campaign by an afghan refugee group and then a story by the reuters news agency, sohail was found and he was found here in kabul alive and well. he had been picked up by a 29 year old taxi driver, mr safi, who took the baby to raise him as his own. it seems mr safi was reluctant to give the child back but after pleads from the family and negotiation with the family and a negotiations with the family and a short span of time in taliban detention he has now handed over the baby to his grandfather and other relatives here in kabul. he is alive and well and the expectation is he willjoin the rest of the family, his four brothers and sisters, in texas where they will be resettled in the united states. the port city of tianjin in northern china has asked its 14 million residents to stay at home while health officials conduct mass testing following at least twenty cases of covid. two other chinese cities are in lockdown. tianjin is about 100 miles from beijing, where the winter olympics are d
a baby who was separated from his parents at kabul airport last august as thousands of people tried to leave afghanistan has been reunited with members of his family. the little boy was only six weeks old when he disappeared in the mayhem at the airport his parents were among the thousands flown of the country and are now in the us. now the man who found the baby has handed him over to relatives in kabul. our correspondent there quentin sommerville, has the story. amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover
relief, and the hope is now that he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. after so long apart, the baby only responds to mohammad, the name mr safi gave him. but now he s back with them, his family says sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. the supermarket chain morrisons is to scrap use by dates on most of its milk, in a move it says will stop millions of pints being poured down the sink. instead, the retailer will display best before dates on 90% of its own brand milk products. the recycling charity wrap says morrisons will be the first retailer to make the move. the change will happen later this month. richard swannell is the international director for wrap, a charity supporting people and businesses to reduce waste. thanks for talking to us. i guess
old when he disappeared in the mayhem, at the airport. his parents were among the thousands flown out of the country and are now in the us. the bbc s quentin sommerville has the story. amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable t
here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says, he took him home. as a father i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone, so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. but mr safi was reluctant to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiations and some time in taliban detention before he handed him back. he, his wife and daughters are distraught without the boy. the last five months have been enormously difficult for many afghan families, but none more so than this family.