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potential on russia s borders. ukraine has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of its armed forces. an adviser to the president said the country was gratefulforjoe biden s support and urged russia to use diplomatic means to ease regional tensions. the ball is now in moscow s court, all eyes will be on the ukrainian border to see what happens next. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. teenage schoolgirls from across afghanistan have told the bbc of their growing desperation as they continue to be excluded from school more than three months after the taliban takeover. the taliban government ordered boys to return to secondary school in september, but made no mention of girls. as part of the bbc s 100 women series, sana safi has this report.
took power four months ago. sana safi has this report. this is what most girls high schools look like since the taliban took control, and it s having a devastating impact. we have spoken to dozens of teachers and girls across a third of afghanistan s provinces to understand how their lives have changed. translation: i am 16 years old. not being able to study feels like a death penalty. i wanted to become a surgeon, but i m hopeless now. these days, i m doing nothing, i m lost. translation: i m 17 years old. when i see my clothes and booksjust sitting in my cupboard without being used, i get very upset. i was dreaming of becoming a midwife, but these days, i m frozen. but the school closures are not nationwide. despite the ban, a handful of provinces have resumed teaching. the northern city of mazar i sharif
as a humanitarian crisis continues, school closures are just one of a growing list of problems girls face. a head teacher told us many of her pupils will not survive the winter. sana safi, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. this fictional party was a business meeting and it was not socially distanced. more pressure on the prime minister to explain a downing street christmas party last year, after video emerges showing senior no ten staff laughing about it grieving families say the video has made them angry. number ten maintains there was no party, at a time when tight covid restrictions were in place a conservative mp says we need to hear from the prime minister and labour calls for a nswers.
researchers found there was a very large drop in how well the vaccine s antibodies neutralised the new strain. a former city regulator, lord tyrie, has described the market for covid pcr tests as a rip off jungle , and warned that poor service was still widespread. the government says it monitors complaints and takes swift action when needed, but travellers say the official website has been advertising tests at prices which have been difficult to obtain. the united nations says the rights of women and girls in afghanistan have deteriorated rapidly since the taliban seized power in august. teenage schoolgirls from across the country have told the bbc of their growing desperation, as they continue to be excluded from school. the taliban government ordered boys to return to secondary school in september, but made no mention of girls. as part of the bbc s 100 women series, sana safi has this report.