malawi calum again once wielded enormous power he led the enforcement of taliban regulations during their rule of afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one now he's hoping for a comeback as the taliban and the us hold peace talks after years of guerrilla warfare the taliban want to be in charge again calum again says that's long overdue . to see that the afghans want to live in the sharia law again our holy war wasn't in vain that. all afghans want to shari'a law over again not just the holy warriors from the taliban. afghanistan under taliban rule movie theaters destroyed films burnt everything considered western was strictly forbidden men were forbidden from shaving their beards women were forced to wear burkas infractions were met with severe punishment prison or death by stoning kalamu doing today has a different spin on this brutal oppression. we never punished anyone better than those people advice and if we threatened anyone because he didn't have a beard it wasn't because we wanted to be it's a one of god's commandments for men as covering up fo

the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before malawi calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change that is the individual vital to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan. compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price let's go back to journalist latif in kabul eliot the u.s. is negotiating with the taliban even though secretary of state might this week called the taliban terrorists how do ordinary people in afghanistan feel about negotiating with the taliban. i mean a thing is the ordinary person wants peace there's a very small majority minority people who may be anti peace at this moment but everyone wants this war to end because everyone has seen that the very real human cost of this war the biggest problem with these negotiations is that there is no up on president other than that all of

gonzalo higuain and jorginho struck either side of calum chambers‘ equaliser as maurizio sarri's chelseaack—to—wins with victory over fulham. with nine matches remaining, fulham are 10 points from safety and have lost eight of their past nine league games. it was a much—improved performance in their first game since the sacking of claudio ranieri, but the club remain deep in relegation trouble. the most important thing from me todayis the most important thing from me today is that we show the character, character with the ball, we need to show character in a running hard, working hard and a real passion but we showed character with the ball. to me this is the way personally wa nt to me this is the way personally want my team to play it and the way for them plays and that fahmy was the most pleasing thing. confirmation of the days‘ results in the later games while earlier watford saw an andre gray injury time goal deny leicester manager brendan rodgers a point in what was his first match in charge of the foxes since taking over earlier in the week. in spain atletico madrid have piled more

the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before allowing calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change. in the lives lytle to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan because of. the compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price. it's perhaps the was best known piece of feminist eve ensler the vagina monologues premiered in new york more than two decades ago this week the first ever bernese language production opens in myanmar the play will be breaking new ground in a country where sexuality and women's bodies are still very much to topics. it takes courage to say vagina out loud in myanmar. never mind talking about periods or pleasure when it comes to sex. but these women are warming up getting ready to break taboos. trying to we have to start a trend people realize it's ok to talk about these is

the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before allowing calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change this is the individual vital to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan. compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price short while ago i spoke to a journalist in kabul i asked him how ordinary afghans feel about the taliban being involved in direct talks with the us about the future of the country. the biggest problem with these negotiations is that there is no other on present other than the dollar but the negotiations are between the taliban and the united states which is exactly what the taliban has one thousand and once you know the trump administration has sent. as their representative to doha but he's not there as an on he's there as a u.s. representative you know you have to remember that

the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before allowing calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change that is the individual vital to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan because of. compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price and graeme smith has many years of experience in afghanistan working as the us political affairs officer and as correspondent for the canadian newspaper the globe and mail he joins us from montreal welcome to g.w. what do you think will come out of these u.s. talks with the taliban. well with any luck we'll get the end of the largest war in the world i mean more people are dying now in afghanistan that in syria and yemen combined last year by some guesses the total is forty four thousand dead combatants and civilians and so when you think about the huge human toll in

malawi calum again once wielded enormous power he led the enforcement of taliban regulations during their rule of afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one now he's hoping for a comeback as the taliban and the us hold peace talks after years of guerrilla warfare the taliban want to be in charge again callum again says that's long overdue. to see the. fans want to live in the shari'a law again how a holy war wasn't in vain. i want to share your lore again not just the holy warriors from the taliban. afghanistan under taliban rule movie theaters destroyed films burnt everything considered western was strictly forbidden men were forbidden from shaving their beards women were forced to wear burkas infractions were met with severe punishment prison or death by stoning callen moving today has a different spin on this brutal oppression. we never punished anyone better than those people advice and if we threatened anyone because he didn't have a big it wasn't because we wanted to it's one of god's commandments for men as covering up for women those who want to

lose all of our freedoms with the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before but now we calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change this is the individual vital to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan because of. the compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price let's bring in journalist latif if he is standing by in couple right now ali as we heard there are fears that the taliban could soon return to power and afghanistan and let's not forget this is a movement that's known for its incredibly harsh rule fundamentalist stances on education and its repression of women as well how do afghans feel about these talks . there's a lot of trepidation about these talks because the truth is that there is no up on representation there the i was on my colleagues are representing the united states any of t

gonzalo higuain and jorginho struck either side of calum chambers equaliser.fter them until the end of the season after claudio ranieri's sacking last week. they've lost eight of their past nine league games. watford denied new leicester city manager brendan rodgers a point. that's after andre gray scored an injury time winner. i loved every minute of it, a great week. i sent to the players, whatever the result was going to be today, i wanted to see that intensity. we've onlyjust come together. i've seen that. it's a great opportunity to go forward now and build on some of the good points from today. poland have finished top of the medals table at the european indoor athletics championship. closely followed by great britain, who've secured their best ever medal haul at the event. laura muir picked up theirfourth and final gold in glasgow. she dominated the 1500m, leading from start to finish to add that title to the 3000m she won on friday. poland's sofia ennaoui finished second. ireland's ciara mageean took the bronze. great britain also picked up a gold in t

leader and a good outcome calum did agree with president macro when it came to security but on not a lot else and members of a christian democratic union party are also critical of the plan i'm quite amazed that i. good come of the new cd you little skeptical because normally germany doesn't always follow the french lead us in germany thought that would be part of the german reason of state but apparently it's not any more than you can see in this the turmoil and the the change in europe the pressure by the people and democratic change has probably brought the party leader to present position ourselves slightly more skeptical of new french plans and france is failing and this e.u. in some ways is feeling the timing of the release of crumbs plan hasn't helped the french president either it's come out just before european parliamentary elections in which it's expected euro skeptic parties will make pretty decent gains and while he hasn't got the support of key allies within the european union dream of a new european or in a sense may well remain just a dream peter all of. the terror gr

the taliban present themselves as more moderate than before but now we calum again appears on talk shows to promote his interpretation of islam but western analysts consider this a charm offensive not a sign of long term change. in the vital to secure individual and democratic rights this is doubtful with the taliban they haven't presented any clear ideas about how they see the future of afghanistan. compromises are inevitable to end the war with the taliban these are likely to come at a high price. for more we're joined by latif he's a journalist based in kabul we'll talk about those peace talks between us and tell about a moment but we're getting news this morning of a ball attack in jalalabad what more can you tell us about. right now that still initial information the only thing we really know that it's seems to have been targeting a construction site a construction company near the airport which itself isn't in the city it's out of the city on the way to the crossing which leads to the duran line and eventually on to the other signing. but what we have to know about ending our airpo

institutes like transparency and it suggest chinese teachers should register as foreign agents now calum opens got the latest. u.s. leaders have been very upset over alleged foreign influence and meddling of late and they've discovered a new source of terror behold the vast chai cum conspiracy the confucian institute . a new report issued by the u.s. congress says that the dance workshops and traditional cooking classes here are no laughing matter in fact they're part of a communist plot to get inside of your brain through confucius institutes the chinese government is attempting to change the impression in the united states and around the world that china is an economic and security threat so let's go over their alleged crimes shall we the centers classes apparently describe china as a compassionate and friendly country the centers are funded by gifts from the chinese mainland and apparently there is not total transparency when it comes to the cultural centers operations so we decided to stop by the offices of the confucian institute where classes are being held here in lower manhattan

calum chambers cancelled out gonzalo higuain‘s opener, butjorginho restored chelsea's lead before half—timeto it and remain second bottom of the league. one more premier league game taking place today. the merseyside derby has just kicked off at goodison park. liverpool will go back top of the league if they beat everton. ther score is 0—0. follow it live on the bbc sport wesbite and app. live commentary too on bbc radio 5 live. aberdeen and rangers will meet again in a replay of their scottish cup quarterfinal after a 1—1 draw at pittodrie. aberdeen went in front inside the opening ten minutes when gary mackay—steven was taken down in the box and sam cosgrove converted the resulting penalty. but rangers got their equaliser two minutes into the second half, joe worral poking in from the back post at this corner. it means a replay at ibrox in nine days' time. the european indoor athletics is into its final day, and there's plenty of british interest this evening, particularly from andrew pozzi — he's the defending champion in the 60 metre hurdles. he finished second in his semi final behind

and following the abuse of danny rose, calum hudson odoi and raheem sterling, montenegro have been chargedve opened disciplinary proceedings. troy townsend is from the antiracism group kick it out, and i spoke to him a little earlier. i think players have been let down by the system, by the protocols that a p pa re ntly by the system, by the protocols that apparently should are been in place the other night and they weren't followed through, they have been a let down by the officials so we are getting to a stage and i have spoken about this quite a bit recently where players will look to do things for themselves now and if the game is not protecting them, the abuse, the continued abuse we were hearing on monday night, the game is not going to protect the player, then, you know ultimately they will make those decisions that will end a game, no matter what time it is. so it is important that way reflects on the situation the other day and let people know why the protocols were not administered and why they were not administered and why they were not followed threw. montenegro have been charg

from a surety to a perch on public trial the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions like this calum art says the calls door hearings inside the arabia fall shorts of international standards. and egyptian delegations be in israel and the girls are trying to broker a peace deal that comes after a major escalation earlier this week between hamas and israel. the police in the philippines arrested the chief executive of the news website rappler the government says maria ressa violated laws which require all media to be one hundred percent filipino own. reports from manila. the philippine government says maria ressa has broken the law and must be held accountable but her supporters say the recent spate of cases filed against her amounts to harris meant mary usa is one of the most high profile journalists in the philippines. she co-founded an online news site called rappler known for being critical of the philippine government and president of brega the territory in its reporting breast so was arrested and the cyber libel law and charged along with another journalist a libel case was filed

chelsea have confirmed calum hudson—odoi was racially abused in their europa league tie with dynamo kieveported the incident to uefa, the club say they're expecting the governing body to conduct a full investigation. meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo's been charged with improper conduct champions legue tie. following his goal celebration in juventus's last—i6 champions legue tie. he was seen gesturing towards fans, mimicking the actions of atletico manager diego simeone, who grabbed his crotch in the first leg and was fined for an obscene celebration. and wales will enjoy a homecoming in cardiff later, following their six nations grand slam success. they beat ireland on saturday to win a their slam under head coach warren gatland after a hugely impressive tournament. they have been enjoying themselves and had the expectation of a nation on them on grand slam day, and they dealt with it fantastically. they have got a heroes welcome at the senedd today, and they deserve it. they won some enormous matches in those five games and going into the world cup they look to be a team both physically, em

scoring a goal, whether that is calum chambers making passes successfully, you cannot guarantee that,82nd minute... christine sinclair stepped up to sidefoot home after a foul by chloe arthur. scotland face iceland in their next game on monday. laura kenny has pulled out of the world track cycling championships because of illness. she was supposed to be competing in the omnium today and will be replaced by katie archibald. they were both part of the british team who took silver in the women's team pursuit in poland. they were just edged out by australia in the final, missing out by two tenths of a second. that is all the sport for now, and from me. we will be later with more in the next hour. the united states is offering a million dollar reward for information about the son of osama bin laden, the late leader of al qaeda. us officials say hamza bin laden is emerging as the leader of the islamist militant group. in recent years, he's called on followers to take revenge on the us and its allies for the killing of his father, who ordered the 9/11 attacks. and in the past hour, saudi ara