zala sarmast — is a member of afghanistan s national women cycling team.entire life. to be or not to be able to stay in your country and trapped and the only option to build a better life is to leave and feed the country it's horrible and so it's been very emotionally draining. khalida popal is the former captain of afghanistan's women's football team and has been working to evacuate people from the country over the last few weeks. shejoins me from copenhagen. what are the dangers they face? how have you been helping to evacuate sportspeople? thank you so much. , ., ., , , , much. the first month has been very difficult especially _ much. the first month has been very difficult especially when _ much. the first month has been very difficult especially when we - much. the first month has been very difficult especially when we we - difficult especially when we we managed to through the support of individuals in the organization we managed to get the first national team of afghanistan women's football outs to australia with the support of government of austra

month, mexico s supreme court ruled to decriminalise abortion in the country, a huge step in the second largest catholic nation in the americas. it comes after many years of campaigning by womenthe change is opposed by a powerful conservative lobby. will grant reports from northern mexico. for this single mother of three, feeding and educating her children alone and on a budget is enough of a struggle. so when she became pregnant a fourth time, she opted to abort. abortion was illegal in her home state, so it wasn't an easy decision, but not when she regrets. translation: it wasn't easy, at that time, there was no - legal protection for women, no places of an adequate health standard to attend such cases, and there is really a lot of social stigma. few know that stigma better than paulina ramirez, a taxi driver whose story once made national headlines. in 1999, age 13, she was raped and left pregnant by a man who broke into the family home. abortion is legal in mexico in cases of rape, but paolino —— abortion is legal in mexico in cases of rape, but paulina was so harassed by conservative doctors, bureaucrats and priests, they managed to stop herfrom getting one. she carried

women's soccer s what they are demanding. >>> there is new fallout from the scandal rocking the national women's soccer league. one of the players who's accused a now fired coach of sexual misconduct is speaking out to our morgan radford. >> reporter: the stories are gut-wrenching. >> i want people to know that i was sexually harassed, that i was psychologically manipulated and abused >> reporter: the women of u.s. soccer speaking out against paul riley, saying the former coach victimized them. two of his former players, mana shim and sinead farrelly, breaking their silence, supported by their friend and former u.s. women's national captain, alex morgan >> mana, what made you speak out now? >> when sinead told me her story, i immediately knew we had to do something. i called alex right away and said we have to push this story because it'll save people. >> were you at all scared when you were told what had happened >> in the moment i was full of rage but i immediately asked do you want to file a complaint she said yeah. i said let's do this >> reporter: riley denies the accusations but has not responded to nbc

s. soccer federation says it's horrendous. what's happened within the national women's soccer league? of the past 48 hours, the leagues commissioner resigned. and this weekend's matches postponed following allegations of sexual misconduct by former north carolina coach pulled riley. he was fired on thursday following an investigative report that cited plays alleging riley use his influence and power to sexually harass place will use one of what we all should be appalled and sadden. and just downright angry. i know i am we each have to do everything in our power to ensure that our players are say, are heard and believed. this is not just an inner be us al problem. i just of run in soccer problem, tennessee and tennis store on stuart is on calls to become the 1st arab player to reach the season ending w t a finals. schubert has made it through to her 3rd final of the season, elena re backing out of kazakhstan, retired during the sick unsafe of the semi in chicago. the result counts as schubert 44th. when of the season, no player has secured more 2 victories. this you shal

women's professional soccer team is dealing with a sexual conduct s scandal. they are gearing up by rolling up their sleeves. >> reporter: on thursday, the national women's soccergue team, north carolina courage, fired its head coach paul riley, following accusations of sexual coercion and misconduct by former players that he had coached. his dismissal comes after an investigative report by the athletic which cites players on the record alleging that over a period of years he used his power and influence to sexually harass players, and even coerce one of them into having sex with him. riley has denied the allegations. >>> ahead of the new nba season next month, the league says there has been an uptick in vaccination rates among the players in recent days. a league source told cnn that 95% of the players have now received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. >>> and the cincinnati bengals are 3-1 now in the nfl season after a nail biting win against the jacksonville jaguars. thursday night it came down to the last gasp field goal. edging it by a point. that is the fourth defeat for the jaguars out of four games this season. back to you. >> thanks, don.

national debate about violence against women. she just wanted to get home safely. lucy manning, bbc news. facebook�*s defended the social media giant against accusations that instagram can negatively impact the mental health of young people. she gave her testimony to the us senate committee about child protection. the hearing comes two weeks after a leak exposed how instagram's own research had found the platform could have a damaging effect on teenagers body image and self esteem. earlierare esteem. earlier are correspondence gave esteem. earlierare correspondence gave me more details about the hearing. this all centres _ details about the hearing. this all centres on _ details about the hearing. ti 3 all centres on facebook's own research which suggested the potential harm from the instagram platform which facebook owns could extend to mental health and body image issues, particularly amongst young teenage girls. leading in some cases to eating disorders and suicidal thoughts. as you say, that move to create this facebook kids platform has now been put on hold and the company is saying that it will

james bayes al jazeera at the united nations senior taliban officials have been indo hard to meet u. s. and e. u officials, humanitarian aid, women's rights and diplomatic relations have been at the top of the agenda. so miss rob is in the category capital with more acting foreign minister of the afghan taliban government. mr. mckee, here in doha, spoke during a speech at a center for conflict resolution about inclusivity inclusivity. he said is not a problem under the taliban. and he boasted about the fact that $500000.00 civil servants there worked under the former government, have not been fired, have not been placed under threat, have been told to come back to their jobs and are currently working. he said that passports are being issued again and women are part of that workforce. he was asked point blank and follow a question. does that $500000.00 strong civil service include women? and he said in one word, yes, he expanded on that then saying that they've been told to come back, those that haven't are still being paid their salaries as a show of good faith, a 100 percent of those that worked in the health care sector are back

nation, one in every 4 women suffers domestic violence. while one east investigates china's battle ground at hon. one out 0. ah, a, the u. s. is always of interest to people. all right, the world people pay attention to work with on here and i'll just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. ah, the european union says it'll give a 1000000000 dollars to age groups in afghanistan to try to stop the humanitarian crisis, getting worse. ah, i'm not madison. this is all 0 alive from doha also coming up. 2 till i declares a state of emergency after indigenous peoples, his control of the ancestral lions of public health failure which cost thousands of lives are you.

women. the well�*s finance ministers are meeting in washington this week and the international monetary fund �*s warning the recovery from the pandemic is faltering with developing nations in our correspondent faisal islam is outside with more. , ., , faisal islam is outside with more. ,.,, ~ faisal islam is outside with more. ., more. the post lock down nettina more. the post lock down getting messy. _ more. the post lock down getting messy. the - more. the post lock down - getting messy. the important meetinu getting messy. the important meeting message _ getting messy. the important meeting message and - getting messy. the important meeting message and it's - meeting message and it's important to note that compared to this time last year, in the depths of the pandemic as we've been hearing, the economy is growing and jobs numbers are better than we thought they were going to be. however, that good news is not spread equally around the world, and in particular developing economies with low vaccination rates are a particular source of concern but even in those economies, there is a concern about inflation. we are already seeing on international markets that expectation

football because it's a big weekend for the women's home nations as they try to qualify for the 2023 world cup. scotland and wales are playing tonight. ben croucher�*s the women's home missions team are doing really well. for my commissions and other single defeat between them. all with a 100% record. all their home matches in this campaign at hampden. hungary — a team they've already beaten. won 2—0 in budapest in september. beat faroe islands 7—1 at hampden. they have got experience of playing in the world cup. erin cuthbert wants it again. football is a fickle game. you need to football is a fickle game. you need taiust _ football is a fickle game. you need tojust focus on football is a fickle game. you need to just focus on your next game and that is_ to just focus on your next game and that is hungary. it's going to be a tough _ that is hungary. it's going to be a tough one. — that is hungary. it's going to be a tough one, i would love to get to the world — tough one, i would love to get to the world cup but we will set the goals— the world cup but we will set the goals within the camp that expresses orientated _ goals within the camp that expr

nations like the u.k. and germany. in the u.s., our women's employment is at about 66.3%. we look at germany, 72.8%. the u.k., 71.6%. we used to be a leader. from the 70's to the 90's, we excelled at this, and we just lost ground. when you think about the fact that for every percentage of women employed, that can lead to a 1.5% increase in economic growth. if we have the level of the u.k., an increase of 5.3%, we would have almost a $600 billion more in gdp. it's not just an impact on women, it's an impact on the economy as a whole that needs to be addressed. >> you talked about your work on the supply-side issues and regulatory issues. are there also things that can be done on some of the cost side? rep. mace: a lot of that goes back to regulations. regulations can make childcare costs more exorbitant. in part, we have paid people to stay home so a lot of these positions when people were making more money on unemployment during the pandemic until today, they don't want to go back to work. we are saying that continue on today based on the decisions the federal government made to supplement the unemployment income people can make from state to state. we

begin their super 12's campaign tomorrow — hoping to become the first team in history to hold both limited overs world titles. and its world cup qualifying time for the women's nationalfailed to reach the super 12's — the main draw in the tournament — beaten to it by namibia, the lowest ranked side there — who pulled—off a shock 8 wicket win in sharjah to go through. drew savage was watching the action for us. for the action for us. namibian cricket does not get the action for us. any better than this. through to the get any better than this. through to the super 12 for the first time. a day for ireland to forget. they'd begun well enough — paul stirling and kevin 0'brien had the scoreboard moving nicely, against the side ranked 19th in the world. but things slowed down dramatically for ireland after the powerplay, stirling out for 38.

women who�*ve been affected later in life. sir david attenborough has called on the world�*s richest nations to meet their "moral responsibility documentary series, the green planet, which will be aired next year on bbc one. this is a thermal camera. and it will tell me the difference between the surrounding temperature and the temperature in the centre of a daisy flower. the surroundings — 12 degrees. in the centre of the flower — 21. new technology to film the humble daisy. and action, david. at kew gardens in london, we had rare access behind the scenes to the making of green planet. it looks like you get a lot of enjoyment out of making these programmes. well, they�*re all old friends, aren�*t they? that�*s the nice thing. we caught up with david attenborough several times during the filming. and he seemed most passionate about the most ordinary of plants. daisies are things that you decapitate with your lawn mower sort of once a week. but, actually, they are marvellous things. and they move every day. they exploit the sunshine and open to the sunshine. the interesting thing is we now have a camera that allows us to actual

nation�*s leak. with manchester city, phone and torrid scoring twice. spain will play france or belgium — fern antares. chelsea played out an entertaining 3— 3 draw against wolfsburg in their womenher this winters ashes series in australia can go ahead. that�*s after positive talks with cricket australia this week. england�*s players have raised concerns about conditions for the tour, including whether or not their families will be allowed to travel, quarantine arrangements, and any potential �*bubble�* they might have to live in. but discussions between their representaives, cricket australia and the ecb has brought the staging of the series a step closer. disappointment for heather watson as she has been knocked out of the opening round by sloane stephens. watson did win the first set but lost the next two in a match that lasted nearly three hours. the build up continues to the big fight in las vegas on saturday. the wbc heavyweight champion tyson fury against the american deontay wilder. the pairfaced off ahead of saturday�*s bout in what will be the third fight between the two, with the first a draw and fury winning the second. but wilder has suggested tyson fury cheated his

nationalized. otherwise, we will be very close to turning back the clock to the days of the 1950's when one in three women had an illegal and a dangerous abortion. what were those days like? well, i was there, and i can tell you, as many older women can, they were filled with danger for women and guilt for both women and men. it was a time when one in three or four women needed an abortion at some time in their lives, and so had to enter into a criminal underground without even the most basic medical safeguards or protections from sexual exploitation by the doctors themselves. in the 1950's, i lived this situation, which was also true in england. i was working as a waitress in london on my way to india. i had left an engagement to a very nice man here at home, who i knew -- we both knew, i think, that marriage would not be the right thing for us, and i was awaiting a visa for that trip to india. that was to be my embrace of a different life, yet i also realized i was pregnant. after what seemed to be an eternity of confusion and fear, i found an english doctor who was willing to help me by using a loophol

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