one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and the organisers of the oscars apologise to a native american actress, nearly fifty years after she was booed off stage for declining the best actor award on marlon brando s behalf. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in east africa, where kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election but, amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr r
william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election but, amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over 50% of the votes, narrowly ahead of the opposition leader, raila odinga. gareth barlow has this report. politics is often a tale of two halves and it kenya that couldn t be more true. here in kisumu, the third largest city, demonstrators hurled stones and started fires in protest at the result of the presidential election. but in the rift valley, jubilant celebrations following the proclamation of william ruto as the country s next leader. we have devoted our time and devoted our commitment and our emotions, and we thank god, we have something to thank god because eventually
and all of that. and so we need, they need, the taliban need to have a better sense of where afghanistan stands and that it is not the taliban alone that can offer solutions. because taliban like solutions alone cannot work the same way that communists couldn t do it, and others that came after them. former afghan ambassador to france and nato, omarsamad. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: what do chess and diving have in common? we ll be telling you all about this underwater partnership injust a moment. washington, the world s most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world s most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today,