The latest headlines: england s footballers are in their first major final in 55 years after beating denmark at wembley. south africa s former presidentjacob zuma has handed himself into survey 15 month term for contempt of court. it is another major escalation in afghanistan the taliban launching a sustained assault on a provincial capital, in the west of the country. fierce fighting erupted in the capital of badghis province. the enemy has entered the city some districts have fallen. afghanistan s defence minister said that war is raging with the taliban. secunder kermani reports. a taliban fighter poses for the camera. these are government soldiers and commandos he says and you can see they have all surrendered. the insurgents launched their
Guilty yesterday of murdering star, has been described by the little girl s family as pure evil . star s mother, frankie smith, was cleared of murder but convicted of causing or allowing the toddler s death. in afghanistan, one million children under the age of five are at risk of starvation this winter, according to the world health organization. charities have warned that the humanitarian crisis facing the country after 20 years of war means a further 2.2 million people will suffer acute malnutrition. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani reports from the western province of ghor. a nation struggling to survive. a hospital struggling to cope. the war is over in afghanistan, but hunger is the new threat. these mothers desperately waiting for nutrition packs for their malnourished babies.
Health organization. charities have warned that the humanitarian crisis facing the country after 20 years of war means a further 2.2 million people will suffer acute malnutrition. 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani reports from the western province of ghor. a nation struggling to survive. a hospital struggling to cope. the war is over in afghanistan, but hunger is the new threat. these mothers desperately waiting for nutrition packs for their malnourished babies. it like this every day, he says. it s been like this for four or five months. translation: we have | nothing, we have no food, my children are sick, we don t have money for medicine. a million children are at risk of starvation. with internationalfunding cut off following the taliban takeover, afghanistan s aid dependent economy is collapsing.
Secunder kermani reports. across the road from the attack, families at another hospital watch on in horror. outside, a man tries to crawl to safety. inside, mothers and young children terrified. afghans had hoped scenes like this would come to an end now that the taliban are in power. instead, the fighters were amongst the victims of this attack, carried out by the local branch of the islamic state group, or daesh. the assault began with a suicide bombing, before gunmen tried to fight their way inside the military hospital. helicopters were used to drop taliban special forces into the site, according to the group. but outside this hospital, taliban members were anxiously
Killed and dozens injured in an attack on afghanistan s biggest military hospital in kabul. a taliban spokesman said there had been two explosions outside the building before gunmen entered. the islamic state group has claimed it carried out the attack. from kabul, our correspodent secunder kermani reports. across the road from the attack, families at another hospital watch on in horror. outside, a man tries to crawl to safety. inside, mothers and young children terrified. afghans had hoped scenes like this would come to an end now that the taliban are in power. instead, the fighters were amongst the victims of this attack, carried out by the local branch of the islamic state group, or daesh. the assault began with a suicide bombing, before