you talk about the international recognition, in the cabinet line—up, though, you have got sarajuddin haqqanimilitant group known as the haqqani network, wanted by the us, he is not interior minister for some two other governments navigate the issue of working with the taliban in this way? i working with the taliban in this wa ? ~ , , , ,, way? i think this puts the us certainly in _ way? i think this puts the us certainly in a _ way? i think this puts the us certainly in a very _ way? i think this puts the us certainly in a very difficult. certainly in a very difficult position. i don't see the us engaging with a taliban government in which sarajuddin haqqani is a part of that government, so i think that certainly puts the us in a difficult position. i do think that there are certain governments, right? the taliban may be able to gain more regional recognition rather than international recognition. they may be thinking more of these countries i mentioned rather than western recognition, so i do not thicket as the entire western community engaging with this government, isaac is going to be a

when you talk about international recognition, in the cabinet line—up, though, you've got sarajuddin haqqanint group known as the haqqani network, wanted by the us state department. he's now the interior minister. hwo do other governments navigate the issue of working with the taliban in this way? i think this puts the us, certainly, in a very difficult position. i don't see the us engaging with a taliban government in which sarajuddin haqqani is a part of that government, so i think that certainly puts the us in a difficult position. i do think that there are certain governments, right? so the taliban may be able to get... i think it's more regional recognition rather than international recognition. it may be more thinking about these countries that i mentioned rather than western recognition. so i don't think it's the entire international community engaging with this government, i think it's going to be a part of the international community. right. yeah, madiha, on that regional recognition, pakistan, of course, one of the countries that you mentioned, and yet there have been anti—pakistan

obaidullah emir, or supreme leader of the country, mullah hasan akhund as prime minister, and sarajuddin haqqanifbi, as minister of interior. there's no women in the cabinet. what message do you think that sends out? translation: we haven't | announced all the ministries and deputies yet, so it's possible this list will be extended. back at the protest, convoys of taliban vehicles made their way to the site. rapid gunfire. eventually, fighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. earlier i asked raihan ismail, a senior lecturer in islamic studies at the australian national university to explain what is sharia law. sharia law is supposed to govern all aspects of human life. it govern all aspects of human life. it is govern all aspects of human life. it is the govern all aspects of human life. it is the simple definition — well trodden path of water, so it is meant to govern all aspects of your life, it is meant to regulate all human actions, but as you have correctly pointed out it is quite complex. we ta

emir, or supreme leader of the country, mullah hasan akhund as caretaker prime minister, and sarajuddin haqqanithe fbi, as minister of interior. there's no women in the cabinet. what message do you think that sends out? translation: we haven't | announced all the ministries and deputies yet, so it's possible this list will be extended. back at the protest, convoys of taliban vehicles made their way to the site. eventually, fighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. as the government names their key figures, the questions about the kind of country afghanistan will be. raihan ismail is a senior lecturer in islamic studies at the australian national university. she's in canberra, australia. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. we programme. thank you for having me- we know _ programme. thank you for having me. we know the _ programme. thank you for having me. we know the tali

", or supreme leader, of the country, mullah hassan akhund as caretaker prime minister, and sarajuddin haqqanihat sends out? translation: we haven't announced all the ministries and deputies yet, i so it's possible this list will be extended. back at the protest, convoys of taliban vehicles made their way to the site. gunfire. eventually, fighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. police scotland has been fined £100,000 after admitting that failures in its call—handling system contributed to the death of a young mother who lay undiscovered in a crashed car with her partner for three days. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie reports. lamara bell was a 25—year—old mother of two. she was returning home with her partner, john yuill, when her car the road. 0utside court, lamara bell's mum welcomed today's decision. it's taken a long time for this conviction to be secured but there is a huge relief that police scotland has finally admitted being at fault. finally we can say lamara hasjustice. a

obaidullah emir, or supreme leader of the country, mullah hasan akhund as prime minister, and sarajuddin haqqanie fbi, as minister of interior. there's no women in the cabinet. what message do you think that sends out? translation: we haven't | announced all the ministries and deputies yet, so it's possible this list will be extended. back at the protest, convoys of taliban vehicles made their way to the site. rapid gunfire. eventually, fighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. dr amyn sajoo is a scholar at simon fraser university and he is contributing editor of the 2018 book the sharia: history, ethics and law. he's in vancouver. it isa it is a pleasure to have you in the programme. something taliban authorities said from the get go is that they would be implementing sharia law. what is it?— be implementing sharia law. what is it? ~ ., ~ ., what is it? well, thank you for havin: what is it? well, thank you for having me _ what is it? well, thank you for having me on. _ what is it? well, thank you f

their new government, naming mullah obaidullah emir, or supreme leader, of the country and sarajuddin haqqanifighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. police scotland has been fined £100,000 after admitting that failures in its call handling system contributed to the death of a young mother who lay undiscovered in a crashed car with her partner for three days. here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. lamara bell was a 25—year—old mother of two. she was returning home with her partner, john yuill, when her car the road. outside court, lamara bell's mother welcome the decision. it's taken a long time to the conviction to be secured but there is a huge relief that this is a moment we can give lamara bell justice. moment we can give lamara bell “ustice. “ ii' moment we can give lamara bell “ustice. “ ::' ., ., moment we can give lamara bell “ustice. “ ::' . ., justice. a101 call was made to the rolice justice. a101 call was made to the police after _ justice. a101 call was made to the po

their new government, naming mullah 0baidullah emir, or supreme leader of the country, and sarajuddin haqqaniet, i so it's possible this list will be extended. back at the protest, convoys of taliban vehicles made their way to the site. eventually, fighters fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. dissent is not something the taliban is used to. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. more seismic events in afghanistan and a big eight conference coming up on monday which will keep our eyes on. now for something a bit lighter. now, do you remember this? ah, now that brings back a lot of memories. the muppets have been a mainstay of film and tv since they first achieved stardom in 1955. with eight feature films under the belt and multiple television series, the muppets are still the biggest celebrities in the world. so, it's no surprise thatjim henson, creator of the muppets, is being honoured with an english heritage blue plaque in the run—up to what would have been his 85th birthday. it was unveiled today at his home in hampstead, where he lived from 1979 onwards. so, what was it that made ji