but a report in 2019 revealed its condition was deteriorating. efforts are now under way to remove vehicles from the mangled structure, but given the difficult terrain, officials say it could take months to clear up the debris. peter bowes, bbc news. hello, there. it has been a storming start to the weekend across northern britain, thanks to the winds of storm malik, which was named by the danish met service. but we turn our attention now to the uk met office named storm corrie which arrives on sunday night, it could bring some damage and disruption. the winds for storm malik easing down quite quickly overnight, a ridge of high pressure builds in. many places will turn dry under clear skies and lighter winds. it will turn quite chilly, there will be a touch of frost out of town.

so, it is going to be a cold, crisp, sunny start across much of the country for sunday morning, particularly across england and wales. cloud starts to build across northern ireland and scotland as storm corrie begins to race in, bringing in gales and rain, and some mountain snow. it will be a chilly day right across the board. storm corrie spends right across the north of the uk during sunday night, the early hours of monday, a met office blanket yellow warning for northern britain, 50 to 60 miles an hour, and an amber warning for northern scotland with gusts in excess of 80 miles an hour.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe, and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs. and — one of the biggest

stars in world sport, quarterback tom brady is retiring from the nfl after 22 seasons and seven superbowl titles. the seven—time winner of the superbowl, who is 44, is considered by many to be the best nfl quarterback in the history of the game. now on bbc news, yalda hakim travels back to afghanistan to find out what the country is like under taliban rule. last year, after 20 years of war, the taliban retook afghanistan. over 100,000 people fled. now, with access to the new taliban government, i want to find out what the country is like under their rule.

they face a country shattered by war. starvation. the economy is close to collapse and millions face starvation. every baby and child in here is in a critical state and we just don't know if they are going to make it. and this one—time terrorist group now faces a new terror threat of its own. can the taliban form a government that can put their violent past behind them and help rebuild this broken country? the last time i was in afghanistan, it was two months before the taliban took kabul. almost everyone i met then — members of the former government, human rights activist and journalists —

have since led the country in fear of reprisals from the new taliban government. with routes into the country beginning to reopen, i decided to head back to afghanistan to see for myself what life was like for those who stayed behind. i had arranged to meet the dosts. they'd both lost their teaching jobs when the taliban took over. they are now living off their savings.

a month before we met, this dost family organised a protest against the restrictions on girls�* education imposed by the taliban. they invited everyone they knew, but on the day, they were the only ones to show up.

i was struck by the risks this family were willing to take to demand an education for their daughter. under the previous government, girls receiving an education and women working had become the norm in kabul, but there are parts of afghanistan where things were very different. i travelled 500km to kandahar, in the south of the country. it has always been seen as the conservative heartland of the taliban. me walking around here would have felt unimaginable a few months ago. and now, late in the afternoon as the sun's setting, we are out and about, walking around quite freely. it's clearly a different place, a different time — and a different country.

but despite the surprising calm on the streets, there was a hidden threat here that was worsening by the day. widespread drought and economic crisis and sanctions against the taliban have created a situation where an estimated 98% of afghans are going hungry. i went to the paediatric unit of mirwais hospital to see for myself how families here were coping.

everywhere you look in this ward, there is a mother praying and it feels like that's all they have now. every baby and child in here is in a critical state and we just don't know if they are going to make it. like four—year—old munir, many of the patients in the ward were from the rural provinces surrounding kandahar city — areas that have been devastated and cut off

by years of conflict. the next day, i drove to sangin, a small village in the south of helmand province. it was one of the most heavily bombarded areas during the war and responsible for more than 10% of daily casualties of the entire nato mission against the taliban. we have just arrived at the outskirts of sangin and i have meta man who says his home was destroyed by foreign forces. much of this area was carved up by the warring sides with very little regard for the locals.

this is where some of the most bitter battles were fought, and there seems to be very little left here standing. most of it is rubble. this building was a three—storey building and it's completely destroyed.

a long way from kabul and a very different story over here — people who genuinely felt occupied by the foreign forces and the former government, and this is what they've left behind, homes destroyed. and this is the price of freedom that these people say they've had to pay. while i was in sangin, i've met a member of the taliban named abdul karim. he had previously kept his militant activities a secret from his neighbours but was now happy to talk openly.

i was shocked by abdul�*s admission that even local children had participated in the taliban's fight. but he was determined to demonstrate just how instrumental these tactics were against the foreign forces.

despite all the destruction and poverty in this region, there has been one constant. helmand's poppy fields have provided a vital source of income for impoverished fighters and the taliban. afghanistan controls approximately 80% of the world's opium and for the last two decades, there has been a lot of talk about eradicating these fields.

but it seems that these farmers have been working and operating as normal.

the afghan opium market is worth an estimated $4 billion a year. shutting down these farms is clearly not an economic reality for the taliban. poverty and hunger is now affecting nearly everyone in afghanistan. there is a increasing concern that terrorist groups are using this to recruit and to challenge the new found authority of the taliban. isis in the khorasan, also known as isis—k, are the regional affiliate of the islamic state.

during the taliban takeover, thousands of isis militants escaped from jail, swelling the ranks of the terror group. i received news that an isis operative had detonated a suicide vest in a clash with the taliban police. we have been called here by the taliban police who wanted to show us an isis sleeper cell that they recently attacked. so, what happened here? do you have reports of who they were and what their background is?

despite the assurances of abdul karim, a string of deadly isis attacks have erupted across afghanistan in recent months, many targeting ethnic shias. one of the most devastating was a suicide bombing of a shia mosque in october that claimed the lives of 50 worshippers. one who lost his life was haji.

as well as attacks from isis—k, members of afghanistan's shia minority have a right to be wary of the taliban as they were heavily persecuted by the regime of the �*90s.

after spending time with the kasemi family, i wanted to put some questions to the new taliban police governor for the province. upon arrival at his office, he was in the middle of receiving requests from members of the community. a lot of the people coming to petition commander mawlawi seemed to be taliban fighters. i wanted to press him on whether he was also committed to protecting the interests of other communities in kandahar. so you can guarantee to the shia community

here in kandahar that they will be safe, but they can go to their mosques, that they can worship without being targeted? what about the bomb that went off at the shia mosque? there's been so much bloodshed over the last 20 years and the people now in charge were the ones terrorising the citizens of this province and this city.

it's difficult to know how people will come together and how there will be some form of reconciliation now. during my time in afghanistan, i'd been trying to reach members of the former afghan police force — a community that had every reason to fear a taliban takeover. none of them would meet me in person but eventually, i got through to a police officer who had been in hiding since the collapse of the government. hello?

what i found during my time here in afghanistan is that this is a nation that is very much divided. there are those who are in the rural communities in sangin who feel they were ignored for the last two decades and then, there are those

who are living in hiding, living in fear, concerned about the taliban sweeping back to power and what that actually means for their future. the harsh winter is now setting in and famine is afflicting millions of afghans. this will require more than the healing of divisions to solve. billions of assets are frozen abroad and sanctions on the new regime are biting hard. the afghan economy is close to collapse. if the taliban cannot find a way to feed the citizens they now represent, they will struggle to even begin the process of rebuilding the country.

hello, there. it has been a very wild start to our weekend. stormy conditions across northern britain all tied in with storm malik, which was named by the danish met service. the winds associated with storm malik now easing and we look to tomorrow to storm corrie, which has been named by the uk met office. this system here which will continue to develop as it pushes again to very similar areas, affecting parts of scotland and northern england late on sunday into the early hours of monday. but a ridge of high pressure continues to build in across the country during the overnight period, so the winds easing

down from storm malik across the north—east of the country. many places will see lighter winds by the end of the night, largely clear skies, so it'll be a cold one with a touch of frost developing, particularly out of town. we start our sunday morning off on a relatively quiet, bright, sunny note. it will be cold with some frost around but widespread sunshine across england and wales, eastern scotland. the cloud will start to thicken up there across scotland, northern ireland as storm corrie begins to hurtle in during the afternoon period, bringing gales, some heavy rain, some mountain snow over the high ground of scotland but the sunshine will hold on across southern and eastern england throughout much of the day. but it will be a chilly day, temperatures in single figures for most. then through sunday night into the early hours of monday, storm corrie moves into the north of the uk, again bringing a real squeeze in the isobars across parts of scotland and northern england as it pushes out into the north sea. the met office have issued a blanket yellow warning for the northern half of britain, 50—60 miles an hour gusts here but an amber warning has been issued now for the northern half

of scotland, gusts here could be in excess of 80 miles an hour, of course affecting similar areas to what storm malik did, so we could see further damage and disruption. the winds will ease down though through monday morning and then it is a breezy day for all. quite a bit of sunshine through central and eastern areas, more cloud for scotland, northern ireland. outbreaks of rain, bit of wintriness over the high ground. it will be a chilly day, those temperatures in single figures for most. we will see further wet and windy weather across the north and east of the country monday, into tuesday, nothing as windy as what we have seen though of late, and then high pressure begins to build in once again. that will actually import some milder airfrom the west or the south—west. you can see temperatures in double figures for most, perhaps turning colder by the end of the week.

this is bbc news. storm malik batters northern britain, leaving two people dead — a nine—year—old boy and a 60—year—old woman. thousands are without power as forecasters warn storm corrie will bring further high winds tomorrow. in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. senior conservative mps join the opposition in calling for the report on downing street parties during lockdowns to be published in full. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs.