now, here in the uk, covid has quietly slipped down news programme running orders. during the summer, newspapers and website front pages have had other headlines olympic and paralympic glory, and, of course, afghanistan. it was scotland s first minister who brought us up sharp tuesday, when she told the scottish parliament that cases had increased there by 80% in a week. scotland has just recorded its highest daily rate of infections since the pandemic began. pupils returned to school in mid august. will other parts of the uk now experience a similar rise in cases as the term begins there? well, perhaps mindful of the anger on display in city streets in a country like australia, uk political leaders say they don?t want to lock down again. so, what sort of winter awaits us here in the northern hemisphere, and, indeed, can the global south expect some relief? hugh, first of all, just looking at the uk, what are, kind of, the statistics telling us at the moment? what sort of picture is
this is bbc news. the headlines. the afghan resistance leader who s been waging an intense battle against the taliban to stop them taking control of panjshir province has said he s willing to enter peace talks. ahmad massoud said he supported a plan, put forward by religious clerics, for a negotiated settlement. a football world cup qualifier between argentina and brazil has been stopped minutes after kick off, following an intervention on the pitch by brazilian health officials. they accused four argentine players of having broken brazil s covid quarantine rules. the brazilian health agency said its previous warnings had been ignored by the argentine side. conjoined twins from israel have seen each other for the first time, after undergoing rare separation surgery. the one year old sisters who were born conjoined at the back of their heads underwent a 12 hour operation. the hospital says the surgery took months of preparation. now on bbc news,
enough. the difficult decision - we reached together was one that required great- and exceptional courage. it s an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines. an afghan resistance leader who s been spearheading a battle against the taliban says he s willing to enter peace talks. football s world cup qualifier between brazil and argentina is dramatically abandoned after a row about covid quarantine rules. the government has
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. in afghanistan, the leader of the resistance group fighting the taliban, says he s willing to enter peace talks. beyond kabul, we have a special report from rural afghanistan on life under the taliban. and we ll hear from the head of foreign relations for the resistance movement. also in the programme. football s world cup qualifier between brazil and argentina is dramatically abandoned after a row about covid quarantine rules. and tributes to former girls aloud singer sarah harding, who s died at the age of 39, after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. in afghanistan, the leader of the resistance group fighting the taliban says he s willing to enter peace talks. with the future still uncertain for many, we have a special report from rural afghanistan on life there under the taliban. football s world cup qualifier between brazil and argentina is dramatically abandoned after a row about covid quarantine rules. tributes to former girls aloud singer sarah harding, who s died at the age of 39 after being diagnosed with breast cancer. and as the tokyo paralympics comes to an end with