i was asked earlier on bbc radio if i was asked earlier on bbc radio if ifeel i was asked earlier onnd i didn't answer it blankly because i wanted to believe that we have leadership in the country that will take care of us. but if this information is true that president ashraf ghani and his close team left without informing the nation, then yes, it is a betrayal to the whole nation of afghanistan. you're speak as someone who is a role model for many people, you are also there is a citizen and as a mother. what do you think now for your own daughter? yes. the fear that every mother has in afghanistan. the fear that every woman has in afghanistan. deep down, in my heart, i keep telling myself to think that i have not done anything bad, and hopefully i won't have to pay the price forjoining a government position. but now i might face consequences that i never even dream of, i guess that is the price that we pay for trying to make this world a little better than when we came to it. and particularly afghanistan. what does it feel like right now because are you having to be worried about a

the match's live commentary on bbc radio 5 live and laura at brentford, thank you.tories, nuno espirito santo says his players wont be distracted by speculation over harry kane's future. the new spurs boss says he hasn't yet decided if kane will play against manchester city on sunday — the club he's strongly linked withjoining. on the eve of their season opener, virgil van dijk�*s signed a contract extension with liverpool. he hasn't played a competitive match since being injured at everton last october. the deal lasts until 2025. newcastle have completed the signing softjoe willock from arsenal for an undisclosed fee. he scored eight goals in ia premier league appearances in a lone spell on tyneside last season. —— loan spell. as premier league fans dream about what a new season could deliver, — over in paris expectations are higher than ever after lionel messi became a psg player this week. the club hopes he'll be the final piece in the jigsaw as they look to win the one trophy they want more than any other — the champions league. but can former spurs boss maurici

. >> lisa sure was a well loved her center on bbc radio newcastle.d aged 44 in may after suffering from an unusual brain clot. one of the very rare side effects after an astreneca vaccine. researchers at several universities have been trying to pin down the risks of other possible side effects. sometimes seen with astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizer jab and compare them from the risks of getting the virus itself. currently, 10 million people vaccinated with astrazeneca, an extra 107 would be hospitalized or die from internal bleeding and hemorrhages. that is merely nine times lower than the risks of the same condition following natural and action and crucially no higher than with other vaccines, such as the flu jab. the astrazeneca vaccine also had a slightly higher risk of lead clouds in veins. again -- risk of blood clots in veins, again, lower than the risk of if you caught covid. there was an increased risk of stroke with the pfizer jab, still 12 times lower than the risk of infection. they hop it will provide context to some headlines over the las

we had the defence secretary breaking down on bbc radio today admitting that people will be let down, worked — these people have worked with british diplomats, with british services. 50 if we can't get those people out, how far away are we from those women and girls? no matter what the taliban might be saying, at the moment they're saying they'll allow for the education of women and girls to continue. in the rural areas where they have been in charge for the last few months, terrible things have happened. there was a massacre at a school, 90 people killed. they say one thing, they do another, and guess we may be seeing another, and guess we may be seeing a little bit of pr now in terms of promises there making, but make no mistake, there were afghan women presenting news on afghan tv on saturday, are not there today. part ofthe saturday, are not there today. part of the reason _ saturday, are not there today. part of the reason the _ saturday, are not there today. part of the reason the taliban have been able to come back is that over the last 20 years, their leadership has been given

i was asked earlier on bbc radio programme if i was feeling betrayed by the international community,still wanted to believe that we have leaders or leadership in the country that will take care of us. but if this information is true that president ashraf danny and his close team left without informing the nation, then yes, it is a betrayal to the whole nation of afghanistan. —— ghani. you is a betrayal to the whole nation of afghanistan. -- ghani.— is a betrayal to the whole nation of afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who _ afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who is _ afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who is a _ afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who is a role _ afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who is a role model - afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as someone who is a role model for - afghanistan. -- ghani. you speak as i someone who is a role model for many people, you are also there is a citizen and as a mother. what do you think now for your own daughter? yes. the fear that every mother has in afghanistan. the fear that every woman h

a coroner has concluded that a bbc radio presenter died from complications of the astrazeneca covid vaccineer death was due to a vaccine induced blood clot and swelling of the brain. the coroner said that was a very rare condition. earlier, evidence from a doctor christopherjohnson who treated lisa when she was in hospital. he said it was one of the first cases he had seen were the underlying causes was complications due to the astrazeneca vaccine. the pathologist who examined at said he supported strongly the idea that her condition was a vaccine induced. lisa joined bbc radio newcastle in 2016. she previously worked for a number of commercial radio stations in the region, won awards, including a breakfast show presenter of the year award while she was at a commercial station. year award while she was at a commercialstation. herfamily year award while she was at a commercial station. herfamily have commercial station. her family have issued commercial station. herfamily have issued a statement today, saying, "this is another difficult day in what has been a devastating time for us. the dea

. >> it was like bbc radio 1.was like all of these like girls, all these fans, and i was like, oh my gosh, my fans are waiting for me! i got out of the car. i got out of the car, they didn't give a [ bleep ] about me. [ laughter ] wait a minute. who are all these people here for? then i went inside, and it was you. and they introduced me to you. and you were like, congratulations, lizzo, you're smashing it. and i was like, i'll smash you. [ cheers and applause ] i don't know where you from, but from where i'm from, if you say smash that only mean one thing, you know what i'm saying? >> niall: yeah, it means -- [ cheers and applause ] it means a completely different thing back home, but i get where you're coming from. >> wait, what does it mean where you're from? >> niall: you're doing well, you're smashing it, well done. you, you're smashing it. over here, it's like, you smash it! [ laughter ] >> oh. i like your american accent. what you say, you said "california" earlier "sacramento, california. [ laughter ] >> n

lisa shaw was a well—loved presenter on bbc radio newcastle.side effect after an astrazeneca vaccine. researchers at several uk universities have been trying to pin down the risks over the possible side effects, sometimes seen with either the astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizerjab, and then compare them to the risks of getting the virus itself. for every 10 million people vaccinated with astrazeneca, an extra 107 would be hospitalised or die from thrombocytopoenia, which can cause internal bleeding and haemorrhages. but that's nearly nine times lower than the risks of the same condition following natural infection, and crucially, no higher than with other vaccines such as the flu jab. the astrazeneca vaccine also had a slightly higher risk of blood clots in veins, but again, this was 200 times lower than the risk if you caught covid. in those receiving the pfizerjab, there was an increased risk of stroke, but this will still 12 times lower than the risks that came with infection. the researchers hope it will provide context to some of the headlin

claudia hammond is presenter of bbc radio 4's all in the mind and visiting professor of the public understanding? we want to know what many — want to find out? we want to know what many thousands _ want to find out? we want to know what many thousands of _ want to find out? we want to know what many thousands of people i want to find out? we want to know. what many thousands of people think about the topic of kind, sometimes people think it's something that is really soft and but in fact it can be more complex than that and an important skill so we want people to know what people think it is, where kindness takes place, what are the kindness takes place, what are the kind acts they have done themselves recently, and what has been done to them? and to things like well—being, personality to try to understand much more about where kindness comes from and what enables people to be kind even though we all know it is a good thing, really.— good thing, really. professor, are ou good thing, really. professor, are you thinking _ good thing, really. professor, are you thinking potentially _ good thing, re

i was asked earlier on bbc radio programme if i was feeling betrayed by the international community, to believe that we have leaders or leadership in the country that will take care of us. but if this information is true that president ashraf ghani and his close team left without informing the nation, then yes, it is a betrayal to the whole nation of afghanistan. you're speak as someone who is a role model for many people, you are also there is a citizen and as a mother. what do you think now for your own daughter? yes. the fear that every mother has in afghanistan. the fear that every woman has in afghanistan. deep down, in my heart, i keep telling myself to think that i have not done anything bad, and hopefully i won't have to pay the price forjoining a government position. but now i might face consequences that i never even dream of, i guess that is the price that we pay for trying to make this world a little better than when we came to it. and particularly afghanistan. what does it feel like right now because are you having to be worried about a knock on the door? anything is pos

an incredible morning of listening to bbc radio 5 live on i of listening to bbc radio 5 live on hearingconvert that into a gold medal tonight, and at the athletics, sophie hahn, already european champion, world champion, commonwealth games champion, paralympic champion, she went and broke the world record in the 100 metres heat this morning and is hoping to become paralytic champion again tonight. it is all going on. you are a former swimmer. you talk about maisie summers newton. what have you made of the records that have you made of the records that have been broken in the pool during these paralympics? i have been broken in the pool during these paralympics?— these paralympics? i think maisie has surprised _ these paralympics? i think maisie has surprised a _ these paralympics? i think maisie has surprised a lot _ these paralympics? i think maisie has surprised a lot of _ these paralympics? i think maisie has surprised a lot of people. i these paralympics? i think maisie l has surprised a lot of people. when we look at her classification, which is the s6 class, lots of people concent

the head of the british military, general sir nick carter, has been speaking to bbc radio.method. we have used other methods, and we will keep reviewing our way of keeping this happening. but, ultimately, we�*ve got to restore deterrence. because it�*s behaviour like that which leads to escalation, that could very easily lead to miscalculation. and that would be very disastrous for all the peoples of the gulf and the international committee. jiyar gol is from the bbc�*s persian service. what more do we know about the incident and rising tensions in the area? obviously, all the obviously, all the fin-er obviously, all the fin-er has obviously, all the fin-er has been obviously, all the finger has been pointin- towards iran for the pointing towards iran for the incident, the drone attacks against israeli ship on thursday. but iranian officials have denied any involvement with these incidents and even the head of revolutionary guards denied this, any link with this incident, but what we know now about the incident on tuesday night, the panama flagged ship which was allegedly h

this seems a good time to remind you can watch witness history on bbc world news or catch up on all of the films and radio just search online for bbc witness history. welcome back to witness history with me ciru muriuki. zamzam abdi gelle found herself in dadaab. for a long time it became known as the world's largest refugee camp and it is currently home to more than 200,000 people. many residents have known no other home. you don't know what life holds for you. we have been in mogadishu in a big city, with a good life and then we end up in a refugee camp. mogadishu, there were militia groups everywhere. we were scared, things you cannot imagine. we were attacked by the militia groups. i think there were about ten. they came for one of my uncles and then they shot my father that night. he was shot in the left leg and then from the back going out from the side. my father survived. we fled from mogadishu at the beginning of 1982, we travelled to the border of kenya. my father could not walk so we had a donkey cart and then we were trying to cross the border. you can be caught by the bandits at any time, if

first game of the new premier league season, with newcomers brentford facing arsenal, is live on bbc radioso painful. they're really horrible and i have to say, if you are of a nervous disposition, if you are a bit squeamish about creepy crawlies, you might want to brace yourself and possibly look away in a few minutes. what you are about to see is not very pleasant. let me do the introductions, we are at fox's competition centre in wirral, good morning. competition centre in wirral, good mornina. competition centre in wirral, good mornin. _ ,., ., ., competition centre in wirral, good morning._ nobody i competition centre in wirral, good - morning._ nobody here morning. good morning. nobody here likes or supplies. _ morning. good morning. nobody here likes or supplies. usually _ morning. good morning. nobody here likes or supplies. usually we - morning. good morning. nobody here likes or supplies. usually we are - likes or supplies. usually we are here talking about highbrow things like dressage, —— nobody here likes horseflies. over here is hanson dave, this is hercules. alex and elaine

claudia hammond is presenter of bbc radio 4's all in the mind and visiting professor at sussex who'sbut it can be more complex than that, it's a really important skill. you want to know what people think it is, where kindness takes place, what are the kind that they have done themselves recently or what is being done to them and to look at things like their well—being and the personality to try to understand much more about where kindness comes from and what enables people to be kind but what makes it hard to be kind but what makes it hard to be kind because even though we all know it's a good thing, really. professor, are you thinking potentially that somebody�*s background, health or something else might be impactful on their ability to be kind? that is right, that's really what we want to find out from this questionnaire and getting a large group of people to share the thoughts and experiences we will learn if there are differences between groups of people in different parts of the uk, parts of the world and there is evidence already to suggest that kindness is associated with our

remind you that you can watch witness history every wednesday on bbc world news, or you can catch up on all ourfilms, along with thousands of radioe archive. just search for bbc witness history. after the break, we hear from zamzam abdi gelle, who describes the early days of living in what was for a long time the world's largest refugee camp. now a story about home and nationality. our next witness began life in somalia, but what came in 1991, and the following year, zamzam abdi gelle found herself living in kenya in dadaab. for a long time, it became known as the world's largest refugee camp, and it's currently home to more than 200,000 people. there are now commercial hubs in the camp, but many residents have known no other home. you don't know what life holds for you. we have been in mogadishu, in a big city, with a good life. and then we end up in a refugee camp in mogadishu, the war had started, there was militia groups everywhere. we were scared. dead bodies were scattered everywhere. just, like, things that you cannot imagine. we were attacked by the militia groups. i think there were about ten. they killed one of my uncle

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films alongside more than 2,000 radiobbc. co. uk/witnesshistory. now to the 1980s, and a protest which made the national news in america. in 1988, students at the deaf—only gallaudet university barricaded their campus, protesting against their board of trustees�* decision to appoint a hearing president. witness history spoke to dr irving king jordan. it's important to know that i am totally deaf — i can't hear a jet engine, i can't hear anything. right now i'm working with a sign language interpreter, sarah, who's sitting front of me next to the camera, so instead of hearing your questions, i'm seeing sarah's signs. newsreader: gallaudet college has been the centre of deaf - education in america since1847. i have a lot to bring to the university but i also have a lot to learn from it, and that process must start right away. the board of trustees voted to name elisabeth zinser the seventh president of gallaudet. dr zinser had a lot of experience but she didn't know anything about deafness. and that's when i guess you could

the tokyo paralympics start on tuesday and you can follow the action on bbc radio 5 live and on the bbcright, guys, screens off, time to get outside, please. but their parents are all too aware of the damage it could be doing to their eyes. both ali and james are optometrists. with three young kids, they do spend quite a lot of time on the screen, especially in the holidays. and if they've had a lot of time on the screen, we are mindful to try to get them outside, because being outside, that can negate the fact that they have been sat on the screen all morning, potentially. and just trying to limit that time and make them have regular breaks. where are you concerned during lockdown their eyesight might deteriorate? yes, especially our eldest, because she probably spent the most time on the screen and she's a little bit short—sighted already. so, yeah, i was conscious that could potentially get worse over the last year. do your parents limit how much time you spend on your screen? an hour on the school days. no we have half an hour on school | days and an hour at the weekend. | no we hav

. _ a coroner has concluded that a bbc radio newcastle presenter died from complications of the astrazenecaned the growing pressure on the nhs in northern ireland. more than half of patients needing an initial appointment with a consultant have been waiting for more than a year. there are also long waiting lists for people needing other forms of treatment. i'm joined now by dr frances o'hagan, the deputy chair of the bma in northern ireland. thank you very much for your time today. so, where is the real pressure in the system at the moment? 0n the face of it, it looks like it is in hospitals, waiting to get appointments with consultants and so on, but presumably that places considerable pressure on primary care as well and you are a gp, aren't you? primary care as well and you are a gp. aren't you?— gp, aren't you? yes, i am a gp in the southern — gp, aren't you? yes, i am a gp in the southern part _ gp, aren't you? yes, i am a gp in the southern part of— gp, aren't you? yes, i am a gp in the southern part of the - gp, aren't you? yes, i am a gp inj the southern part of the province, so the

we've had the opening ceremony, go to the bbc sport website for the full timetable, and there will be commentary on all the key events on five live radioeather is expected to remain settled for the foreseeable future, at least the next 7—10 days. and certainly for the rest of this week, it's a case of sunny spells, but for some of us, cloudy at times, as well. now this is a blocking area of high pressure — it stops the weather fronts, the rain fronts from making any progress eastwards, so hence it'll keep things dry for us. but it's not gin clear within this high pressure — you can see areas of cloud earlier on, but many areas of the country seeing some sunshine. so through the course of this evening and overnight, it's a case of clear skies across many western and southern areas. closer to the north sea coasts and also inland, it once again will turn cloudy as that north sea cloud drifts in — or persists, if you have already. that means that wednesday morning will start off grey in a number of areas. but, just like today, that cloud will give way to some sunshine eventually. so you can see through the morning, the cloudier skies, and

correspondent for cbs this morning, host of the popular radio program science fantastic and exploration and the hosts of may terrific educational tv shows on bbc and the discovery channel. welcome to today's program. after such a great introduction i can't wait to hear the speaker myself. i'm a research physicist but i also work with the bbc television and the discovery channel, and i get to interview some of the greatest minds of science and philosophy. every time i interview these people, i asked them the key question of all questions, the question that has haunted philosophers and scientists for generations and that is is there intelligent life on earth? i was watching the kardashians on tv last night and no, no intelligent life on this planet. but actually, there is one question of all questions that has haunted the greatest minds for the past 2,000 years. is there a unifying principle, a paradigm, and all-consuming theory that would explain the richness, the variety, the splendor of our universe. that's the story of my book the en2,000 year chase to find a theory of everything. and a equation perhaps no more than 1 inch long that eluded a

radio documentaries, especially about greece. stephanie baker writes for bloomberg, the us media group. with me in the studio, bbc and foreign correspondent, clive myrie. good to have you with me clive and stephanie and maria. lovely to see you both again. now... now... the taliban are now in control in logar province, just 45 miles south of kabul, the capital. it is to the regional warlords and militia groups that president ashraf ghani has turned in afghanistan's hour of need. evidence that his army — 300 soldiers, trained and equipped by the now departed americans and their allies — is inadequate to the fight against the taliban. one by one provincial capitals have fallen. clive, when we look at the picture 234 afghanistan. james used to be the director of national intelligence and worked withjoe biden in the white house, said today it was inevitable. once the american troops leave, it was inevitable, given we now have these evacuation flights for nationals and embassy staff for the british and americans, is that kind of an implied admission that the attempt to keep the taliban out has been lost?— out has been

bbc. iam i am feeling to mendis fair in here, especially when i hear —— feeling tremendous fare, especially when i watched the tv and i listen to the radioey killed military personnel or an interpreter, they are killing people. they ask for forgiveness but they have not committed to it. they have not announced the government yet, but when they do, i am sure they are killing us, especially those that were engaged or involved with the international forces, were engaged or involved with the internationalforces, and were engaged or involved with the international forces, and for those that worked for the english language to english people. that's the worst thing. that's the worst experience i'm having in these days. given the taliban's history of persecution, it's been a particularly tumultuous period for many afghan women. and they still don't know what life will be like long—term under taliban rule. mahbooba seraj, president of the afghan women's network, has been speaking to the bbc�*s secunder kermani. one of the things i notice from the brief period of time i spent with the taliban as they seem to be a big discrepancies, i have been in

radio liberty reports... we can be sure the taliban know how to use a lot of that. and pictures like these have emerged, of taliban fighters looking quite different. listen to the bbcatis way americans would teach you. so that is reallyjarring. it's jarring because they have the kit. it's also jarring because if some of these fighters have clearly been trained by the americans. it's notjust the kit that is switching sides. so have some afghan soldiers. and there's no doubt the taliban is relishing all of this. this promotional video appears to show more fighters decked out in the us gear. and the issue is causing concern in washington. michael mccaul is the top republican in house of representatives foreign affairs committee... so far, there are not reports of that threat becoming real. and soon, the us and its allies will be gone — but its equipment won't be. to the benefit of the taliban and the detriment of those who'd question its rule. neha dwivedi is a military capabilities analyst atjanes, a global defence and security intelligence company. she's in hyderabad, in india. here's her assessment of how many weapons the taliban has seized. starting with the aircr

radio stations and newspapers. but now, the future for these institutions is unclear. saad mohseni is the chair of afghanistan's most watched tv network, tol0 tv. welcome to bbc situation, as they say, is very fluid. - you hearing? well, this situation, as they say, is very fluid. the - as they say, is very fluid. the airport situation has not changed. what is ironic for us is not only are we reporting on the disaster at the airport but we also have a lot of staff members attempting to get out, so we have formerjournalists, well, they are technically still journalists, either inside the airport or on the periphery, attempting to get in, they have been there for 36 hours or 72 hours, they don't have enough water, they are getting crushed, it is mayhem. absolute mayhem. so that is the situation with the airport. the city itself is calmer than it has been over the last few days. the taliban are less visible on the streets, the banks haven't opened, officers haven't opened, but people are slowly coming back out again. the taliban are now back in kabul, the leadership is back from pakistan and ohio, and other parts of afghanistan, it seems the entire leadership is