yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.the taliban, one year on. a special report from our teams there, including the team just featured. turning now to the issue of taiwan, and china says it will be carrying out new military exercises in the yellow sea, near south korea, until the middle of august. it follows a barrage of drills which have encircled taiwan for four days. taiwan has accused china of practising for an invasion of the island, while the us has accused beijing of using military drills to change the status quo. our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in taipei. so what we are hearing from taiwan's defence ministry today is that it believes the last four days of china's military drills around the island have been a dry run for a future invasion. interestingly we have also heard from the people's liberation army eastern command in china, effectively saying almost the same thing. perhaps the most significant statement has come from washington over night. the white house released a statement saying it believes

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.to pursue its hardline zero—covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled, leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. i've been speaking professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and he says this lockdown is just part of china's lockdown strategy. if you look at how that policy is being pursued in china, basically by each locality with singledigit cases being banned, they are supposed to launch immediate factors stomach measures to keep the crisis in control. in sanya, it is no exception, that is part of the chinese policy response to covid—i9. chinese policy response to covid-19-_ chinese policy response to covid-19. ., ., ., covid-19. you say that, and i understand _ covid-19. you say that, and i understand t

he was hoping to get his sister to this facility, badakhshan's main hospital.ped, they've had to reduce their beds by a third. in every cot, there are at least two women. are at least two women — staggering evidence here of how quickly the situation is unravelling. this room and another one next door is full of women who have miscarried. doctors tell us there are twice as many miscarriages this year than in 2021. stress and hunger are the main triggers. this woman tells me what she eats every day. translation: | drink tea - in the morning, tea for lunch, and for dinner, we find - something to cook and eat. we had no food the day this happened. - i was going to our relatives' home to borrow some rice or flour. - i started to feel weak and began to bleed. i on the floor above, the number of premature babies also surging sharply. this boy was born at seven months, still to be named. nurses and doctors are exhausted. and the taliban's bar on girls�* secondary schools means no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the pa

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.all through this week we'll be looking at life under the taliban one year on. do keep an eye out on our features from afghanistan. let's get some of the day's other news. ukrainian nuclear authorities have accused moscow of committing an act of nuclear terrorism by launching a new rocket attack on the zaporizhzhia power plant late on saturday. the operator of the plant said a russian rocket had landed close to a storage facility containing casks of spent nuclear fuel. russian forces occupy the site while ukrainian staff still operate it. russia has blamed ukrainian forces for attacks. specialist teams from mexico and venezuela have joined firefighters in cuba as they struggle to control a massive blaze at an oil facility in matanzas. more than a hundred specially trained personnel are involved in the effort, with planeloads of fire fighting chemicals. officials say around 5,000 people have now been evacuated from the area where two fuel tanks are burning uncontrollably. police in thail

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.e looking back at life under the taliban, one year in. turning out to another story for you. a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending three days of fighting between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, has officially come into effect. however, reports from both israel and gaza say fighting has continued beyond the agreed deadline. the palestinians put the overall number of dead at close to 50 — including two leaders of the islamichhad group. while israel says hundreds of palestinian rockets were fired indiscrimately atjerusalem and tel aviv. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this report. a crush of grief for islamichhad's most powerful commander in gaza. "revenge," the mourners shout. and soon it came, the armed group firing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed here with seven others in intense israeli bombing. "it was horrifying. they targeted the house with five "

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.liban, one year on. gustavo petro has been sworn in as colombia's first left—wing president. he has called for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking. saying the war on drugs in the past four decades has failed. in his inaugural speech he said the current policy has empowered the mafia and led to the deaths of at least1 million people across latin america. colombia has long been the world's biggest producer of illicit cocaine. a 12—year—old girl has made hundreds of survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. she's made more than 200 blankets this year using almost 10,000 crisp packets. dan heard reports. making survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. it's maybe unusual and time—consuming but 12—year—old alyssa says the effort is worth it because while it helps the most vulnerable people, it also stops the used packets from being thrown in the bin. we get the crisp packets _ being thrown in the bin. we get the crisp packe

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.e looking at life under the taliban one year on. so keep an eye out for that here on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll bring you more of this — catching the eye in iceland. the big crowds became bigger as of the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news. i'm david eades. the latest headlines: the us senate backsjoe biden�*s bill to fight climate change, changeling hundreds of billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the first left—wing president in colombian history,

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. be looking at life in afghanistan as the one year anniversary of the taliban taking control of the whole country approaches. there will be a series of reports across the bbc. a key supporter of liz truss has insisted she hasn't ruled out direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the conservative leadership contender drew criticism after she said in a newspaper interview she would focus on tax cuts rather than what she called "handouts". with just under a month to go before either liz truss or rishi sunak become prime minister, let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. damian, what have they both said on helping with the cost of living? i think that was a pretty significant reversal from liz truss cross campaign stop yesterday her campaign said that to deal with the cost of living she would not be looking at giving hand—outs to people but rather cuts. criticised by rishi sunak who said he would look at direct payments later in the year. today

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.this year's games were history making. sri lanka fielded its largest contingent ever, with 110 athletes — and for the first time, women outnumbered men. 67 gold medals. 76 metals including 57 gore. canada came in third place with 92 metals and 26 golds. india was fourth with 61 metals and new zealand was fifth with 49 metals. the paris sport took place we can speak to the paralympic sports correspondent whojoins correspondent who joins us now. also a member. let's talk about the medals table, went to the closing ceremony, who has really picked, who was done extremely well from your perspective? was done extremely well from your pempective?_ was done extremely well from your pempective?— was done extremely well from your --ersective? , . ., , ~ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances _ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances in _ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances in all— perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performa

he was hoping to get his sister to this facility, badakhshan�*s main hospital. and another one next door is full of women who have miscarried. doctors tell us there are twice as many miscarriages this year than in 2021. stress and hunger are the main triggers. this woman tells me what she eats every day. translation: | drink tea - in the morning, tea for lunch, and for dinner we find something to cook and eat. we had no food the day this happened. i was going to our relatives�* home to borrow some rice orflour. i started to feel weak and began to bleed. 0n the floor above, the number of premature babies also surging sharply. this boy was born at seven months, still to be named. nurses and doctors are exhausted. and the taliban�*s bar on girls�* secondary schools means no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the past year. its collective impact nowhere more visible than in the country�*s maternity wards. and what we have been able to present in this report are the numbers we found from the hospital. so it is only rea

(children cheering) ♪ ♪ we drove north to badakhshan province, through the salang tunnel and the hinduegime publicly proclaiming that the practice was forbidden. (man speaking afghan language) ♪ ♪ faizabad was one of the last northern cities to fall to the taliban in 2021. fighters who'd once been holed up in the mountains now controlled the streets. while we were in faizabad, we obtained this video. taliban fighters have tied a man to a tree and are beating him with rifle butts. (men shouting) i found someone who was there who told me the victim had witnessed a taliban commander abducting a girl for marriage. we're hearing so many stories of talibs forcefully taking girls and men as brides. and it's not just the foot soldiers doing this. so far, we've heard of cases involving a police chief, some top commanders, and even an official working in the governor's office. >> man (in dar): >> navai: a wealthy businessman met with us secretly. he said a few weeks earlier, his 19-year-old cousin had been forced to marry a powerful taliban commander 40 years older than her. >> man: >> navai: th

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. incredible report there.alice salfield. around 60 people were evacuated from their homes as crews battled a fire in west london last night. emergency services were called to hereford road in feltham where trees, undergrowth and decking were alight at the rear of properties. london fire brigade said crews had "worked incredibly hard in hot, arduous conditions" and managed to stop flames spreading to about 30 homes. there's growing pressure on the british museum to return artefacts to nigeria that were looted in the 19th century. it comes after the horniman museum in south london said 72 objects which were forcibly removed by the british military more than 100 years ago, would be handed over to the nigerian government. they include brass plaques, known as benin bronzes. the british museum, which is on the other side of london, has the largest collection of benin bronzes and which today is looking more isolated than ever, because you would have seen in recent weeks german museums agreed to hand back their benin