For her house, solomon in New York. And this is cnn hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us from All Around The World and to everyone streaming us on cnn max, im Anna Coren live from hong kong, had the Sound Israel launched is it new extensive strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon as World Leaders gather for this years Un General Assembly we fold who three days to go until Election Day in the u. S. And new Poll Shows Vice President Kamala Harris is slightly leading, a republican Rival But Donald trump is already hinting about his future plans and the u. S. House speaker unveils a shortterm Spending Plan to avert a Government Shutdown. But the question is whether he can get it through his own Chamber News with Anna Coren The Clock is ticking down until the beginning of the 79th Session of the un general Assembly World leaders are already gathering in New York ahead of tomorrows start to discuss the most pressing issues Around The World. And theres quite a list to choose fro
Hamas denies it was there. Tte mac the Hamas Civil defence. We have at least 13 confirmed dead that have arrived at the hospital in and that will arise. The israeli defense forces say they were defending their targeting significant hamas terrorists and they have released the names of three people who describe as commanders or senior commanders of hamas who are intimately involved in the october seven assault on israel. For the civilians living here is a different story. They tell a story of huge explosions coming after midnight and ripping through this city. , tent city. Thousands of families are sheltering here, living under Canvas And None of that would have provided any shelter at all from heavy munitions coming from the sky. Lets turn to the us because Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are preparing to go head to head in their first president ial debate later tonight. With the latest polls showing the race as still too close to call the primetime Television Event is being seen as cruc
Fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new so called vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, three years since the taliban victory, since they have taken power. Ijust believe it s three years since afghanistan was handed over to taliban because of the moral defeat by all of us, especially international community. Now, the new law. . . You re talking about the decision led by the united states of the western nations who d been backing the afghan government to withdraw their troops, which, of course, then led to the collapse of the afghan national army and the taliban moving back in to kabu
We change the wind direction, We bring the winds down from the northWest, and so things are going to feel very different. Temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. ShoWers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. To be female in afghanistan is to be condemned to a life without visibility, agency or rights. The Taliban Regime requires women to conceal their faces, bodies, even their voices in public. They must never look at a man outside theirfamily, nor ever sing or read aloud. The Un Secretary general calls it systemic gender apartheid. But still it continues. And still, taliban officials conduct a dialogue with international counterparts. My guest is fawzia koofi, former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament. What is the right international approach to afghanistan . Fawzia koofi, Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure
Approach to afghanistan? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new so called vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, three years since the taliban victory, since they have taken power. Ijust believe it s three years since afghanistan was handed over to taliban because of the moral defeat by all of us, especially international community. Now, the new law. . . You re talking about the decision led by the united states of the western nations who d been backing the afghan government to withdraw their troops, which, of course, then led to the collapse of the afghan national army and the talib