,

is. i have served 27 years with the united _ is. i have served 27 years with the united nations, _ is. i have served 27 years with the united nations, and - is. i have served 27 years with the united nations, and i- is. i have served 27 years with | the united nations, and i have seen how it has unfolded in africa, haiti, south america, and this is one of the worst crisis as we have seen, and it has the potential to get even worse than it is right now. we should stop it before it gets even worse. and we'll be live in kabul with yogita limaye, who you saw in that interview, in the next hour. south africa is increasing the number of troops on the streets to 25,000 in response to widespread violence sparked by the jailing of the former president, jacob zuma. more than 1,700 people have been arrested since the violence erupted, and at least 72 have been killed. the south african government is trying to ensure there are no food shortages as a result of the looting of shops. mark lobel has more. surveying what is left of her looted shot. with a few easy

answers in a lawless south africa, even taxi drivers are taking matters into their own hands. , . ., hands. ever since from monday, we don't see _ hands. ever since from monday, we don't see business. - hands. ever since from monday, we don't see business. so - we don't see business. so that's why we say we need to come out here and try to protect whatever is still left. after being outpaced by protesters for almost one week, the government's promising thousands more troops on the streets. this thousands more troops on the streets. �* , , , streets. as the deployments improve. — streets. as the deployments improve. the _ streets. as the deployments improve, the numbers - streets. as the deployments - improve, the numbers increase, the situation stabilises or get out of hand, a decision will be taken by the state president of whether to declare or not to declare a state of emergency. but for this grieving grandmother, and heartbroken sister, it's all too late. morning this 15—year—old, reportedly shot by a stray bullet in the unrest. is unprecedented, and we have not been able to go ten kilometres

in either direction because of the wholesale looting and criminality and just fear in every single direction. discounts was initially sparked by the arrest of the former anc presidentjacob zuma for president jacob zuma for failing presidentjacob zuma for failing to appear before a corruption commission. now, a dire warning from his son. we are one massacre away, just one massacre from a complete, complete spiralling out of control of the situation. his preposed — control of the situation. his proposed solution is to deal with two issues he says are to blame. , ,., ., blame. the imprisonment of jacob zuma _ blame. the imprisonment of jacob zuma number - blame. the imprisonment of jacob zuma number one, - blame. the imprisonment of- jacob zuma number one, number two the lockdown, my belief is they are causing this issue. whatever the cause, it's as if a pandora's box into the anc�*s led problems is now open and set alight. led problems is now open and set alight-— set alight. when you have millions — set alight. when you have millions of _ set alight. when you have millions of young - set alight. when you have millions of young people i set alight. when you have . millions of young people with lots of energy and no sense of value, then of course they will be available to be used as political pawns by factions of

the anc. ~ ., , ., ., the anc. we have been looted for many years _ the anc. we have been looted for many years through - the anc. we have been looted for many years through the - for many years through the system _ for many years through the system. our resources, energy, and system. 0ur resources, energy, and when— system. our resources, energy, and when we try to put food on the table. _ and when we try to put food on the table, why are we all of a sudden — the table, why are we all of a sudden the bad guys?- sudden the bad guys? south africa's tinderbox _ sudden the bad guys? south africa's tinderbox situation l africa's tinderbox situation needs resolving, swiftly. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organisation says the number of children not receiving routine vaccines rose in every region of the world last year because of the pandemic. it says 23 million young children did not receive jabs against diseases including measles, diptheria and polio. a record number of americans died from drug overdoses last year — an estimated 93,331. that's almost a 30% increase from the previous year. experts say the spike indicates how deadly some drugs have become, and the disruptive impact the pandemic has had on society.

doctors treating brazil's president have ruled out emergency surgery for a possible intestinal obstruction. jair bolsonaro has been receiving medical treatment after suffering a chronic case of hiccups, which he says bother him "24 hours a day". he'll remain in hospital in sao paulo for the time being. the cuban government has authorised travellers arriving in the country to bring in food, medicine and other essentials without paying import duties — a move considered a concession to anti—government protesters. it was requested in an open letter by academics and intellectuals as a way to ease the shortages. in russia, more than two thousand firefighters are tackling wildfires in siberia. almost two million acres of forestland and tundra are burning. the meteorological service in moscow says this could be russia's hottest summer on record. spain is ramping up coronavirus restrictions amid warnings the the country is facing another "significant"

increase in infections. the catalonia region is among those introducing night time curfews. but the measures stop short of last year's strict home confinement, which the supreme court has ruled was unconstitutional. sophia tran—thomson reports. spain has now vaccinated almost half of its population, but among people in their 20s, coronavirus infections are rapidly rising, with almost 1500 infections per 100,000. rapidly rising, with almost 1500 infections per100,000. in response, the catalan regional president has announced new restrictions including night—time cu rfews restrictions including night—time curfews and a limit on ten people gathering in or outdoors. on ten people gathering in or outdoors-— on ten people gathering in or outdoors. �* ,, �* outdoors. translation: the situation is _ outdoors. translation: the situation is very _ outdoors. translation: the situation is very fragile. - outdoors. translation: the situation is very fragile. we i situation is very fragile. we are enforcing a completely extraordinary measure that restricts the right of catalonian citizens to move freely. we are focusing on

limiting social activities that we know are most likely to contribute to the spread of the virus. , . ., , contribute to the spread of the virus. , .., , ., contribute to the spread of the virus. , , ., ., virus. this comes at a time when spain's _ virus. this comes at a time when spain's first - virus. this comes at a time | when spain's first lockdown, one of the toughest in europe, has been under the microscope. as cases began rapidly rising early last year, the government declared a state of emergency in march, almost everyone in the country was ordered to stay home, and the laws were strictly enforced for six weeks untiljune. spain's constitutional court, in response to a lawsuit brought by the far right party box now says the state of emergency was not enough to give the restrictions constitutional backing. in order to legally limit people's freedoms, the court said the government would have had to declare a more serious state of exception, which needs to be voted for in parliament. which needs to be voted for in parliament-— parliament. translation: at

that time the _ parliament. translation: at that time the government's i parliament. translation: at. that time the government's duty was to take immediate, urgent and proportionate measures to contain the spread of an unknown virus, and to defend the lives of millions of compatriots and allow us to contain the virus.— contain the virus. the government - contain the virus. the government has - contain the virus. the - government has accepted contain the virus. the government has accepted the court's ruling and the technicality now leaves the door open for people who are fine for breaking the rules to reclaim the money they paid. it's an error the government won't want to repeat as restrictions tighten this summer. the financial cost of coronavirus is still mounting in spain. in response to the most recent rise cases, france last week advised people not to travel there, while the uk announced on wednesday that travellers returning to england from the blaring islands will have to quarantine from next week unless they are fully vaccinated. another blow to spain's tourism industry after an already tough 16 months. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we will hear from the artist

who are wanting a fairer share of streaming music revenues. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the euro zone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the euro zone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on their favourite

food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: former us president george w bush has criticised the withdrawal of nato troops from afghanistan — saying civilians were being left to be "slaughtered" by the taliban. the south african government deploys up to 25,000 soldiers to combat days of violence — sparked by the jailing of former presidentjacob zuma. britney spears has told a court in los angeles that she wants her father charged with conservatorship abuse. the pop star addressed the court for the second time in less than a month as she tries to regain control of her personal and financial affairs. herfather has been in charge of them for the past 13 years. 0ur correspondent,

david willis, was in court. for the second time in three weeks, britney spears gave a very emotional testimony and she said that her father's control of her affairs was abusive and as she did succeed in getting her own lawyer to represent her after 13 years in which she has been represented by a court appointed attorney, and that lawyer, matthew rosen guard says he plans to file immediately, a motion seeking to have britney spears' father jamie stripped of his control over her life. he called mr rosengard in court forjamie spears to stand down immediately in the interests of his daughter, and said you have claimed that you love your daughter, so you should step down now from this position, but the lawyer representing jamie spears flatly refused to do so. she called some of the accusations levelled againstjamie spears by his daughter unsubstantiated.

lawmakers in the czech republic are considering a new proposal to pay compensation to hundreds — or even thousands — of women who were sterilised without their consent. most of the procedures were carried out during the �*70s and �*80s with the majority of women part of the nation's roma minority. now campaigners hope they are close to winning a long—running battle for financial redress. maria jevstafjeva has more. elinor is 52 years old. today she is campaigning forjustice for a wrong that was done to her over 30 years ago at this hospital in the czech republic. translation: the hospital in the czech republic. translation:— hospital in the czech republic. translation: , ., translation: the nurse came to me and she _ translation: the nurse came to me and she had _ translation: the nurse came to me and she had some _ translation: the nurse came to

me and she had some papers - translation: the nurse came to me and she had some papers so l translation: the nurse came to me and she had some papers so i | me and she had some papers so i signed them. i had my second cesarean section and while they were doing this they sterilised me because i wasn't so much pain i would have signed anything. pain i would have signed anything-— pain i would have signed anything. elinor is one of hundreds, _ anything. elinor is one of hundreds, perhaps - anything. elinor is one of - hundreds, perhaps thousands of women in the former czechoslovakia was sterilised without consent according to the ombudsman for the czech republic. most sterilisations took place during the 70s and 80s but cases were reported as late as 2007. many victims were part of the roma minority. we have a part of the roma minority. - have a history in central europe of roma being considered as lesser. that they are outsiders and they do not fit, they steal. it is a practice of social workers influencing the women, putting pressure on the women, putting pressure on the women and getting them to go for this operation. it was not

until 2009 that did government expressed regret over involuntary sterilisation although they denied it was a government policy. idols? although they denied it was a government policy. now after ears of government policy. now after years of campaigning - government policy. now after years of campaigning they - government policy. now after| years of campaigning they are considering a law to offer compensation to victims. for some of the women it comes to late. this woman was one of the first activist campaigning against forced sterilisation after becoming a victim herself. translation: i remember she came from the hospital and i had been crying. she was walking like this, bending and holding her tummy. my bending and holding her tummy. my motherfought for bending and holding her tummy. my mother fought for many years but she died and could not finish what she had started. evenif finish what she had started. even if the campaigners are successful, only women in the czech republic who was sterilised within the country's modern will be eligible, eggs alluding many sterilised in what is now slovakia. it will

be a symbolic victory but for many that is enough. time for all the sport now. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with golf and the fourth and final men's major of the year sees the big names head out later at royal st george's. us open winnerjon rahm will play with defending champion shane lowry and 2010 winner louis 0osthuizen in the first two rounds while four—time major champion rory mcilroy, the 2014 winner, goes out later in the afternoon with american ryder cup rival patrick reed. there is a lot more variables in the open championship and once you learn that you cannot control those variables and you just have to go out and accept whatever is given to you. so i think as i have gotten more

experience and matured, i have been able to play this championship letter and hopefully i can continue that record this week. south africa a held off a british and irish lions comeback to win their match 17—13 in cape town. two tries to the hosts in the first half gave them a 14—point lead before they lost two players to the sin bin just prior to half time. wyn jones scores after the break but it proved to be in vain as the lions lost their first match of the tour, with the three test series set to start on the 24th ofjuly at the same venue. it looks like lionel messi is staying at barcelona but with a huge 50% pay cut — providing enough players it are sold to fund the deal. the 34—year—old who just won the copa america with argentina became a free agent at the end ofjune and is understood to have agreed to sign a new 5—year contract. england's women cricketers have won their multi format series against india after an 8 wicket victory in theirfinal t20 match. india won the toss and chose to bat — opener smiriti mandhana top scoring with 70 as they finished on 153 for 6.

and in response an unbeaten 89 from dani wyatt saw her side over the line with 8 balls remaining as they scored a 10 points to 6 win. i was pleased with the way it went tonight. it is a nice wicked. balls were bowled well and ijust batted sensible and played to my strength and, yeah, i love a night like tonight and to get a series win as well makes it even better. defending champion tadej pogacar is within reach of a second tour de france title as he takes a big lead into stage 18 later. the two—year—old slovenian won stage 17 on wednesday and is now 5 minutes and 39 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger with four stages remaining. tennis — and the top seed stefanos tsitsipas is through to the quarter—finals of the european open in hamburg. the world number five from greece — who's already won two tours titles on clay this year — beat germany's dominik

koepfer in straight sets. tsitsipas — who was given a wildcard to compete — won 7—6, 6—3, and he'll play croatia's filip krajinovic in the last eight. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. thank you, tolson. music streaming is a boon to the listener, making thousands of tracks available for a small monthly fee. artists though have long claimed it delivers them pitiful returns — and senior british lawmakers agree. they're calling for a "complete reset" of the market, with musicians given a "fair share". our business reporter, ramzan karmali, has more. # freaked # frea ked out! # freaked out! the unmistakable sounds with the founder on

guitar. he is notjust a performer. he has composed and reduced records for some of the biggest artists in history. from going to madonna, diana ross to dove punk and he is responsible for the sale of millions of records worldwide. without the song there is no music business. he without the song there is no music business.— without the song there is no music business. he was 'ust one high-profile * music business. he was 'ust one high-profile start h music business. he was 'ust one high-profile start to _ music business. he wasjust one high-profile start to appear- high—profile start to appear bio for mps to explain why he thought the current music streaming system is not fair. i put out a record of an artist and he had 5 million streams and he had 5 million streams and 5 million streams was meaningless. it is incredible that a number like 5 million or 10 million can be meaningless as far as, as far as what you take out economically. it as far as, as far as what you take out economically. it 'ust does not fl take out economically. it 'ust does not make i take out economically. it 'ust does not make sense. i take out economically. it 'ust does not make sense. in e take out economically. itjust does not make sense. in a i does not make sense. in a report out today a group of mps has concluded that the balance needs to be addressed is several performances gave evidence said many of their peers were not speaking out against the status quo for fear of losing favour with major

record labels and streaming services. streaming has clearly brought significant profits to the music industry but as the business partner explains, the distribution is what is that the heart of the problem. the issue was _ the heart of the problem. the issue was not _ the heart of the problem. tie: issue was not streaming services themselves, they have saved the music industry. what has happened is that music is gone from being a discretionary purchase in the context of streaming to now very much being a utility. that money is not being shared either record companies on a fair and equitable basis with the artist. ., , ., ~ , equitable basis with the artist. ., ~ . artist. the group of mps once the government _ artist. the group of mps once the government to _ artist. the group of mps once the government to order - artist. the group of mps once the government to order an l the government to order an investigation by the petitioner market authority to look at the impact of the dominance of the major music companies. they hope an overhaul of the streaming industry will help to create an environment where musicians get a full ferrous slice of the profit. —— missed

sessions get a fairer slice. after a very scaled down ceremony last year due to the pandemic, this year's bastille day procession in paris once again featured the cavalry of the republican guard, members of the foreign legion and an aircraft flypast. this was the scene at the end of the day at the eiffel tower — fireworks to celebrate france's national day. despite covid restrictions, the fireworks went ahead, and people have been able to attend — but covid rules limited the number of spectators to 10,000, all of whom had to wear masks and produce proof of a vaccination. a spectacular display, for the city of light. this is live right now in central london and you can see big ben there next to the house of commons. next we will be talking about the uk government making changes to its green, amber and red list with a notice when it comes to travel including moving the blaring islands from green to amber.

what impact will this have on the tourism sector? —— balearic islands. hello there. sunshine did wonders for the temperatures on wednesday. aberdeenshire, one of the places that got above 25 degrees with scenes like this. lots of southern england saw similar temperatures as well. and over the next few days with more sunshine on the way those temperatures could have a little further to climb. it may be up into the high 20s and parts of the south over the weekend. but it's not all about sunshine, this is the earlier satellite picture from wednesday. you can see this cloud that has spilt in across scotland and northern ireland, that working down into england and wales as well. so a lot of places having a fair amount of cloud through thursday, maybe even given the odd light shower in eastern england. but that cloud will tend to break. we will see spells of sunshine.

i think the best of those across parts of northern england and northern ireland and a good part of scotland. and in the sunniest places, temperatures will get up to 25, maybe 26 degrees. but some eastern parts of england will be affected by a keen breeze, and that will feed more cloud in across east anglia and the south—east once again as we head through thursday night into friday. at the same time, cloud will tumble in from the north—west, but in between a slice of clear sky and a mild start to friday morning. now, through friday, this area of high pressure continues to establish itself. that means mainly settled conditions, but we do have a frontal system close to the north of scotland, so the closer you are to that frontal system, the more cloud you are likely to see. northern and western scotland, parts of northern ireland as well, quite breezy, quite cloudy maybe with the odd spot of drizzle. cloud first thing towards the south—east, that will tend to clear for most places friday. it will bring plentiful sunshine and temperatures well up into the middle 20s celsius. and then we get on into saturday. again, more cloud up towards the north—west of scotland. some light and patchy rain is possible in the north—west highlands, but further south it is largely fine with plenty of sunshine and temperatures likely to peak at 27 degrees. but those temperatures could climb even further by sunday.

this area of high pressure is still with us into the second half of the weekend. this frontal system still with us in the north as well, and that may reinvigorate a little through the day. so we could see some slightly more widespread and heavier rain into the far north—west of scotland later. but elsewhere, some good spells of sunshine, and in the south we're looking at highs of 29 degrees. that's all from me for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. seeing red over amber. dismay from the travel industry as spain's holiday islands go back on the uk's quarantine list people quarantine list definitely want to holiday people definitely want to holiday but they want to holiday but they want to holiday with confidence and they need clarity, and that's what we are not getting at the moment. fed underfire. america's central bank chief is grilled by congress over soaring inflation, but insists stimulus measures will remain in place losing momentum — growth in china slows sharply in the three months tojune. could some government stimulus be on the way? plus, red hot property.

house prices in sydney are rising at $900 a day.