, it's good - before in years past. 0k, well, jalal abukhater, it's good to i jalal abukhater, it's goodof time, but thank you very much for talking to us. here in the uk capital, the labour candidate sadiq khan has been re—elected as the mayor of london. he beat the conservative candidate shaun bailey with 55% of the vote. the bbc�*s adina campbell was at city hall for the declaration. a big boost for sadiq khan and his team tonight, as it is now been confirmed he will serve a second term as london mayor. i9 second term as london mayor. 19 of the 20 candidates, that's a record number of candidates since the job was created back in 2000, were standing in this race, and they were in the room as the results were read out. and a big sigh of relief, cheers, as sadiq khan was confirmed back into the position of london mayor. in terms of the numbers, sadiq khan secured... his closest rival shaun bailey from the conservatives, he managed to get 970,000 votes. the pressure was really on labour to keep this position, because london is very much dominated by labour, in terms of political allegianc

our thanks to jalal abukhater there. to afghanistan now.ay at least 50 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in a blast near a school in the capital, kabul. some reports have put the death toll as high as 55. many of those who died were schoolgirls who'd just finished class and were streaming out of the gates at the time of the attack. secunder kermani has more details. panic, fear and bloodshed outside the school gates. the explosions took place just as students were making their way home — many of those killed girls and young women. inside a hospital, relatives search body by body for their loved ones. whilst outside, a desperate wait for news. "oh, my god, my god," this woman cries. "two of my daughters were studying there." one of them is injured, the other is missing. the islamic state group is likely to be behind the bombing. although less powerful in afghanistan than the taliban, their attacks here are typically even more brutal and they've repeatedly targeted this community, afg hanistan�*s shia hazara minority. violence

oui’ our thanks to jalal abukhater there.ging and hospital capacities stretched. until now, the country had managed to largely contain the virus. but this latest outbreak accounts for around half of all cases reported since the start of the pandemic. for the latest on the situation in thailand, let's speak to dr rick brown, who's with the world health organization in bangkok. thank you very much for coming on the programme. hi thank you very much for coming on the programme.— on the programme. hi there, aood on the programme. hi there, good morning. _ on the programme. hi there, good morning. this - on the programme. hi there, good morning. this does - on the programme. hi there, i good morning. this does seem like cuite good morning. this does seem like quite a _ good morning. this does seem like quite a dramatic _ good morning. this does seem like quite a dramatic change i good morning. this does seem like quite a dramatic change in | like quite a dramatic change in fortunes for thailand, the country that had done pretty we