when the taliban took power in afghanistan in 2021, the freedom and safety of women they immediately came under threat. it was especially true of female footballers at risk because they play the sport taliban considered un islamic. after a campaign the british press, 35 players were evacuated to the uk and given the right to stay here. but last week an article on the bbc news website and report shown newsnight said 13 of those flown to britain were not top tier footballers as had flown to britain were not top tierfootballers as had been claimed. tier footballers as had been claimed. . . claimed. there is resentment amonu claimed. there is resentment among genuine claimed. there is resentment among genuine players - claimed. there is resentment among genuine players now. among genuine players now living under taliban rule in afghanistan. but others got out apparently pretended to play for teams they did not. i spoke to aisha and sara, not their real names, and their words a
we will be live in belfast in a moment or two. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre now. we ll start with the first 147 maximim break at this year s world snooker championship, it s come on day 5 at the crucible is sheffield from kyren wilson in his 2nd round match against ryan day. the maximum break, where you pot all 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours has only been done 12 times before in the history of the tournament. and what about this for nerves of steel? there s also a prize pot totalling £55,000 that wilson would take home if no one else can match him. as for the match itself they ll resume this evening in sheffield with wilson leading day by 6 frames to 3. the winner plastohn higgins in the second round. 0n the other table, england s jack lisowski has beaten noppon saengkham of thailand by ten frames to seven. lisowski will face the winner of the match betweenjudd trump and anthony mcgill, that s going on right now. mcgill leads 7 5. later, m
and collin beatty is to step down as the snp s treasurer after an investigation into the party s finances. hello, welcome to bbc news. some breaking news from the us in the past hour two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party in dadeville, alabama on saturday. this was the aftermath. we know that over 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. this shooting takes the us to a grim milestone of more than 160 mass shootings in which four or more people are shot so far this year. let s hear from sergeantjeremy burkett with the alabama law enforcement agency, speaking a short time ago. on tuesday, 18 april at approximately 8pm, alabama law enforcement agencies, the state bureau of investigation officially arrested and charged tyreke mccullough, 17 of tuskegee, and travis mccullough, 16, also of tuskegee, with four counts of reckless murder each tha
colder. temperatures down by one or 2 degrees and in shetland no higher than three degrees. we turn our eyes to the far north on sunday night because this is where the big change starts to take place. this band initially rain in association with this cold front, the front moves southwards, we will see some winteriness on the back edge and behind it, the air will be plenty cold enough for snow to fall. snow showers particular pushing into northern and eastern scotland, down the east coast of england on tuesday to put through monday and tuesday, these are the areas already covered by a met up with yellow warning for snow and ice. some disruption is looking likely but if you live away from these areas, elsewhere in the uk, you might not be out of the woods. there is uncertainty about the detail but snow could falljust about anywhere across the country during next week and we will keep you posted. thank you and that is the bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the main storie
shape good evening, this is your sports news. we start with rugby union and ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranked side in the six nations today. they held off a strong scotland side at murrayfield themselves chasing an outside shot at the championship to win 22 7 this afternoon. it keeps their perfect record this year intact as olly foster reports. the confidence comes with being number one in the world, sitting on top of the six nations table, and beating scotland seven times in a row, but both sides had plenty to play for. there is so much riding on this match. for the irish, it s all about chasing the grand slam. for scotland, they need a win to keep themselves in the title fight. and that would also see them claim their first triple crown in 33 years. stuart hogg s children will be too young to remember, they weren t even born the last time scotland won this fixture. this was the full back s 100th cap and it meant a lot. the first half was p