of the snp. humza yousaf is expected to succeed nicola sturgeon as scotland s first minister after winning the scottish national party leadership election. we ll have a report from afghanistan, where a new school year has started but the taliban government forces teenage girls to stay at home. if the restrictions on women get more and more intense, i don t think this life is worth living. and gwyneth paltrow s accuser details the moments before he says the actress collided with him on a ski slope seven years ago. ms paltrow denies responsibility for the incident. welcome to the programme. in nashville say six people including three children aged nine have been killed in a school shooting. the attacker who was female, is also dead. it happened at a private christian school. president biden has described the shootings as heart breaking. nada tawfik, has this report. children running for their lives in the midst of yet another mass shooting. this time it happened in nashvill
now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intentions and face to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed women into shadows. and all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, are responsible for this catastrophe. you have chosen, in that answer, to focus on what you call the taliban s failings. i was actually thinking more about your own situation, because when you were forced to flee from kabul, you took to y
and the taliban, they are focused on snuffing out our position and putting in strict control on women and girls. my guest is the former first vice president, now a senior figure in the national resistance front. he is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. it is a year since the taliban slipped into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, from your point of view? for the taliban, it from your point of view? for the taliban, it has from your point of view? pr? the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that t
have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan. also on the programme: more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort, after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. and the icelandic volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. there were tears ofjoy amongst democrats in the us senate as a landmark bill to tackle climate change was passed. after more than a year of intense wrangling, the sweeping reforms are being seen as a major victory for president biden. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, worth $430 billion, claiming it would undermine economic growth. it also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, shared hisjoy that the bill has passed. 0ur bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing j
and iceland s version of a sound and light show the volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. hello, thank you forjoining us. the inflation reduction act may not sound like a landmark in us energy policy, but democrats in the senate have just passed a bill designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with $430 billion committed to cleaner energy. it s taken a year and a half of intense wrangling and much resistance to get here, hence the tears ofjoy amongst some democrats in the senate. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, saying it would undermine economic growth. but the passing of the bill, which also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business, is being seen as a triumph for president biden. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer. our bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our energy security, and is the boldest climate packag