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
just one tablet an hour from manchester to london today instead of the usual three as an ava nti avanti workers ava nti workers refuse avanti workers refuse to work extra shifts. boiling over at the bridge. how it was the managers who were sent off in yesterday s fiery london derby between chelsea and tottenham in what proved a gripping encounter. coming to the end of the heatwave, through the week, temperatures will return to close to where they should be at the time of year and we are looking at some thunderstorms developing almost anywhere which could be torrential. it s monday the 15th of august. our main story. it s exactly a year since the taliban seized power in afghanistan, ending 20 years of us led military intervention. a turbulent 12 months in the country has seen an economic crisis and a huge reduction of women s rights, with girls largely banned from secondary schools. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been to see how the afghan people have ad
are expected to stand trial in ukraine s russian occupied donetsk region, after being accused of being mercenaries in the country. europe s sweltering heatwave leads to a warning that from today water levels in parts of the river rhine in germany will be so low it may not be usable. athlete ricardo dos santos who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan where it is one year since the taliban returned to power, prompting many thousands to try to flee and leaving many more behind where their daily lives have changed dramatically. one of the most significant changes they ve made is to limit education for girls they re barred from secondary schools in most of the country. but that hasn t stopped young women from pursuing the dream of education, despite the difficulties. lyse doucet is in kab
emergency over energy bills, labour will call for the price cap to be frozen. and erin kennedy coxes britain to a rowing gold in munich just three months after being told she has breast cancer. good evening. it will be a year tomorrow 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 at what could lie ahead. one year on life for women and girls is very different with harsh rules, including restrictions on education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul last august, has returned there for 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 wan
migration in human history. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 2:30am in the afghan capital kabul where monday marks a year since the taliban swept back into power. the 15th of august 2021 marked their takeover of the country and caused thousands to try and leave in fear of what could lie ahead. and leave in fear of one year on life for women and girls is very different with harsh rules restricting education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul last august, has returned there for 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 minist