Theres severe hunger and a near collapse of the Health System we have a special report. Delight for spain as they go through to theirfirst womens World Cup Final they beat sweden 2 1 with a goal in the 89th minute. Its two years today since the taliban returned to power in afghanistan. These are live pictures of supporters of the taliban supporting on the streets there. You might be able to catch a glimpse of the flag that was being waved by many people in that crowd, the flag of the Islamic Emirate of afghanistan. That is that alabama has my full name for the country. The un says afghanistan is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world and has warned of a huge shortfall in funding and a deepening economic crisis. Women and girls have faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power, including the banning of girls from secondary schools. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet has this special report. All in a days work. 14 hours of labour.
And i came very close to taking my own life at that point. I didnt really see a way out. If youre a student and you gamble do get in touch with us this morning. Some say its to supplement their income. And more mixed messages on whether or not its safe to drink when youre pregnant. Researchers say the government advice to totally abstain is based on weak evidence, but they then stress it doesnt mean its safe to drink. Well try and find out what it means. Get in touch with us this morning with your thoughts. Hello. Welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always were really keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today one of the governments key pieces of legislation on brexit has passed its first test in the commons. The ayes have it. The Europ
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,