i don't need the taliban to teach me. a former aft han the taliban to teach me.thank _ the taliban to teach me. a former afghan church, thank you - the taliban to teach me. a former afghan church, thank you for - the taliban to teach me. a former l afghan church, thank you forjoining us. as we've been hearing, the impact on women not working in certain sectors has had a huge impact. the taliban mentioned women aid workers couldn't work with aid agencies. the un says 28.3 million people in this country are in need of life—saving aid. just to give you a sense of perspective, 38 million people in this country, so more than two thirds in need of that life—saving aid, many girls and women in some of the remotest, hard to reach areas where conditions are freezing and extremely cold, where children are suffering from malnutrition, and that aid that needs to be treated and sent to them is being hampered because women aren't part of the aid deliveries. i asked mehbouba seraj about that, let's listen to what she said. at this point, you know, what is happening, actually, t

the taliban now are in charge. they understand that they have to avoid catastrophe in this country, and that is our leverage. and mister england, there are questions, points being raised that you hear time and time and again, that is it right to talk to the taliban at all because of doing so, it could legitimize them. what do you have to say to that? well, it's a very simple answer to that. they are in charge of $40000000.00 people. and so if your boy caught engagement with the defacto authorities, you punish 40000000 innocent civilians. and i, as i say again, it's the same. a $40000000.00 women children civilians that the nato countries, including germany, spent hundreds of billions of euros and dollars on we need to engage. it would be a betrayal of the women of afghanistan if we didn't, didn't engage, and i must confess, we were many times people too much longer. we didn't go for the door, we state, but we are log that was young edgarland, secretary general of the norwegian refugee council speaking to us today f

the attack was the latest in a series blamed on the cherokee taliban or the pakistani taliban. but the group leadership has distance itself from the bombing se holy places should not be targeted. however, it hasn't come commented on why one of its commanders initially claimed responsibility the attempt to place in a highly fortified police compound. so was there a security failure? and what's behind the increase in attacks in pakistan will be putting those questions and more to, i guess in just a few minutes. but 1st, this report from command hyder in bush hour. i'm standing on what was the roof of the mosque. it was afternoon prayer, the suicide bomber had placed himself in the front row of the congregational prayer, and i did renew detonator, did your wife? although demand rescue and relief and recovery effort and now over, you can still find the rescue teams here in order to ensure that nobody is still under the rubble and unaccounted fall. this had been a difficult operation guided out in the dead of the night. but it had also left difficult questions for the o. tarter deed

but the taliban exists. 8 can still reach to needy. if it gets delivered to men in the family, instead, they say the band was necessary because women were not wearing that he job for being accompanied by a male relative while traveling. this further restriction of women and girls freedom will bring a disaster to the country. according to the aisle seat last winter, it was humanitarian aid that prevented a famine in this country. if we are not able to deliver humanitarian aid in the same way, if not more than what we did last year, we're going to be faced with a, a very horrific situation across the country. as winters sets in and g, o say 18000000 afghan acutely in need of 8, and it's often the fragile will have to bear the brunt. sarcasm good. we can speak now to journalist ali latifah, and kabul. welcome to d, w. news asia. as we've just heard in that report, aid organizations are saying that the ban on female staff in ngos will be devastating. do you think that's a fair assessment and, and what impact is this likely to have on ordin

it does not go to the taliban. ok, continue in themselves, but all banks, let me let, let, let's not, it's not are you. i just wanted to challenge you on that. let's not argue this. i'm not arguing that what's your point, your 100 give my point is the central bank of afghanistan on receiving that 8 or anything money and that many supposed to go to those people where samira is working. we all know the united nation with it, they don't have any kind of relationship. the central bank is not the independent body. it's a body which is running by taliban. and that's why their order is going to own either. so i've been social korea, i appreciate the point. i want to give samira quickly. yeah, honey, go students pocket of tom, but we are not saying to stop form a hot. we are ok. ok. okay so, so i appreciate your point. i'm just because i'm, i'm in and out as a mirror on i want to ask you summer, what do you make of that allegation coming from sir korea and where do you see the primary focus meeting to be well, the $2000000

that the taliban is ordered all shop self early on. and so again, ali, it's also male man and can also mail mannequin. so yeah, when me see these sort of repressive are extreme for lack of a better word, moves doesn't where it is hope. com, that the situation can be remedied, that, that women can be treated better, but that also, you know, you cannot mclee in the humanitarian situation at large will be addressed and allow me to say why to day i've got a son is different than before. when in 1996 and 95 talking about took over, gone is found dallas. i've got his thoughts off the civil war where the same shock as today university girl described your situation. i had the same feeling at the time because i passed that and i understand what, what does it mean to be hopeless and to be just because of the gender because of your, your girl, your women, you cannot do nothing. and so it's a very separate thing, but that time it was not as a normal life in 2021, the people of guy and the new generation where they don't know what's happened. what

so this whole area is under taliban control. our administration is fully functional each and every department is working well. according to summer ponds, a large number of the 600000 american weapons, 75000 vehicles, and 200 airplanes fell into taliban. the collapse, deeply shocked american war veterans who had served in afghanistan, keeping with american traditions the afghans would give us little scope. it says we left 2009. and this jason dempsey is a former army major who served in afghanistan for nearly 2 years. during his 2009 deployment, he fought the taliban in kuna. vardek caused and packed the provinces in eastern afghanistan. the dana span in 2009. we were very good at targeting hunting and killing, but we were completely 100 percent lost when it came to the politics of the fight who we were actually fighting. and then what the end game was there is a lot of morphing between well, is the priority al qaeda or is our new enemy? is our sworn forever enemy? now the taliban, we just pain them all with one broad brush. they

there is also tension within the taliban. people who would like to have a moderate line -- extremist mind has undertaken these edicts. a lot of tension. again, i find it strange that are not diplomats from more countries, including western countries, here. it is an important place and it is a place where millions are suffering. amy: i want to ask about the refugee situation because you met with afghanistan's ministry of refugees and repatriation. can you talk about prioritizing refugees and what is happening to them as they face discrimination in the u.s. and other countries, even those that work with u.s. forces while they were there in afghanistan trying to escape and reports that pakistan is sending back hundreds of afghan refugees and tens of thousands attempt to fully -- to flee? >> the crisis -- the harder it is to escape the crisis. it is difficult to reach any of the neighboring countries. the neighboring countries have returned people. and the nato countries that employed so many here are not even willing to take any

and the taliban use that. and i think that when we sat there to discuss the tenants of this, i'm not in any great depth, but just, you know, it for the 1st one on we're talking about knowledge speaking light. they will tell you, i will tell them that i'm also sydney, they may be one of the i'm really key, but i don't see anywhere that says, you know, we don't have the right to education. so i think that, you know, the conversations were helpful in that we were trying to hold the ground that it was not acceptable. i had a number of consultations going in. right. and the, and there is a consensus in the muslim world, of course, in the international community that women's rights and goals, rights and the rights to work the right to be part of the, an economy or not. so not for negotiation. in the case of some edicts, i'll give you credit, you've brought back some edicts for women, but then you're giving with one rights and you're taking away with the other. that's not acceptable. we want all of them because they'

i thought the taliban, on the other hand, had the advantage of experience. their advance across the country was both tactical and measured within days. more than 80 percent of the country's highways were under their control. cutting off the afghan army supply routes built this thing that simply cannot exist without us pouring billions of dollars. and having folks standing behind and supporting them with maintenance and contracting and logistical, and air support and air power. and we feel a complete fantasy of the military for a dentist in the conundrum was so long as we're there long as report and billions hours into it directly under cut in many ways the political legitimacy of the central government and the forces outside because they were seen as both puppets and they were seen as wildly corrupt me. exactly 20 years after 911 the taliban, one full control over afghanistan. currently the future of the country is unknown. ah, over in america, the after effects of the war will continue to haunt veterans for years to come on some 7000 u. s. military service

foreign minister pakistan he commented that we will end appeasement with the pakistani taliban .e is some speculation in this area that the operation is basically an operation to look for the pakistani taliban to blame, but there is also evidence that terrorist groups armed with the taliban of pakistan and daesh, considering the events that took place last week in other regions, what do you think about the international and domestic consequences , i told you in the short term, it seems that considering that you know well the government of pakistan has changed a government has come into office where two traditional rivals, that is, two muslim league parties, the leader of the people's party , in an unprecedented move, came together and formed a coalition to form the government. the internal situation of pakistan is a complicated situation and this security investigation has been created alongside it . it seems that the government of pakistan is trying to eliminate the political impasse that has arisen inside pakistan and considering that we are getting closer to mohsen. elections

he had back-to-back meetings with taliban leaders. yazidi fractures in this taliban unity.f the acting minister for disaster management. he was categorical, we will not reverse this the date -- this edict. hour later, the minister of the economy was saying in the future, women will be able to work with nongovernmental agencies. this is a hierarchical, deeply conservative organization, but there are people within it who will find ways to make this work, but he urgent question is whether those working around it is enough for afghans to get through this winter alive. ros: as you see them going about the day, challenges they face, can you see a visual difference, a culturalifference in how they are living compared to how they would've taken on winters a couple of years back? >> there is an extraordinary reality about afghanistan. it sometimes seems to be racing ahead withhe latest in technology and social media, but it is also a country where time seems to stand still. we went to visit a family in the mountains. they were getting their house with a stove and wood chips. they ha

then of course, we has the fact that the taliban , one of the taliban taliban, one of the taliban leaders come out and said they want peace is on the chessboard which is what prince harry said refers to the taliban fighters as pieces on a chessboard that i needed remove rather than human beings and the taliban accused prince harry of war crimes and says that they were human beings, not pieces on a chessboard . and this raises a chessboard. and this raises a huge question about prince harry's security will, family security and any serving british, because it unfortunately leads the way to a bit of an issue with absolutely extremism. 100. i first read it and i thought maybe he's doing it as a desperate to try to get his own security back. he is. he's got a really ridiculous way about it. i think it puts military personnel at massive risk even more risk. i think it puts members of the even puts all members of the even more not need enrage more risk we not need to enrage people who support taliban any more frankly already have more than, frankly already have already emails from already got em

it wouldn't just the taliban, it wouldn't just be the taliban. but the afghan people who, who would be punished. so i wanted to know if the humanitarian lever was the only one that could be used in this instance, or are they other incentives perhaps that could be offered to afghanistan and the top, the engagement with them. this time i was surprised how much, how important recognition was to them. i thought that that didn't matter. and pretty sure there's 34 of the taliban who would be happy for the door closed and stay in their isolation. but there is, there is the level of recognition that is the lever for the humanitarian aid. they constantly told us that they had made progress, that they were less corrupt. the in fact, they're told you that they have eliminated corruption, they are safer. and they would tell you that they're collecting taxes, and that there is no recognition of that in the progress towards the conditions. what i am telling them is that you might be in the case of some edicts of give you a credit, you've brought back some edic

the choice between the 2 parties august and the taliban broke. that was the govern government also blames of gone balaban for providing 5th heaven to buckets any valuable and for not in not controlling their movement when it comes to entering into pakistan. so there are multiple factors, and there is also a criticism that currently the government lacks consensus and doesn't have a cohesive strategy to counter terrorism feeder views. venus shove it with more on on this incident. thank you so much for putting it into context to us. as turn to other news, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin has met with israel's defense minister. we are jo of galant into ruth's love. he told him that washington's commitment to israel's security remains, quote, iron clad. lincoln's visit comes amid an upsurge and violence between israelis and palestinians. he also sat down with the opposition leader jojo le. pete lincoln is also set to hold talks with palestinian leader mackwood abbas in the west bank. he is expected to urge abbas to de escalate tension and resum

on the other hand, some media such as the guardian claimed that the pakistani taliban the perpetrator of this attack was according to could it be the place where the mosque was exploded? could it be the operation of the pakistani taliban that you mentioned, considering that the group has not officially claimed responsibility for this terrorist attack , there are a lot of speculations about this incident. there is a government sensitive in the city of peshawar, the military home of rial khayat pethoha is very little far from this explosion and many security and law enforcement centers in the city of peshawar are in a real and well-trained state. also a witness the increase in tensions between the government of pakistan and this is where we see a lot of speculations , but commenting on this is a bit complicated considering that you know well that a few days ago mr. foreign minister of pakistan made a comment that we will end appeasement with the pakistani taliban. there are some speculations in this area that the operation is basically an operation to look for the pakistani taliban in i

the taliban are not going to change. - them to take a stand. the taliban are not going to change.pressurise them, the more likely they are _ you pressurise them, the more likely they are to— you pressurise them, the more likely they are to push back. as far as cricket — they are to push back. as far as cricket is — they are to push back. as far as cricket is concerned, they actually don't _ cricket is concerned, they actually don't care — cricket is concerned, they actually don't care very much for it. they actuatty— don't care very much for it. they actually would probably be happy if the afghan team did not play cricket, — the afghan team did not play cricket, and most of them as far as i know. _ cricket, and most of them as far as i know. are — cricket, and most of them as far as i know, are not at all supporters of the taliban — i know, are not at all supporters of the taliban. you're punishing the people _ the taliban. you're punishing the people you should be helping. i think— people you should be helping. i think this — people you should be helping. i think this is, without

laura: the taliban seized power in afghanistan in 2021 when the u.s.rew its troops from the country. we sat down with a white house security council spokesperson and askedim about the situation in the country now . >> the situation of women in afghanistan is getting worse by the day. does the u.s. consider any responsibility for what is happening? >> the way for which women and girls iseing treated in afghanistan is the taliban, make no mistake. they said they wld govern in a more liberal sense, that they would not backtrack on the progress that women and girls have been able to make in afghanistan in recent yrs. clearly they are reneging on that. if they are serious about wanting to be respected in the international community, and to have investment and assistance, they should behave aordingly and meet the promises they said they would meet when they came into power. make no mistake, there is one party only responsible for these greatest curtailing of women's rights in afghanistan, and that is the taliban. ura: that was john kirby at the white house s

the taliban's crackdown has been brutal. the rights and freedoms of afghan women have, regressed and one final move to women's rights before the world and, they've been in the room attending school after first grade independent university. we'll get into that and more the next. our another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, and i new year. it is sunday. january 1st. i'm hassan, sitting in for my good friend ali velshi. and you congressional class will be sworn in republicans will officially take back control of the health of representatives. let us pause and reflect on that for a moment. less than two years after i violent -- stormed the capitol in attempt to stop biden from becoming president. -- we'll be back in control of the lower chamber of commerce. many of the republicans returning to congress or joining it for the first time this week supported the big lie that led to that armed insurrection. granted, republicans only have a slim majority in the house. the roadways that some folks initially warned about n

tom: you mentioned afghanistan taliban earlier. how much control do they have over the tpp -- over the ttp? >> the ttp is largely based out of afghanistan since the taliban's return to power. the ttp has enjoyed a safe haven political asylum in afghanistan. but they do not have total control over the ttp. they are ultimately distinct organizations. that being said, the taliban have not penalized the ttp in any manner for their ongoing campaign of violence against pakistan. the taliban have not even condemned the ttp for most of its attacks. even the one it has carried out against civilians on the mainland of pakistan. the taliban have offered generic statements, condolences, but nothing specific condemning the ttp. tom: thank you for your time and your insight. from the institute of peace in the united states. peru's congress has postponed a debate to move forward elections. it is scheduled for tuesday. last week parliament rejected a similar motion to have the pole this year. the president has warned politicians if they do not app

——so important to the taliban.ere are people within it who will find ways to make this work. but the big question, and it's an urgent one, is whether those working around it is enough for millions of afghans to get through this winter alive. and as you see those millions of afghans going about their day to day challenges that they face, can you see a visual difference, a cultural difference in how they are all living compared to how they would've taken on winters just a couple years back? it's an extraordinary reality about afghanistan — it is a country which sometimes seems to be racing ahead with the latest in technology and social media, but it's also a country where time seems to stand still. we went to visit a family in the mountainous area — how are they heating their house? with a bihari, a stove using wood chips. they had a blanket over a wooden structure inside, there's a charcoal burner. the family's for centuries, that's how they've heated their homes. this is a country stuck in the past trying to move t

the taliban don't seem to care much about international record. >> to come to the taliban with a westernerspective would be totally useless. that is the reason why, and ahmed is a muslim woman, a recognized muslim woman. to be able to mobilize the islamic world to tell clearly to the taliban that what they are doing has nothing to do with islam, nothing to do with the holy koran, it has something to do with traditional values, but there are reasons to the benefit of the afghan people to make sure that women can work, girls can go to school at the secondary and university levels, and they can be active agents for the developer to the country. >> the taliban bad all-female aid workers from international aid agencies from operating inside afghanistan. for now, female u.n. workers can continue to operate but the secretary-general would not be drawn on what would happened if they too were banned soon. >> antigovernment protesters across peru are converging on the capital for mass demonstrations. they want their president to resign and her predecessor released from jail. more than 40 people ha

you welcomed the taliban back.as positive that the taliban were back in power in kabul. but now we see since the taliban took over that your own pakistani taliban has revived its military operations on pakistani territory, and there is little doubt that it has been using afghan territory as a means of building up its military strength. do you now regret your policy toward the taliban, both in afghanistan and your failure to root them out in pakistan? well, that's not correct, actually. unfortunately, this is yet another big failure of the present government that they have not been able to carry on the policy, imran khan's policy vis a vis afghanistan. we were holding continuous meetings, we were holding continuous negotiations with the new authorities in kabul and we were actually close to solve this issue. but, unfortunately, since this government took over, they have no idea what's going on in afghanistan, what is the thinking of the new leadership. and, unfortunately, they have ruined all our efforts to stabiliz

it is not the first time he has upset the taliban like this.when he was serving, he did an interview in which he referred to -- compared it to playstation. what he meant was that the console, the actual control fire system that an apache helicopter has, is similar to that used by the playstation. that is what he said but it came across badly. the taliban criticized him, saying we are not a game, prince harry. this is war, this is afghanistan. do not belittle and trivialize the conflict at that country was undergoing. i think the view in the military, past and present serving members, is pretty negative about this. luxmy: that was our security correspondent talking to me earlier. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come, the great british race to space. the buildup to the first ever rocket launch from u.k. soil. >> the japanese people are in morning following the death of the emperor here he to. thousands converged on the palace to pay their respects what it was announced he was dead. >> after half a century of delighting fans around the wor

they power over the taliban they have power over the taliban .an was supposed to afghanistan that was supposed to help humanity help with the humanity situation. think that are situation. and i think that are all these types of leverage, as you know isolation from the world making that that world making sure that that sanction the taliban leaders that they can't travel abroad right now what you see is taliban leaders living qatar living in pakistan their daughters are going to schools in. these countries, they have families really countries, yes. even one of the taliban leaders, daughters is playing football in qatar. so it might happen if hypocrisy. complete hypocrisy. so. so this is what i mean. like when we say, you have power. you can leverage this. you can tell them you can't be living in this and then enacting a different law. yes. and that country and a lot of afghans say that these people aren't actually from afghanistan. their afghanistan. they've lived their entire in pakistan. entire lives in pakistan. they've in madrassas in they've s

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a high ranking you and delegation arrives and cobble for talks with the taliban. as the spotlight grows on women's rights. and bella roost puts exiled opposition leaders, svetlana chacandra, sky on trial for treason along with 4 of her allies. ah, a court in the philippines has acquitted nobel prize winning journalist, maria theresa of all 4 charges of tax evasion. races still faces 3 other criminal cases which are under appeal rights groups say the legal cases are part of a larger crackdown on media freedom that began under former president rodrigo to turkey. reesa won the nobel peace prize in 2021 for protecting freedom of expression. this accredo died mitchell with the dental and is not just for rapp learn. it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused houses here is barnaby low as live for us outside the manila court of tax appeals. barnaby, did this verdict come as a surprise and what might this signal for? maria, theresa and other journalists in the philippines going forward. well, either way, mohammed, this is a surprise given that maria reza

when the taliban retook power in afghanistan, they promised a more moderate form of rule. they that hasn't happened. women have largely been removed from society weight restrictions on their rights and freedoms. and i'd groups have been told not to employ women at all. dice i, it's leaving them unable to carry out their work. the head of the norwegian refugee council has gone to cobble this week to try and convince the taliban to change their minds. we cannot wait with meetings, only we do that in no other part of the world. we will not do it. it would be a horrible precedence is we did it. i would want any sister organizations to go down that road. they would also under mine o ability to resume work as a principled humanitarian group. i think that will be a united front tear. and, and of course the consequences are horrific if they've been do not. if they oppose the ban, because it will go long time without 8 to millions. young eagle on there, he is more now on what exactly he's talking about the situation facing women in afghanistan and lawyers trying to help them. yes s

they say the taliban haven't and won't change. what do you say to that?that is that i've just written off 23 million people in this country. that's not acceptable to me, and i will fight until we make sure they're included. because if we give up on the women of afghanistan, how many other women are we going to give up on when it gets too hard? the taliban — still not recognised by any government, under sanctions — say they should be brought into the international community. the message from envoys like ms mohammed is, first, demonstrate your commitment to international norms, including women's rights. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has welcomed proposals by the church of england to bless same—sex married couples, but said he wouldn't personally carry out the prayers. the archbishop said he had a responsibility for the whole of the anglican communion. this week the church restated its position not to allow gay marriage, but said it wanted to offer blessings to gay couples. because of my pastoral care and responsib

but a new taliban edict shut down a training program here. this, their response. four women, all university educated, lost their jobs, the life they knew and loved. >> our future is very dark. it's not bright. lisa: do you see any light? >> no. >> we are here because we really want to hear your voices. lisa: that is why the u.n.'s second in command is here, its most senior woman, trying to change taliban edicts banning women from education. that is why she headed to a southern province to meet some of the most conservative taliban leaders. >> we will use this to push the door wider and not allow it to close, because it would close on the women of afghanistan. that is not an option that we will leave on the table. lisa: the council of islamic scholars explaining tir strict interpretation of women's rights within islam. so strict, it has been criticized by many islamic countries. ms. mohammed, a muslim herself, made her case too. how did it go? >> tough. lisa: as in no meeting of minds? >> i think there is a distance to be covered. we have come little closer to unde

they power over the taliban they have power over the taliban .an was supposed to afghanistan that was supposed to help humanity help with the humanity situation. think that are situation. and i think that are all these types of leverage, as you know isolation from the world making that that world making sure that that sanction the taliban leaders that they can't travel abroad right now what you see is taliban leaders living qatar living in pakistan their daughters are going to schools in. these countries, they have families really countries, yes. even one of the taliban leaders, daughters is playing football in qatar. so it might happen if hypocrisy. complete hypocrisy. so. so this is what i mean. like when we say, you have power. you can leverage this. you can tell them you can't be living in this and then enacting a different law. yes. and that country and a lot of afghans say that these people aren't actually from afghanistan. their afghanistan. they've lived their entire in pakistan. entire lives in pakistan. they've in madrassas in they've s

especially for women under taliban rule. um the security situation overall is not bad, but by all indications, you know, everyone you talk to seems to think that this might have been some kind of a personal issue that led to her killing. there is no proof that you know, anyone within the current government was involved in her death. and unless a group like boyish clings responsibility for her death, there's really no reason to believe that there was any sort of all cherry or motives behind her desk other than possibly some kind of a personal issue or something like that. right. so do other a full bar female m, p 's that they then don't have to fear the same fate. if you say that it was possibly personal well as they feared, the same fate, they wouldn't still be here. the ones who feared for their lives left right away, right? they either left before the taliban arrived or as soon as the tall on arrived. the fact that she stayed and, you know, continued to live in kabul, and by all accounts seem to have a normal life with a g

the taliban government is rolling back. the rights of women and girls, the country is also suffering from an economic collapse and is in the throes of a deepening humanitarian crisis as winter conditions worsen. on today's show, we ask simply how our afghans coping joining us to discuss the latest from afghanistan from cobble ali la t fee of freelance journalist covering afghanistan for al jazeera in london, women's rights activists. chicory out bar kazi, ah, and also with us from kabul. and if i, yes, samira, said rahman advocacy and communications coordinator for the international rescue committee. ah, and of course, for those of you at home, we want you to join the conversation. so be sure to share your thoughts and questions with us on youtube. thank you for joining us. this is obviously an important conversation so many angles to discuss the mirror. i want to start with you with the basic tweet. just from moments ago, amnesty international highlighting all the ways the taliban has band women and girls, enough dentist a

they say the taliban haven't and won't change. what do you say to that? off 23 million people in this country. that's not acceptable to me, and i will fight until we make sure they're included because if we give up on the women of afghanistan, how many other women are we going to give up on when it gets too hard? the taliban — still not recognised by any government, under sanctions — say they should be brought into the international community. the message from envoys like ms mohammed is — first demonstrate your commitment to international norms, including women's rights. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. anti—abortion activists are rallying in washington for the 50th annual march for life, calling for further restrictions on the termination of pregnancies. it's the first such event since the supreme court overturned the roe v wade decision that had recognised a woman's constitutional right to abortion. nomia iqbal reports. it is a key march, in that this is the first time they have marched since the roe v wade was overturned. they've been marching every year

and there are factions inside the taliban movement. the political reality is that the taliban have imposed what they call and his law make emerett. the underlying foundational principle about islamic emerett is that the amir, she hybrid toola, has unchallenged authority to pass any decree which he likes. and every one is obliged to implement those decrees whether they agree with them or not, potentially out of the pain of death. i have absolutely no doubt that there are many men inside the taliban movement who deeply regret these decrees around education who deeply regret many, the other things the taliban are doing. they are powerless to do anything about it because they basically have been told if you want to stay alive, certainly if you want to stay a member of the movement, you must obey these decrees unquestioningly. a palestinian man has been shot dead. mine is really sad, learning occupied westbank thought it all that marley was killed near a village west of from a long video posted on line appears to show him chasing a settler

the taliban said . that i've mist. the taliban said that i've mist.... health records. ngos want in writing _ one thing... health records. ngos want in writing that _ one thing... health records. ngos want in writing that that _ one thing... health records. ngos want in writing that that was - one thing... health records. ngos want in writing that that was the i want in writing that that was the case, but traditionally come even in the 1990s, when the taliban and where even more hardline female doctors and nurses carry on working. of doctors and nurses carry on working. of course, taliban have got wives, daughters, mothers, they also want to female doctor or a female nurse to female doctor or a female nurse to treat them, so that is an obvious need that has been filed by the taliban personally. but outside that, we are still waiting, i mean, it is difficult to overestimate the impact that this is having. it's heavily dependent on humanitarian aid. it's not that last winter it saved lives because the economy crashed so badly after the taliban takeover

after the taliban said, women can continue to work in areas like health. the decision in late december to bad women from a work led to charity suspending their operations, but can save the children and the international rescue committee now say they can restart their health care services with female staff after the rules were amended to allow it. i've got my son is experiencing one of the world's worst, you monetary crises exacerbated by poor governance. earlier, david wright, the chief operating officer, it save the children international, told me the ban on women working in and joe's is still in place. what's actually happening is that certain ministries and the governments are saying that they are supportive of mix teams, mix male or female teams working, doing work that is relevant to their responsibility. so the we are allowed to start health and nutrition work so about it starts in the last few days. there's also some education worth talking necessarily a nationwide thing. it's very, some problems to problem. so some purposes, we are able to restart

they say the taliban haven't and won't change. what do you say to that? people in this country. that's not acceptable to me and i will fight until we make sure they're included because if we give up on the women of afghanistan, how many other women are we going to give up on when it gets too hard? the taliban — still not recognised by any government, under sanctions — say they should be brought into the international community. the message from envoys like ms mohammed is — first demonstrate your commitment to international norms, including women's rights. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. the amount of goods we bought in shops online saw the biggest cuts on record in the month of december as people cut back to cope with the rising cost of living. figures from the office for national statistics show the volume of sales fell by nearly 6% compared with the previous year. but the amount we actually spent was almost 4% higher than in december 2021, as goods were more expensive. thousands of operations and hospital appointments were cancelled due to nurses�* strike

a taliban spokesman said the killings amounted to war crimes.nd unease about that claim here in britain. a former british commander called his comments "ill—judged". 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. it is a raw, unflinching story of his life, intimate even embarrassing details shared. pain, anger, sadness explored. prince harry's spare has spared very little and the reaction to it has been polarising. in the book harry describes the day his grandmother the queen died. his family travelled to balmoral without him after a row. harry eventually charted his own flight. by the time he arrived in scotland the queen had died. he found out as his plane was about to land. it is some of the personal stories that are perhaps the most shocking to read. harry tells us in great detail how he lost his virginity aged 17 to an older woman in a field behind a pub. he confirms that he had a relationship with the tv presenter caroline flack who died almost three years ago and in the book and then the interviews to publicise it he describes using drugs

they say the taliban haven't and won't change. what do you say to that?st written off 23 million people in this country. that's not acceptable to me, and i will fight until we make sure they're included. because if we give up on the women of afghanistan, how many other women are we going to give up on when it gets too hard? the taliban — still not recognised by any government, under sanctions — say they should be brought into the international community. the message from envoys like ms mohammed is, first, demonstrate your commitment to international norms, including women's rights. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. scientists from the european space agency are putting the final touches to a pioneering mission tojupiter�*s icy moons in the hope of finding primitive signs of life. here is our science editor rebecca morelle. bleak yet beautiful, the giant moons ofjupiter, covered in a thick crust of ice. but hidden beneath, hints of vast oceans where life could thrive. now a mission is getting ready to make an epicjourney to study them. at airbus in toulouse, in

when you meet the taliban, there's a lot of hospitality. everyone is welcoming you at the same time. if you push enough buttons, you begin to see the ideology come through. what we did see was an understanding of all of them how important it was for girls rights and women's rights and education . they all didn't have a, they didn't push back on that. what they said was that okay, this of work in progress and they're going to come back to us. so the new framing around which they would protect women, that would be accessing education and also the workplace. so i think that they understand i was surprised, but we saw from them a need and want to be recognized. right. and that the humanitarian services were important. so i think you've got fractions. i think you've got the ones that afford leaning and you've got the ones that are holding onto the 13th century ideology. and i will ask you a bit more about this needs to be recognised that they have formulated. i wanted to to, to find out more about your meetings with them as a woman and muslim wo

the taliban and pakistan have claimed responsibility. the u.s. secretary of state said america's commitment to the security of israel is ironclad in the context of escalating violence. you are watching dw news from berlin. stay with us now, after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. see you then. x2cc >> welcome to live from paris, world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. russia is claiming incremental gains in eastern ukraine. he have says this has come at an enormous loss of life to russia's army underlining moscow's lack of concern for the fate of its military personnel. the president says the west sends more weapons to ukraine there will be a significant escalation. at least 59 dead in suicide blast in a mosque in pakistan. it is believed they were 400 worshipers present.