Now on bbc news. The last torch singing for afghanistan since Retaking Power in 2021, the taliban have imposed severe restrictions on everyday life in afghanistan. Limiting freedoms for women and banning non religious music. And the consequences for those who dare to defy them are dire. But women are fighting back. Using the power of their voice to resist a regime which the un says could be committing gender apartheid. Gunfire. In this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare. Gunfire. After 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting. As the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting. At a huge risk to
vapes and the little left behind. 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week. that is why the local government association representing councils in england and wales, once the government to ban single you see cigarettes. so what s their problem? the lga says disposable vapes can cause fires in ben laurie s. the plastic cannot be separated from the batteries, which makes them really hard to recycle, and when those lithium batteries get crushed they get really hot and become flammable. crushed they get really hot and become flammable. those 1.3 million dis - osable become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on - become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on the - disposable vapes are going on the floor unfortunately, in which case it causes a signif
in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire, saying: meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said: russia s ambassador to the un criticised the us for not doing more to restrain israeli operations in gaza. this comes amid complaints that the resolution is watered down. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the us abstained because the council did not condemn hamas october seventh attack on israel. here s what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right but today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. for more on the negotiations that led to this deal, my colleague carl nasman spoke tojose de la gasca, the ecuadorean am
on government issued mobile devices. several thousand people have been protesting for a second day in paris and a number of other french cities. this follows president macron s decision to force through pension reforms to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote. now on bbc news the travel show. this week on the travel show, mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view was pretty amazing. millennium. that view was pretty amazing- millennium. that view was pretty amazing. there is the shadow of pretty amazing. there is the i shadow of mont-saint-michel. shadow of mont saint michel. what makes this port 1 of a kind. what makes this port 1-of-a-kind.- what makes this port 1-of-a-kind. ., 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four. five- 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and saving - 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these i four,
a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says it s been a joy to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didn t forget a moment of cory s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, who s aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. you know, what if i took his photo every day? and it d be pretty cool to see birth til death. so i m just going to keep going until the end, i think. come the day cory is born and ijust had to make a decision. start taking photos. didn t know how long it would last. maybe a couple of years, something like that. but it s hard when you get to the end of that couple of years tojust say, right, this is the day i stop. and so itjust went on and on and on. i would say as a child, i didn t really understand what was going on. it wasjust part of my daily routine, having my photo taken. i d be going to friend s hous