the ambitious us politician, who seemingly lied his way into congress. a very warm welcome to bbc news, and we start this hour with a special report from ukraine. from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where, today, the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson, with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you, it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 mortars fell in a single day. a cit
for humanitarian aid groups. and who is george santos? we ll tell you about the ambitious us politician who seemingly lied his way into congress. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea, and because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant gain for ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 m
international community. mariam atash is an afghan american attorney and women s rights activist, and a member of the us afghan women s council. she joins us now live from washington, dc. rank you very much for your time. given the international outrage, can these bands ensure, do you think? it is very sad ensure, do you think? it is very sad for ensure, do you think? it is very sad for me ensure, do you think? it is very sad for me to be - very sad for me to be on this programme began speaking about this issue. it has only gotten worse since the taliban takeover last august, it started with some policies and there has been an encroachment, a slow taking away of afghan women s rights, slowly, by first segregating them in university than preventing girls from grade six from
the statement says the restrictions imposed on female aid workers contradict commitments made by the taliban to the afghan people, as well as the expectations of the international community. mariam atash is an afghan american attorney and women s rights activist, and a member of the us afghan women s council. i asked her if these bans can endure given the international outrage. it is very sad for me to be on this programme began speaking about this issue. it has only gotten worse since the taliban takeover last august. it started with some policies and there has been an encroachment, a slow taking away of afghan women s rights, by first segregating them in university, then preventing girls from grade six from attending school under the guise that these
larry: one week from tonight we have mick jagger. first, we welcome back laura bush. her new book is spoken from the heart. a terrific read published by scriptners. you were such a private first lady. wasn t this hard for you to do? it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted it to be very candid. i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that what reporters asked me about, all those eight years we were there, you know, didn t cover some of the things that were in this book. so i had a great time writing it. i went back home to midland when i started it. my mother still lives there, and went by all those houses my dad built. and the houses george and i lived in, and the schools we went to. larry: lived your life over. that s right. and i really did there is something cathartic about it. i saw things really for the first time with my vantage point, now, at my ag