People have been killed in a Suicide Car Bombing in the capital kabul. It happened during the morning rush hour in the west of the city. Heres a close up of the area you can see its close to the university and some government ministries. Its also home to many from the shia hazara community. The taliban have claimed responsibility. They said they were targeting intelligence officials on this bus. But afghan officials said the people on the bus were employees from the ministry of mines. Lets show you these pictures from the aftermath. 42 people were injured there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Heres what one person caught up in the blast described. Translation two cars were burning, you could see bodies scattered. Several shops were on fire. It was horrific, everyone was trying to run away, including women and people on their way to work. It comes less than two months after an even bigger attack in kabul that killed over 150 people. In fact, the United Nations says that i
In afghanistan, gunmen dressed as doctors killed at least 30 people at a hospital in kabul. In south sudan, the un warns of a genocide in the making and blames Government Forces and local militia. And, we talk to the former serviceman whos making history on the racecourse. Coming up in sportsday theres one match in the Premier League as Manchester City look to beat stoke at the etihad to go second in the table. Good evening. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has presented his first budget, promising to build a brighterfuture as the government prepares to start the formal process of leaving the european union. Among the main news was an extra £2 billion to be spent on the Social Care System in england over the next three years. The chancellor was accused of breaking a conservative Manifesto Promise by increasing National Insurance contributions for millions of Self Employed people. And he offered some help forfirms in england facing higher business rates. Well have details of the speech
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe
Northern syria but hes expected more than Fifteen Thousand at the rally which german intelligence say has been organized by groups close to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party the offensive by Turkish Forces against the y. P. Militia in Northern Syria has also drawn protests in neighboring lebanon. The Turkish Embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in Northern Syria the kurds have now stars of the campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. But street protests song going to stop turkish president. Hes announced his forces will now push further east to a town called Man Beach No One should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach arent these terrorists there are arab brothers there. Afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. Other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is in direct contradiction of the interest o