yuka. a lot had changed in the past 20 years and this has been thrown into total uncertainty?the taliban have repeatedly saying that women will continue working but that is hardly -- they keep saying, but, under shria law. last time they were in power back in the 1990's and that remains one of the least agenda irpoor. women's participation has increased since twine from 15% to 22%. but that is still near the bottom of global ranking and less than half the world's averaging of 47%. the public sector opened up to female voters and the police force and the army something that the civilian government has been key to showcase. in the private sector, they were relegated to -- 20% of women were contributing to the household income. according to u.n. women, the percentage of female workers is 4%. >> why such a low figure? >> the economic growth largely is driven by foreign aid and the private sector was an obvious choice but it has remained conservative in rural areas. quart of afghans think that women should stay home including safety and the general perception that they should focus

kenny, who's the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan toad to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. and italy have beaten denmark to take the mens team pursuit gold. filippo ganna, who races on the road for ineos grenadiers, was their key man as they smashed the world record. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin! she broke her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles, taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and take almost half a second off the world record. muhamed getting silver. the new women's best follows norway's karsten warholm breaking his own world record in the men's 400m hurdles on tuesday. the first test between england and india is under way at trent bridge. england won the toss and elected to bat — they are without ben stokes. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport

yuka kobaya5hi is a lecturer and assistant professor on china at the school of oriental and african studieser. we are hearing that president 5he something does want china to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 but how does he even begin to do that given its position as the world's number one carbon emitter? it's a really good question, and i think— it's a really good question, and i think china — it's a really good question, and i think china accomplishing this is something that the president has promised and declaring at the un is something — promised and declaring at the un is something of a project he's been trying _ something of a project he's been trying to— something of a project he's been trying to do for some time. so it's essential— trying to do for some time. so it's essential that he does actually take some _ essential that he does actually take some steps towards this goal. and as you outlined, is a very difficult goal— you outlined, is a very difficult goal it— you outlined, is a very difficult goal it you _ you outlined, is a very difficult goal if you consider that china is pre