yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.cinate as many people as possible against covid—19. in turkey, president erdogan received his vaccination live on state tv. he was given a vaccine developed by china, and some experts say it's less effective than previously thought. 0rla guerin has more from istanbul. coming through, precious cargo, climate—controlled. these vials not from western manufacturers, but from sinovac in china. turkey has agreed to buy 50 million doses. butjust before the roll—out here, clinical trials in brazil found this vaccine to be only 50.4% effective. one of the first in line to get the jab, the head of a major hospital. even he's allowed to wince. i asked dr mehmet emin kalkan if he was concerned about the data from brazil. speaks turkish. "no", he said, "clinicaltrials in our country are transparent, based on scientific research and statistically correct. we found this vaccine to be more than 90% effective". well, there's another vaccination about to happen here now. in this room alone, there are si

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.uction in paris. it is classic herge. the clean lines, the vivid colours. tintin and snowy coming face to face with danger. 0riginally intended for the front cover of his adventure the blue lotus, it was deemed too expensive to reproduce. so instead, herge gave it as a gift to the seven—year—old son of his publisher. translation: it has always| remained in the same hands. he folded it and stored it in a drawer to protect it. i asked him whether he wanted to sell it. he said "no, i care about it very much! it is a gift from herge!" and in the end, he kept it until his death. you could still see the creases as it went up for auction in paris. speaks french. add on commission and the anonymous buyer forked out the best of $4 million — a new record for comic book art. not bad for a plucky boy reporter and his best friend. tim allman, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. the rain and snow that fell across many parts of the uk during thursday has been petering out. tem

yogita limaye reporting from kabul.alny is about to leave germany to return to russia for the first time since he was struck down by a nerve agent attack. mr navalny has been recovering in germany from being poisoned with a nerve agent in russia last august. the russian authorities have threatened him with arrest on arrival in moscow for breaching the terms of a previous suspended sentence. brandenburg airport in berlin is where he will be leaving from. he will arrive back in russia later this afternoon. really, his return to russia is being seen in russia as a direct challenge to president vladimir putin. he not only faces possible arrest for breaching the terms of a previous suspended sentence, he also faces two fraud enquiry is over the alleged misuse of funds for his anti—corruption foundation, which he denies. clearly not only a threat to his own personal safety to go back to russia but also a threat of immediate arrest. nonetheless, alexei navalny has always said he wants to go back to russia and there is no quest

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.ris. the illustration fetched $3.8 million, including commission. that's the highest ever price for comic book art. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. it is classic herge. the clean lines, the vivid colours. tintin and snowy coming face to face with danger. 0riginally intended for the front cover of his adventure the blue lotus, it was deemed too expensive to reproduce. so instead, herge gave it as a gift to the seven—year—old son of his publisher. translation: it has always| remained in the same hands. he folded it and stored it in a drawer to protect it. i asked him whether he wanted to sell it. he said, "no, i care about it very much! it is a gift from herge!" and in the end, he kept it until his death. you could still see the creases as it went up for auction in paris. speaks french add on commission and the anonymous buyer forked out the best part of $4 million — a new record for comic book art. not bad for a plucky boy reporter and his best friend. tim allman, bbc news. laughter plen

from kabul, yogita limaye reports. afg hanistan's only hospital for children.ere. the americans are leaving, as war has brought humanitarian disaster to this country. this year, half of all afghan children are facing malnutrition. many won't make it to the age of five. subhan is two years old. till last year, he could walk. his mother farishta told me there are days they have no food at all. she has to borrowjust to eat. she said she gets very sad when her children ask her for food and she can't give them any. in the next bed is a three—year—old girl. her mother told us she wasn't sure she would survive. six times more people need life—saving support now than just four years ago. dr muhammad qureshi, the director of the hospital, says if it wasn't for the war, afghans would have been able to pull themselves out of poverty. translation: my message for the world, in particular l to the big countries, is to help afghanistan end the war. so is this the right time for us soldiers to be leaving, i asked the vice—president? we believe the mission is not accomplished.

yogita limaye of reporting from kabul. the headlines on bbc news...s in england from tomorrow — as the foreign secretary pledges every adult in the uk will be offered a first dose by september. cities across the united states are on alert for possible violent protests, ahead ofjoe biden�*s inauguration. in a fresh blow to the afghan government and their attempt to maintain security, two female judges have been shot dead in kabul. the uk government is moving to head off a rebellion by backbench mps, who could support a labour proposal to extend the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. the chancellor introduced the rise last april, as the pandemic hitjobs and family finances, but it is due to run out in march. conservative mps have been told to abstain on labour's vote tommorrow. the foreign secretary has said this morning that the government will always look at how to protect the most vulnerable communities. the shadow work and pensions secretary, jonathan reynolds, said he was confident a number of conservative mps would back labour call

in about ten minutes' time, yogita limaye will speak to afghanistan's vice president about the country's the us, and the incoming biden administration. first on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. on the programme this evening: could it live up to expectation? highlights of liverpool against manchester united coming up. rangers' winning streak comes to an end — they're held by motherwell. 36 runs to go. england close in on a win over sri lanka in the first test — but not without a chaotic end to day 4. and 72 players now in quarantine — how do they prepare for the australian open? hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — if you've just turned over premier league game of the weekend — what did you think? champions liverpool against the league leaders manchester united didn't live up to the hype, did it? the goalless draw means united stay top, and leaves the door open for manchester city to leapfrog liverpool into third place later. austin halewood reports. the fans may not be there, the atmosphere is not the same, but this event is just as big atmosph

but first: on the eve of the withdrawl of,000 of us troops from afghanistan, yogita limaye speaks to's vice president about the country's relationship with the us, the incoming biden administration, the threat from al-qaeda and talks with the taliban. 2500 us troops were due to have pulled out of afghanistan this week. the beginning of the end of america's war in the country. it was like part of a deal signed between the trump administration and the taliban in february last year. according to which its been agreed that all foreign forces would leave afghanistan this spring. these talks are taking place between the afghan government and the taliban. but it's unclear if and when they might result in a resolution. all this comes against the backdrop of a significant surge in violence. dozens of afghans are being killed every day. the conflict has resulted in acute poverty and hunger. there are fears that once all international forces leave, the taliban might be back in power in the country. i met afghanistan's vice president amrullah saleh and began by asking him if this was the right t

our correspondent yogita limaye has been following the story from mumbai.because today, he tweeted saying that export is permitted to all countries, but on sunday, in an interview to the ndtv news channel in india, he said that the conditions on emergency use approval in india were that serum cannot sell to the private market india or overseas. so today, what he's clarified to me is that what he meant by that comment is that serum institute of india is not allowed to sell the oxford vaccine overseas. they are allowed to export the vaccine to government immunisation programmes outside of india. he also says that they will honour the commitments that they've already made to countries such as bangladesh, morocco, saudi arabia, and also to kovacs, the global vaccine alliance in the next few weeks. he does say india is the company's first priority, being its home country. 50 million doses are already packed and ready to go, and another 50 million have already been produced. so concern over a shortage of vaccine, and worries about two new coronavirus variants, bo

both justices served on afghanistan's supreme court.0ur world affairs correspondent yogita limaye is two female judges were on their way to work in a car when they were shot at. they were both killed, their driver was injured. so far, we don't know who carried out this attack, but it is the latest in a series of targeted killings and assassination attempts that have taken place on journalists, women's rights activists, women in prominentjobs here in afghanistan. earlier, the afghan government blamed the taliban for these attacks. a few days ago, i met afghanistan's first female director and actress, and a policewoman who was shot multiple times last year. she says the taliban was behind the attack on her and she says it is because she was a woman in this prominent role. the taliban issued a statement denying any involvement in this and all of this is happening against a backdrop of peace talks that are taking place between the afghan government and the taliban in doha. when you have horrific killings like this, what hope is there of those peace talks succeeding? that is precisely the

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yogita limaye has more on the story. 0n on sunday in an interview to the news channel in india he hadrifying to me is what he meant by that comment is that serum institute of india is not allowed to sell the 0xford vaccine or overseas. they are allowed to exploit the vaccine to government immunisation programmes outside of india. he also says that they read unaided commitments and they read unaided commitments and they have already made to countries such as bangladesh and and saudi arabia and also to the global vaccine alliance in the next few weeks and he does say india is the company's weeks and he does say india is the compa ny‘s first priority weeks and he does say india is the company's first priority being its home country. 50 million doses are already packed and ready to go and another 50 million have already been produced. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come, south korea has sent a destroyer carrying members of its anti—piracy unit to the strait of hormuz as part of efforts to free an oil tanker seized by iran. iranian revolutionary guards seized the vessel on monday

pullout marks the beginning of the end of the us's 20—year war in afghanistan. 0ur correspondent yogita limayen signed with the taliban last year. according to it, all us forces have to withdraw by spring this year. but many are questioning whether the conditions that were laid out in that agreement have been fulfilled on the ground. the nato chief has warned that this withdrawal is hasty, and if they do it too soon, there would be a heavy price to pay. i also asked that question to vice—president amrullah saleh, who believes that the mission that international troops came here on has not been accomplished. he talked about the threat of al-qaeda, violence has been surging over the past several months, and the humanitarian situation is really quite staggering. the afghan government is trying to negotiate a peace deal with the taliban, but these are two parties that have really been sworn enemies of each other. the vice—president even now says the taliban is a terrorist organisation. when you have those two parties talking to each other, there are serious questions and doubts about whether a res

here's yogita limaye on why. taking a vaccine shot in india. this is because while the government releases a number for the total number of people who've gotten the first shots, we don't know how manyjobs overall have been offered. manyjabs overall have been offered. two vaccines were launched on the 16th ofjanuary, oxford astrazeneca's covid shield, and in indian firm covaxx vacine. what we have seen on the ground is there is some amount of hesitation in taking either of the two vaccines because people believe they've been rushed. but there are specific reservations about about the covaxx vaccine, this is because phase three human trials have not been completed, data on how effective it is is not available yet. but the other major factor in india is if you look at the covid—19 curve, it has fallen sharply, even when there are very few restrictions in place and some of the country's most densely populated areas, the coronavirus is not spreading here like we are seeing in the west and in many other countries aroun

our correspondent yogita limaye is in kabul.k in power in afghanistan. i have been —— tower man. i�*ve been speaking to women�*s rights activists who say they have been attacked by the taliban and they feel kind of rights women would haveif they feel kind of rights women would have if that were to happen. and one of the biggest fears, really, is the humanitarian crisis that is ongoing. we have ourselves been to the only children�*s hospital in afghanistan and the un has told us that half of all of afghan children under the age of five will be facing malnutrition this year. they say six as many people as just four years ago will need life—saving treatment. the worries for this country of postwar and violence and conflict, but what results from that is acute poverty and hunger. results from that is acute poverty and hunger-— results from that is acute poverty and hunter. . , , ., ., and hunger. that is the situation in afghanistan _ and hunger. that is the situation in afghanistan presently. _ and hunger. that is the situation in

our correspondent in mumbai, yogita limaye, explains.annel in india that the emergency use approval given by the indian government was on the basis of some conditions, and what he said in that interview was that the conditions were that serum institute of india, his company, was not allowed to either export the vaccine or sell it privately in the market here in india. yesterday, we sought clarification from the company and they said that that was the truth, today mr poonawalla has put out a tweet which seems contrary to his earlier statements, so we have put this question once again to the company to clarify which of these is true. in a couple of hours from now we are also expecting a press conference from the health ministry in india where again, you know, we will be putting this question across to the government, whether there are any such controls which have been imposed on the oxford astrazeneca vaccine that has been produced by the serum institute of india. there are fresh hopes that a second round of direct talks between the taliba