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afar or do we what is going on from afar or do we do what the eu embassy has done and reopen and have greater engagement? at every meeting i had with the taliban, i raised terrorism, women's rights, children's education, with the un as well. so i was able to learn what's going on and i don't dismiss any of the challenge is taking place, i make it very clear that this is a very, very vulnerable indeed, on a fiscal edge, the economy could easily collapse in a few years if the international community does not re—engage. let few years if the international community does not re-engage. let me brin: in community does not re-engage. let me bring in fawzia — community does not re-engage. let me bring in fawzia koofi. _ community does not re-engage. let me bring in fawzia koofi. he _ community does not re-engage. let me bring in fawzia koofi. hejust said - bring in fawzia koofi. hejust said bring in fawzia koofi. he 'ust said in his video i bring in fawzia koofi. he 'ust said in his video today h bring in fawzia koofi. he 'ust said in his video today that _ bring in fawzia koofi. hejust said in his video today that corruption | in his video today that corruption has reduced. so if we have evidence and data _ has reduced. so if we have evidence and data that corruption as reduced in afghanistan, that means the economy— in afghanistan, that means the economy has improved so why is he worried _ economy has improved so why is he worried about the economy? i think there's_ worried about the economy? i think there's a _ worried about the economy? i think there's a contradiction in what we
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say what — there's a contradiction in what we say what the international community says _ say what the international community says what _ say what the international community says. what i'm saying is that over the last_ says. what i'm saying is that over the last two — says. what i'm saying is that over the last two years, the women of afghanistan and the people of afghanistan and the people of afghanistan have been deprived of their basic rights. going as a diplomat _ their basic rights. going as a diplomat from outside, being protected by taliban, as a celebrity because _ protected by taliban, as a celebrity because obviously people who are in dire economic situation would respect — dire economic situation would respect what you see and listen to what _ respect what you see and listen to what you — respect what you see and listen to what you say and would want you to explain _ what you say and would want you to explain to _ what you say and would want you to explain to the world that there is a situation — explain to the world that there is a situation. but what about those people? — situation. but what about those people? what about the woman has been imprisoned by the telephone for bein- been imprisoned by the telephone for being an _ been imprisoned by the telephone for being an education activism and no one knows about his whereabouts ppint _ one knows about his whereabouts point what about the women protesters who have been in prison? i'm not— protesters who have been in prison? i'm not shopping for a far i'm saying — i'm not shopping for a far i'm saying is— i'm not shopping for a far i'm saying is that somebody has been in afghanistan and experienced the taliban, being deprived of my education, higher education, millions of girls now are deprived of education. looking ahead ten years— of education. looking ahead ten years from — of education. looking ahead ten years from now, there will be zero literacy— years from now, there will be zero literacy in — years from now, there will be zero literacy in afghanistan. beat are shocking — literacy in afghanistan. beat are shocking figures and we are living
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in a globalised world. mr ellwood, erha -s in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you _ in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you got — in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you got a _ in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you got a sanitised - in a globalised world. mr ellwood, | perhaps you got a sanitised version of afghanistan when you were there. my of afghanistan when you were there. my brother was killed by a terrorist organisation in bali in 2002, i hold a candle for the taliban, let's make this very clear. —— i hold no candle. i want to re—engage so we can challenge the very issues mentioned and i visited helmand province, i was able to drive free without any checkpoints whatsoever to kandahar i couldn't have done that on any one of the dozen visits i did in the last couple of decades. everywhere went across helmand province there were these solar panels which had been distributed to every dwelling, every household, irrigation pumps working, changing the produce being built not from poppies but to cotton and fruit and so forth. this is the sort of livelihood programmes we never saw going when nato was there to absolutely let open the embassy. thank you very much, tobias ellwood
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and fawzia koofi. that's all from us tonight. kirsty�*s back here tomorrow. have a good night. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. scientists are calling it a breakthrough — an enormous moment of hope. trials of a new drug to treat alzheimers shows it slows the early onset of the disease by up to 60%. the disease gradually destroys key areas of the brain involved
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in memory and understanding. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. hello. are you all right, mr colley? hi, yes. yes. i've got your donanemab here for you... mike colley has alzheimer's disease, yet the 80—year—old feels incredibly fortunate. i'm one of the luckiest people you'll ever meet. just for this. that's because he's been on the global trial of donanemab for two years. he's come with his son for his monthly infusion, at this clinic in london. i seem to get more confident every day. and i'm sure this is going to be successful. they'll get all the rubbish off the top of my brain and i'll be back to normality. i'm very confident about that. i never thought that i would see my dad just so full of life again. you know, now we have hope and, two years ago, we didn't. and, you know, that'sjust
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an incredible difference. i'd like you to subtract seven - from 100, and keep subtracting seven from each answer until i tell you to stop _ so what is 100, take away seven? 93. despite mike's optimism, donanemab is not a cure. his memory and ability to process information are still impaired. 86... but full results of the trial show the drug slowed cognitive decline by about a third, enabling many patients to continue leading independent lives for longer. 60... he chuckles. i've forgotten already now. i've lost the plot, sorry. that's ok. in alzheimer's, a rogue protein called amyloid builds up around neurons, destroying connections. donanemab is an antibody which binds to amyloid. this prompts immune cells to attack
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and clear amyloid from the brain. so, lots of toxic amyloid protein... you can see it clearly in these scans. this patient starts with a lot of amyloid — shown in green, yellow and red — but after six months on donanemab, most of the amyloid has been removed. this is really significant. i mean, this is one of the biggest breakthroughs, insomuch as this disease is a pandemic. it's getting more and more common. and being able to both remove the amyloid protein and demonstrate that that correlates with the slowing, or hopefully steadying of symptoms, is life—changing. so a moment of hope? a moment of enormous hope. this is fantastic. hello. are you ready to come through? yes. all right. donanemab could be licensed here within a year, butjanet north is hoping to get it sooner, as part of the next stage of trials. could you tell me what year it is?
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oh, dear. she sighs. no. 2004, i was going to say, but it's 2020—something, isn't it? 2024? 0k... janet, who's 76, says alzheimer's means she no longer remembers how to use a computer or how to cook. i can't make things nice. i can't cook as i want to cook. i have no timing ability, and that's crucial. erm, itjust drives me potty, because i can't do it. but before any patient gets donanemab, they have to have one of these — a pet scan, a specialised type of brain scan. the problem is, there aren't nearly enough scanners. currently, hardly any alzheimer's patient has one. there's another hurdle. donanemab has potentially serious side effects. it can cause swelling and bleeding in the brain,
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so patients will need to be aware of the risks and be carefully monitored. but despite safety concerns, there will be huge demand for this new drug, which mike will continue to receive as long as it helps him. after decades of failed trials, the era of alzheimer's treatment is upon us. sir eltonjohn has been giving evidence for the defence at the trial of the actor kevin spacey, who's accused of sexual offences involving four men. appearing via video link at suthuck crown court, sir elton was asked about a charity event he hosted which the actor attended. kevin spacey denies all the charges against him. members of australia's national football team — the matildas — have released a video calling for more to be done to further
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women's football. the team — which won a landmark agreement in 2019 — sees themselves as global ambassadors in the fight for equal pay. our business reporter katie silver reports from sydney. in 2015, fifa made us play the world cup on artificial pitches. the grass was fake and the disrespect was real. in 2013, we signed a new deal to make sure we got our laundry done for us. fifa will still only offer women one . quarter as much prize money as men for the same achievement. members of the home team, the matildas, make their appeal to fifa and football's power brokers just days before the world cup kicks off. all: this is our legacy. the soaring popularity of the women's game in australia has been on full display. two billion people globally are expected to tune in to watch this world cup, yet the prize money forfemale players is far smaller than the men's. the argument for why we are getting paid so much less
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is just kind of dwindling, it's not really much of an argument any more. if you look at the ticket sales and the interest and the tv viewing and all of that, there's just not much of an argument there any more. in some countries like vietnam, the gender pay gap remains huge. that's according to former star nguyen thi minh nguyet, who played for the national team until 2016 and is now a professional coach. translation: at the moment, there are players in the team i who have to both play professional football and do other things like selling goods online or, together with their family, open a restaurant or shop in order to make ends meet. for those that follow the game closely, this world cup is being seen as a watershed moment for women's pay. one of the most exciting parts of the 2019 women's world cup was after the final was won
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by the usa, there were chants of, "equal pay," that rang around the stadium. so this women's world cup coming up, it's a real, another opportunity to be able to talk about these bigger things and equal pay, it's still something that notjust women footballers are striving for, it's what women everywhere are striving for. this world cup there have been stand—offs between multiple teams and their football associations, including the uk, south africa, nigeria and canada, and these fights are over everything from basic equal pay to bonuses. some teams are even threatening to boycott matches if their demands are not met. it's hoped that with this momentum, the next—generation's battle will be just on the pitch. katie silver, bbc news, sydney. the first space tourists travelling on sir richard branson's virgin galactic will launch next month — among those on board are a mother and daughter, and 80—year—old jon goodwin — an 0lympian — who bought a ticket
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for the virgin space mission 18 years ago — and has been waiting ever since. ellie price reports. the spaceship attached to a mothership... as bucket list dreams go getting into space is a difficult one. when i was two years old, just looking up in the skies, i was like, "how can i get there"? it turns out a raffle ticket will do it. keisha and anastatia from antigua will be the first mother and daughter to blast into orbit together. jon goodwin from newcastle under lyme, who's 80, has beaten the odds in another way. he's got parkinson's. i was pretty convinced that they were going to turn round to me and say, "you're not able to go". but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson's. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled downjust to prove that it wasn't going to get me.
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and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that's not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august the eighth. ellie price, bbc news. model ships built by two young brothers from aberdeen—sher in scotland have been launched on what is planned to be an epic journey around the south pole. the mission to circumnavigate antarctica, started by harry and ollie ferguson, is thought to be a world first. the schoolboys built one—metre replicas of two scientific vessels.
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it's estimated the journey of more than 12500 miles could take up to two years. they took inspiration from the a scientific expedition in 1839 where the ships discovered the ross ice shelf. and now to the remarkable story of an australian sailor who survived two months at sea. here he is — this is the castaway — tim shaddock — and on his right you can see his beloved dog bella. the pair set off from la pez, along the baja california peninsula in mexico, in april. they were attempting a 6,000 km solo voyage across the pacific ocean to french polynesia — but their boat was damaged by a storm several weeks later. this meant the sailor and his best friend — were left drifting in the vast and hostile north pacific ocean — for two months! they survived on a diet of raw fish and rainwater. the pair were rescued by a trawler this week after a helicopter spotted them.
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that's all we have a news day, i monica miller thanks for watching. hello. if you're wondering whether any of the heat that's currently affecting southern europe might head our way, well, the answer is a resounding no, but that is good news. i think when you look at these temperatures. these temperatures which we recorded in the south of europe on monday, are very dangerous indeed. and this heat shows no real sign of letting up. now, we are stuck in a very different type of weather. the jet stream diving to the south of us that's keeping us away from this hot air, instead keeping us in something cooler, and with low pressure in charge, it is quite unsettled. this weather system pushing its way in from the west right now is going to bring some very heavy rain for some through the day on tuesday. that rain through the morning
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across parts of northern ireland, then swinging across the irish sea into wales, the north of england, the south of scotland, south west scotland could be very wet for a time. bit of rain into the south west of england. northern scotland seeing sunny spells and the odd sharp shower. the south east of england should hold on to some hazy sunshine and some warmth, 23—24 degrees, but stuck under cloud and rain you may well see temperatures no higher than 14—5 degrees. than 14—15 degrees. very wet for a time through the evening, particularly across parts of southern scotland. that rain then tries to pull away eastwards. i think cloud and some patchy rain may linger across south east scotland and northeast england into the first part of wednesday. those are the starting temperatures for wednesday. and then this legacy of cloud still sticking around across parts of northern england, maybe southern scotland, down towards the east of england as well, with the odd spot of rain through wednesday morning. elsewhere, sunny spells and scattered showers. some of those could be on the heavy side. and temperatures of around 18 degrees there for belfast,
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23 degrees the high in london. forthursday, it's the sunshine and showers day. most of the showers are likely to be across the north and the east of the uk. not as many showers further west. and those temperatures again in a range between 16—22 degrees for most of us. so any big changes as we head towards the end of the week? well, not really. various weather systems, various areas of low pressure still featuring in the forecast. bit of uncertainty about where it might be wettest over the weekend, just how windy it's going to be, but certainly staying unsettled and relatively cool and no change in that story into the start of next week.
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innovative artists, this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. what is art for? well, there's no easy answer, but maybe it has something to do with enabling us to see ourselves and the world around us in a new way, firing up our imagination, revealing new possibilities. that, at any rate, seems to be
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