thank you very much, nomia iqbal there for us in - nomia iqbal there for us in washington.nouncement of the talks comes after around 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in northern afghanistan at a mosque used by the minority sheer community. — shia. it happened in the city of kunduz. it happened during prayers when the mosque would have been packed with worshippers. officials say many would have been injured. fear and panic once again in afghanistan. injured victims of the blast are rushed to hospital. translation: there were so many people who were injured. _ hardly anyone was not hurt. most of those who were sitting there were killed. it's terrible. the local branch of the islamic state group, is—k, said it had targeted members of the shia minority. is—k is much more powerful than their rivals, the taliban, —— is—k is much less powerful than their rivals, the taliban, but has a history of devastating attacks in afghanistan. in august, more than 150 people were killed at the bombing outside kabul airport. in recent weeks, is has also launched dozens of smaller

nomia iqbal, thank you very much _ again. nomia iqbal, thank you very much for— again.ecretary general, antonio banderas, has condemned the inequalities in the global supply of covid vaccines as immoral and stupid. supply of covid vaccines as immoraland stupid. —— supply of covid vaccines as immoral and stupid. —— antonio guterres. the un was 40% of people in all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. vaccinated by the end of the ear. , ., ., ., year. instead of global co-ordinated - year. instead of global co-ordinated action i year. instead of global co-ordinated action to | year. instead of global - co-ordinated action to get co—ordinated action to get vaccines where they are needed most, we have seen vaccine hoarding, vaccine nationalism, and vaccine diplomacy. we of course welcome efforts by countries to get vaccines to more places, but the global and regional and bilateral initiatives have failed to deliver. ~ �* , initiatives have failed to deliver. ~ �*, ,, .,~ ., deliver. well, let's speak now to saad omer, _ deliver. well, let's speak now to saad o

nomia iqbal reporting. the headlines - this all over again. nomia iqbal reporting. jab in the nhs' biggest everflu vaccination campaign. travelers to england will soon be able to take a photo of a negative lateral flow test from home instead of paying for an expensive piece test before and afterjourneys. marcus rashford wanted the effect of the government decision to remove the £20 a week increase to universal credit —— marcus rashford warns of the effect. every five minutes someone in the uk is admitted to hospital with a heart attack. they might survive but they can be prone to further heart attacks. researchers have been trialling a help and heal damaged hearts and make people less likely to suffer further attacks. richard westcott reports. julian is a keen cyclist, healthy eating, doesn't smoke, in his early 50s, but out of the blue last summer... aha, smoke, in his early 50s, but out of the blue last summer...— the blue last summer... a pretty normal day _ the blue last summer. .. a pretty normal day until— the blue last summer... a pretty normal day until abou

our correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington and following developments.quick mention on the christian aid ministries for people who might not know what the organisation is. it's a charity that's got a long history of working in the caribbean nation. it was founded in 1981 in ohio, here in america, and their mission statement is to go around the world and to help in emergencies — they give food and clothing. these groups are not without their controversy, of course, but this is a very large organisation that has operations in many, many parts of the world and they are the only ones so far, i should add, that have confirmed this kidnapping. we are still waiting from some comment from the us government, from the embassy. we have received a statement from the us state department which just says that they are looking into the reports, but they have said that the safety of americans abroad is one of its highest priorities. and in haiti, kidnapping does seem to have become harold isaac is a journalist in haiti and updated me on the latest a little earlier. well,

our correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington and following developments.tion on the christian aid ministries, it is an organisation, a charity with an organisation, a charity with a long history of working in the caribbean nation, founded in 1981 in ohio here in america and the mission statement is to go around the world and to help in emergency. they get food and clothing, these groups are with controversy, of course, that this is a very large organisation that has operations in many parts of the world and they are the only one so far who have confirmed this kidnapping. we're still waiting for some comment from the us from the embassy. we have received a statement from the us state department which says that they are looking into the reports. they have said that the safety of americans abroad is one of its highest priorities. let's go straight to port—au—prince where journalist harold isaacjoins us. thank you very much for your time. can you fill in any gaps as to, you know, what exactly has happened here and how has it happened? still has happened here a

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal.cking till a first ever us default but it's caught up in a political row, are we any closer to the lawmakers suspending the debt limit? basically the republicans are refusing to take a vote on this, they've been delaying it for ages, this, they've been delaying it forages, if this, they've been delaying it for ages, if they help the democrats do that, it would mean the us government could pay its debts and this is on programmes that already need to be approved, this isn't about any kind of infrastructure programmes the democrats want to do for the future, already millions of americans rely on and if they don't raise that debt ceiling then they will default in a way that as they have been hearing therefore the treasury secretary, would be catastrophic. just to give you a few examples, people wouldn't be able to pick up their social security checks, the global market would be in turmoil, so the democratic party are struggling to raise the debt ceiling because they simply don't have the m

nomia iqbal has the details. this is of course good news for airlines.s reckon that there have been net losses of around about $35 billion in one year alone. of course, it isn'tjust about tourism, there are lots of people in the us who have family connexions with people abroad and they have not seen each other for about 18 months. that's how long the travel ban has been in force. but from november the 8th there is a new system in place where foreign travellers will be able to come to the us as long as they are fully vaccinated, so they have had both jabs. you will also need to prove that you are covid negative within 72 hours of boarding the flight and you will have to share contact tracing information. the other crucial thing here is the kind of vaccines that you have had. so if you are is fda approved that's ok, but also the white house has confirmed that if you received a vaccine that got an emergency authorisation by the world health organisation that is also 0k. so, for example, the astrazeneca jab which is widely used in the uk, and sinovac and the

bbc washington correspondent nomia iqbal says it's the news those sealed out of the us have been waitingntries in the european union, the uk, india, braziland china from entering the us. and as you say, it's not just about tourism. people don'tjust come to america for a holiday. there are family connections, people who are friends, not seen each other for 18 months. but from november 8, there is a new system in place where, basically, foreign travellers can enter the us if — and this is the key thing — they are fully vaccinated, so they have both jabs. and so they will be able to come to the us, but they will have to show a negative covid test within 72 hours of boarding the plane and they also have to share contact tracing information. so if you aren't fully vaccinated and you want to come to the us, you will generally be barred. if you're an american living abroad and you aren't fully vaccinated, of course, you can come back to the us, but you will have to show a negative test. and you mentioned there about the vaccines that are permissible, which is a really key thing here. there was

here's the bbc�*s nomia iqbal in washington.ment has really emphasised that this is not about giving the taliban at legitimacy by meeting them. i am sure there will be many critics of the government that will try and argue otherwise, but the state department is very specific in saying this is a continuation of the conversations they have already been having with they have already been having with the taliban and this is namely things that serve the us national interest, so this is about trying to get safe passage for the thousands of american citizens still in afghanistan as well as the afghan allies and also making sure that the country does not turn into a hotbed of terrorism. the only time that they do mention the word government in the statement is when they say they will press the taliban to form an inclusive government. the taliban has not recognised women in its leadership at all, so that is something the us wants to discuss with the taliban. as they say, the us state department is very clear in saying this is not about g

nomia iqbal that he was in washington for us, we will have more in about 20 minutes.cked in a total ban on abortion in the state of texas following a challenge by the biden and restoration. judge robert pitman issued a temporary injunction, saying his court wouldn't sanction one more day of what he described as the offensive deprivation of an important right. with me now the studios are reporter courtney bembridge has been looking into all of this for us. courtney, first of all tell us. courtney, first of all tell us how we got here, give us the background. us how we got here, give us the background-— us how we got here, give us the background. this is all stemmed from a near _ background. this is all stemmed from a near total— background. this is all stemmed from a near total ban _ background. this is all stemmed from a near total ban on - from a near total ban on abortion which was recently introduced in texas which prohibits a woman from the training on abortion up to six weeks which is of course when before many women know they are pregnant. the biden administrati

nomia iqbal is in washington. can we start with the practicalities here?, ., angeles? there is quite a lot of factors that _ angeles? there is quite a lot of factors that go _ angeles? there is quite a lot of factors that go into _ angeles? there is quite a lot of factors that go into it. - angeles? there is quite a lot of factors that go into it. you've . factors that go into it. you've got big supply chain problems you got the search of the delta variant across the world which is shutting down quite a lot of ports, you've got a lack of access of vaccines in many countries. you've also got a shortage of shipping containers and truck drivers and rail operators and that sort of thing. all of this is coming together to cause this problem. generally speaking this is a problem that is happening when the world is trying to reopen. it's not just americans, obviously people around the world up and stuck it on for so long and instead of going out and spending they are buying things, getting them delivered at home. and that triggered this import avalanche. in order

nomia iqbal reports.ke the heat, we'll do it, we will do it, let us do it. let the democrats vote to raise the debt limit without obstruction or any further delays... president biden says this is about paying off existing obligations, rather than paying for new ones. the longer this goes on, the higher risk of the government defaulting, impacting millions of americans. if congress does not take action to raise the debt limit, treasury's cash balance will reach an insufficient level to pay the nation's bills, and america would default for the first time in history. payments for so many things, including social security and other critical benefits, as well as military salaries, would stop. analysts fear it could also lead to the loss of six million jobs. now mitch mcconnell has offered to support lifting the debt ceiling by a fixed amount. however, only until december. democrats are yet to accept, and if they do, it means the stand—off will happen again in a few months. historically, both parties have alway

nomia iqbal, bbc news, miami.n targets. he now runs the schwarzenegger climate initiative. we are the only place that really reduced greenhouse gases by 25% and brought it back to the 1990 level. what we are so happy about is that we are proving simultaneously that it is the best job creator when you go green. we are number one economically in the united states, with a gdp of $3.3 trillion. that, at the same time, makes us the fifth—largest economy in the world. at the same time while we have the strictest environmental laws. so it shows to you you can protect the environment and you can protect the economy at the same time. so all of those countries that come and give speeches — we are not going to go and lose jobs because of going green — they are liars. or they are just stupid and they don't know how to do it. because we figured it out, how to do it, they can figure it out, how to do it. and it's all about having the balls to do it. california's thriving economy is bigger than britain's, and some of that wealth

our washington correspondent nomia iqbal says senators will have to address the issue again in december in dc that the democrats are hoping the republicans would get on board to try to at least get it through the senate, they needed at least ten republicans, they got 11 to help break they got 11 to help break the filibuster bit. it was approved by the senate, it has to go to the house to be approved, which it will be because the democratic party controls the house, it will land on the desk of president biden, he will sign it, $480 billion to cover spending until december 3rd. it averts a huge crisis, it is probably an understatement to even call it that because call it that because america, america, had it defaulted on its debts, it could have got into a recession. the economy is already precarious, americans would have experienced realfinancial hardship, people would not have been paid, global markets would have been in turmoil, the credit rating agencies would have downgraded america's standing, so it has averted the crisis for now, but this will happen again in a couple of months bec