we'll talk live to the head of the us national immigration forum, who fears a return to the refugee crisis

we'll talk live to the head of the us national immigration forum, who fears a return to the refugee crisis of 2015 as afghans flee their country. the authorities in haiti now say 1941 people have died in saturday's powerful earthquake. and maki kaji, the man behind one of the world's most popular number puzzles, has died at the age of 69. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in kabul in afghanistan, where taliban leaders who've never been seen in public before have been making theirfirst statements on afghan soil, to a world still shocked by their lightning victory. they hope to have calmed a worried nation and international community, with assurances that those afghans who assisted international forces would come to no harm, that media freedoms would be protected, and that women would be allowed to study and work, within islamic principles. with the story of how the taliban claims it will rule, here's our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. the republic has falle