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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the taliban say they're now in control of the panjshir valley — the last province to fall to them. the resistance says it will fight on. waiting for the chance to eat — concern grows that millions could go hungry as myanmar edges towards civil war. palestinian security forces say fourteen of their members are to be charged with heating to death nizar—banat a prominent political activist and critic of mahmoud abbas. and the actor, michael k williams, who starred in the american crime drama "the wire" has been found dead in new york.
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the taliban claim they've captured the final afghan province not yet under their control. they released a video on social media showing their flag being raised at the governor's compound in panjshir province. the leader of the local resistance fighters has accused the west of allowing the taliban to advance and called for a national uprising against the taliban. as the fighting dies down, the un's humanitarian envoy has arrived in kabul for talks with the country's new leadership. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. a white flag of victory, the taliban flag. the centre of the scenic
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panjshir valley. this last redoubt of armed opposition, now claimed by the taliban. "god is great," their fighters cry. in kabul today, the taliban spokesman had a message for the enemy. translation: we have captured panjshir, with the will of god. we are telling those people who still want to fight, if they want a normal life, they are welcome in afghanistan, their home. but they need to stop fuelling instability. a defiant reply on social media. 32—year—old commander ahmad massoud vows to continue the resistance. he says his men are still in panjshir valley, and urges afghans to rise up. the taliban are getting on with the business of being in charge.
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this, the first visit by the un's humanitarian chief martin griffiths. he also stopped by here earlier today, a tented camp in a kabul park. thousands displaced by fighting in northern provinces when the taliban advanced towards kabul. displacement, drought, hunger. afghanistan was confronting a major humanitarian crisis even before the taliban took power. now, the needs of this nation pose an urgent test for the international community and the taliban. shafiqa tells me she lost her husband in this war. now she worries the taliban won't let her work to support four children. "what should we eat, what should we do?" at kabul airport, before he left, mr griffiths told us he stressed the rights of women in his talks here. the international community needs to know that there is a genuine will on the part of the authorities to adhere to these principles, to understand them and to learn
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about them over time. i've heard good words here, but none of us believe only in the value of words. many now wait to see what the taliban will do. aid agencies, allies, most of all, afghans. the first step — forming a government to start moving forward. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. aid agencies are warning that millions are facing hunger in myanmar, with the country edging towards civil war after the military seized control in february. the world food programme say the number of people needing help to feed themselves could double this year. faced with such uncertainty, many communities are relying on volunteers. ko ko aung has this report. a symbol of desperation. these flags are popping up across myanmar, households asking for help. a white flag is a request for food, yellow signals
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a shortage of medicine. it's another sign of myanmar�*s collapsing economy. many people here have little to cook with, simple food with some rice. the impact of the military coup, coupled with a massive wave of covid infections, has left many families struggling. translation: donors came to us yesterday. they gave us four kilos of rice and a crate of eggs, enough for us for two days or so. after that, i don't know how we'll get food. i can't sleep at night. it's local communities that are providing much—needed hand—outs, private donors stepping help since the government is doing little to provide support.
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most international aid agencies haven't been operating in myanmar since the military coup earlier this year. translation: donors like us are not rich. they are ordinary people like you and me who are willing to give away half of what they have. i'll donate $3 if i have $6, for example. it's just people helping people. in yangon, the business capital, long queues of people waiting hours to buy food at deep discounts. many of them are young and out of work. translation: because there are nojobs, people cannot afford rentals and so on. young people are reluctant to get donations for free. for those who have stood for hours, their bellies may be filled today, but without greater support from the authorities
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and the outside world, they and families will continue to suffer. ko ko aung, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the president of brazil has signed a decree aimed at restricting the powers of social media companies. jair bolsonaro said that the new legislation would protect freedom of speech. twitter and facebook have deleted many posts on the pandemic, shared by mr bolsonaro and his supporters, deemed to be false and misleading. the leader of a group that staged a military coup in guinea has said a new government will be formed within weeks. on sunday, soldiers from an elite unit took over the country's capital and detained its long time president, alpha conde. south korean media says the country's military has carried out a successful test—firing of a domestically produced submarine—launched ballistic missile, making it only the eighth country in the world to possess such a weapon. reports say the missile will be equipped with conventional warheads with a range of 500 kilometres.
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the uk prime minister is preparing to announce plans to reform social care in england. it's widely thought that improvements to the sector will be funded by an increase to national insurance contributions — expected to be around i.25%. many mps, including some senior conservatives, have expressed concern about the proposals. we'll have more on this later in the programme. we're used to reports of palestinians protesting at israel's occupation but recently many demonstrations held in the west bank have been against their own government. the palestinian authority, which is backed by international donors, including the uk, has come in for harsh criticism since the cancellation of long overdue elections earlier this year and the death in custody of an activist well—known for his facebook posts accusing officials of corruption. 14 security officers
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are now due to stand trial in a military court in relation to the case. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports: nizar—banat nizar—ba nat spent nizar—banat spent his final night on this matter is, his relatives keep it as a macabre memorial. two months ago, the activist came to them for help after his own house was shot at. these are the last pictures of him alive, being dragged away by palestinian security forces. one hour later, he was dead. his cousin had slept beside him, and he woke to see him being hit with a metal bar. translation: what i saw was an assassination operation, he was fast asleep. if the idea was to arrest him, they could have handcuffed him and taken him away without killing him.
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nizar—banat was known for his outspoken attacks on the palestinian elite. his death unleashed fury, had long been building of claims of corruption and lack of accountability. but the protest have been violently suppressed. international donors have given large sums to train the palestinian police and are demanding answers from leading politicians. demanding answers from leading oliticians. , ., ., politicians. things went out of control, politicians. things went out of control. a _ politicians. things went out of control, a mistake _ politicians. things went out of control, a mistake was - politicians. things went out of control, a mistake was made l politicians. things went out of. control, a mistake was made and a man was killed in the situation became politicised and polarised heavily to the extent that led to the scenes that again, should not have been seen, witnessed at all. hgppy been seen, witnessed at all. happy to be home, this man was arrested and home on his way to
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arrested and home on his way to a protest he is unconvinced by the palestinian authority's promises of reform. i the palestinian authority's promises of reform.- the palestinian authority's promises of reform. i am not ashamed _ promises of reform. i am not ashamed that _ promises of reform. i am not ashamed that i _ promises of reform. i am not ashamed that i am _ promises of reform. i am not ashamed that i am a - promises of reform. i am not ashamed that i am a critic. . ashamed that i am a critic. they have politically, economically, they are sliding more and more to a dictatorship.- more and more to a dictatorship. more and more to a dictatorshi. , ., , ., dictatorship. his trial is now under way. _ dictatorship. his trial is now under way, part _ dictatorship. his trial is now under way, part of - dictatorship. his trial is now under way, part of a - dictatorship. his trial is now under way, part of a cycle . dictatorship. his trial is now| under way, part of a cycle of protests. there are several activist inside accused of organising an illegal demonstration. you can see this hearing hasjust demonstration. you can see this hearing has just resulted demonstration. you can see this hearing hasjust resulted in yet another protest. people here, they say they will continue raising their voices, demanding change. for years, palestinians have been locked in a conflict with israel. now, many see themselves in another struggle, with their own leaders. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we look back at the life of one of france's biggest film stars, jean—paul belmondo, who's died at the age of 88.
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freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough. applause. translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free!
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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the taliban say they've seized panjshir province, consolidating their control of the whole of afghanistan. aid agencies are warning that millions are facing hunger in myanmar. the world food programme say the number of people needing help to feed themselves could double this year what a us open it's been for the teenagers so far, canada's leylah fernandez — spain's carlos alcaraz — and now britain's emma raducanu is into the quarter finals after a stunning win over the home favourite shelby rogers in new york. the american won the first two games but raducanu, the 18—year—old playing just her second grand slam, stormed back to win 11 of the next 12 games
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and becomes only the third qualifier to reach the last eight in new york in the open era. afterwards she spoke to the bbc�*s samira hussain. yeah, it means so much to me from the beginning here in new york from the first round i received so much support and it made me feel extremely welcome here, and i'm really grateful, and even to play shelby rogers who is an american and receive that much support and hear my name being chanted in the crowd, i couldn't believe it and it meant so much and i'm really, really happy and just super grateful to everyone out there. . , ., super grateful to everyone out there. . , super grateful to everyone out there. . i. , ., , super grateful to everyone out there. . , ., there. have you been able to take a moment _ there. have you been able to take a moment to _ there. have you been able to take a moment to enjoy - there. have you been able to take a moment to enjoy it? l take a moment to enjoy it? yeah, at the end of the date we have moments with the team and it is nice, we all get to regroup and chat through the day and what just regroup and chat through the day and whatjust happened. we go get frozen yoga together. and we had dinner and just treatment, recoverfor and we had dinner and just treatment, recover for the next day. treatment, recover for the next da . ., ., treatment, recover for the next da. ., day. how do you feel about your next game? _
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day. how do you feel about your next game? belinda _ day. how do you feel about your next game? belinda is - day. how do you feel about your next game? belinda is an - next game? belinda is an extremely _ next game? belinda is an extremely difficult - next game? belinda is an - extremely difficult opponent. she won olympic gold and isn't great form. —— is in great form. i'mjust great form. —— is in great form. i'm just going to try and take care of what is on my side of the court and it will definitely be first rate tennis because you give the ball to her, she isjust going to hit it past you. her, she is 'ust going to hit it past you.— her, she is 'ust going to hit it ast ou. ,, , , it past you. she seems so calm and relaxed- — it past you. she seems so calm and relaxed. rose _ it past you. she seems so calm and relaxed. rose and - it past you. she seems so calm and relaxed. rose and yoga, i and relaxed. rose and yoga, chilling out, go, emma. —— frozen yoghurt. and world number one novak djokovic rallied past 99th—ranked american jenson brooksby 1—6, 6—3, 6—2, 6—2 and advanced to the quarterfinal. there he's going to face the italian sixth seed matteo berrettini. let's now have a look at the rest of the sport. hello i'm chetan with your sports news. europe have retained golf�*s solheim cup after a hard fought 15—13 win over the united states in ohio. it's only the second time europe have won on american soil.
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ireland's leona maguire earned the first point of the day for europe with aconvincing victory overjennifer kupcho. ijust i just tried to ijust tried to get off i just tried to get off to a really good start and that eagle on two, it was really solid. a mid birdie on six which is a whole i hadn't played well all week. i just wanted to put pressure onjen from the get go and she is a phenomenal player. we did battle many times before and i knew i had to be in my a game today and thankfully there was still some energy left on the legs and i was able to get it done. india have gone 2—1 up in their five match series against england — after outclassing the hosts on the final day of the fourth test at the oval. from 77 without loss overnight, and chasing 368 for victory, england's batting disintegrated with india's jasprit bumrah sensational, reverse—swinging the ball at 90mph and taking two wickets. england were all gone for 210 and will need to win the final test that starts at old trafford on friday if they're to avoid defeat.
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very happy to get this result and a lot of effort went into the, all of the controversy with the bat as well as the ball so very happy for all of them. really happy and hopefully we will carry on the moment with the next match as well. valtteri bottas will leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — which should pave the way for george russell to become lewis hamilton's new partner from 2022. after five years at mercedes alongside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen at alfa romeo who's retiring from formula one at the end of the season. bottas has won nine races in five years since he joined mercedes in 2017. iraq continue their world cup qualification against iran in doha on tuesday. iraq held korea to a goalless draw in their group a opener, while the group leaders iran won theirfirst game with a narrow 1—0
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victory over syria. the last time the two sides met was in 2019 when iraq won 2—1. plenty more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the us open tennis but from the us open tennis but from now, that is it for sport. let's have more on our main story — the situation in panjchir province in afghanistan. fahim fetrat is a journalist, political activist and former advisor to the afghan parliament. he is at an undisclosed location. thanks so much for being on the programme. as you well have been hearing, the taliban have said they have control of the panjshir valley. can you tell us that the situation is there now? ., ~' , ., us that the situation is there now? ., ~ a us that the situation is there now? ., a ~ ., now? thank you. as you know, what has _ now? thank you. as you know, what has been _ now? thank you. as you know, what has been going _ now? thank you. as you know, what has been going on - now? thank you. as you know, what has been going on in - what has been going on in panjshir valley. and against
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the taliban, and today an early morning of course during last night, there was a very, very serious, people from the taliban were killed and wounded. hundreds of taliban were ousted by the mujahideen. now that situation of panjshir is... there is no medicines for the people. it is very, very bad and because the people who are living in panjshir, they are living in panjshir, they are facing a catastrophe. explained to us, what have the
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—— civilian population been doing while the fighting has been going on? the doing while the fighting has been going on?— been going on? the people livin: in been going on? the people living in panjshir _ been going on? the people living in panjshir have - been going on? the people i living in panjshir have escaped from their homes. they left their homes and they went to their homes and they went to the mountains. now the weather is very cold in panjshir, the mountains. but the people escape. they escaped their homes and are living in the mountains. if homes and are living in the mountains.— homes and are living in the mountains. . ., , mountains. if the taliban does aet full mountains. if the taliban does get full control _ mountains. if the taliban does get full control of _ mountains. if the taliban does get full control of the - get full control of the panjshir valley, what do you expect the resistance fighters to do? , , ., . , expect the resistance fighters todo? . , ., to do? the resistance is going on riaht to do? the resistance is going on right now _ to do? the resistance is going on right now against - to do? the resistance is going on right now against taliban. l on right now against taliban. 0f on right now against taliban. of course the taliban only have the control of the public road of panjshir and other things are under the control of the
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mujahideen and they are ready to start the resistance against the taliban.— to start the resistance against the taliban. 0k, thank you for bein: on the taliban. ok, thank you for being on bbc— the taliban. 0k, thank you for being on bbc news. _ the taliban. 0k, thank you for being on bbc news. we - being on bbc news. we appreciate your time. your welcome. _ appreciate your time. your welcome, thank _ appreciate your time. your welcome, thank you. - the actor michael k williams has been found dead at his home in new york. he was 5a. he was best known for playing omar little in the tv crime drama the wire. it's not yet known how he died. our north america correspondent, david willis has more. michael williams grew up in and the projects of brooklyn and once said that he thought that he may never leave that particular part of the world, but it was his love for street dance that propelled him into tours, dancing tours, with such luminaries as george michael and madonna, and then the artist tupac shakur saw a picture of michael williams and that very distinctive scar down one cheek. it was something that he got after intervening in a fight outside a bar when
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he was 25 years old. and tupac shakur argued successfully for michael williams to be given the part tupac�*s brother in the film, bullet. he went on to make guest appearances in boston legal, the sopranos and other shows before landing that role that was to define him, of course, as omar little, in the wire. it was perhaps the most memorable role in a series that has been called one of the best in television history. so good that then senator barack obama called the wire his favourite tv show and omar little the favourite character in it. so his death at 5a much mourned in hollywood today. absolutely. david willis there. one of the biggest stars of french cinema, jean—paul belmondo, has died at the age of 88. he began his acting career in the theatre — but became a key figure
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in french new wave cinema, making him a household name in france. mark lobel looks back at his life. he mastered playing the seductive tough guy. he had the look of a battered boxer. but his punctured nose wasn't the result of his brief teenage foray into this, at amateur level, rather an earlier playground altercation. after doing poorly at school, he found his calling in acting. translation: when you consider all that jean-paul— has done for french cinema, it is the least we can do to be there. he is still the most important french actor of the post—war period. translation: he was really nice | and close to the french people. | he represented the french people. translation: he had enormous charm. - i remembera picture i of him in pierrot le fou, and i thought, - he is so handsome. jean—paul belmondo shot to fame as a car thief in jean—luc godard's revolutionary new wave classic
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romance, breathless. produced like no otherfilm in the summer of �*59, with dialogue written daily and shooting without lighting to put the spotlight on spontaneity. belmondo remained a french box office star throughout the 60s and 70s. appearing opposite the likes of sophia loren, catherine deneuve and claudia cardinale. translation: we have done three movies together, - with jean—paul. la viaccia, when we were young. and cartouche. and of course, la scoumoune. we had some laughs. we used to do all sorts of naughty, crazy things together. he appeared on both stage and screen in the 90s, until he was hospitalised with a stroke in 2001. the winner of notable awards, his charm was undeniable. his looks divided opinion. describe as amongst the sexiest in film by some and "bewitchingly
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ugly" by others. the 88—year—old was married twice and had a string of high—profile relationships. jean—paul belmondo will no doubt be remembered for his laconic style and as the french rebel who captured the imagination of france's 1960s youth through is acting and his roguish smile. jean—paul belmondo — who's died at the age of 88. we have so much more for you still to come here on the programme. all the top business stories are next including of course the story that is terminating bbc online this morning— social careful not the prime minister is to unveil an overhaul of the sector in england. and this is the big question— how do you finance the care of the elderly. he is going to vow to and catastrophic costs of social
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care. online you can also see analysis from laura kuenssberg but i will be talking about this with a leading economist next. i will see you in just a moment. well, the warm southerly winds have arrived and a dose of summer heat is on the way. but it's not going to last for very long. yes, a very warm and sunny tuesday on the way, but from wednesday onwards, late on wednesday, we could have thunderstorms in the southwest of the uk brought by this area of low pressure. but for the time being, high pressure over us, and notjust over the uk but much of europe. and here's that warm air coming in from the south, spreading across the uk. so the early hours look pretty quiet across much of the country. there will be some mist and fog forming, maybe northern wales, merseyside, lancashire. and mild, if not quite warm, 15, 16, 17 degrees around dawn. and the temperatures will quickly skyrocket as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. now, it's going to be sunshine pretty much all around, although across some far northwestern parts of the country, it could be a little hazy and cloudy. and much cooler in stornoway,
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18 degrees, but the mid—20s for the lowlands of scotland, 27 for yorkshire, 30 possible in the midlands. and if we do get 30, which we are very likely to get 30, it will be the hottest day since the 23rd ofjuly, after a relatively cool august, because the temperatures never really got that high during august — a little unusual. so this is what it looks like on wednesday, the weather map. you can see a low pressure approaching us, weather fronts here too. these are showers and thunderstorms reaching southwestern parts of england and also wales, some showers getting into northern ireland too, but the rest of the country is still basking in that summer sunshine — temperatures just shy of 30 degrees, i think, on wednesday. i mean, they could reach 30 once again, but look at that,
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plymouth there, cornwall and devon, only around 19 degrees. and then wednesday night into thursday, those showers spread across the country. there could be some showers and thunderstorms almost anywhere, really. and on thursday itself, you can see it's much fresher across the uk. some of that warmth is still left around lincolnshire and east anglia, but the vast majority of us are back into the low 20s. so here's the summary and the outlook. you can see that weather going downhill as we go through the second half of the week. and the weekend? the weather's set fair. modest temperatures, around the low 20s. bye— bye.
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