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almost all aspects of daily life a now more restrictive we meet his 20 year old trying to survive on to taliban goal . and scrambling for earthquake survivors, a race against time that can be helped by technology and the insect world. we introduce you to the cycle co purch. ah, i'm ben pursuant glad you could join us. afghan women are refusing to be silent despite mounting repression and aggression from the ruling tell a bad i've got to stand is the world's or the country where girls are forbidden from attending as secondary school or university, solely because of their gender defying the ban has its consequences, a private education center in cobble was blown up last week. the u. n says over 50 people were killed. more than double the taliban stole the victims were mainly

girls and young women. the female demonstrate has taking to the streets over the bombing. we're also attacked dozens of young women standing up for their roy to be better protected and to have an education taliban officials wheeled sticks to break up the crowd. bengal fires heard, and the women scramble in panic. the protests were in response to a bomb attack on a private education center. in kabul, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the women's section of the agenda, segregated hall, where students were preparing for university entrance exams. most of the victims were girls and young women who belong to the minority has ara community 19 year old. why here was in the classroom when the attack happened. 2 of her friends and

the teacher were killed. she managed to escape. she says she won't be intimidated. mortalities because that the only thing we have is education. education is our weapon and they want to take this weapon from us. i am, i want to study law and management and diplomacy because i want to be an influential politician buddy. that's exactly like why? yeah. oh melbourne. in also had big ambitions now have photos in her school books are all her family have left of her pleasure in getting my daughter used to joke with me and say, and i will study until one day become president or a lawyer and served the people of afghanistan let their phone, but she was martyred. are you done like his napkin? oh, my bonnet was one of the young women killed in the attack. her family prey at her

grave. and her sister vows that she won't give up. who can they were really worried. it is hard for us, all the schools are closed for girls that are by show her that it is, you know, this is very painful, but we will continue with the lessons and we will never give up or stop. and when we didn't, i don't been on our, of even brutal attacks like this one haven't crushed the resolve of young african women to keep up the fight for an education. so what is daily life like for a woman in afghanistan, we found a former employee of the afghan postal service who also worked for a non profit group. but since the taliban came to power junior can no longer do either. she survived a terror attack 2 years ago sustaining minor injuries and says it feels like she's under constant surveillance for the taliban. wherever she goes. we asked her to send us this video diary mining and yes and yes,

i am 20 years old in call again. before the time one come to power, i was spokesperson for the organization here. pines. this organization was did he did for woman in support, gave again. yeah. and real estate or suggest educations? a, a kind of makes technology sector in it cetera. the are not allowed by the top one government to continue higher education and they have bad again, was all going out said or the or just whenever i go outside i think we still have to go out in black, lose in with main suite.

hm. with the i have a lot of the toa number. all people has a crazy morning before and these for p r or is it today the to get woman's going on? so the who they and are good to me. i want to continue my duty and carry out my media activities without any fear. i want to move really in peace, willing riley, via i can easily do my job without any kind office think i want to all those domains, all right. and they are enjoying, by either a cruise they look, was that as well? no. see me is head of our dorian postal service and has just published a book on african women fighting for freedom. just how restrictive has life now

become again for girls and women in afghanistan. i've been, african women's and girls lives have been restricted to extreme extent. i'm going to refrain from counting all the restrictions that were put on them in the past year because it has come to a point that african women are confined to their homes and they do not have the right to leave the house without a male chaperone. there are exceptions for women who work in the education and health sector, but mostly women are to stay home. girls and most provinces are banned from receiving a secondary education and a life has become extremely restrictive for them. what happens then if they do step out of the house without that male chaperone you know, then this is not the 1st time african women underwent similar restrictions under the 1st taliban rule. when schooling was forbidden for all girls and women,

they have managed to set up underground schools to continue their education, carrying books under their borchers and meeting and secrecy. in private houses, we're seeing similar strategies now, which is of course dangerous because there's always the possibility of being caught . afghanistan, however, is not the same country. it was in the 90s. now girls and women also have access to virtual options as well. there are a number of internet courses teaching african girls the basics, plus a number of coding courses which are popular as well. i just want to stress that even though that, that these are very positive things, it is not a long term solution. african girls need to have access to public life and be full members of society. and that includes going to school and, and schooling and secrecy in feeling that you're constantly being observed or followed. mustn't be the easiest of situations or at all

conducive to education. but what dangers do they face? are we talking about jail here? are we talking about even harsher restrictions to life? well, we haven't, we haven't heard a lot from the country. it has become extremely difficult to get reliable sources inside the country. and d, w has evacuated all the correspondence. so we do only rely on our networks. and, and i haven't heard a lot about the sanctions that the taliban have been doing for or punishing for girls for going to school or, or for studying and secrecy. but you know, been there hasn't been any positive development for women in the past year. we can assume what they might do if they would find out. and it also depends on the province because the taliban themselves are also very divided on this topic, women,

education and girls education. so if you go to one province, maybe in bucklin, missouri, if you will find girls even going to school after 6th grade. but then if you go to another province, a horse or helmand, women are completely restricted and they do, girls cannot go to school. so what sort of a future does afghanistan face by banning higher education for basically half its population and highly restricting their daily lives? well, there hasn't been any positive development for women in the past year at all. instead they have lost all of their rights. and as i said, they're confined to their homes. this is why it's so important to support them in their struggle for freedom. in fact, they are call for self determination and freedom as the same cause women in iran and east core to sign are fighting for it's. it's basically the same fight was like,

why does he me thank you very much for being on the show today. ah. as an australian, i grew up with cockroaches. they weren't my friends, but they could one day be your savior. japanese researchers are developing a new method of finding earthquake survivors trapped beneath the rubble of buildings. it's an ingenious mix of insect and robot. as you may well know, roaches can survive almost any thick japan registers dozens of destructive earthquakes each year and hundreds of people killed in their wake. finding traps survivors fast is key to saving lives. in the near future there could be a new kind of 1st respond on the scene half bug half machine. if you're trapped under rubble, you may be saved by a swarm of sy bog cockroaches name to call either. and so the main

purpose we think this could be used for is searching for survivors in places where disasters have occurred. but i enjoy what, in particular, where there's an earthquake and people are buried in the rubble of collapse buildings. our research is pursuing the application of things that could enter into small crevices in that kind of environment or from italy. these backpacks made of flexible solar cells and alex tronics and mounted on to the insects to direct their movements by remote control. okay, thank you. no, but take a break through in this particular research is achieving over 10 milli watts of wireless, charging on top of a moving insect by attaching an extremely thin solar cell to its body. you don't know if they want a 5th of a little near you. the research team says using cyberg insects is more effective than robots, whose limited battery life can cut short rescue efforts. the next step will be adding miniature senses and cameras to locate trapped survivors. lloyd,

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a chance to get behind the wheel of a chinese electric car, as germany is biggest rental company says over by 100000 of them and clean energy is much use if there is no where to put it. we visit one company that's looking to make family 5 batteries more affordable and chris kolber, welcome to the program. doesn't take too long mosque now says he will push ahead with a plan to buy a social networking fight twitter. he'd been due to face representative of twitter in court later this month after he attempted to back out of the $44000000000.00 deal. mister musk accused company of understating the number of bank accounts on the site. now inform twitter he wants to go ahead with the sale at just over the options for $54.00 a share, which is the amount originally agreed i was. correspondence court told us hallmark.