The attacks left craters several metres deep. In the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. The staff have now been released, but the un says it s not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. Meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. Syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted, including scientific research centres. Monitoring organisations say that one of the sites in the city of masyaf was housing proiranian weapons experts. Iran rejected reports that iranian sites were hit. Israel says it will not comment on reports of the strikes. But israel has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria that it says are linked to iran. Frank lowenstein served as united states special envoy for middle east peace under president b
In particular, bowling to complete the second hundred of his chest much career. Were england weary in this test match, a time they look. It where they complacent, they will definitely deny that. There always be definite ups than downs with their style of test match cricket, maybe this will be a sobering defeat for them as they try to develop a ruthless streak that was definitely missing in this test match. In test match cricket in places like sri lanka, well maybe this victory in the broader scheme of things is just what cricket needs. Well, england had the victory in their sights, in what was a topsy turvy match with standin captain ollie pope s heroics from the first innings. He knows that his england side let this one slip through. We played some really good cricket through the summer but could not put it together over the four days we have here. After two days we were in a good position and did not capitalise and unfortunately with the vat we were not good enough yesterday and sho
21 million women hasjust become even tougher. Three years after the talibans return to power, a new law has been passed saying that women must cover their Face And Body completely if they leave the house and their voices cannot be heard in public. Despite the risk to themselves, some women have spoken out and have been telling the bbc s Yogita Limaye what life is like for them now. We have hidden their identities and used actors voices to protect them. Its increasingly difficult for foreign journalists to report from afghanistan. This is yogitas report compiled along with camera journalist, sanjay ganguly, and producer, imogen anderson. Every moment you feel like youre in a prison. Even breathing becomes difficult. Were like dead bodies moving around. We cant talk. We cant do anything. This is a country where women are increasingly being pushed out of view. Their freedoms crushed bit by bit, by a relentless series of diktats. The latest a published law. This section says that if a woma
Homes and transported to russia, kidnapped there. Hundreds of thousands killed and it was david who believed closed passionately about giving voices to those who are often voiceless in war and he went there himself to talk to those people and indeed, he has saved lives. And you dont need to take my word for that, people who have been on the podcast thanks to him who he found, charities that he rose awareness of, issues he rose awareness of, issues he rose awareness of, issues he rose awareness of that was then picked up by other institutions, by other individuals, has been brought aid to those people. Sojournalism and i speak as one, it is an often derided profession often with good reason. But david was somebody who represented The Very Best of our profession and indeed The Very Best of british and was an enormous Loss Forjournalism and indeed i think for the company and the country and the western values we hold dear. Thank you very much for sharing the story of David Knowles who has
On wednesday following a report the White House is preparing to formally block Nippon Steels 14 Billion takeover bid. People familiar with the matter say a decision could be made as soon as this week. The move would be highly controversial and critics say it would lead to Job Losses and could chill foreign investment in the us. For more, heres our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta in new york. Nippon steels 14 Billion bid to acquire united States Steel has been caught in the crosshairs of an election year, and in the crucial Swing State of pennsylvania, where us steel is based. Us president Joe Biden has long pledged that the iconic american company, headquartered in pittsburgh, should remain domestically owned and run. Presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have also both Committed to keep us steel american, though any move to block the deal could potentially be subject to litigation. Proponents of Nippon Steels bid say the us shouldnt reject a bid from a