after the driest summer in nearly 50 years, it would take weeks worth of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news, the travel show. oh, wow! look at the size of this place! this is tokyo stadium, and it was home to the football, the rugby and the pentathlon during the olympics, and i m glad to finally be here. japan s delayed summer of sport finally got under way in 2021. my name s steve brown, and i was supposed to come over for the paralympic coverage. not being able to make it out was a huge blow. the whole thing about sport, it s not just about watching it, it s about feeling it, that immersive experience. before i was a presenter, i was captain of the london 2012 wheelchair rugby team. when i was in hospital, sport was what got me out. it was definitely the building blocks to the person that i have become. tokyo holds a special place in paralympic history. it was all the way back at the 1964 gam
hello and welcome to bbc news. the man accused of stabbing the author sir salman rushdie has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. hadi matar was formally charged in a court in new york state. sir salman remains on a ventilator in hospital, after being attacked at an event yesterday. he s been the subject of death threats ever since the publication in 1988 of his controversial book, the satanic verses, which some muslims considered blasphemous. this report from our correspondent, nomia iqbal. sir salman rushdie remains on a ventilator inside this hospital after undergoing emergency surgery. his agent has said the author is in bad shape. he faces losing an eye, the nerves in one of his arms are severed and his liver is damaged. sir salman was flown here from the neighbouring state of new york. it was there at a literary event where the attack happened in full view of a large audience. a man in a black mask jumped onto the stage, stabbing him at least once in the
hello. the man accused of stabbing the author sir salman rushdie has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. hadi matar was formally charged in a court in new york state. sir salman remains on a ventilator in hospital, after being attacked at an event yesterday. he s been the subject of death threats ever since the publication in 1988 of his controversial book, the satanic verses, which some muslims considered blasphemous. this report from our correspondent, nomia iqbal. sir salman rushdie remains on a ventilator inside this hospital after undergoing emergency surgery. his agent has said the author is in bad shape. he faces losing an eye, the nerves in one of his arms are severed, and his liver is damaged. sir salman was flown here from the neighbouring state of new york. it was there at a literary event where the attack happened in full view of a large audience. a man in a black mask jumped onto the stage, stabbing him at least once in the neck and several times
now on bbc news our world. yalda hakim travels to afghanistan to investigate the disappearance of policewoman alia azizi. she meets activists and protestors, asking the taliban why they are not doing more. 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. herfamil
would take weeks worth of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, a meeting between boris johnson and the energy companies about the ticking time bomb which is the capping of energy bills. the cap will rise further in october. the meeting achieved nothing. the british have a government that apparently must wait for action until the conservatives have chosen their leader, the country s next prime minister. there was another meeting which ended without result too, new york s attorney general summoned donald trump to quiz him about his tax affairs. he pleaded the fifth then repeated the words sa me a nswer to every question she put to him. the former president, who would be president again, ha