welcome to the programme. it s now monday in afghanistan and across europe, and a year since the taliban swept back into the afghan capital, kabul, marking their takeover of the country and sparking scenes like these at the airport thousands trying to leave in fear of what could lie ahead. one year on, life for women and girls in particular is very different, with harsh rules, including restrictions on education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul during the taliban takeover, has returned and sent this special report. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country, but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don t want to be identified. this woman used to be a senior official in the finance ministry. last year the taliban told her, stay a
41 people were killed, many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air conditioning system. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn t driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months
a very special record. hello and welcome. it s now monday in afghanistan, and a year since the taliban swept back into the afghan capital kabul, marking their takeover of the country and sparking scenes like these at the airport thousands trying to leave in fear of what could lie ahead. one year on, life for women and girls in particular is very different with harsh rules including restrictions on education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul during the taliban takeover, has returned and sent this special report. cal t0 prayer. call to prayer. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country, but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don t want to be identified. this woman used to be a senior official in the finance ministry. last year
three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to industry body the early years alliance. researchers at the university of cambridge say they ve successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. and a sad end to the story of freya the walrus who became a tourist sensation in norway as she is put down. good morning. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out how he would fund his party s plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 injanuary. labour said it would freeze the pr
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