A warning from one of the leading british scientists as 3,500 uk casesare recorded for a second day. Sir Terence Conran, the designer who revolutionised home design in britain, has died at the age of 88. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There have been calls for an urgent ceasefire in afghanistan, at the end of the first day of long awaited intra afg han peace talks in qatar. These are the first formal negotiations between the Afghan Government and the taliban and are aimed at ending a ao year conflict. The Afghan Government delegation says the country must respect free speech, womens rights, and it was time for the violence to end. As one of the top most issues in the minds of the people, reduction in violence in a significant way, in a way that it is palpable, and also getting to a humanitarian ceasefire and hopefully a permanent ceasefire. Journalist and political commentator, Jehangir Khattak joins me now from new york. Thank you so much for talking to us here on bbc news. Let me ask
There have been calls for an urgent ceasefire in afghanistan, at the end of the first day of long awaited intra afg han peace talks in qatar. These are the first formal negotiations between the Afghan Government and the taliban and are aimed at ending a ao year conflict. The Afghan Government delegation says the country must respect free speech, womens rights, and it was time for the violence to end. As one of the top most issues in the minds of the people, reduction in violence in a significant way, in a way that it is palpable, and also getting to a humanitarian ceasefire and hopefully a permanent ceasefire. Our chief international corresopondent lyse doucet is following the talks in doha. The two sides sat down for theirfirst direct negotiations, the taliban on one side, the Afghan Government on the other. And after, both sides said that they went much better than expected. They were able to agree on the formula for the talks, they were able to agree on a 6 Member Committee to facil
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