thank you so much, imogen. inspire and to serve, to allow people to dream, to change lives, to never take no for an answer. she absolutely sums up the spirit of our country. we need that spirit and conviction after iii dark, divisive years. successive tory governments running down our rich and proud heritage in arts and music and the right of every child to it. at the stroke of a pen, enrichment funding in schools, gone. libraries, theatres, youth workers, gone. that lifeline for young people broken. the promise of a generation inspired by sport, broken. this is what cultural vandalism looks like and come conference, it ends today. applause no more of their violent indifference to the things that matter most. because the rich, diverse culture in our country is not just how we grow as people but how we make and shape a nation. conference, we are a better country than the government we have had, and we are going to give voice to that country again. applause because the history of britain is the history of people

the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer imogen anderson have been inry for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster. and a warning — their report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at jalalabad's main hospital. hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zara, 13 months old, one of three million malnourished children in the country. under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer imogen anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster. and a warning — their report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at jalalabad's main hospital. hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zara, 13 months old, one of three million malnourished children in the country. a disease th

she beat the spaniard paula ostiz, britain's imogen wolff, who won time trial bronze, was sixth. — it may be even more hungry for thejersey — came second — it may be even more hungry for the jersey — so every day, i tried to be better than the day, i tried to be better than the day i was before, just commitment everything the day, getting a little better every day and i've decided it's worked out that i'm here now with the jersey. after winning gold at the paralympics last month in paris, great britain's fin graham took gold in the para c3 road race 3000 miles from home, sports starts with the 3000 miles from home, sports starts wit :, joe wilson, bbc news, in leicester. british cyclist cat ferguson has her second gold medal at the uci road and para cycling road world championships, in zurich. the 18—year—old had already claimed thejunior time trial two days ago, and has now won thejunior road race in challenging conditions. she beat the spaniard paula ostiz, britain's imogen wolff, who won time trial bronze, was sixth. it's 100% my it's100% my favourite discipline. i've had disa

the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist, sanjay ganguly, and producer, imogen anderson, have beenks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at jalalabad's main hospital. hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zara, 13 months old, one of 3 million malnourished children in the country. a disease that's ravaging afghanistan's youngest. for every child here who's made it to a tiny bit of space in critical care, four others have not. at seven months, bibi hajra looks like a newborn. her mother, amina, has already lost six children. "it's like doomsday for me. my children are dying because we have nothing to feed them," she told us. sharing the same bed is three—year—old sana. her mother died while giving birth to her baby sister a few months ago. this is ilham. he's three, suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia. his sister died of the same diseases at the age of two. in this one room, there were dozens of stories of death

the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist sanjay ganguly, and their producer imogen anderson, have country for the last two weeks, seeing first—hand the scale of the crisis. and a warning, this report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at jalalabad's main hospital. hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zara, 13 months old, one of 3 million malnourished children in the country. a disease that's ravaging afghanistan's youngest. for every child here who's made it to a tiny bit of space in critical care, four others have not. at seven months, bibi hajra looks like a newborn. her mother, amina, has already lost six children. "it's like doomsday for me. "my children are dying because we have nothing "to feed them," she told us. sharing the same bed is three—year—old sana. her mother died while giving birth to her baby sister a few months ago. this is ilham. he's three, suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia. his sister died of the same diseases at the age of two. in this

this is yogita's report compiled along with camera journalist, sanjay ganguly, and producer, imogen andersonment you feel like you're in a prison. even breathing becomes difficult. we're like dead bodies moving around. we can't talk. we can't do anything. this is a country where women are increasingly being pushed out of view. their freedoms crushed bit by bit, by a relentless series of diktats. the latest a published law. this section says that if a woman must leave her home out of necessity, she's obliged to cover her face and body, and her voice must not be heard. we've had to be very careful and discreet when talking to women here, because they're already operating in an environment of brutal restrictions. and now the taliban's morality police have been given sweeping powers. it's only been a few weeks since the law was announced, so it's unclear how stringently it will be implemented, but already there's a ripple effect of fear that you feel when speaking to people here. we meet teenage girls who've already lost three crucial years of education. their voices might need to be hidden, but

let's speak to imogen foulkes, our geneva correspondent. give us more detail?ave to undergo. but the committee looked at gazan, the occupied territories, looked at the situation of children in israel, there are sections on that. what comes out is for a start what the committee members call an effective disconnect between the committee and israel over who is responsible for the welfare of children in the occupied territories. the committee argue israel does have a responsibility, it called in the west bank. in the detention of children, quite young children had been arrested for allegedly throwing stones, that these children should be reunited with their parents or their parents at least told where they are because there are reportedly thousands of palestinians including children detained by israelis and nobody knows where they are. that is part of it. then, the effect of the conflict on children in gaza, as we know thousands and thousands of children have died since october the 7th. the committee was blunt, it told israel to stop its violence causing the deaths

fast forward to today and ten—year—old twins imogen and toby and their pals are going retro.re isn't any internet. at first, ijust generally didn't want one because i thought everyone was going to make fun of me. everyone is going to think i'm just weird for having one. at first, i was a bit, like, - really angry at mum but now i really like it as now basically all my- friends have one. when i found out that my friends got one, that made me happy because i knew i could... i said to my mum, "oh, can i have one?" and she was like, "sure." so, instead of scrolling through social media, they spend more time playing at home in shrewsbury. their parents are part of a growing movement called smartphone free childhood. this movement is not aboutjudging parents who have made decisions in the past when they didn't have enough information available to them. harry has a feature phone and it's worth about £50. rather than an iphone which is six or £700. the group wants parents to sign a pact not to buy their children smartphones until they are iii. there are more than 120,000 members acro

the bbc�*s correspondent and producer imogen anderson have been in the country for the last two weekscling the disaster, and a warning there report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at the hospital. hundreds from every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zahra, 30 months old, one of 3 million malnourished children in the country. a disease that is ravaging afghanistan's youngest. for every afg hanistan�*s youngest. for every child afghanistan's youngest. for every child here who has made it to a tiny bit of space in critical care, four others have not. at seven months, this baby looks like a newborn. her mother has already lost six children. translation: it is like doomsday for me, my children are dying, she told us. sharing the same bed is this three—year—old baby. her mother died while giving birth to her baby sister a few months ago. this boy is three and suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia. his sister died of the same diseases at the age of two. in this one room there were dozens

the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist, sanjay ganguly, and producer, imogen anderson, have hadwomen about their experiences. to protect their names, for fear of persecution, we have hidden their identities, blurred theirfaces and used actors�* voices. this is their report. this is a country where women are increasingly being pushed out of view. their freedoms crushed bit by bit, by a relentless series of diktats. the latest a published law. this section says that if a woman must leave her home out of necessity, she's obliged to cover her face and body, and her voice must not be heard. we've had to be very careful and discreet when talking to women here, because they're already operating in an environment of brutal restrictions. it's only been a few weeks since the law was announced, so it's unclear how stringently it will be implemented, but already there's a ripple effect of fear that you feel when speaking to people here. we meet teenage girls who've already lost three crucial years of education. their voices might need to be hidden, but they want their words to be heard. if

the bbc�*s yogita limaye, camera journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer imogen anderson have been inntry for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. this is what an average morning looks like at jalalabad's main hospital. hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as extreme poverty pushes more children into disease each day. zara, 13 months old, one of 3 million malnourished children in the country. a disease that's ravaging afghanistan's youngest. for every child here who's made it to a tiny bit of space in critical care, four others have not. at seven months, bibi hajra looks like a newborn. her mother, amina, has already lost six children. "it's like doomsday for me. my children are dying because we have nothing to feed them," she told us. sharing the same bed is three—year—old sana. her mother died while giving birth to her baby sister a few months ago. this is ilham. he's three, suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia. his sister died of the same diseases at the age of two. in this one room, there were d

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fast forward to today and ten—year—old twins imogen and toby and their pals are going retro... i said to my mum, "oh, can i have one?" and she was like, "sure." so, instead of scrolling through social media, they spend more time playing at home in shrewsbury. their parents are part of a growing movement called smartphone free childhood. this movement is not aboutjudging parents who have made decisions in the past when they didn't have enough information available to them. harry has a feature phone and it's worth about £50. rather than an iphone which is six or £700. the group wants parents to sign a pact not to buy their children smartphones until they are 14. there are more than 120,000 members across the country. you don't want them to be bullied for not having a smartphone, but, at the same time, you don't want to expose them to all of the risks that come with smartphones. it is the exposure to harmful content, it is the addictive element of smartphones. the children here are happy with their internet free—phones, but tess admits the reaction wasn't great initially. becaus

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