Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. A new afghan government, composed of senior taliban figures, could be announced as early as friday. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive. But against this backdrop the economy of afghanistan is close to collapse with little immediate prospect of the new islamist rulers gaining access to the countrys foreign currency reserves held in the west. Prices of Essential Goods are soaring, the value of the currency is falling, and many public services are barely able to function. Heres our afghanistan Correspondent Secunder kermani. The taliban are in firm control of the country. This, a huge Military Parade in the southern city of kandahar, along with a captured helicopter. But the group still hasnt established a new government, leaving many afghans in a state of limbo. Now that the final foreign troops have left, an announcement is expected soon. The last time the group was in power in the 1990s, their Regime Saw public executions and women banned from working. Now they say things are different, though they admit Women Wont be in senior positions. Maybe they will be in the government, in the lower things, because in every department of the government ministries, you can say almost half of the workers are women. So they can come back to their work and they can continue. But in this new government which has been announced, in the top posts, i mean to say in the cabinet, there may not be a woman. The uncertainty about what the future will look like has seen the value of the Afghani Drop and concerns about the economy rise. The World Bank and imf are holding back from continuing support. Whilst the us has frozen reserves and most local banks remain closed. Translation No One has any money right now, all their savings are stuck in the banks. People arejust bringing small amounts of cash here to exchange, to pay for everyday living. Translation i needed money for groceries,. But the Exchange Rate isnt good, so im going home. The Currency Rate just keeps on fluctuating. I pray that god brings stability to the government and these problems can be solved. The afghan economy has been heavily dependent on international aid. Whether or not that continues, at least when it comes to the west, is likely to be dependent on what kind of government the taliban create, what kind of laws it enforces. Governing afghanistan is going to prove a bigger challenge for the taliban than taking control of it. Theyve been holding meetings with senior political figures, like former president , hamid karzai, but many doubt whether theyre willing to really share power. Their elusive leader, mullah hibatullah, may well be declared leader of an islamic emirate. These, new pictures of some of the final us troops to be withdrawn from afghanistan, the focus now is on what theyve left behind. Secunder kermani, Bbc News, kabul. For more on how inclusive the new government in afghanistan is likely to be, heres our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. Well, there is this magical word of inclusive that is being used by afghanistan as neighbours to put pressure on the taliban to try and share some of the powers so they dont have absolute control. A look at it in pure political terms. The taliban of come to power much more quickly than even they expected. They now control more territory in afghanistan than they were in power in the 1990s. So, they feel they have an overwhelming mandate to pursue their overriding objective and that is to use words like government cabinet, their objective is to establish an islamic system. The choice of who is in the cabinet is going to be very much, they said theyre going to be discussing individuals on the basis of islamic principles and sharia law, or these people corrupt, did they work for the former government and what about women . Women will not be playing a leading role. This new emerging islamic and red, theyll be playing secondary roles to the men. Theyll be playing some roles but not at senior level. This is different from what we heard even two years ago when the taliban started discussing with representatives of the afghan government and civil society here, that this form of words with the said women can have any roles in our newest islamic government, except the president of the prime minister, but they can be ministers and ceos and now they seem to be rolling back from that because what happened in the past is now history. It is a new day for them and it is a date when the taliban are in charge. Sabir ibrahimi is a non resident fellow at the Center On International Cooperation at new york university. We have the taliban talking about tolerance for months and now we have had women might not be allowed in their top post. What you think they got in store for this new administration . , administration . Afghans dont have a lot. Administration . Afghans dont have a lot, actually, have a lot, actually, especially those who avoid democracy and hoping that the taliban have changed and unfortunately their Core Ideology has not changed. As your colleague was mentioning before they have said that women could still participate in the Government Butjust Yesterday they had said that they are not going to let women become ministers. So afghans are in the state of confusion and there is a state of fear for a lot of them. A lot are leaving the country. Technical team has leaving the country. Technical team has arrived leaving the country. Technical team has arrived to leaving the country. Technical team has arrived to manage l leaving the country. Technical I Team has arrived to manage Aid Flights there but we still dont know how the airport is going to be run. Financially there is chaos. There is one idea from the opposition to decentralise power. You think that would help with the running of the country if it were allowed . I running of the country if it were allowed . Were allowed . I think decentralisation were allowed . I think decentralisation is were allowed . I think decentralisation is an | decentralisation is an important issue and it should happen because afghanistan is over the last years have tried to improve subnational governments but one of the reasons are subnational governments didnt improve was very heavily centralised system. Kabulwants very heavily centralised system. Kabul wants to dominate every other province. It might be a solution but unfortunately, the taliban right now, they would not accept such an arrangement. Especially about now they control all of the power. 33 provinces out of 3a are controlled by the taliban. Everyone is looking at very closely at what they are saying. In the past stadium just a useful public executions and now they have approved the afghan Cricket Team to travel for first Test Match in australia. Do think they have modified at all or is itjust spend . Modified at all or is it ust send . � , modified at all or is it ust send . � ,. Modified at all or is it ust send . � ,. , spend . As i said earlier, their ideolou spend . As i said earlier, their ideology has spend . As i said earlier, their ideology has not spend . As i said earlier, their ideology has not changed spend . As i said earlier, their ideology has not changed but| ideology has not changed but being pragmatic been no they know this brings money to afghans that they want to tweak things a little bit but in terms of ideology they have not changed and they have installed all, mostly their own graduates to Government Positions so even like a certified doctors studied religion at the Ministry Of Health right now. What would it take for western powers to recognise them . What would they have to do to win that support . Would they have to do to win that smart . That support . The Western Owers that support . The western powers are that support . The western powers are rightly that support . The western powers are rightly saying l that support . The western i powers are rightly saying that the Taliban Regime should be inclusive. That is the Word Thatis inclusive. That is the word that is thrown around. Inclusive. Their definition of inclusivity is to give some token positions to other ethnicities but they should remain the dominant power. And the state should be islamic. Notjust islamic. And because the previous government was also islamic. It was called republic of afghanistan. The taliban are bringing this ideology which is a strict interpretation of islam and not shared by many afghans within the country. So that is an issue. On the rigid interpretation of islam the international laws are going to violated for instance, womens rights are going to be curtailed. There could be also issues with minorities. That is what the national communities are focused on that you should modify things a little bit for us to recognise you in countries like canada and the uk already said they are not going to recognise the Taliban Regime. Going to recognise the taliban reaime. ~ going to recognise the taliban reaime. , ~ i. , going to recognise the taliban reime. , ~ y. ,. ,. , regime. Thank you for oining us. Thank you forjoining us. An intense Rain Storm in spain has led to severe flooding. Thousands of homes are without electricity, and roads and rail links have been forced to close. Coastal towns in the northeastern region of catalonia bore the brunt of the storm, as well as parts of Central Spain near madrid. Courtney bembridge has this report. Streets were turned to torrents with a powerful stream of water swallowing up Cars Furniture and trees. This video was captured by Emergency Services in catalonia were Coastal Towns were hit particularly hard. Dozens of people had to be rescued and it is feared that some people are still trapped. Thousands of homes remained without power. Further inland, just outside madrid, people were in the middle of a meal at this restaurant when the storm hit. Translation ~. ,. , translation we had some Customers Translation we had some customers who translation we had some customers who had translation we had some customers who had just translation we had some i customers who had just finished eating. We tried to get out across the patio but it was terrible. You could not get out anywhere. The water came out to your knees. Anywhere. The water came out to your knees your knees. Out on the street, Dozens Cars your knees. Out on the street, Dozens Cars were your knees. 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This damn good strength from recent high temperatures| from recent high temperatures and humidity. It is the latest in a series of major floods across europe this summer and scientists warn Weather Events will continue to become more extreme unless the world dramatically cuts Greenhouse Gas emissions. Dramatically cuts Greenhouse Gas emissions. A law banning most abortions in texas has come into effect, after the Us Supreme Court declined to act on an Emergency Request to block it. Pregnancy teminations are now illegal after six weeks even in cases of rape or incest. Im joined now by our Washington Correspondent Nomia iqbal. This law has divided opinion. Some say it will set off Bounty Hunters doubling in the neighbours but have a Texan Show they report these restrictions. Support. Show they report these restrictions. Support. There are polls restrictions. Support. There are polls that restrictions. Support. There are polls that suggest restrictions. Support. There are polls that suggest 5496 restrictions. Support. Therel are polls that suggest 5496 back are polls that suggest 54 back banning abortion but that also suggests there are many who dont. Potentially some who are indifferent to it. We have seen following that ruling many texans protesting about this law. Youve got womens rights groups and the american civil liberties union. Critical of what is a very extreme ruling. You mentioned Bounty Hunters. This is something that is really caused concern because effectively people good, because the actual legal language is so loose, people could potentially sue anyone involved in abortion and get paid 10,000 for it so we are talking about the doctors themselves that Taxi Drivers who drive the women to the clinic saw friends to cover the medical costs as well. Broadly speaking, americans generally back row the wage which legalised the right to have an abortion since the 70s. Base accepted as part of life in america and people being able to live however freely they want. It is worth remembering that present biden himself is a devout catholic and he said he believes life begins at conception. That is what he personally believes that he said he would not impose it on others and today he has criticised this law say he will do he can to protect womens rights. Do he can to protect womens riahts. ~ , stay with us on Bbc News still to come mysteries of the underworld more secrets are revealed from beneath the ancient mexican she received the nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india slums. The head of the Catholic Church had said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then round the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. Hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. Britain Lost A princess today, | described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. You an early Morning Car Crash in a Paris Underpass ended | a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines. As the taliban puts on a show of its new military Muscle Speculation a government may soon be announced. The Us Supreme Court ignores appeals against a new law in texas banning almost all abortions. President biden says it violates the constitution. Among the many afghan relatives and friends separated by the events of the past few weeks is the family of 7 month old gulrena, a Baby Girl Split from her parents four months ago. Her father is a british national but shes living with her grandparents in kabul because her passport has only just been issued. Our special Correspondent Lucy manning has been speaking to gulrenas father, his identity is concealed to protect the family. Too young to know what has happened, too small to comprehend she is stuck in kabul without her parents. Gulrena, one of the youngest britons left behind. We are missing her a lot. You know how people feel when their child is outside the country, and in another country where there is a war and you dont know what is going to happen next . Her parents, thousands of miles away. This is the closest her Dad Muhammad in london can get to her. He can only try to keep their bond alive. When kabulfell, gulrena still didnt have her uk passport, five months after her british father applied, his identity hidden for the familys safety. She is stuck in afghanistan because of the passport delay. If the passport took less time, she would have been here with us. And she is stuck there with my other part of the family and theyre all in danger. I called the consulate when everything happened and they said she is not british yet. You have to wait until her passport arrives, then she is british, then we can help you. I told them its going to be too late. Trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare, gulrena was born unexpectedly in Kabul Injanuary when her mother, an afghan, was unable to return to the uk as planned after visiting relatives, because shed lost her Uk Id card. She eventually got a temporary visa to Return To Britain In May to get a replacement, but had to leave gulrena behind with grandparents. Then, the taliban took over. I want the government to help me find a way to take them out, take my daughter and my family out of afghanistan. The government can do anything, if they want to. And they can do it. Why not . How do you want the government to help, when they dont have any soldiers on the ground . They can help, they can find a way. They are the government. The government says it has evacuated more than 16,000 people from afghanistan but it knows more must be done to support those at risk. Government advice has long been for britons not to travel to afghanistan. Gulrenas mother says she is lost without her baby by her side, is losing hope, and begs the government to help. Finally. At 3pm this afternoon, Gulrenas Passport finally arrived, but with nearly half her short life separated from her parents, theres now no easy way to bring her home. Lucy manning, Bbc News. Au. S. Judge says hell approve Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharmas Bankruptcy Reorganisation plan. The move clears a path to resolve thousands of Opioid Lawsuits but protects the companys wealthy sacklerfamily owners from future opioid litigation. This Daily Cocktail of immunosuppressant medication is vital to prevent howell Cohens Body from rejecting the kidney donated by his father. The Transplant Medication also blocked his Immune System from developing protection from two doses of covid vaccine. The Ao Year old from North London is now eligible for a third dose. Its going to be really great for me to have a booster and hopefully give me some vaccine protection, and the ability to return to normal life, do things other people are doing without thinking about it. But at the same time, its not clear if the booster is going to work for myself and people like me, so we really do need to carry on looking at other treatments. See if theres any on here. As well as transplant patients, those with Blood Cancers or advanced hiv will also be eligible. They will all receive pfizer or modernityjabs. We hope it will top up their immunity levels. Some of these people will not have mounted a good Antibody Or T Cell Memory Response to two doses of the vaccine, and we are hoping it may help those individuals. There are two more big decisions due on vaccines, firstly whether the Over 80s should get a Booster Dose to help with waning immunity, and secondly, what aboutjabs for younger teens . With the new School Year getting under way, there is mounting urgency for a decision on whether all 12 to 15 year olds should be offered a covid vaccine. Currently, only those with specific Health Conditions are eligible, but the scientists making the recommendation say they want to see new data on the benefits and risks. This is emma, just before she got covid. More than a year later, the 14 year old often struggles to walk because of persistent nausea and dizziness. A new study has found a significant minority of children do get long covid. Yeah, so i had to be in a wheelchair, because basically the dizziness is triggered or it gets worse by me walking around. If i start walking around ijust feel like im going to pass out, so it was very hard for me to get around school. Vaccinating all over 12s would help suppress covid outbreaks in schools. The us, france, spain and italy have all taken this approach. A final decision in the uk may come next week. Fergus walsh, Bbc News. Police have stepped up checks at italian Train Stations amid threats from protesters to disrupt let s get some of the days other news. North korea has rejected roughly Three Million covid 19 Vaccine Doses of chinas sinovac biotech, saying they should be sent to severely affected countries first, particularly africa and asia. So far, North Korea has not reported any covid 19 cases and has imposed strict anti virus measures, including Border Closures and domestic travel curbs. Zambias newly elected president says hes inherited an empty treasury. He told the bbc a horrifying amount of State Funds have been stolen, with some people still trying to move money illegally. The former Opposition Leader was elected last month, after promising to tackle corruption and end the countrys financial crisis. In mexico more secrets have been revealed about the ancient city Of Teotihuacan. Researchers have spent years digging beneath the remains of a settlement thats believed to date back more than 2000 years. And the latest discoveries seem to highlight the religious devotion of some of the people who lived there. The bbc� s Tim Allman has more. Its mysteries are always clear on ground level. This is proved to be a Treasure Trove for researchers. Police 100,000 different objects have been catalogue. Including finely carved statues, jewellery and ceramics. Translation . , ,. ,. , translation it has been almost 12 ears of translation it has been almost 12 years of continuous translation it has been almost 12 years of continuous research i 12 years of continuous research and exploration. During that time, we have discovered many objects and materials in an excellent state of preservation which broadens the perspective of what we initially thought. In its heyday a period from 100 Bc to 50050a. D, teotihuacan was one of the biggest cities on earth. A contemporary of ancient rome, as many as 200,000 people may have lived and died here. Priests, perhaps underthe and died here. Priests, perhaps under the influence of hallucinogenic plants, offered gifts to go to the gods of the underworld. Translation ~. , underworld. Translation . , , , translation what surprised us most were four translation what surprised us most were four Bouquets Translation what surprised us most were four bouquets of most were four bouquets of flowers. We were able to see some leaves which will allow us to identify what kind of flowers were used for this ritual. Then we will know which time of year it happened. The Din Um time of year it happened. The digging goes time of year it happened. The digging goes on. The research continues. Perhaps the city Of Teotihuacan has more secrets to give up. Hello there. On wednesday, it was a lovely day across scotland and Northern Ireland. Wide Spread Sunshine and pretty warm with 25 celsius recorded in sterlingshire. Further south for england and wales it was rather cloudy. The next few days it is similar set up. The best of the sunshine across the north, more cloud in the south. Its this area of High Pressure that weve had for nearly two weeks now. Pretty much in the same position bringing back east or northeast airflow. So a lot of cloud generally to start the day thursday. Eventually we start to see the cloud breaking up across scotland and Northern Ireland and into Northern England was up increasing sunshine here, it will turn quite warm to the afternoon. But again, for much of england and wales, a lot of cloud around. Some sunny breaks here and there, more of a breeze again across the south and through the channel. Lighter winds further north, could see temperatures reach the low to be 20s in the sunny spots across scotland. Otherwise for most for you have the cloud around 17 19, 20 degrees. Our area of High Pressure still around with us on friday. Moving a little bit towards the east but still bringing an easterly wind. They will be a lot of cloud still wrapped up in this system. And again friday pretty similar, most of the cloud i think across central, southern eastern areas, the cloud i think across central, southern eastern areas, the best of the sunshine towards the west where it will feel a little bit warmer. As we head on into the weekend we start to see our area of high Pressure Drift in towards the near continent with low pressure approaching from the west, thats going to allow a run of southerly winds to develop across the country. And we start to tap into some warmth across france. I think a gradual process but during the Weekend Temperatures will be climbing up gradually. We should start to see increasing amount of sunshine as we draw up some Dryer Air from the south. Saturday pretty similar to how thursday and Friday Shape up but quite a bit of cloud around. I think later in the day there are signs of increasing sunshine across southern england, south wales. That will push the temperatures up to 23 degrees or so. But for most again, the mid to high teens or up to around 20. I think on sunday theres a greater chance of seeing more wide Spread Sunshine. Certainly a brighter day for much of england and wales then weve had over the past week. As winds coming in from the south from france pushing up into around the Mid 20s across the south or high teens further north. And then its warmer still into the start of next week. Could be looking at values closer to the mid to upper 20s celsius, particularly across central and southern areas. This is Bbc News. The headlines a new government in afghanistan, composed of senior taliban figures, could be announced as early as friday. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive but unlikely to have women in topjobs. Against this backdrop, the economy is close to collapse. A law severely restricting access to abortion has come into effect in texas. Its been condemned by President Biden as a violation of womens constitutional rights. It bans almost all terminations from the moment a foetal heartbeat can be detected usually around six weeks into a pregnancy. An intense Rain Storm in spain has led to severe flooding. Thousands of homes are without electricity and roads and rail links have been forced to close. Coastal towns in the northeastern region of catalonia bore the brunt of the storm as well as parts of Central Spain. Now on Bbc News, witness history