, ~ pakistan.rie davies, thank you very much indeed - pakistan. carrie davies, thank you very much indeed for - pakistan. carrie davies, thank you very much indeed for thatj you very much indeed for that update there from pakistan. just a reminder, we have been covering the guilty verdicts in the case of sara sharif. urfan sharif, 43, the father of ten—year—old sara sharif, and the stepmother, beinash batool, have both been found guilty of the murder. faisal malik, 29, has not been found guilty of murder, but has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. the crown prosecution service have described this today is it the brutal abuse and murder of a child and have described the horrific nature of the case and said it was particularly disturbing for all those who are involved. stay with us here on bbc news, we return you now to bbc news now, goodbye for now. welcome back. the father and stepmother of ten—year—old sara sharif have been convicted of her murder. after a trial that he

sara's family left the uk for pakistan on the 9th of august, 2023.stan police began looking for them on the 16th, rasik says they were already in hiding with him. you said that police raided here. if the police raided, how did they never find you or the children? translation: from this roof, you could see the police - from all four sides. then i used to take them here. we used to go inside the fields. you hid? you hid in here? yes. with children. they were scared. they couldn't understand what was going on. you still hid them from the police, knowing that the police wanted to talk to them about sara's death? urfan. i helped urfan and the young kids. if i hadn't helped them, they would have been completely helpless. rasik told us that despite the police hunt, he still took the family out for haircuts, pizza and ice cream and moved them between here and sarah's between here and sara's grandfather's house two hours away. it was at the grandfather's house in september 2023 that police raided and found the five children. we filmed the aftermath. now, incr

next, pakistan, recently, pakistan has developed increasingly sophisticated missile technology from long range ballistic missile systems to equipment that would enable the testing of large rocket motors. if these trend lines continue, pakistan will have the capability to strike targets well beyond south asia, including in the united states. raising real questions about pakistan's intentions. ballistic countries that possess both nuclear weapons and the missile ability to directly reach the u.s. homeland is very small. and they tend to be adversarial to the united states, russia, north korea and china. candidly, it's hard to see pakistan's actions than anything other than an emerging threat to the united states. leaders across our administration, myself included, have raised these concerns repeatedly with senior pakistani officials. we've been a long time partner with pakistan on development of counterterrorism and other security issues, including quite sensitive issues. we've provided support to islamabad during difficult times and continue to desire a cooperative relationship in these a

so pakistan is very much getting a taste of his own mets. pakistan expelled more than half a 1000000 as can nationals last year, accusing them as involvement with the pakistani taliban. the cross border exchanges a fight last week. all the latest in a series of escalating strikes, but there was also a worrying sign that relations between pakistan and afghanistan could be deteriorating. victoria case and b l, g 0 for inside story. while that spring, you know, a panel of guess to discuss sort of this today and is in his mom a bad side colleague, shaw a former secretary to the government of cardboard pop tune was home and trouble affairs and retard inspector general of the pocket someplace in kabul, oh, but do not buy here. i don't like to the american university of afghanistan. and also in his alarm about kathy can in the june list and form a news director for the associated press in afghanistan and paul cust on a very expert panel. thank you for joining us. before i get to the latest class is i'd like to perhaps provide a little bit of context. well, if you is all around the world, an

we had to cut off aid to pakistan and that led while we didn't disengage completely from pakistan, it led to what the pakistanis called the trust deficit for 12 years. up until nine we really had a minimal relationship. our interests weren't always aligned. we try to replicate that. we tried love, we tried some threats and other things. we could never make it really work in the same way. with afghanistan it was more of a disengagement. we could maintain some intelligence and some diplomatic actions but essentially we were more building from scratch in the years right before 9/11, would we sent people in to reestablish contact with some of our former commanders. and then right after. we were building from a low base to develop knowledge that we had essentially lost over a decade. >> thank you. i would like to turn to co-chair jackson. >> thank you. i guess one of my questions which is you have a hook in your testimony, dr. vickers, on this escalation. first you could explain what that means to a non specialist audience. i think it's a compelling part of your argument. the second is a l

the bbc tracked down the man who hid the family when they fled from uk to pakistan. we'll bring you that exclusive interview. fifa announce saudi arabia will play host to the men's world cup in 2034 — despite strong criticism from human rights groups. fighters in syria have set fire to the tomb of the ousted president bashar al assad's father. i'm lyse doucet in damascus. there continue to be reports and summary execution at the caretaker prime minister sent a reassuring message urging syrians abroad to come home. hello, i'm kasia madera. the father and stepmother of sara sharif, a 10—year—old girl who was found dead in her home here in the uk, have been convicted of her murder, after a trial which heard harrowing details of her treatment before her killing. sara sharif was found dead in august 2023 at her home in woking, in surrey, after what prosecutors say was a campaign of "serious and repeated violence". craig emmerson, detective chief inspector at surrey police gave this statement outside the court. today after a ten week trial, a jury has found urfan sharif an

previously, everyone was talking about how pakistan was providing sanctuary.ause of repeated attacks by the taliban. this shares common ideology with the taliban and this year alone, pakistan says that hundreds of the soldiers had been killed in flash attacks by these militants particularly in the province along the border. in march this year, pakistan carried out similar strikes that led to further violence and tensions between the two countries. the two are neighbours and afghanistan depends on trade and for food imports and a number of essential items as they escalate, the borders are closed and that leads to complications for civilians and in fact, today, the local residents and afghanistan have been holding a protest urging pakistan not to carry out any air strikes and the un mission in afghanistan a couple of days ago said that it had credible evidence that many civilians, including women and children, were killed in the air strikes carried out by pakistan. the taliban are angry and they want to show that they want to take a retaliatory attack, they cann

and what happens now to her five siblings left with family members in pakistan?sandford and alison holt will explain. also tonight... ukrainian intelligence sources say kyiv was responsible for a bomb attack which killed a senior russian general. the killing of a general, here in moscow? that is a wake—up call and a sign that this war is very real and very close to home. the suspect in the killing of a healthcare boss in new york, luigi mangione, hasjust been charged with first degree murder. elon musk meets nigel farage at donald trump's florida resort. chris mason will tell us what it means. and... the bbc�*s sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering. ..the olympic 800 metre gold medallist is crowned this year's winner. on newsnight at 10.30pm tonight, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters — and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. the judge at the old bailey described the treatment of sara sharif at the hands o

her family fled to pakistan after the killing.outside court, surrey police said this was one of the most difficult and distressing cases they'd ever dealt with. in a special report tonight, we'll hear from sara's headteacher and we'll retrace her family's flight from england to pakistan. but first helena wilkinson has more on today's verdicts, and a warning — her report contains distressing details. sara sharif loved to sing and play the guitar. she was a confident, caring little girl. but in august last year, she was murdered after months of brutal violence. more than a day after sara had died, her father called the police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. this was the moment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. polic

next, pakistan, recently, pakistan has developed increasingly sophisticated missile technology from long range ballistic missile systems to equipment that would enable the testing of large rocket motors. if these trend lines continue, pakistan will have the capability to strike targets well beyond south asia, including in the united states. raising real questions about pakistan's intentions. ballistic countries that possess both nuclear weapons and the missile ability to directly reach the u.s. homeland is very small. and they tend to be adversarial to the united states, russia, north korea and china. candidly, it's hard to see pakistan's actions than anything other than an emerging threat to the united states. leaders across our administration, myself included, have raised these concerns repeatedly with senior pakistani officials. we've been a long time partner with pakistan on development of counterterrorism and other security issues, including quite sensitive issues. we've provided support to islamabad during difficult times and continue to desire a cooperative relationship in these a

.— some official agencies in pakistan. �* ., , pakistan.e cau~ht u- pakistan. although he became caught up in — pakistan. although he became caught up in political- caught up in political challenges that have tested every indian prime minister, manmohan singh's particular place in the country's history was equipping it to better embrace globalisation, but he always hoped india would show that does not have to mean leaving the port behind. let's speak to anbarasan ethirajan, the bbc�*s south asia regional editor. take us through his legacy. he presided over a time of enormous change particularly economically in india, he was very much behind that.- economically in india, he was very much behind that. when he took over in _ very much behind that. when he took over in 1991, _ very much behind that. when he took over in 1991, the _ very much behind that. when he took over in 1991, the foreign . took over in 1991, the foreign exchange reserves of india was hovering around $1.5 billion and within three weeks of imports the country was going throu

would be taking against pakistan. that is why a review of two of the diplomatic application and the eight --aid leads us to see if these are the two important and effective tools to apply in this situation. it was a critical and important leverage. it was not properly, in my view, used. it is something where they were downplaying or underestimating the amount of leverage the united states has in these situations with on and off partners across the globe, which are mostly based on a short-term interest rather than value. co-chair jackson: a follow-up on a different part of your statement. you made an observation there might be a different way for the u.s. to disengage from afghanistan in the end that did not involve undermining the host country. can you expand more on that? mr. nadery: a foundation for the u.s. forces, especially post-2004 in afghanistan and later on the bilateral security agreement in 2014 was signed with clear terms based on explaining what happened. the key concern in negotiating, the key argument i

from last visit he excluded pakistan. this visit he excluded bangladesh and pakistan again.what both countries, people would believe is that criticism that is news -- there is some -- >> what? i miss that. [inaudible] >> just policy matters, change things within pakistan which would give a medic level. >> i'm not sure i understand the question. >> with the end of this administration you clearly don't -- >> we very cloudy what? >> diplomatically with bangladesh an expert of course have diplomatic relations with bangladesh. >> don't read it with the visits by kai official visiting bangladesh and pakistan. >> the assistant secretary is a fact an extremely senior official of the united states government, the one with primary responsibility for the area and using secretary blinken meet with the acting prime minister bangladesh in recent months and juicy meet with senior pakistani officials who was very much a priority for this administration. administration. go ahead. >> thank you very much. today is the anniversary of journals from pakistan without whom the journalism history of

the defendants fled to pakistan with five other children after the killing.e, who was also on trial, was cleared of murder, but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. in the first of our reports tonight, helena wilkinson has more on events in court at the old bailey, and a warning — her report is distressing. sara sharif loved to sing and play the guitar. she was a confident, caring little girl. but in august last year, she was murdered after months of brutal violence. more than a day after sara had died, her father called the police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. this was the moment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as

hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan.er months on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughter, he stared straight ahead. sara's stepmother, beinash batool, sobbed as she was also convicted of murdering sara. the ten—year—old's uncle, faisal malik, cried as he was convicted of causing or allowing sara's death. the murder of a child is absolutely shocking, but the horrific nature of the abuse sara suffered during her short life has made this case particularly disturbing. today, justice for sara has been served. after the verdicts, sara's mother, 0lga sharif, described her daughter as a princess and said

but it wasn't enough, pakistan calculating their chase to perfection, winning with three balls to sparewickets in hand. in their conditions. the victory for new zealand also meant that tim southee finished his career with a win before retiring. he'll finish as new zealand's second—highest test wicket—taker, and he was good with the bat too. only three men have gone better than his 98 sixes. every opportunity to play for new zealand's been a special moment. i've been very fortunate to do it almost 400 times, which not a lot of people get to do. so, yeah, very honoured, very privileged to have done it and fulfilled a childhood dream and yeah, i've loved every moment of it. the ups and the downs are part of the journey and i guess that's what makes you the cricketer and the person that you become. elsewhere, pakistan have got off to a winning start in the first of three one—day internationals against south africa. batting first, south africa made 239/9 from their 50 overs. heinrich klaasen topscoring with 86 for the home side in paarl. but it wasn't enough, pakistan calculating their chase

united pakistan is a terrorist country. all these people who were killed were women, children, and common people weren't. none of them were tell a bad one or part time i say to protest on don't trust us. those who died for women, children, and the common people, they killed our mothers and sisters. but these tiny security officials don't just need to extract what cut it out in, but in my district and i get that how you felt of senior members of the group that he could probably bump pakistan. afghanistan denies those claims and see districts will not go and on said pakistan has seen an increase in attacks against the security forces. d. c. it last week. the 16 but to study. so just what came in and that type of thing, but i'm group is slumber but has accused a couple of not doing enough to stop by dis, based in of guns done from launching course boat tax, a clean denied by of guns done some experts say the strikes were not easily strained relations between this lemma, but a couple it obviously, so it was more attention more

herfather, stepmother and uncle fled to pakistan the day after she died in august last year and they for several weeks and there was a huge police search across pakistan to find them and they eventually came back to the uk in september last year on the 13th of the month and they were arrested and charged on the 15th of the month. today is the sentencing hearing and after we had those verdicts last week, what happens at a sentencing hearing is fairly similar in all cases. it can go on for several hours or even several days. in this case the hearing started just after ten o'clock this morning and the prosecution case see how the opportunity to read out a victim impact statement from sara sharif, sara sharif�*s mother who lives in poland she said sara was always smiling and had her own unique character and all olga could do was to say to give her a beautiful catholic funeral and said her face was —— beautiful catholic funeral and said herface was —— grave beautiful catholic funeral and said her face was —— grave was visited every day. candles and flowers were left for her. she said she

but arm groups on pakistan have soured relation to the strikes this week, or the latest in a tit for tat exchange. it's not about accuses afghanistan of harboring fighters focused on the toner to use. and the people focused on very expecting that having supported the sun for us, which would give no space whatsoever to hot stand and, and then send the stuff on the country. this has not happened. and that is why, of this tension, the 2600 kilometer border known as the drowned line has long been a source of dispute between the 2 countries. afghanistan does not fully recognize the line established during the colonial era. going backwards, a force border crossings to shock frequently. pakistan and afghanistan say they want peaceful relations, but on the ground, the violence is only escalating freddie a car was a 0, is good. let's take a closer look at the historical dispute between the 2 countries. the durant line is a 2640 kilometer long border drawn by british colonial officials, back in 1893. it reminds a major point of contention between afghanistan and pakistan with the telephone say

and former australia fast bowlerjason gillespie resigns as head coach of pakistan's test side afterjust eight months in charge. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. so, 17 matches in the uefa europa league on thursday. one of the best was at ibrox, where the scottish premiership faced the english premier league as rangers took on tottenham hotspur. in the end, both had to settle for a point — it finished 1—1. jane dougall was watching in glasgow. this was the first time that tottenham and rangers had met competitively in more than 60 years. but notjust for that reason was that a huge build up to this game. ange postecoglou, the former celtic manager, of course, was bringing his spurs side to ibrox for the first time, and how the rangers�* fans would love to exact revenge on the former manager of their bitter rivals. it looked for a while that that may be the case. a cross in from james tavernier found hamza igamane, and he scored to set ibrox alight. it was an early christmas present for the fans — or so it seemed. but tottenham weren't going home empty—handed, either. they got in on

are expressing their sadness and anger over the depths of children in air strikes carried out by pakistan. the hall is the most part of most a few days ago. in fact, we could prevent women and children with them by practiced on we have coveted today to raise all voices to the world. read the month, the economic pressure be put on pakistan to prevent such things from happening. afghanistan's defense ministry has said it's carried on strikes and retaliation, giving a pocket studies soldier and several civilians. the new job was to o'clock or later last night. the forces gave them a strong response and we stand by offices. we want to say to them, you're not alone and facing the evil talk of sony military. background officials say pakistan strikes earlier this week, killed nearly 50 civilians, mostly women and children. it's not of that says the targeted fighters from the pakistani to retail a back a ton of bands takeover of afghanistan in 2021 was 1st. welcome to buy some of that as a new beginning with cross border skirmishes and increasing attacks. the arm groups on pakistan have sideward

impact equal prevents are women and children with them by pakistan. and we have coveted today to raise all voices to the world. read the month. the economic pressure be put on pluck is done to prevent such things from happening. can stand the defense ministry has said it's carried at strikes in retaliation. coming out of pocket studies, soldier circle civilians. the new job was to o'clock or later last night, the forces gave them a strong response and we stand by offices. we want to say to them, you are not alone and facing the evil talk assignment a tree. ask on official se pakistan strikes earlier this week. killed nearly 50 civilians, mostly women and children. some of that says the targeted fighters from the pakistani to rekey tell about the taliban takeover of afghanistan in 2021 was 1st welcome to buy some of that. as a new beginning, the cross border skirmishes and increasing a tax. but arm groups on pakistan have soured relation to the strikes this week or the latest in a tit for tat exchange. the sound of that excuse is afghanistan of harbour

that means seven fixtures — all of pakistan's fixtures, they'll have to find somewhere else for that. venue will be. so there are so many logistical headaches. the good news today is that we are getting some sense of clarification that the champions trophy is going to take place, because that was a lit bit up in the air. what we still haven't got is a schedule for a competition which starts in less than two months from now. world athletics chief lord coe says he would shake up the olympics if he were to become the new president of the international olympic committee. coe published his manifesto on thursday, alongside those of the other six candidates in the running to succeed thomas bach. coe pledged to boost youth sport and introduce "clear, science—based policies" to protect the female category amid continuing debate in sport over gender eligibility rules. in an interview with bbc sports editor dan roan, he also said he would be open to moving some indoor sports from the summer olympics to the winter games. climate change is going to, fundamentally, make us have to think about the g

a news agency has reported 265 deaths in pakistan in terrorist attacks. the majority of the -- the state department could do some studies. this is one of the best organizations that could reach -- why is it passions always getting help desk eating killed? mr. miller: we don't want to see any protests -- we want to see any protests being peaceful. we want to see the government of pakistan to not engage with peaceful protests respectfully and to deal with them peacefully. >> second one. 2020, a very senior u.s. official committed suicide. just before his suicide, his articles were published in my newspaper the frontier post about israel and afghanistan, russia. that story with regard to the russians paying the taliban bounties to kill the u.s. soldiers. because of my own this i could not follow up for sure -- my illness i cannot follow for short. does your department still have a stand that that story was true. that russian pay the taliban bounties. mr. miller: that is a story that predates not just my time in this position but also the biden administration

it wasn't long ago we designated pakistan as a major us non-nato ally.h us on terrorism. since we withdrew from afghanistan there's been a little less counterterrorism relationship, the united states under the trump administration and biden administration focused on great power competition, has developed a closer relationship with india, that is irritated pakistan to put it mildly, talking about india, pakistan, china, nuclear armed states, this is concerning and will require intense diplomacy from the new trump administration. ashley: thank you for joining us on christmas eve and merry christmas to you. have a great time to you and your family. now this. a group of nato leaders say it is time to ramp up defense spending. what exactly is this group saying? >> time to ramp up spending from european nations, from sweden, greece, italy, finland and representative from the european union got together sunday in the north/south summit and they said time to invest more in defense spending, the days of spending only 2% of the nation's gdp on defense likely a byg

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going backwards, a force border crossings to shop frequently. pakistan and afghanistan say they want peaceful relations, but on the ground, the violence is only escalating for the car, which is 0. hundreds of people united and team, those capital have held the protest against mass nails from the countries. human rights secretary at the public sector union says 3 quarters of the department stuff has been sucked as part of president . how them in a deep public sector cuts rights group, one that efforts to accounts for people who went missing during argentina's agenda will be affected. this memory that they want to race, they weren't succeed because we the crazy ones is saying that despite the walking sticks in the wheelchair as we continue standing millions of people from across nigeria and beyond, converging on the southern port city of kind of buffers on your carnival the the, the month long festival is tacit. as africa's big is street policy and multi colored celebration of diversity and unity. it comes as nigerian struggle with the countries biggest cost of living crisis in decades

pakistan trail south africa by two runs with seven wickets remaining.ries. in the big bash, 0llie pope's 39 from 27 wasn't enough as the adelaide strikers were beaten by the hobart hurricanes by 11—runs. pope's england teammate chrisjordan picked up two wickets for the hurricanes in their second win of the season. the 8—1 shot val dancer won the welsh grand national in incredibly foggy conditions at chepstow. ridden byjockey charlie hammond, val dancer came in a length ahead ofjubilee express, whilst i will do it finished third. elena rybakina helped kazakhstan to a 2—1victory over spain on her united cup debut at the season—opening tournament in australia. the 2022 wimbledon champion beat jessica bouzas maneiro in straight sets to level the match. iga swiatek said she feared losing her fans after her positive doping case earlier this year. the five—time grand slam champion failed an out—of—competition drug test in august. but tennis�* integrity unit accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and caused by the contamination of a differen

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but it wasn't enough — pakistan calculating their chase to perfection, winning with three balls to spare hand. the second 0di is on thursday. meanwhile, england's women have won their first test match in a decade. starting the day with a lead of 145, england were bowled out for 281 on day four of their match against south africa — setting their opponents 351 to win. and the home side didn't even reach triple figures, bowled out for 64 — their lowest test total — as england secured a 286—run victory in bloemfontein. england's attention will now turn to january and their ashes series against australia down under. it's slightly different with a pink ball, and obviously slightly different conditions at the mcg. but yeah, we'll have to adapt to it as we see fit. but i think the fact that we were able to play like we did with only two days�* preparation after the white—ball series should be giving us confidence, because it will be the same in australia. 0bviously that mentality to flip between is a really hard thing to do. so, yeah, just getting more experience with doing that as players hopef

the sophistication and military precision of the attack, and must had support official agencies in pakistanalthough he became caught up and political challenges that have tested every indian prime minister, and when singh -- manmohan singh's particular place in the country was to better embrace globalization. he always hoped that would show not having to leave the poor behind. sarah: manmohan singh has died at age 92. commemorations have been taking place in countries around the indian ocean to mark the 20 than the rest of the tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people. the vast wave caused by an earthquake devastated indonesia, thailand, and sri lanka, and displaced nearly 2 million people. now, what did people here in the u.k. watch on christmas day? for many, the answer seems to be "gavin and stacey." the show had a whopping overnight audience of 12.30 2 million, making it the biggest nonsports overnight of 2024. this was the final ever episode of the beloved british sitcom. it doesn't include those yet to watch the episode on catch up. "wallace & gromit" at the second-highest overnigh

. >> in pakistan. >> 265 debt and attacks and they asked the majority of the questions and the department to do some studies. >> we want to see any protest the peaceful and who want to see the government pakistan and any government around the world not to engage side ... >> with all due respect that is a story that predates not just my time in this position but also the biden administration. i'll have to take it back. >> afghanistan just started -- showed video this morning of topping gas pipeline in pakistan-india. you also see taliban growing expansion. do you see now taliban is growing same kind of like iranian mentality? i made half of the population lives without education. that's psychic attitude. do you agree with me on that? summer months i've mentioned -- >> i think we made quite clear our position on the taliban and the position on the taliban sponges of its people including of course women and girls inside afghanistan. do a few more and antigo. ryan. >> a little more background on the letter of the was sent to israel regarding the ceasefire arrangement with hezbollah and israel

we've reconfirmed our 1959 agreement to help pakistan preserve its independence and its integrity. the united states will take action consistent with our own laws to assist pakistan and resisting any outside aggression. and i'm asking the congress specifically to reaffirm this agreement. i'm also working, along with the leaders of other nations to provide additional military and economic aid for pakistan. that request will come you in just a few days, in the weeks ahead, we will further strengthen political and, military ties with other nations in the region. we believe that there are no irreconcilable differences between us and any islamic nation. we respect the faith of islam and. we are ready to cooperate with all countries. finally, we are prepared to work with other countries in the region to share a cooperative security framework that respects differing values and political beliefs yet which enhances the security and prosperity of all. all these efforts combined emphasize our dedication to defend and preserve the vital interest of the region and of the nation, which we repres

her family fled to pakistan after the killing.tside court, police said this was one of the most difficult and distressing cases they. had ever dealt with in special report tonight, we will hear from her head teacher. first, let's get this report from helena wilkinson who has more on today's verdicts. a report does contain some distressing details. >> sare sharif loved to sing and play the guitar. she was a confident, caring little girl but in august last year, she was murdered after months of brutal violence. >> your daughter has died. >> i killed my daughter. >> more than a day after she had died, her father callethe police. >> my daughter is dead. >> who has killed your daughter? >> it is me. >> he had left her body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. this is the moment police arrived at the house. upstairs under covers in a bunk bed, they found her body. her father had left a note. it said it is me who killed my daughter by beating. the little girl had around 100 injuries including broken bon

a soviet occupied afghanistan threatens iran and pakistan, and is a steppingstone the possible controlver much of the world's oil supplies. the united states wants all nations in the region to be free and independent. but this soviets are encouraged in this invasion by eventual success, and if they maintain their dominance over afghanistan, and then extend their control to adjacent countries, the stable, strategic and peaceful balance of the entire world will be changed. this would threaten the security of all nations, including, of course, the united states, our allies, and our friends. therefore, the world simply cannot stand by and allow the soviet union to commit this act with impunity. 50 nations have petitioned the united nations security council to condemn the soviet union and to demand the immediate withdrawal of all soviet troops from afghanistan. we realize that under the u.n. charter, the soviet and other permanent members, may veto action of the security council. if the will of a security council should be thwarted in this manner, then immediate action would be appropriate

national debt, 220 million to pakistan for a legal migrants. like what is going on. >> of course that is just in new york and one building. we are beginning to hear these big-city mayors that have been out there talking about their big sanctuary cities realizing the checks are coming do what is going to cost to house and support these migrants, we've seen in the city of denver the same thing where at least 10% of their city budget is going to support those in the country illegally and if that is a way we can map other cities and other states, we are going to begin to see voters get very unhappy about how their tax dollars are being spent. >> trace: meantime crime -- crime a wise the following new numbers, i want to put these on the screen because it's fascinating. over 58,000 migrants who are convicted felons roaming new york city, and close to 670,000 across the country. of the 759,000 illegal border crosses living in the big apple, the feds are aware of november 17, 58,000 or 7.7% are either previously convicted of crimes or had criminal char

so, i was distressed when indiana exploded more nuclear devices and pakistan followed suit. i still think we have a long way to go to ratify the comprehensive test ban and the salt 2 treaty. >> are you worried about the future? president carter: i'm worried about the future. not as much as when we had a direct confrontation with the soviet union during the cold war. it is not as bleak now but i'm very worried about how the nuclear capability is being adopted or developed by nations that are extremely antagonistic toward within another as are india and pakistan each -- over cashmere. they can use them in ange care. >> this is a note the flag rail address he said because we are free we should never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. 20 years later how are we doing? rosalynn: i think jimmy's greatest achievement was his human rights policy, which calls for freedom for people and the rights that they have around the world. and i think that since his presidency that human rights policy has continued, so i think as far as that is concerned we are better off because o

your system, and as it is being by nuclear india being iran, and pakistan this year, and on pakistan -- >> yeah so i won't have anything to provide in terms pakistani or indian weapons programs other than to say look, we value both india an pakistan as important partners in the region. we believe that each country has an important role to play when it comes to regional security and stability and i'll just leave it there. all right. >> request for taking -- >> only because it is the holiday season. >> can you i know you can't right now but can you provide to us whether or not these troop increases were specified in the orders book that the secretary has approved every week and how far back those go? can you confirm and get that for us when possible? >> i'll take the question, i don't know -- to what level of detail we're abler. to provide specificity i will say broadly speaking again without getting in classified information, that those order books are often looking at individual units or personnel right they're not necessarily looking at broad numbers. all of that to say -- again, un

ask on official to say pakistan strikes earlier this week. killed nearly 50 civilians, mostly women and children. some of that says the targeted fighters from the pakistani to rekey tele back a ton of bands takeover of afghanistan and 2021 was 1st welcome to buy some of that as a new beginning with cross border skirmishes and increasing attacks . arm groups on pakistan have soured relation to the strikes this week, or the latest in a tit for tat exchange. it's not about accuses afghanistan of harboring fighters focused on the toiletries. and the people focused on very expecting that having supported the sun for us, which would give no space whatsoever to hostile elements in a one stop. on the contrary, this has not happened. and that is why this tension the 2600 kilometer border, known as the drowned line has long been a source of dispute between the 2 countries. afghanistan does not fully recognize the line established during the colonial era. gone battles of forest border crossings to shots frequently. pakistan and afghanistan. say they want peaceful relations, but on the ground, the

the defendants fled to pakistan with five other children after the killing. guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. in the first of our reports tonight, helena wilkinson has more on events in court at the old bailey, and a warning, her report is distressing. sara sharif loved to sing and play the guitar. she was a confident, caring little girl. but in august last year, she was murdered after months of brutal violence. your daughter has died? i killed my daughter, i killed my daughter! more than a day after sara had died, herfather called the police. my daughter is dead! he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. this was the moment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole th