(tense music) (gun fires) (siren blares) (farkhunda speaks in foreign language) (dramatic string music) - like this? (sadaf speaks in foreign language) (hopeful music) (banin speaks in foreign language) (people cheering) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (calming music) (banin speaks in foreign language) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (tamana speaks in foreign language) (sadaf speaks in foreign language) - [reporter] the taliban are on the march and gaining territory at an astonishing rate. the white flag that signifies the taliban takeover is flying in large swathes of the country right now, and they re creeping closer to the capital. (frishta speaks in foreign language) - [reporter] tonight, the afghan army is trying to hold back the taliban in the north s biggest city, mazar-i-sharif. - [speaker] there is increased concern of the government and kabul collapsing. the taliban has now taken over two thirds of the country. (sadaf speaks in foreign language) (banin spe
and back at last after being delayed by the pandemic we speak to the creator of line of duty about covid challenges and the brand new series. and coming up on bbc news: as rachel blackmore makes history as leading jockey at the cheltenham festival, she is beaten by the horse she didn t choose in the gold cup, minella indo. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the leader of the scottish conservatives at holyrood, ruth davidson, has called for nicola sturgeon to resign as first minister, saying it was clear she misled parliament. a majority of the committee investigating the scottish government s handling of harassment claims against alex salmond is understood to have voted last night that she didn t give them accurate information. a spokesman for nicola sturgeon has accused the committee of peddling baseless smears. the final report is due to be published on tuesday. nicola sturgeon says she stands by every word of her evidence. our scotland editor sarah smith re
corners were caught on safety. and one of africa s biggest rising stars burna boy speaks to the bbc about his grammy award win. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland is going into partial lockdown. germans are being told not to travel at easter. the vaccine rollout across the eu has been slow with around just 10% of the population vaccinated so far. confidence has been shaken after a number of governments suspended the rollout of astrazeneca over concerns about blood clots. but vaccinations are restarting slowly as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. never mind the prime minister, in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a shot in the arm today. after weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear it s safe and it works. but only an hour before h