alia azizi, a policewoman in herat, has completely disappeared. she s gone missing. what do you know about that case? this is afghanistan, one year into taliban rule. i ve 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 taliban s 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 hasn t heard from her for eight months. i visited their home in herat, western afghanistan. until the return of the taliban, alia had been the family s main breadwinner. alia s eldest son also worked at the
in north west cairo. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues, as tinder dry conditions continue after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped for six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard last year. a late goal from tottenham rescues a draw away to chelsea, but both managers are sent off after the game following a touchline clash. welcome to the bbc news channel. 70 charities and community organisations in the uk have written to the two conservative party candidates vying to be its next leader and the next prime minster urging them to show compassion and leadership in dealing with the cost of living crisis. tomorrow labour is expected to call on the government to freeze the energy price cap this autumn, to help people deal with the rising cost of living. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. with energy bills expected to continue rising, 70 charities ha
in london for murder victim sarah everard last year. and why freya the walrus that had become a popular attraction in the oslo fjord has been put down in norway. a fire at a coptic church in greater cairo has killed at least 41 people and injured many. several children are believed to be among the dead. many rescuers were overwhelmed by the heat and smoke. the blaze at the abu sifen church in the capital s imbaba district, is reported to have been caused by an electrical fault. sally nabil has more from the scene. this is the church where the fire broke out during the sunday mass. we understood from the people here that there were children and women among there were children and women among the victims. residents of neighbouring buildings told me that they rushed into the church to try and save the victims but the whole area was covered with thick clouds of smoke. they could hardly see. it took some time before ambulance cars arrived, dozens of cars have arrived here to move
a group of charities and community organisations have called the rises in energy bills a national emergency as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. the energy minister says their plan won t work. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life changing but that his feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least ai people have died and forty injured in a fire at a coptic church in north west cairo. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues as tinder dry conditions continue after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. at least 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southern france as wildfires continue there in a summer of historic drought and a series of heatwaves hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord kim darroch, former british amba
in the waters around taiwan, after expressing anger over a visit to the island by a senior us politician. england s victorious lionesses urge the next prime minister to help more schoolgirls play football. good morning from the commonwealth games in birmingham, where it was a special night, of athletics, as aylish mccolgan ran the race of her life, to emulate her mother liz, by winning gold for scotland, in the 10,000 metres. good morning. 0ver good morning. over the next few days it will good morning. over the next few days it will feel good morning. over the next few days it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity by day and night. any rain will be humidity by day and night. any rain will be in humidity by day and night. any rain will be in the north. no significant rain in will be in the north. no significant rain in the will be in the north. no significant rain in the forecast in the south and east rain in the fo