Say more than 1900 people have died following saturdays powerful earthquake. The plague is still a killer in parts of the world. Now a new vaccine could consign it to history once and for all. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. We begin in kabul in afghanistan, where taliban leaders whove never been seen in public before have been making theirfirst statements on afghan soil, to a world still shocked by their lightning victory. They hope to have calmed a worried nation and international community, with assurances that those afghans who assisted international forces would come to no harm, that Media Freedoms would be protected, and that women would be allowed to study and work, within islamic principles. With the story of how the taliban claims it will rule, heres our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. The republic has fallen. Its leaders fled. Taliban rule is returnin
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The Justice Department releasing horrifying new Body Camera Video of the January 6th attack. Prosecutors say the man you see In The Red Jacket is a former marine and a former new York City police officer. He is part of the violent Mob Rushing Police Officers and tackling them to the ground. So why are republicans still trying to pretend the rioters werent a threat . Plus the supreme court upholding obamacare for the third time, protecting Health Care for millions of americans. And president Joe Biden signing a Bill Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday to commemorate The End of slavery in the united states. Lets get to one of the people in the Room Today when the president signed the Bill Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday, and Thats Congressman Colin allred of texas, and he joins me now. Congressman, good evening. Thank you. Thats a big smile you have there, so its good to see you. Look, youre from texas where juneteenth got its start. You stood there in the White House, a house built