born in afghanistan, became the first athlete from the refugee team to win a medal. when zakia khudadadi team to win a medal. khudadadi, who was born without a forearm, took bronze in taekwondo on thursday and dedicated her medal to "all the women in afghanistan and all refugees". with me is my colleague zari kargar who has been following the story. this was an historic win for zakia khudadadi. 25 years old, she learnt tae kwon do at a home at the age of ii tae kwon do at a home at the age of ii and then she went on to become an athlete for the paralympic team in afghanistan. she did compete in the 2021 tokyo paralympic games and that was when the taliban to power in afghanistan and all sports rebound for women, so she was evacuated to france as a refugee and since then she has been training in france with french coaches as a paralympic athlete and she defeated her turkish counterpart last night. i watched the moment of her when when she threw her how much away, her mouthpiece away and it was an absolute moment ofjoy for many afghans and many afghan women who watched her win. and many re

and zakia khudadadi wants to make history for the refugee team, she wants to be the first medal winnerforch national team and so could well get some home support from the crowd so in total there are 22 golds in contention today up for grabs, it will be a really exciting start to these games. in these games. the first of those today. and in the velodrome, kadeena cox from great britain defends her title in the time trial. in past games, kadeena has competed in cycling and athletics. injury has prevented kadeena cox from running this time so she will be keen to go for gold. team sports under way, wheelchair rugby so popular here because it is so exciting, full contact, bit brutal at times as well and great britain are the defending champions in this but they say the competition has got a lot tougher since tokyo so lots of other nations in the mix there including the home nation, france, the us and canada as well. and zakia khudadadi wants to make history for the refugee team, she wants to be the first medal winnerfor the refugee team here. stunning images of the natural world have been shar

out meanwhile, the first afghan woman to compete internationally since the taliban takeover, zakia khudadadiade history again this week she won bronze in taekwondo, becoming the first member of the refugee paralympic big team to win a medal. >> that's all we have time for this week. >> don't forget, you can find all our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com/podcast and on all other major that forms, i'm christiana amanpour in london. thank you for watching and see you again next week

and a taekwondo bronze went to zakia khudadadi-- earning the first ever paralympics medal for the refugeech represents more than 120 million displaced people worldwide. still to come on the "newshour" -- criminal charges against the founder of the messaging app telegram raise questions about free speech. nebraska's highest court weighs whether some felons can vote this november. and a guitar virtuoso from the sahara gets political after a coup in his home country. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from weta's duties in washington and in the west from the walter ron kind school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: israel and hamas have agreed to pause fighting in gaza to allow hundreds of thousands of children to receive polio vaccinations. those pauses will occur in specific locations, for 8 to 9 hours a day over three days, beginning on sunday. the world health organization aims to vaccinate 640,000 children under the age of 10. meanwhile in the west bank, at least 16 people have been killed in what the israeli military calls counter-terrorism raids that began wednesday, in the

out meanwhile, the first afghan woman to compete internationally since the taliban takeover, zakia khudadadi made history again this week she won bronze in taekwondo, becoming the first member of the refugee paralympic big team to win a medal. >> that's all we have time for this week. >> don't forget, you can find all our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com/podcast and on all other major that forms, i'm christiana amanpour in london. thank you for watching and see you again next week hi there, thanks for joining me. >> i'm alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. we are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i.s.i.s. that raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u.s. central command says that the operation was targeting i.s.i.s. leaders in order to disrupt the group's ability to plan for their attacks. cnn's chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. live from london. so