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the british volunteers reported missing in eastern ukraine have been killed, according to one of the men s families. and the conflict in ukraine could be set to change if germany as now seems likely approves the supply of tanks to ukrainian forces. the number of british firms struggling to survive hasjumped by more than a third according to the latest figures. we need your help. very busy today and no time to help you. and the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the field in the oscar nominations. and coming up on the bbc news channel. mikaela shiffrin breaks the record for world cup wins with victory in italy taking her total to 83. good evening. we start tonight with the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ever since the taliban seized power again in 2021 conditions have been grim and dangerous especially for millions of women and girls whose freedoms have been wiped out including access to education. afghanistan is now facing its coldes
now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intentions and face to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed women into shadows. and all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, are responsible for this catastrophe. you have chosen, in that answer, to focus on what you call the taliban s failings. i was actually thinking more about your own situation, because when you were forced to flee from kabul, you took to y
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a national emergency as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan won t work. the author sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk after being stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and forty are injured in a fire at a coptic church in north west cairo. a powerful explosion has rocked a shopping centre and caused a fire in armenia s capital, yerevan, leading one dead and 20 injuried. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped for six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard last year. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. now, it s hardtalk, with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sac
of the world. scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. it hasjust gone for 30 a.m.. a very good morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. a year on from the re imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than 1 million children are at risk from acute malnutrition. as for the taliban, well, they seem focused on snuffing out opposition and imposing strict controls on women and girls. my guest is former first vice president of afghanistan, now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the go