across mariupol. there are two banks that appear to be closed. their atms are open and people lining up in an orderly calm fashion. clearly worried. there s another bank down the street that has been closed. we ve spoke to one woman who s been trying banks all across town. her kids are waiting in the car. she wants to leave with her family. amid this confusion and this fear, rumors are springing up. two people have told us they re concerned about not being able to get out of the city through checkpoints and roads that are closed off. when we came in we saw cars and trucks streaming out. at all the gas stations we did see long lines of cars trying to get gas. so, brianna, there is clearly a concern for what happens next. this city is in the donbas which president putin named specifically as the reason for carrying out what he called a special operation.
public performance for some drag artists here since the pandemic began. we re ireland s first drag house and we re now the biggest house. other ones are springing up, and now there s this incredible scene where, like, you see all these different styles of drag and performers, which we didn t have before. tell me about how the pandemic affected you and the whole scene here. specifically, we re queer people in the lgbt+ community, again, our space has been taken away. and for the likes of myself and the other queens, our work was taken away. yet it s taught us a lot. and what i ve loved personally seeing is how resourceful queer people are. i haven t seen some of my friends in 18 months all in the same room. i haven t seen a proper audience in so long. but i m ready to not do drag in my bedroom anymore! i m very excited to go back on stage! just some of the places we went to, and some of the people we met thanks to our little
two. thank you so much. your first time on world news tonight. welcome to the team. we turn now to afghanistan. more than eight months after kabul fell to the taliban, some of the worst fears of women and girls being realized. but many are not giving up. ian pannell recently visited the country. reporter: tonight, the women and girls fighting back against taliban rule in afghanistan. this protest in kabul calling for bread, work, freedom, and political rights. the latest in a series of demonstrations, often met by a brutal taliban response. the militants have banned most girls from attending high school. but in a rare act of defiance some underground schools are springing up, classes being held in secret. this is an incredible thing to witness. there are a dozen girls here, all teenagers. at the moment, they are doing math and they re also learning english. a whole bunch of other subjects. the kind of things that everyone s kids take for granted.
becoming outdated. a growing drag community has emerged in cork. you they ve been through a difficult covid period, and tonight will be the first public performance for some drag artists here since the pandemic began. we re ireland s first drag house and we re now the biggest house. other ones are springing up, and now there s this incredible scene where, like, you see all these different styles of drag and performers, which we didn t have before. tell me about how the pandemic affected you and the whole scene here. are specifically, we re queer people in the lgbt+ community, again, our space has been taken away. and for the likes of myself and the other queens, our work was taken away. yet it s taught us a lot. and what i ve loved personally seeing is how resourceful queer people are. i haven t seen some of my friends in 18 months all in the same room. i haven t seen a proper audience in so long. but i m ready to not do drag in my bedroom anymore! i m very excited
and we, ourselves, we re used to looking after sheep, whereas alpacas were something a bit different and a bit scary. back on the road, i m heading into cork city. here, old stereotypes of ireland s conservative outlook are once again becoming outdated. a growing drag community has emerged in cork. they ve been through a difficult covid period, and tonight will be the first public performance for some drag artists here since the pandemic began. we re ireland s first drag house and we re now the biggest house. other ones are springing up, and now there s this incredible scene where, like, you see all these different styles of drag and performers, which we didn t have before. tell me about how the pandemic affected you and the whole scene here. specifically, we re queer people in the lgbt+ community, again, our space has been taken away.