secunder kermani, bbc news, kasur. because the country has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with the united states, following washington's decision to freeze more than a billion dollars worth of security assistance to islamabad. washington wants pakistan to take more action against islamist militant groups. this is what pakistan's ambassador to the us told us earlier. well, we are disappointed and we are surprised. disappointed because the language used is an affront to all that pakistan had done, all the contributions that we had made to counter terrorism and made pretty good successes, working with the us and also on our own. and surprised because we were having conversations with the us leadership and we were searching for common ground. and then this comes, this... so we are trying to see how we can best handle the situation. let's keep the focus on the us. president trump has dismissed proposals for a cross—party agreement on immigration, by reportedly using insulting language about a number of coun

secunder kermani, bbc news, kasur. stay with us on bbc news. south korea, fighting for acceptance. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person t

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.ds of people have demonstrated in cities across russia in support of calls by the opposition leader, alexei navalny, for a boycott of the presidential election in march. police in moscow detained mr navalny as he took part in a rally in the city centre. he's now been released without charge. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg was at the protests and witnessed mr navalny‘s arrest. it isn't easy taking on the kremlin. alexei navalny has been jailed three times in the last year. he has been barred from the upcoming presidential election. so today, mr navalny called his supporters onto the streets. alexei navalny is russia's most prominent opposition figure, and president putin's most vocal critic. he has been barred from running in the presidential election. he is now being arrested by police. this was no "softly, softly." we saw mr navalny surrounded by police. seconds later, he was thrown onto the ground. then, the politician vladimir putin cannot bring himself to mention by name was dragged int

secunder kermani, bbc news, kasur.mp has reportedly shocked some members of congress by using crude and insulting language to attack legal protections for immigrants from the african continent, and also from haiti and el salvador. according to the washington post, he asked why the united states could not take in more people from countries such as norway. peter bowes is our north america correspondent. peter, tell us more. well, this was a meeting, as you say, in the white house, in the oval office, to discuss immigration reform. and it was during that discussion that the president is reported as saying. why are we having all of these people from these countries come here? now, he didn't say these countries, he used a crude expression to describe the countries that he is talking about, haiti, el salvador, and african countries as well. and, if you want to read in detail as to what the president said, there is full story on the bbc news website. but i can tell you a few other phrases that the president came with. what do

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.e of pakistan's highest peaks has been flown to hospital after a rescue operation. but the search for her polish climbing partner has been abandoned. elisabeth revol was in northern pakistan on friday. they were attempting to scale nanga parbat, also known as the "killer mountain", when they became stuck. tim pattinson reports. a dramatic rescue operation on one of the world's highest and most deadly mountains. an elite climbing team was rushed to the rescue after two climbers became stranded. as part of this daring high—altitude mission, the team was dropped more than 1000 metres below the lost climbers' last—known position. they scaled the mountain overnight, eventually finding the french climber elisabeth revol alive. a friend and fellow mountaineer described the rescue attempt. they started their incredibly heroic and extraordinarily fast seven—hour climb towards her. she was able to start moving, and that is what, perhaps, saved her, because had she stayed where she was, it's not

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.breaking news to bring you: we are getting reports of a new attack in kabul, this time on the marshal fahim national defence university, which is the country's highest military academy. there are reports that sound of explosions and small arms fire can be heard in the area. we will bring you more on that as we get it from our team in kabul. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: prosecutors in cambodia have charged ten foreigners with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in the north—western town of siem reap. they were arrested on thursday after images emerged of people apparently imitating sexual positions at a party, but some reports say several people in the pictures from the party do not appear among those held. there has been an outcry in mexico city over the disappearance of a teenage student who was arrested by police on tuesday. hundreds of people carrying placards called for the return of 17—year—old marco antonio sanchez. prayers were

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. people are reported to have been arrested during a day of opposition rallies in russia. the protests come ahead of the presidential election in march, from which the leading opposition politician, alexei navalny, has already been banned from standing. our correspondent steve rosenberg was filming with him as he was detained whilejoining one of today's protests. alexei navalny is russia's most prominent opposition figure and president putin's most vermette critic. he has been barred from running in the presidential election. he has now been arrested by police. some of the scenes from moscow early. and tonight mr navalny‘s lawyer said he had been released without charge from police custody after the rally. last year we reported on claims by gay men in the russian republic of chechnya that they were being detained and tortured by the regime of ramzan kadyrov — a controversialfigure, and an ally of president putin. now, human rights campaigners who've been trying to investigate the allega

just secunder kermani, who's in kabul. bring us up—to- funerals just bring us up-to-date? those killed in yesterday's attack. it is a day of national mourning in afghanistan. relatives of the victims had been waiting anxiously outside hospitals oi’ waiting anxiously outside hospitals or grimly visiting different morgues outside —— across the city, trying to recognise the corpses of their loved ones. kabul was one of the safer places in afghanistan at one stage. now it seems after a repeated series of attacks in the city over the past year, it is actually one of the past year, it is actually one of the most dangerous places. both the taliban and islamic state appeared to be deliberately targeting the city now, whereas before they perhaps tried to capture rural territories from government forces. they know that attacks here in the city capture more international attention, and also undermine the government. the security forces say they are doing the best they can in they are doing the best they can in the circumstances, but public anger at the authorities‘ failure to prevent

the bbc‘s secunder kermani in in kabul. it was at one stage one of the safer places in afghanistan.of attacks in the city over the past year it is one of the most dangerous places. both the taliban and the islamic state group appear to be deliberately targeting the city now, where as before they perhaps try to ca ptu re where as before they perhaps try to capture rural territorians from government forces. they know that attacks here in the city to more international attention and also undermined the government. the security forces here say they are doing the best they can in the circumstances. but public anger at the authorities there was failure to prevent this attack is rising. prosecutors in cambodia have charged ten foreigners with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in the north—western town of siem reap. they were arrested on thursday after images emerged of people apparently imitating sexual positions at a party. however, several people in the pictures from the party do not appear among those held, reports say. voters in their land have co mforta bly voters in

secunder kermani reports from kasur. more anger on the streets of kasur.h after the funerals of two men killed in the unrest. residents of the city have reacted with fury to the murder and sexual assault of six—year—old zainab ansari. she went missing last thursday, while walking alone to a koran class. cctv images show to be led away by the hand by an unknown man. her body was found in this rubbish dump on tuesday. the killer did not even bother to try and bury her. zainab ansari's father attended prayers in the mosque opposite his hours asking god to ease his family's suffering. translation: it is like the world has ended. i was away in saudi arabia and only come back last night. i have no words. he did not agree with the violent scenes elsewhere in the city but understood the protesters's anger with the police. transaction mac if the police had done theirjob properly, then they would have found that as soon as they got hold of the cctv image but they were not interested. the violent reaction is not just about the killing interested. the violent reaction

our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has more. so far today this city has remained calm.there hasn't been the kind of angry protests we have seen over the past few days following the discovery of the body of six—year—old zainab ansari. there is an investigative team, and a sense of urgency that whoever killed her needs to be caught. we have seen a police documents that reveals that in this city over the past year, 11 young girls have been attacked. traces of the same dna have team found on the bodies of six of them. all of them were of the did from close to their homes. all of their bodies were later recovered, also nearby their homes. only one of them survived. she is currently in hospital. her relatives say she is unable to talk and unable to move from the head down. translation: unable to talk and unable to move from the head down. translatiosz this happened to the daughter of a politician, wouldn't they have caught the attack by now? our families work, so nobody cares. zeinab‘s family has some political collections, which is why they have had some attention. —— connec

let's go live now to our correspondent secunder kermani, who's in kabul. what more can you tell us?t we know, this latest attack began around five in the morning later —— local time. i'd militants launch an attack on a military base thatis launch an attack on a military base that is close to the marshal fahim national defence university. we understand that three of those militants have been killed, one has been arrested, one, we believe, is still fighting with the security forces. at least some of these militants were armed with rocket propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests. this comes amidst effo rts suicide vests. this comes amidst efforts to identify all the victims from a huge blast that occurred on saturday in central kabul, where over 100 people were killed. and just a week after more than 20 people were killed in another attack by the colour ban on an upmarket hotel in the city —— taliban. by the colour ban on an upmarket hotel in the city -- taliban. can you tell us what windella about those behind attacks? so far there has been no claims on this. but the attack on th

our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has more. so far today kasur has remained calm.has not been the kind of angry protests we have seen over the past few days following the discovery of the body of the six—year—old. there is amongst the investigating team a sense of urgency that whoever killed her needs to be caught. we have seen a police document that revealed that in this city over the past year 11 young girls have been attacked. traces of the same dna have been found on the bodies of six of them. all of them were abducted from close to their homes, all of their bodies were later recovered, also nearby to their homes. only one of them survived. she is currently in hospital. relatives say she is unable to talk or move from the head down. translation: if this happened to the daughter of a politician then wouldn't they have caught the attacker by now? ourfamily is poor so no one cares. herfamily has her family has some political connections, that is why they have so much attention. all six girls went missing from the same small neighbourhood. the police do have a cctv

our correspondent secunder kermani, is in kabul, and sent this report the authorities have been workingorning, to clear up the scene of the explosion. they're not allowing us past this cordon at the moment, but you can still see some of the damage that was caused. the suicide attacker was driving an ambulance packed with explosives. he managed to get past this first checkpoint, but then when he reached a second one, and was apparently questioned, he blew himself up. it's not exactly clear what his target was. a police building is right opposite the scene of the blast. the indian embassy is also just slightly further up the road. but, as is often the case, it seems that a large number of those killed and wounded in this terrible incident are civilians. translation: i was sitting and working on the computer, and suddenly i heard a huge bang. then the whole ceiling fell down on top of me. this attack comes just a week after the taliban killed more than 20 people in another attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul. they've claimed responsibility for this explosion, too, which has been

let's go live now to our correspondent secunder kermani, who's in kabul., a deteriorating security situation there in kabul? yes, that's right. today is the funerals for the victims were held. we've learnt more about how this particular attack was carried out. officials say the militants had two fa ke officials say the militants had two fake ambulances. one was filled with explosives. the other was empty. the empty one travelled in front so when they reached a police checkpoint, it was searched but the second one wasn't. then, the driver of that second ambulance blew himself up close to a police compound in a busy street killing over 100 people. all this comesjust a street killing over 100 people. all this comes just a week after more than 20 people were killed by the taliban in an attack on an upmarket hotel in kabul. this city used to be one of the most secure places in afghanistan. now, for the last year 01’ afghanistan. now, for the last year orso, afghanistan. now, for the last year or so, it is feeling like one of the most dangerous. it seems the isl

secunder kermani has been tracing the killings — and has this report from the pakistani city of kasurets, kasur, now a city on edge. it is the story of the murder, rape or assault of at least eight young girls by, it seems, one man in one small part of the city. all of the victims went missing close to their homes. all of their bodies were dumped a few hundred metres away. the eldest was just seven years old. these are the last images of six—year—old zainab alive, being led away by the hand of an unknown man. she'd been on her way to a koran class but never turned up. her body was found in this rubbish dump not farfrom her home, five days later. zainab‘s mother proudly shows me her daughter's schoolwork. her parents were in saudi arabia on pilgrimage when she went missing. they arrived back in pakistan to bury her. they believe the police should have done more when zainab first disappeared. at the punjab information technology board, they are helping the police hunt down the possible suspects. all the data from close to zainab‘s house as well as cctv footage... they are using mobile p

secunder kermani has been talking to victims to hear their stories, and their feelings about obtainingtremely graphic. hospital cctv cameras captured the moment a huge taliban bomb exploded on saturday outside a police compound across the road. it had been hidden inside an ambulance. over 100 people died. it's just one of the many potential crimes against humanity committed in afghanistan by many different groups. nowjudges at the international criminal court are beginning to examine submissions from victims here in afghanistan. they are deciding whether to authorise an official investigation into war crimes that could see charges being levelled against high—ranking taliban members, against cia officials, and leading figures in the afghan government. 32—year—old samara worked as a cook in an orphanage. she was killed in another suicide bombing by the taliban in kabul last july. now, samara's17—year—old daughter, fatima, wants the international criminal court to bring charges against the taliban. she's lost faith in the afghan authorities. fatima says she's not afraid of reprisals. but

here's secunder kermani with more.ther gunman began shooting. i was speaking to one survivor who told me that he and 45 other members of staff managed to lock themselves in a secure room where they hid from the attacker, although one of the gunman was just the other side of the door. he said they later managed to escape, although this comes just a few days after another larger attack in kabul at the intercontinental hotel in which 19 people were killed, 14 of whom were foreigners. save the children isn't the only charity to come under attack in afghanistan. the international committee of red cross, has also been targeted in the past. one of their staff spoke to the bbc earlier. we stand in solidarity with them and express our outrage and how much we are sorry that this happened. also we would like to extend our condolences to the families of the collea g u es condolences to the families of the colleagues who unfortunately have lost their lives today. if you are not able to move around and we are not allowed by security

secunder kermani reports. sirens. this is the scene from the latest attack to rock this city.ek. ladder to get into a military base in the west of kabul. at least 11 soldiers. four of the attackers were either shot dead or blew themselves up. one was captured alive. and security forces and ambulances were all around. every ten to 15 minutes. translation: look at what's happening to this nation. it's better you resign. what kind of government is this? you're not even able to secure the city. how can we trust you to secure the provinces? of another attack just two days ago, in which over 100 people died. the taliban were responsible for that. they also carried out an attack last weekend at this upmarket hotel. but anger at the failure to prevent these attacks is rising. because life is almost paralysed in the capital city. going out of their houses, and schools are closed. undermine the government. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. were reportedly exposed to diesel exhaust fumes. car companies, including volkswagen. its chairman has described the tests as "totally incomprehensi

secunder kermani reports from kasur. more anger on the streets of kasur. clashed after the funerals of two men killed in the unrest. residents of the city have reacted with fury to the murder and sexual assault of six—year—old zainab ansari. she went missing last thursday, whilst walking alone to a koran class.

defence university — west of kabul city—centre. killed more than 100 people. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani what we know about what happened. to the marshal fahim national defence university. propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests. four of the attackers were either killed or blew themselves up. one was captured alive. this attack is the third in kabul injust over a week. of the city in which more than 100 people died are still ongoing. on an upmarket hotel. at least ten people have been killed and dozens injured in yemen. and dozens injured in yemen. arabia, has ordered an immediate ceasefire. this is a war with anyone. battlefield between people who once fought together. fought together. are now divided over the future of the country. the country. country that ceased to exist over a0 years ago. now, somewhat to split again. again. translation: we want a government that represents us. government that represents us. southern separatists artefacts and they want the government to resign. they want the government to resign. the government are backed by saudi arabia, and have refused to g

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. in a moment the business news.ts. fumes on monkeys, made in the new york times. is investigated in detail". by an online fitness tracker called strava. visable on the maps. let‘s talk about the boss of easyjet who has taken a pay cut. who has taken a pay cut. before, caroline mccall, who has gone to itv —— carolyn mccall. gone to itv —— carolyn mccall. easyjet where there is a gender pay gap of about 50%. gap of about 50%. most of them are male —— air crew staff. staff. 96% of all pilots worldwide are male. are male. it wants one fifth to be female but that is where the gap lies. that is where the gap lies. the boss of superdry is selling some shares. of superdry is selling some shares. he has made about £18 million from it. it. people might be surprised it is a british company. a british company. haagen das having nothing to do with holland. it isjust branding. done very well and he is cashing in at the end of a good run. at the end of a good run. they did very well from the weaker pound. and the pound is on its w