Emotional goodbye to barcelona. We look at what his next move might be. Live from our studio in singapore. This is Bbc News. It is sam it is 8am in singapore, 4 30am in afghanistan. The taliban are gaining ground at a shocking speed. Three northern afghan cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of each other. You see on your screens, the biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of A Million people. The provincial capitals are also largely in militant hands, in the latter, they have been freeing prisoners. This adds two others are captured on friday and saturday. Government forces appear only to have held their own pace and the airport, the Interior Ministry Spokesman insisting they are retaking strategic sites and will drive the insurgency out. Our correspondent Paul Adams has more. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a lar
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Restrictions have come into force. And thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th Anniversary of its first gay Pride Parade. Hello and welcome. Reports from Northern Afghanistan say theres heavy fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. In the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. A taliban spokesman said their fighters had already captured some districts and were inching towards the centre of the city. Fierce fighting is also reported in the centre of another afghan provincial capital, sar e pol. Earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of Sheberghaan The Second Provincial Capital to have fallen in two days. On saturday us Central Command said it had intensified Air Strikes Richard Galpin reports. In this fast moving offensive the taliban are claiming a second province, sheberghaan, is in their hands. Here video film for the fighters appears to show
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