space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interaction b
the 11th of may. it has rained a little more recently in parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of are going to remain bone dry through the week. not the case across southern europe, the rain accumulating over the next five days. the reason, thejet stream running a long way to the north, taking weather systems into scandinavia. one a long way to the south, nojet scandinavia. one a long way to the south, no jet stream anywhere inside close to our shores, is a high pressure remains blocking the weather pattern and keeping things largely dry. there will be variations, warmest and sunniest in the west. eastern parts cloudy and cooler. just as we have right now and the cloud will be melting away across the midlands eastern england and the north of scotland, staying pretty cloudy through the afternoon. breeze blowing in off the sea and temperatures for norwich, 14 degrees. 2a in the glasgow area and tonight, we bring all of this cloud in the east, roll it westwards and many a
materialised as protesters remained peaceful a considered effort by city officials to deliver swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country from new york to detroit and los angeles mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols, in no small part due to the existence of these extremely graphic videos. (bleep). the officers aggressively approach his car after a traffic stop. taken aback, the 29 year old black motorist is heard protesting his innocence. yells: i didn t do anything! he seems to comply. calmly: i m on the ground. ..but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. when they find him, they repeatedly kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. in distress, he calls out for his mother. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his