the floods there get really high and i don t want a repeat of what happened to me before. cubans give their verdict on legalising same sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt in a landmark referendum that s divided the nation. japan prepares to hold a state funeral for the former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. and less than two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation. italy has never had a female prime minister. but exit polls suggest that is about to change, with the far right brothers of italy emerging as the biggest party in the new parliament, and putting its leader giorgia meloni on course to become the prime minister. her party leans further to the right than any government since the mussolini 80 years ago. the democratic party have already conceded, she said the voters had indicated their desire for a centre right government and that she
legalise same sex marriage. the new family code which is the culmination of efforts by a coalition of lgbtq activists, would help gay couples adopt children and also allow surrogate pregnancies. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost economic
borrowing. super typhoon noru sweeps through the philippines capital, manila bringing winds of up to 175 kph. i evacuated the house i m living in because i m scared. the floods there get really high and i don t want a repeat of what happened to me before. cubans give their verdict on legalising same sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt in a landmark referendum that s divided the nation. and less than two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation. italy has never had a female prime minister. but exit polls suggest that is about to change, with the far right brothers of italy emerging as the biggest party in the new parliament, and putting its leader giorgia meloni on course to become the prime minister. her party leans further to the right than any government since that of mussolini 80 years ago. the opposition democratic party have already conceded, and she said the voters had indicated
This is afghanistan, one year into taliban rule. Ive come here to investigate the disappearance of a woman. Under the last government, alia azizi was a successful career woman as a high ranking prison officer. Hard won freedoms are being rolled back following the talibans victory. Women have been forced out of the workplace. Since the taliban returned to power, the inmates she had been guarding are now running the prison. Alia left work, assuming her career was over, but to her surprise, she was called back to herjob. Then a month later, she disappeared. I want to find out what happened to her and what the taliban authorities are doing about it. Herfamily hasnt heard from her for eight months. I visited their home in herat, western afghanistan. Inaudible dialogue until the return of the taliban, alia had been the familys main breadwinner. Alias eldest son also worked at the prison, but was not called back by the taliban. The family reported alia missing in october. The taliban said the
Media company, instagram, more than 400 million over the way it has handled childrens personal data. Instagrams Parent Company meta told irelands State Broadcaster that instagram has since changed its settings. Now on bbc news, split at birth twins divided. In the 1960s, an Adoption Agency Split Up Infant twins and placed them in different families as part of a controversial study, having a seismic impact on many of their lives. February of 2018, there was a 2020 episode about Louise Wise Agency separating identical twins back in the mid 60s, and my older sister whos adopted, called me and said, can you imagine if either of us was a twin . And i said, well, thats ridiculous. And i remember getting a shiver all over my body thinking, wow, what if this was real . In the 1960s, an Adoption Agency in new york, the Louise Wise Services, began a policy to deliberately split up identical and fraternal twins, and place the infants in different families. The adoptive parents were never told th