We start this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan, a country where millions of children are malnourished, and where in one hospital, 700 children have died injust the last six months. Its a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day, with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty, after years of war causing economic collapse. The un says more than Three Million children under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s yogita limaye, Camera Journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average morning looks like at jalalabads main hospital. Hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zara, 13 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease thats
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ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full ukrainian counter offensive has begun. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, is the writer and broaddcaster chris morris and stephanie bolzen, washington correspondent for the german newspaper die welt. we will say hello to both in just a moment. also tonight, prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and more peoplejoin the race to be the next us president. former vice president mike pence files his papers to run, putting him in direct competition with his former boss, donald trump. but first the war in ukraine. looks like
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