tanya dendrinos, bbc news.arassment and abuse in the afghan police force. after months of research, the bbc has spoken to a number of women who say they were raped or assaulted by senior officers or colleagues. human rights groups say the majority of the attacks go unreported. carefully screening bags to prevent explosives getting into kabul, a crucial task for these policewomen. a few years ago, there were no policewomen to do this job. even today, there are almost 4,000 female police officers in afghan national police. and by posting these propaganda videos on social media, the government intends to recruit more. but there's another side to this, a side some policewomen say the government doesn't show. four years ago, momena joined the police after watching a promotional video, but what she says she experienced was very different. she says her boss attacked her one night. translation: he tore apart my dress. the door was closed. i shouted and yelled but no one came for help because they were scared of him as

tanya dendrinos, abc news. covent garden, with a brand new show. for the principal dancers, the pandemic has changed everything, from rehearsals on zoom to dancing in the kitchen. my name is yasmine naghdi, and i'm a principal with the royal ballet. my name is vadim muntagirov, and i'm a principal dancer with the royal ballet. it was definitely a shock to the system. we were going 100mph, we were doing performances of swan lake, we were all gearing up to our shows in the run and from one day to the next we were told not to come into the opera house. so i think a lot of us thought this would last a few days and ultimately, it lasted a lot longer than a few days. but arrangements were made very swiftly. we were transferred to zoom, the wonderful world of zoom! so we were doing pilates, strength training, ballet class, daily on zoom. for me, it felt like i was on standby for a year because no—one knew how long it will last _ basically, i kind of sacrificed myself to rehearse, to practice by myself in the kitchen a

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.clared victory after a snap parliamentary election that was called to defuse a crisis over an ill—fated war with azerbaijan. he was speaking as early results showed his party opening up a significant lead over a political bloc led by a former president, robert kocharyan. australia has a new deputy prime minister. barnabyjoyce returns as leader of the nationals party, which forms a ruling coalition with the liberals of prime minister scott morrison. mrjoyce previously resigned from the role after revelations he had an affair with a former aide. the belgian authorities have confirmed that a body found in woodland is that of a missing soldier who had threatened to kill the country's top virologist. the prosecutor's office said initial findings indicated that jurgen conings shot himself. he had been on an anti—terrorist watch list because of his extreme right wing beliefs. israel's prime minister has called on the us and its allies to "wake up" to the threat of iran. the warning comes as d

tanya dendrinos has the details.eady the shining star of tennis. but two weeks ago, as she withdrew from the french open, it became clear the weight of the world was on her shoulders. she was fined for not taking part in a news conference following her first—round match, with organisers saying she could face expulsion. instead, osaka pulled out, saying she would be taking a break from the sport to protect her mental health after battling depression and anxiety. now, she's announced her withdrawal from wimbledon. the all england club saying, "she will be greatly missed", adding it "looks forward to welcoming her back", next year. there was, however, a silver lining. confirmation osaka's sights remain upon the olympics, making a return in front of her home fans next month. it comes just hours after 20—time grand slam champion, rafael nadal, announced his withdrawal from the championships and the olympic games. dominic thiem also pulling out of tokyo. the state of emergency in the city is to be lifted five weeks out fro

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come...re set to explore venus. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, via a signal given with the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter, he fought all the way to the end — even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... after days of frantic negotiations, a coalition of opposition parties signs an historic deal to form a new israeli government. 50 days before the start of the delayed toyko olympics around 10,000 volunteers have pulled out over coro

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.k at this footage of an actual flying car being tested in australia. the idea is to hold a series of races later this year. the cars are without pilots or drivers. they look pretty good, don't they? and they want to remind you of our breaking news that make the liberal democrats have won an historic by—election in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority with 16,000 votes. the liberal democrat sarah greene won this time by more than 8000 votes. that is it from me. do get in touch with any thoughts you have. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones, i'm lewis vaughanjones, and is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. friday is set to be another day of split weather fortunes, with largely dry and often sunny weather across northern and western areas. further south and east, well, the chance once again of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. feeding up from the near continent, you can see this weather system herejust fringing int

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.d to get their children vaccinated against covid—i9, after new data showed a rise in teenage hospitalisations. a report from the center for disease control suggested that figures rose sharply in april — one in three teenagers admitted to hospital earlier this year needed icu treatment. last month the us food and drug administration authorised the pfizer—biontech vaccine for use in adolescents, and moderna is seeking the same for its vaccine this month. it comes as regulators in the uk look to approve earlier i spoke to dr allison messina, the chair ofjohns hopkins all children's hospital's infectious disease division. she says children and teenagers are become increasingly more vulnerable. despite the fact that it is true that the virus causes more severe disease in adults we are seeing a fairly severe disease and some other older teenagers as and i think that we are seeing a little bit... we have seen that — seeing a little bit... we have seen that a _ seeing a little bit... we have s

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.xamine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. the missions are scheduled to launch at the end of the decade. nasa's last venus orbiter was magellan, which reached the planet all the way back in 1990. since then, there have only been fly—bys. so why this announcement now? so there is a huge possibility that there is some kind of life — it is possible right now — on venus. that is one of the reasons we are actually taking a step back and looking at venus again. we have not been to venus in the past 30 years — at least nasa has not tried missions in the last 30 years. even before that, the majority of them were failures. part of the reason is because of the hostile conditions and the acidic environment. although there is a belief that venus is like an evil twin to the earth. so once upon a time conditions on venus were very conducive to life. we wanted to go ahead and check that aspect of it and how much has changed since and why it has changed since. nasa has come up with two b

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come...re set to explore venus. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, via a signal given with the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter, he fought all the way to the end — even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... israel's main opposition parties negotiate a coalition deal that could spell the end of benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. 50 days before the start of the olympics around 10,000 volunteers pull out, over covid concerns. organis

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.as it turns out, the future may not be that far away! have a look at this footage of an actual flying car being tested in australia. it looks like it has been taken right out of a star wars film! the airspeed is a multi— copter aircraft based on a formula 1 car, and the idea is that to be part of a series of races early this year. that is one way to be traffic! — — to beat the traffic. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ ben m boulos. hello there. friday is set to be another day of split weather fortunes, with largely dry and often sunny weather across northern and western areas. further south and east, well, the chance once again of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. feeding up from the near continent, you can see this weather system herejust fringing into south—eastern areas, whereas this ridge of high pressure is going to be keeping things mainly dry settled across a part of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales, and the far south—west,

tanya dendrinos has the details.s. but two weeks ago, as she withdrew from the french open, it became clear the weight of the world was on her shoulders. she was fine for not taking part in a news conference following her first round match —— fined. organisers say she could face expulsion. instead, osaka pulled out, saying she would be taking a break from the sport to protect her mental health after battling depression and anxiety. now she has announced her withdrawal from wimbledon. the all england club saying she will be greatly missed, adding it looks forward to welcoming her back next year. there was, however, a silver lining. confirmation osaka's sites remain upon the olympics, making a return in front of her fans that make it comes 20 hours after rafael nadal announced his withdrawal from the championships and the lipid games. dominic thiem also pulling out of tokyo —— olympic games. the state of emergency in the city is to be lifted five weeks out from the start of the games. translation: it of the games. tran

tanya dendrinos reports. madrid painted red and yellow as tens of thousands of, who are behind a failed independence bid in 2017. demonstrators see the move as a threat to national unity and accused the spanish led government, reliant on the backing of catalan nationalists in parliament. translation: they are to plotters. they are against the unity of spain, they are against catalonia and if they get out it is a betrayal of all spaniards. translation: i betrayal of all spaniards. translation:— betrayal of all spaniards. translation: ~ �*, , translation: i think it's 'ust an excuse. what i translation: i think it's 'ust an excuse. what sanchez h translation: | think it's just | an excuse. what sanchez wants is to _ an excuse. what sanchez wants is to stay— an excuse. what sanchez wants is to stay in power at any cost _ is to stay in power at any cost. ., ., cost. the government, however, an ues cost. the government, however, argues the _ cost. the government, however, argues the pardons _ cost. the government,

tanya dendrinos reports. speed, agility and precision — the red arrows soaring over cornwall.of unity and teamwork, that these leaders it seems are working hard to replicate. covid—i9, we have to face a lot of changes, a lot of crisis, climate change, and for all these issues what we need is co—operation. and i think it's great to have the us president as part of this club, and very willing to co—operate. the us is back. we feel very, very strong about cohesion with nato. i, for one, think the european union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity that has a lot to do with the ability of western europe to not only handle this economic issue, but provide the backbone and the support for nato. behind closed doors, bilateral discussions, getting to the crux of why the g7 leaders are gathered. a key item on the agenda, the us—backed build back better world plan, a rival to china's belt and road initiative which has seen billions of dollars poured into developing countries. the promise from the world's seven wealthiest democracies, a partnership to help meet the tremendous infra

tanya dendrinos reports. shoulder to shoulder, in solidarity. a chant for feminism.ing a stand against senseless crimes perpetrated against them. the latest unspeakable tragedy after the body of 6—year—old olivia gimeno was found at a depth of 1000 metres, inside a bag and tied to an anchor off tenerife. her one—year—old sister anna is still missing. their father the main suspect, he too is yet to be found. translation: i feel an immense rage, a helplessness that - i can't explain, and a desire to change things, as you can see. translation: i am here because i am a mother, l because i am a woman, and because we cannot stay at home crying. we're very sad in this country, there are hundreds and hundreds of deaths. this last one has already been a turn of the screw. they are sadists, they are murderers. tributes have been laid in tenerife where the protests continued. the family lived here, but the girls were never returned to their mother as agreed at the end of april. a community now shattered. translation: we want - to express, from santa cruz's city hall, our reject

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the un — it's the organsiation�*s initiative to encourage governments and people across the world to make their cities and lifestyles more sustainable. but despite the pandemic and the shutdown of international air travel, new research shows the reduction in pollution has not had an impact on rising sea temperatures and melting ice sheets.(read on well, earlier i spoke to shelbi, an environmental youtuber, who's been on what she calls �*a journey�* to build a sustainable lifestyle. i personally have been environmentalist for over ten years now and realised that corporations themselves are incredibly wasteful and i just wanted to expose them for that, so i decided to do it the best way i knew how, showing it through video. what did you find? so many things but some of the most shocking things was food that was perfectly edible that instead of donating it to people who could have years that fit and stopping it from going to waste, they send it to landfill. things like freshly baked cook

tanya dendrinos reports. tens of thousands of protesters.ed government using a plan to shore up political support. the sanchez government reliant on the backing of catalan nationalists in parliament.— the backing of catalan nationalists in parliament. ~ ,, ~ , ., in parliament. translation: they are coun plotters. — in parliament. translation: they are coup plotters, against _ in parliament. translation: they are coup plotters, against the _ in parliament. translation: they are coup plotters, against the unity - in parliament. translation: they are coup plotters, against the unity of- coup plotters, against the unity of spain, against catalonia, if they get out it is a betrayal of all spaniards. get out it is a betrayal of all spaniards-— get out it is a betrayal of all saniards. �* ,, �* ~' spaniards. translation: i think it is 'ust an spaniards. translation: i think it isjust an excuse. _ spaniards. translation: i think it isjust an excuse. what _ spaniards. translation: i think it isjust an excuse. what sanchez - is just an excuse. what s

tanya dendrinos reports. shoulder to shoulder, in solidarity. a chance for feminism. —— chance.a jimeno was found at a depth of 600 metres, in a bag and tied to an anchor off tenerife. her one—year—old sister anna is still missing. herfather sister anna is still missing. her father the sister anna is still missing. herfather the main sister anna is still missing. her father the main suspect, sister anna is still missing. herfather the main suspect, he too is yet to be found. translation: ifeelan too is yet to be found. translation: ifeel an immense translation: i feel an immense rage, translation: ifeel an immense rage, helplessness that i can�*t explain and a desire to change things as you can see. translation: i am things as you can see. translation: iam here things as you can see. translation: i am here because translation: lam here because i am a _ translation: lam here because i am a mother because i am a woman— i am a mother because i am a womamend— i am a mother because i am a woman and because i cannot stay at home — woman and because i cannot stay at home crying. we're

tanya dendrinos reports. a pristine coastline and a looming environmental disaster.d indian navies, it is with 350 tonnes of oil on board. translation: either all the fuel has caught fire, | or the oil could still be there. if the oil is still there, we have already taken precautionary steps to handle that situation in case there is on wednesday, attempts were made to tow the vessel to deeper waters to minimise marine pollution, but attempts were later abandoned. beaches along the west coast have been littered with debris, and the government has banned fishing along an 80 kilometre stretch of coastline. boats lie covered on the shore, and livelihoods are on the line. translation: the ship has dealt a death blow to our lives. - we cannot go to sea, which means we cannot make a living. the singapore flanked container vessel was carrying to 1,500 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid and several other chemicals. sri lankan officials believe the fire was caused by a nitric acid leak, which the crew had been aware of since may 11. translation: similar- incidents

tanya dendrinos reports. speed, agility and precision. the red arrows soaring over cornwall. unity and teamwork, and these leaders it seems are working hard to replicate it. covid—i9, we have to face a lot of changes, a lot of crisis, climate change and for all theseissues climate change and for all these issues what we need is co—operation. the us president, it's great to have him as part of the club, and very willing to co—operate. of the club, and very willing to co-operate._ of the club, and very willing to co-operate. the us is back, we feel very. _ to co-operate. the us is back, we feel very, very _ to co-operate. the us is back, we feel very, very strong - to co-operate. the us is back, | we feel very, very strong about cohesion— we feel very, very strong about cohesion with nato. i for one think— cohesion with nato. i for one think the _ cohesion with nato. i for one think the european union is an incredibly— think the european union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity — incredibly strong and vibrant entity it_ incredibly strong and vibrant entity. it has a lot

tanya dendrinos reports. a pristine coastline and a looming environmental disaster.ies, it is sinking. translation:- sinking. translation: either all the fuel— sinking. translation: either all the fuel has _ sinking. translation: either all the fuel has caught - sinking. translation: either all the fuel has caught fire, i all the fuel has caught fire, or the oil could still be there. if the oil is still there, we have already taken precautionary steps to handle that situation in case there is a week. ~ , ., , that situation in case there is a week. ~ , , ., , , a week. on wednesday, attempts were made _ a week. on wednesday, attempts were made to _ a week. on wednesday, attempts were made to tie _ a week. on wednesday, attempts were made to tie the _ a week. on wednesday, attempts were made to tie the vessel- a week. on wednesday, attempts were made to tie the vessel to . were made to tie the vessel to deeper waters to minimise marine pollution. attempts were later abandoned. beaches along the west coast have been that littered with debris, and the government has ban

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.e to encourage governments and people around the world to make their cities, lifestyles and the planet more sustainable. around this time last year, when the pandemic forced countries to close their borders and airlines to ground their planes, many said it was an opportunity to set the world on a greener path. but new research shows that rising sea temperatures and melting ice sheets could impact 40% of the world's population. and in the us, miami is considering the need for a six—mile wall to protect the city. i'm joined now by shelbi, an environmental youtuber, who has been on quite a journey to build a sustainable lifestyle. thanks forjoining us on bbc news thank you so much for having me. i news thank you so much for having me-_ news thank you so much for having me. i have got to ask ou having me. i have got to ask you what _ having me. i have got to ask you what attracted _ having me. i have got to ask you what attracted you - having me. i have got to ask you what attracted you to

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.s a claim that was brought by six asylum seekers who were accommodated at the barracks between september 2020 and february of this year. they were claimants, described as one above victims of trafficking and or torture, who had experience a deterioration of their mental health as a result of their accommodation. following the judgment today, the results of which reads as, the high court has found that the napier barracks provided inadequate accommodation for the asylum seekers, and that the defendants' process for choosing those to live at the barracks were on —— were flawed. thejudgment has been at the barracks were on —— were flawed. the judgment has been found against napier barracks, and for the asylum seekers. they claimed that their mental health had been affected as a result of their accommodation in their time at napier barracks. we will get more on this, because our correspondence has been following this for us. he has been following this for us. he has been getting more detai

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.xplained sightings in us airspace. now a much anticipated declassified report on ufos is due to be delivered to the united states congress in the next few days. sophie long reports. an encounter between a us navy fighterjet and an unidentified flying object — or what the pentagon prefers to call an "unidentified aerial phenomenon". look at that thing! it's rotating! lieutenant commander alex dietrich was an operational fighter pilot for ten years. she was with three other pilots on a routine training flight when they witnessed an unidentified object in the skies off the coast of southern california — now known as tic—tac, due to its resemblance to the mints. it was travelling very fast and very erratically, and we couldn't anticipate which way it was going to turn, or couldn't understand how it was manoeuvring the way that it was or the propulsion system. this official footage from the us department of defense, published for the first time in 2017, totally changed the debate surroundin

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.nk you forjoining us. full disclosure, i have never kept up with the kardashians, i've never watched a single episode although i absolutely know who they are of course so why do you think the show has had such success and longevity and so many viewers?— has had such success and longevity and so many viewers? great question, it is the ultimate _ and so many viewers? great question, it is the ultimate question, _ and so many viewers? great question, it is the ultimate question, of- it is the ultimate question, of course, i have to admit myself, i am trying to keep up with them right now, i am only halfway through the last episode. they are so popular for so many intertwined reasons. lots of people talk about the kardashians and especially kim kardashians and especially kim kardashian as being talentless, this kind of new celebrity that has no talent, who is famous for being famous. but one of the reasons they are so successful is that kim kardashian in particular has a distinct talent fo

something about the disparities in our country. 94—year—old activist, opal lee ending that report by tanya dendrinos where she was going to focus her energy. palace aides say she doesn't want to just be a figurehead in this area — she wants to generate and lead practical change, to help prevent childhood challenges becoming a crisis in adulthood. daniela relph, bbc news. dame vera lynn's family are launching an appeal to raise funds for a memorial statue for the late singer, with a song released to help raise money. this comes on the anniversary of her death and as a meadow on the famous white cliffs of dover has been renamed in her memory. dame vera entertained troops with morale—boosting visits to the front line during the second world war. last night, a lighthouse standing atop the cliffs was [it in her honour, as her daughter explained. they lit the light... or, at least i lit the lighthouse by pressing a button last night. it hasn't been lit for many, many, many years. this is only the third time ever, once it had come out of commission. it was absolutely fantastic, even in the fog, the light w