our correspondent yogita limaye is in kabulfor us. a story to tell anyone?— a story to tell anyone? one thing we have heard when _ a story to tell anyone? one thing we have heard when we _ a story to tell anyone? one thing we have heard when we have _ a story to tell anyone? one thing we have heard when we have travelled i have heard when we have travelled across provinces in this country in the last year as people are relieved the last year as people are relieved the front lines have gone and the fighting has stopped. but even that feeling of safety is increasingly under question because in recent weeks and months, we have seen a rising number of attacks carried out by the regional affiliate of islamic state. but the most staggering problem that the taliban government faces is that of hunger and poverty. one province we went to, we saw that the number of miscarriages and the number of newborn deaths had almost doubled over the last year. doctors told us hunger and stress was the reason. almost everyone we spoke to said they were eati

yogita limaye, bbc news, kashmir.the outskirts of moscow. darya dugina was a journalist and vocal supporter of the invasion of ukraine. there is speculation the target may have been herfather, alexander dugin, whose calls for a new russian empire, challenging the west, are said to have influenced president putin. will vernon reports from moscow. a fireball on the streets of moscow. darya dugina, a political commentator, was killed when a bomb exploded in the car she was driving. at the scene, her father, aleksandr dugin, an ultra nationalist philosopher. russian media said mr dugin was meant to travel in the car with his daughter, but changed his mind at the last minute, and there is speculation he was the intended target. darya dugina, like herfather, was a vocal supporter of russia's invasion of ukraine. she was a regular guest on russian television, calling the war a clash of civilisations. both she and her father have been sanctioned by the west. some analysts say president putin is close to aleksandr dugin, altho

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.speak to amir handjani who's a fellow with the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. he joins us from new york. welcome to the programme how does it make you peel seeing these pictures that have come out today of the taliban out in the streets celebrating their one year anniversary of taking back the country? it’s one year anniversary of taking back the country?— back the country? it's good to be with yom _ back the country? it's good to be with you. incredibly - back the country? it's good to be with you. incredibly sad. . be with you. incredibly sad. it's clear to the international community that they have failed afghanistan. they pulled out and whatever progress was made in the last 20 years, propping up in the last 20 years, propping up even though it was a corrupt regime, there was progress, with women going to school, the security situation had gotten better. afghanistan was starting to somewhat get back on its feet having an economy that treated reasonably with its neighb

the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports. a school in trauma. gathered for morning prayers, their teacher was killed, metres away. they heard the gunshot and found her on the ground, bleeding from her head. the spot has been marked with stones. rajni bala was killed by anti—india militants, police say. a mother and wife, a much loved history teacher. "we're devastated. she was a wonderful person, adored notjust in the school but in our village," her colleague told us. it's believed rajni was targeted because she was a hindu, a minority in the country's only muslim—majority region. teachers told us she feared for her life after a wave of killings of people from her community. translation: there had been a targeted killing of a hindu, . just two kilometres away. she was scared and had applied for a transfer. kashmir�*s long—running and complex conflict started with the killings of hundreds of hindus, 30 years ago. but this minority has rarely been targeted since 2003. now it's facing a resurgent threat that's left hindu families terrified. these m

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.the taliban, one year on. a special report from our teams there, including the team just featured. turning now to the issue of taiwan, and china says it will be carrying out new military exercises in the yellow sea, near south korea, until the middle of august. it follows a barrage of drills which have encircled taiwan for four days. taiwan has accused china of practising for an invasion of the island, while the us has accused beijing of using military drills to change the status quo. our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in taipei. so what we are hearing from taiwan's defence ministry today is that it believes the last four days of china's military drills around the island have been a dry run for a future invasion. interestingly we have also heard from the people's liberation army eastern command in china, effectively saying almost the same thing. perhaps the most significant statement has come from washington over night. the white house released a statement saying it believes

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.to pursue its hardline zero—covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled, leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. i've been speaking professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and he says this lockdown is just part of china's lockdown strategy. if you look at how that policy is being pursued in china, basically by each locality with singledigit cases being banned, they are supposed to launch immediate factors stomach measures to keep the crisis in control. in sanya, it is no exception, that is part of the chinese policy response to covid—i9. chinese policy response to covid-19-_ chinese policy response to covid-19. ., ., ., covid-19. you say that, and i understand _ covid-19. you say that, and i understand t

yogita limaye reports from badakhshan province in the north—east of afghanistan.ity wards, women forced to endure unbearable suffering. groans. no drugs to ease the pain. barely any resources for an emergency. only female staff are allowed here. they scramble around a woman in a serious condition. bibi sara's waters have broken too early. the only female doctor helps sara pull through. her baby is rushed to critical care. there is a faint heartbeat, but she isn't breathing. to treat the child, a male doctor is called in. these are crucial moments. after half an hour of intense efforts, the baby girl is stable. doctors have told us she has a good chance of survival now. but they see scenes like this every single day here. it's also the middle of the day on a weekday when all of the staff were here. but there's just one female doctor and five nurses in an area that's home to more than 200,000 people. life is precarious here. a day later, before she could be named, the baby's condition worsened and they couldn't save her. one of too many such cases. the number of new

yogita limaye, bbc news, kashmir.preparedness as the north korean nuclear threat worsens and china steps up its presence around taiwan. the 11—dayjoint drills start monday in south korea. but there's concern that north korea could use the drills as a chance to retaliate. our correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, was given rare access to the joint operation centre, from where the war games are run. deep underground, an american and a south korean colonel watch north korea. i'm learning but it's difficult to get it right. in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against a north korean attack. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles a

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.and china has launched fresh military drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american legislators there. this comes of course after last week's military exercises by the chinese, that followed us house military drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american legislators there. this comes of course after last week's military exercises by the chinese, that followed us house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial visit to taipei. the escalating tensions have led many to wonder about the potential outcomes of a full scale invasion of taiwan from china. the centre for strategic and international studies think tank in washington has been mapping out some simulations. their senior advisor — joins us now live from arlington, virginia. how do you conduct a model like this? building computer programmes and tables to analyse and give combat results so we are not relying on people going into the back room and using the judgment. we have dev

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.oke to former afghan ambassador to france and nato, omarsamad. i asked him how he viewed the picture in afghanistan one year since the taliban took power. well, it all started out a year ago as surreal. who'd have expected the taliban after 21 years, after being defeated post—9/11 to make such a strong comeback? but they did. there are a lot of reasons, and we will spare people with that at the moment. since then, obviously, they were expected by many inside and outside afghanistan to make good on some of the pledges they had made during the doha talks with the united states. amongst them, the issue of intra—afghan talks to make sure we have a representative government, with the taliban included of course. and even playing a very important role. they also made pledges about human rights, women's rights, the rights of girls to go to school. all of those things, obviously, when it comes to girls, as your report said, grades 7—12, high school, they are unfortunately unable to attend. that

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.e looking at life under the taliban one year on. so keep an eye out for that here on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll bring you more of this — catching the eye in iceland. the big crowds became bigger as of the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news. i'm david eades. the latest headlines: the us senate backsjoe biden�*s bill to fight climate change, changeling hundreds of billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the first left—wing president in colombian history,

the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports. a school in trauma.heir teacher was killed, metres away. they heard the gunshot and found her on the ground, bleeding from her head. the spot has been marked with stones. rajni bala was killed by anti—india militants, police say. a mother and wife, a much—loved history teacher. "we're devastated. she was a wonderful person, adored notjust in the school but in our village", her colleague told us. it's believed rajni was targeted because she was a hindu, a minority in the country's only muslim—majority region. teachers told us she feared for her life after a wave of killings of people from her community. translation: there had been a targeted killing of a hindu, . just two kilometres away. she was scared and had applied for a transfer. kashmir�*s long—running and complex conflict started with the killings of hundreds of hindus 30 years ago. but this minority has rarely been targeted since 2003. now it's facing a resurgent threat that's left hindu families terrified. these men work in government jobs and ar

yogita limaye, bbc news, kashmir.eadlines in the uk... almost 2000 workers at britain's largest container port — felixstowe — have gone on strike for the first time in more than 30 years. they're calling for a 10% pay rise to match inflation. but bosses insist their current offer is fair. the strike is due to last eight days. scotland's first minister has said the uk should consider renationalising energy suppliers to tackle the rising cost of living. nicola sturgeon said the option should be "on the table" — as she called for the westminster government to step up its financial support for households struggling to pay energy bills. for the first time in four years, the us and south korea will revive their live—action military drills, sharpening their preparedness as the north korean nuclear threat worsens and china steps up its presence around taiwan. the 11—dayjoint drills start monday in south korea. but there is concern that north korea could use the drills as a chance to retaliate. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mac

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.liban, one year on. gustavo petro has been sworn in as colombia's first left—wing president. he has called for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking. saying the war on drugs in the past four decades has failed. in his inaugural speech he said the current policy has empowered the mafia and led to the deaths of at least1 million people across latin america. colombia has long been the world's biggest producer of illicit cocaine. a 12—year—old girl has made hundreds of survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. she's made more than 200 blankets this year using almost 10,000 crisp packets. dan heard reports. making survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. it's maybe unusual and time—consuming but 12—year—old alyssa says the effort is worth it because while it helps the most vulnerable people, it also stops the used packets from being thrown in the bin. we get the crisp packets _ being thrown in the bin. we get the crisp packe

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.now — and china has launched fresh military drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american legislators there. this comes of course after last week's military exercises by the chinese, that followed us house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial visit to taipei. the escalating tensions have led many to wonder about the potential outcomes of a full scale invasion of taiwan from china. the centre for strategic and international studies think tank in washington has been mapping out some simulations. earlier their senior advisor — mark cancian told me how the data was collated. we have done a lot of analysis experience to build computer programmes and tables to analyse and give combat result so we are not relying on people in the back room using their judgement. we have developed a wargame with maps and encounters, and we have done this in the unclassified spheres so we can encourage discussion in the broader community. we are also running the game 22 times, we

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.all through this week we'll be looking at life under the taliban one year on. do keep an eye out on our features from afghanistan. let's get some of the day's other news. ukrainian nuclear authorities have accused moscow of committing an act of nuclear terrorism by launching a new rocket attack on the zaporizhzhia power plant late on saturday. the operator of the plant said a russian rocket had landed close to a storage facility containing casks of spent nuclear fuel. russian forces occupy the site while ukrainian staff still operate it. russia has blamed ukrainian forces for attacks. specialist teams from mexico and venezuela have joined firefighters in cuba as they struggle to control a massive blaze at an oil facility in matanzas. more than a hundred specially trained personnel are involved in the effort, with planeloads of fire fighting chemicals. officials say around 5,000 people have now been evacuated from the area where two fuel tanks are burning uncontrollably. police in thail

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.e looking back at life under the taliban, one year in. turning out to another story for you. a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending three days of fighting between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, has officially come into effect. however, reports from both israel and gaza say fighting has continued beyond the agreed deadline. the palestinians put the overall number of dead at close to 50 — including two leaders of the islamichhad group. while israel says hundreds of palestinian rockets were fired indiscrimately atjerusalem and tel aviv. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this report. a crush of grief for islamichhad's most powerful commander in gaza. "revenge," the mourners shout. and soon it came, the armed group firing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed here with seven others in intense israeli bombing. "it was horrifying. they targeted the house with five "

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.ls off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american lawmakers. just days earlier, beijing had completed another huge military exercise around taiwan, following a trip there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. china considers taiwan its own territory. after this latest us visit, beijing said it would defend its sovereignty. for more on this i am joined now by duncan bartlett, research associate, with the soas china institute. this visit by the us congressional delegation — so soon after nancy pelosi coming — do you think this was a good idea? it wasn't announced, it came as a surprise to the international media. the person who doesn't think it's a good idea, ithink the person who doesn't think it's a good idea, i think its presidentjoe biden. because prior to nancy pelosi's visit, he gave a carefully worded warning. he said the us military does not think it's a good idea at this time. under the hand, the national security adviser for asia said that china is seeki

yogita limaye, bbc news, kashmir.ing. the european championships in germany have drawn to a close. the british team signed off on a high with more gold medals in the gymnastics, on the water, and on the track. from munich, here's our sports correspondent nesta macgregor. 0ne one of sport's most dramatic spectacle, the 4 x100 metre relay is and after that crescendo, great britain, the defending champions, tasked with the lead leg. by the time nethaneel mitchell—blake time nethaneel mitchell—bla ke roundabout around time nethaneel mitchell—blake roundabout around the home straight, not only was it cold but also a new championship record. for men, the cheering then turned to cheerleaders, with the british women on the track next. ida. cheerleaders, with the british women on the track next.— on the track next. no, it's all gone wron: for on the track next. no, it's all gone wrong for great _ on the track next. no, it's all gone wrong for great britain! _ on the track next. no, it's all gone wrong for great britain! during

our correspondent yogita limaye, reports from kabul. a song of defiance.we'll pray the world is destroyed." the taliban erupted in a spontaneous celebration. at kabul�*s main square, hundreds gathered to mark one year since they walked into this city and took over afghanistan. carrying american weapons, fighters and their commanders now trying to run a country. when you compare the taliban this time around to their rule during the 1990s, you perhaps don't hear of the level of brutality that was associated with that regime. but one big thing, among others, that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they've imposed on women. the fact that they haven't allowed girls to go to secondary schools in most of afghanistan — the only country in the world to do so. taliban men displaying their dominance, but women shut down for demanding their rights. two days ago, this group was stopped from marching in kabul. shots fired in the air. mobile phones seized. the protesters threatened. this woman took part in the march. we are

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. now a look at some other stories making the news today.by what it called "saboteurs". explosions near the town of dzhankoi damaged local infrastructure and forced the evacuation of 2,000 residents. russia annexed crimea in 2014. ukraine hasn't said it carried out the explosions. a student nurse who's been missing for more than a month could be in need of help, police say. 0wami davies was last seen in the early hours of the 7th ofjuly in croydon in south london. five men have so far been arrested and bailed in relation to the case. jeremy paxman is stepping down as the host of university challenge later this year, after 28 years in the chair. the broadcaster said he'd had a "blast" hosting the series and will film his final episode in the autumn. he revealed last year that he'd been diagnosed with parkinson's disease. a native american actress who was booed off stage at the oscars almost 50 years ago has received an apology from the academy. sacheen littlefeather appeared at the ceremony on live tv in 1973 to refuse an oscar on behalf of m

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. so how has afghanistan changed over the last year?of thousands have also left afghanistan — with more 21,000 refugees resettled here in the uk. they've escaped an economy in crisis. according to the un, the afghan economy has contracted by 30% to 40%. and nearly 23 million afghans — over half the population — are facing food shortages. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet travelled to the poorest province, ghor, in the remote central highlands — a region populated by wheat farmers, to see what life is like now. this is chaghcha ran. it means "a place where people eat dry straw." the name given a half—century ago in memory of a punishing drought. it's still written into this life, this land. now, the people of the central highlands are again living and dying in drought. three years of it. "khushk" is what you hear. khushk means dry. look at the wheat. the land is dry, the rivers are dry. there's not even snow on these stunning mountains. and look at the faces of these men. they've lived for decades with drought, with pover

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.rwanda — were warned by their own independent adviser that the rwandan government tortures and kills political opponents. the warning came from a foreign office expert came weeks before the government tried and failed to send asylum seekers to rwanda. our legal correspondent dominic casciani is here. how did this come out? this came out today in a preparatory hearing ahead of a make or break full case, full test of the home secretary's rwanda policy, that goes before the courts in september and part of that case is going to revolve around what evidence the home secretary and other ministers had about the situation in rwanda. today we have disclosure from this hand picked independent adviser who told ministers in late april that rwanda had state—controlled surveillance and security apparatus to effectively quash any kind of political dissent, and i quote, arbitrary detention, torture and even killings are accepted measures of enforcing control. other parts of what this official said are

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. be looking at life in afghanistan as the one year anniversary of the taliban taking control of the whole country approaches. there will be a series of reports across the bbc. a key supporter of liz truss has insisted she hasn't ruled out direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the conservative leadership contender drew criticism after she said in a newspaper interview she would focus on tax cuts rather than what she called "handouts". with just under a month to go before either liz truss or rishi sunak become prime minister, let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. damian, what have they both said on helping with the cost of living? i think that was a pretty significant reversal from liz truss cross campaign stop yesterday her campaign said that to deal with the cost of living she would not be looking at giving hand—outs to people but rather cuts. criticised by rishi sunak who said he would look at direct payments later in the year. today

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.ndary schools. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been to see how the afghan women have adapted to life under the new regime, and how some have continued their studies despite restrictions. schools like this are now being set up across kabul and in many other cities. they're not high schools — they're effectively banned, at least for now, by the taliban — but they can teach courses. these actually are first year university students working on their english. they allow young afghan women to continue their education, and allows them not to lose hope that their futures are lost. i'm mina, my last name is rahimi. i studyjournalism here in kabul university and here i come for studying english language. really, i want to become a good journalist and a honest journalist in the future, and especially i want to work for my country. i want to work for importance of my country. it's really my dream. this is where you get a sense of the faces of the future of afghanistan, thes

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan.this year's games were history making. sri lanka fielded its largest contingent ever, with 110 athletes — and for the first time, women outnumbered men. 67 gold medals. 76 metals including 57 gore. canada came in third place with 92 metals and 26 golds. india was fourth with 61 metals and new zealand was fifth with 49 metals. the paris sport took place we can speak to the paralympic sports correspondent whojoins correspondent who joins us now. also a member. let's talk about the medals table, went to the closing ceremony, who has really picked, who was done extremely well from your perspective? was done extremely well from your pempective?_ was done extremely well from your pempective?— was done extremely well from your --ersective? , . ., , ~ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances _ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances in _ perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performances in all— perspective? outstanding games. and fantastic performa

my colleague yogita limaye asked the taliban spokesperson in kabul, zabinullah mujahid, whether thatirls. in some provinces, secondary school students from grade six to 12 can go to school. but we have problems in other places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though? because classes were always segregated for boys and girls, even before the 15th of august. so what problem is there in opening the schools? translation: our religious scholars have issues - with the safety of girls travelling to and from schools. we cannot only make decisions based on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and districts, where people don't want girls to go to school. it appears there is disagreement within your government on the issue of schools. where is the opposition coming from, specifically? education in our country is decided by the people and a body of religious scholars. there have been some problems that have been brought up by those religious scholars. the government is trying to avoid any sort of disagreement with them

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.cratic candidates in the november elections. let's go to the state of wyoming. it's a conservative state — so it's likely republican candidates will win there in november. but what happens there today has implications for where the republican party is heading — and the extend of donald trump's hold on it. because it looks like the long—time congresswoman, liz cheney, will lose her seat to a challenger from within her own party. she's been a vocal critic of donald trump. i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. we have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language. we have seen his lack of commitment and dedication to the constitution. let's remind ourselves what happened. liz cheney is a big political figure in the republican party. she's the daughter of the former vice president dick cheney. and she supported donald trump during his presidency. then this happened. the attack on the capitol onjanuary

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. after he threw extended its cap on passenger numbers.io to explain what ryanair was ”lannin. ~ , . studio to explain what ryanair was ”lannin. ~ ., studio to explain what ryanair was ”lannin. . ., , studio to explain what ryanair was ”lannin. ~ ., , ., planning. with ryan air, they are thinkin: is planning. with ryan air, they are thinking is to _ planning. with ryan air, they are thinking is to step _ planning. with ryan air, they are thinking is to step in _ planning. with ryan air, they are thinking is to step in following i planning. with ryan air, they are | thinking is to step in following the announcement by heathrow yesterday. ryanair doesn't fly from heathrow but it talks about offering more flights out of stansted in the autumn half term period. by the context here is with regards to what's happened at heathrow. it's about heathrow extending the daily limit on passengers, departing passengers that it imposed in mid july, and it set at the time that there were operational issues basically being caused by resourcing issues or sta

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. it is time for a look at the weather.weather. the heatwave and now broken and many of us — weather. the heatwave and now broken and many of us are _ weather. the heatwave and now broken and many of us are looking _ weather. the heatwave and now broken and many of us are looking forward i and many of us are looking forward to these storm clouds. we don't want to these storm clouds. we don't want to much rainfall in a short space of time because it would lead to flash flooding but we want some, and the showers will be quite scattered and further thunderstorms on the way. lopressor is over right now rather than high—pressure. things have turned a little more unsettled. still an amber warning valid for thunderstorms in the south—west of england but the could be showers elsewhere tonight and tomorrow morning. quite a balmain night and start tomorrow. there is rainfall for customer but there will be showers across central and eastern parts of england. more like 26 tomorrow. for many of us it is a lot fresher and it feels almost

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.me and everything in your country and start again abroad?— again abroad? thank you. it is a hard data actually _ again abroad? thank you. it is a hard data actually process - again abroad? thank you. it is a hard data actually process it. i again abroad? thank you. it is a i hard data actually process it. hard though. i rememberthe hard data actually process it. hard though. i remember the day that we lost everything. —— hard day. i lost my social identity that day. at the same time, for the past one year, people in afghanistan have been stripped of their human dignity and liberty and freedom. as days passed, we saw taliban institutionalised and terrorise people. a whole nation is living in a prison. that hurts. when i see people, some of our international friends, i see people, some of our internationalfriends, saying i see people, some of our international friends, saying that there is maybe security in afghanistan, if you define security very physical and military wives, maybe. but

our correspondent yogita limaye spoke with the taliban about the incident.on it. argument with the us. we did not use ayman al—zawahiri against any country. i don't think this will affect our relationships with the world and the us. it’s relationships with the world and the us. �* , , ._ , , . relationships with the world and the us. . ., us. it's been ten days since that attack, us. it's been ten days since that attack. you _ us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still— us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still don't _ us. it's been ten days since that attack, you still don't know - us. it's been ten days since that. attack, you still don't know whether the head of al-qaeda was in kabul or not? , , , , the head of al-qaeda was in kabul or not? ,, , , not? the process is time-consuming because it is — not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive _ not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive and _ not? the process is time-consuming because it is sensitive and has - not? the process is time-consuming because it is

yogita limaye reports from badakhshan province in the north—east of afghanistan.ficant progress. there were still a lot of preventable deaths happening, but there had been a lot of progress. now it is going backwards and it�*s going backwards fast. the foreign funding which came into this country and was channelled through the afghan government into the afghan public health care system that was frozen when the taliban took over the country in august last year. so when we went back, we were expecting there to be a decline in health services and a surge in the number of deaths, but we were not expecting to find what we did. double the number of miscarriages compared to last year, double the number of newborn deaths. here is our report. in afghanistan�*s maternity wards, women forced to endure unbearable suffering. groans. no drugs to ease the pain. barely any resources for an emergency. 0nly female staff are allowed here. they scramble around a woman in a serious condition. bibi sara�*s waters have broken too early. the only female doctor helps sara pull through. he

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.announced by mr chebukati are null and void. applause. i repeat, the figures announced by mr chebukati are null and void, and must be quashed by a court of law. in our view, there's neither a legally and validly declared winner, nor a president elect. let's talk to our senior africa correspondent, anne soy. previous elections and can you have been marred by allegations of vote rigging and there has been bloodshed as well. it can you're in for yet more but so far we're seeing that it has been one of the most peaceful in kent yet. uncertainly, though, because of the announcement by the former prime minister raila odinga casting doubt on the credibility of the election and really poking holes into the process in which the chairman of the electoral commission announced the outcome. he says that this ought to have been either a unanimous of a majority decision by the electoral commission but the majority of them, four out of seven, walked out, disowned their result and said that the process

yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. incredible report there.alice salfield. around 60 people were evacuated from their homes as crews battled a fire in west london last night. emergency services were called to hereford road in feltham where trees, undergrowth and decking were alight at the rear of properties. london fire brigade said crews had "worked incredibly hard in hot, arduous conditions" and managed to stop flames spreading to about 30 homes. there's growing pressure on the british museum to return artefacts to nigeria that were looted in the 19th century. it comes after the horniman museum in south london said 72 objects which were forcibly removed by the british military more than 100 years ago, would be handed over to the nigerian government. they include brass plaques, known as benin bronzes. the british museum, which is on the other side of london, has the largest collection of benin bronzes and which today is looking more isolated than ever, because you would have seen in recent weeks german museums agreed to hand back their benin

our south asia correspondent yogita limaye is in kabul. saying, happy independence, long live the islamic emirate. we have only really seen men on the streets and that visuals in striking contrast to what we saw here just two days ago. dozens of women who tried marching on the streets, demanding the right to work and to be educated, they were stopped. the taliban fired in the air and disperse the protests. it was a rare protest because about six months ago they started cracking down on the sporadic protests very violently. if you compare the taliban this time around to the regime in the 90s, they are not associated with the kind of brutality that was seen during the regime in the 90s. but equally, the more moderate faith that they have been trying to portray is challenged by the restrictions they have put on women, the fact that there is not any woman in the decision—making position, and most significantly the fact that girls have been barred from going to secondary schools in most parts of the country. this is the only nation in the world