scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. now on bbc news: india s wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 million homes in india s villages have tap water. bbc s divya arya investigates. when you can t get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india s villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to che
of the world. scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. it hasjust gone for 30 a.m.. a very good morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. a year on from the re imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than 1 million children are at risk from acute malnutrition. as for the taliban, well, they seem focused on snuffing out opposition and imposing strict controls on women and girls. my guest is former first vice president of afghanistan, now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the go
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us, where the reasons behind monday s fbi search on the florida home of former president, donald trump, and a list of items seized during the raid, could be released to the public. that s after the us department ofjustice broke with custom to ask a court in florida to unseal the documents. the former president has until friday afternoon to object to the release which was requested by the us attorney general merrick garland. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decisions lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. a search warrant was authorised by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause. the property receipt is a document that federal law requires law enforcement agents to leave with
hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
for his bribery conviction, allowing him to return to running the company. plus, a show of support: mcdonald s says it will reopen in ukraine where it is safe to do so to help restore a small, but important sense of normalcy. we start here in the uk where energy company bosses have been holding talks in downing street with prime minister borisjohnson and chancellor nadhim zahawi as concern grows about soaring bills. the annual energy bill for a typical household is set to top £4,000 a year from january that s over double what it is now. mrjohnson says the companies have been urged to help, but it s thought no firm decisions will be taken until a new prime minister is in place next month. our business correspondent caroline davies has more. ifind it quite i find it quite degrading to live in this situation. there is little left live in this situation. there is little left in live in this situation. there is little left in dallas s - live in this situation. there is litt