thank you very much, yogita limaye monitoring the situation in afghanistan. conjoined twins from israel have been able to see each other for the first time after being separated. the one year old sisters underwent a 12—hour operation that took months of preparation and involved dozens of experts. claire sedman reports. sisters face—to—face for the first time after surviving a miraculous marathon operation. conjoined at the back of their heads from birth a year ago, separation surgery was meticulously planned between major blood vessels in their heads. a very delicate task — one bleed could be catastrophic. translation: of course, after all the preparationsl and all of the models we have built in a designated surgery room, we specifically prepared for this thing with a surgical theatre and vr of the twins and with a 3—d model we prepared in advance.