things they said if they are not against women s education or rights to go to work, so this is the backdrop against which those talks are happening. as far as the taliban is concerned, this is part of a series of efforts to gain international recognition. they had a meeting with uk diplomats in afghanistan recently. he said they would also be meeting european officials soon. the reason they want that recognition is because it is a key step forward in trying to unblock foreign funding to afghanistan. many international countries and organisations have stopped funding to afghanistan, fearing it would for into the hands of the taliban, and they are trying to unfreeze those funds. taiwanese president tsai ing wuhn has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing. taiwan, which china views
doha between senior us and taliban officials. it s their first face to face meeting since the militants seized control of afghanistan. latest results from the czech republic s election have the opposition together party taking the lead ahead of the ruling party of controversial prime minister andrej babis. with nearly all the votes counted he may now have to cede government to a coalition of opposition groups. taiwanese president tsai ing wen has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing. responding to a speech from president xi jinping saying that reunification with china is inevitable, taiwan s leader was defiant. and lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after its electricity grid shut down, leaving the entire country without power. now on bbc news, it s time for spotlight: living with long covid. tonight on spotlight,