all eyes will be on hollywood later to see whether everything everywhere all at once can get the top award at the oscars. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, ourworld: my escape from afghanistan. in august 2021, the taliban shocked the world as they swept to power in afghanistan. it wasn t long before they began to crack down on the rights of women. last year, i met with activist tamana paryani, who d been involved in a protest in kabul. after daring to raise her voice, the taliban came in the middle of the night to arrest her. although she was later released, she went into hiding. at the time, it was too dangerous for us to broadcast her testimony. now she has escaped and she s ready to tell her extraordinary story. kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana,
nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations, right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan, on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from taiwan. t
a compromise over same sex relationships but will it please traditionalists or gay couples? hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations, right before their eyes. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, from paying a high level visit to taiwan. she is due to attend taiwan s parliament and meet the president on wednesday morning, despite warnings from beijing not to travel there. we have heard in the last few minutes that is where she is now. a highly symbolic gesture to step forward inside the centre of the democratic taiwan system. it s self ruling territory but china insists it is part of its territory and that has created significant anger within beijing. in a measure of china s anger, the us ambassador has just been summoned. to the
the archbishop of canterbury has affirmed a 1988 declaration that says gay relationships are incompatible with scripture but at a meeting of more than six hundred bishops from across the anglican world, justin welby said he would not punish churches that bless or marry gay couples. but they will not condemn them where it happened. now on bbc news, the travel show s ade adepitan coming up this week, i am on the greek island of evia, a year on from the devastating forest fires. look at these guys! look at them go! and taking a dip in natural hot springs built for the gods. 0h! that s so hot! we are off to denmark to take a look at the ancient treasure rewriting histories there. and nick s in istanbul, testing his artistic skills. oh there it is. 0h, we need lips. the island of evia, the second largest island in greece after crete, famed for its verdent mountaintops, blue seas and glorious sunshine. but in the summer of 2021, that idyllic picture was turned on its head. last yea
in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi america s third highest ranking politician from paying a high level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she s been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called peace for the region . we come in friendship to taiwan. we come in peace for the region and our chair of the veterans affairs committee, representing our veterans, understanding the value of peace and the avoidance of conflict. i am sure he will