you go to the city of jalalabad, you don't see many women.g a singer performing on a big stage like afghan star is not out of danger. correspondent: jalalabad, in the east of the country, is considered a fundamentalist stronghold. zulala returned to her home here after the final and quickly went into hiding. she lives with her mother, a widow who encouraged her to take part in the show. but now she refuses all contact with the media. talking to locals it's easy to , understand why. >> when a woman perfrforms in pupublic like e zulala, everye will hate her. and allah will punish her. >> the whole show is immoral and should be forbidden. it shows the wrong image of a woman and seduces people. correspondent: this is where zulala normally lives with her mother. but since the final at the end of march, she hasn't been seen. it's said that they went to friends in the countryside and wanted to wait there until the discontent subsided. even her own relatives turned against her. a cousin appears and gives his opinion. >> if she continues to sing, we'l

the so-called "insider attack" on the americans occurred in eastern nangarhar province, south of jalalabad and near the border with pakistan. a similar attack in march, in southern afghanistan's helmand province, wounded three u.s. soldiers. the taliban has claimed responsibility for today's attack. a white house spokesman said president trump, who spent the day at his golf club in new jersey, was following the situation. the president is in the process of considering a pentagon request to send another five- thousand american troops to afghanistan. they would join the 8,400 soldiers still deployed there to bolster the afghan government and army against the taliban, which the u.s. military says, controls 40% of the country. in a separate, "friendly fire" incident today, a u.s. airstrike against the taliban in helmand province mistakenly killed three afghan police officers and wounded two others. british police say the three terrorists who carried out last saturday night's attack on london bridge and a nearby market intended to rent a truck much larger than the van they used as a weapon agai

a further explosion hit jalalabad airport this morning killing one person and injuring six others.out of the paris climate agreement. china and the european union have been working on a statement in support of the deal, which pledges to cut global greenhouse emissions. mr trump has previously described climate change as a chinese hoax and an american job—killer. police investigating the manchester arena bombing have released a 21—year—old man from nuneaton without charge. 10 people remain in custody as detectives try to establish whether the bomber, salman abedi, had any help. meanwhile, tickets for a benefit concert in aid of the victims of last week's attack will go on sale later this morning. artists including katie perry, take that, justin bieber and coldplay will all perform alongside ariana grande at the event on sunday. a prisoner who overpowered his guards to escape from hospital has been recaptured in wiltshire. michal kisiel, who police described as dangerous, was spotted by a member of the public yesterday evening. a number of british airways' board members are pushing f

a further explosion has hit jalalabad airport this morning killing one person and injuring 6 others.gh — who was 81 — was best known for playing alec gilroy in the soap for more than 20 years. he left coronation street in 1998 and was made an mbe in 2006 for services to drama and charity. he more recently played mr grainger in a remake of are you being served?. his agent broke the news of his death this morning. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: actually, when not going to have business news the sour. let me bring you the headlines. theresa may is promising britain will become a "more prosperous" country after brexit, as she returns to the campaign trail after refusing to take part in the bbc‘s election debate. president trump is to confirm whether or not the us will stick to an major commitment on international climate change. tickets for the concert to benefit the victims of the manchester attack sell out within minutes of going on sale. two brothers whose father shot dead their mother and sister have described him a