One of the first pages to share false information about the southport tragedy was this unregulated news site called channel3 now. They wrote a story about the stabbings in southport and quickly posted it on social media. Some of the details were correct, but the name of the 17 year old charged was false and the article wrongly suggested that the alleged attacker was here seeking asylum. Nevertheless, it was widely quoted and shared, often by accounts posting disinformation and far right ideas. And because the site name sounded like a news station, people might have been less likely to question it. Now, because of what happened in the uk this week, i tracked down some of the people linked to channel3 now to find out who they are. James is an amateur hockey player from nova scotia in canada. And then there s farhan. He s a dad who appears to be based in lahore in pakistan. When i reached out to farhan, he blocked me. But i ve confirmed both of their identities by speaking to people who k
The son of the bangladesh prime minister has said his mother does intend to return to the country. The son of the bangladesh former prime minister, sheikh hasina, has told indian media that his mother plans to return to the country when fresh elections are called. Ms hasina quit and fled to neighbouring india on monday, following weeks of deadly protests against her government, sparked by anger about civil servicejob quotas. A caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus was sworn in on thursday and will be tasked with holding elections. Our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, spoke to the locals in dhaka. We ve already heard from this caretaker administration and muhammad yunus, in which they have divided a lot of the government ministries to the panel of advisers that they have assembled as part of this interim government until they get a more stable government in place. So they ve really divvied up all the different departments amongst these differen
The country s worst since 2010. Police have now named the victims. And much of southern europe continues to bake bone dry, after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. Hello and welcome to the programme. We to the programme. Will start in afghanistan. The rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. The militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afg hanistan s second largest city kandahar. American officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital kabul, and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. Meanwhile, the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. Our correspondent yogita limaye reports from kabul. Gunfire. The biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. This is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. The taliban were born in this province. To show off their gains, the group s fighters fi
Of thursday s mass shooting the country s worst since 2010. Police have now named the victims. And much of southern europe continues to bake after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. The militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afg hanistan s second largest city kandahar. American officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul, and they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. Meanwhile, the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. Our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. Gunfire. The biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. This is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. The taliban were born in this province. To show off their gains, the group s fighters
In the uk, a vigil has been held to remember the victims of thursday s mass shooting the country s worst since 2010. Police have now named the victims. And much of southern europe continues to bake after one of the hottest summers ever recorded. The rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. The militants now control a third of the country s regional capitals, including afghanistan s second largest city, kandahar. American officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul. And they ve acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. Meanwhile the united nations has warned a humanitarian catastrophe may be unfolding. Our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. Gunfire. The biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. This is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. The taliban were born in this province. To show off their gains, the group s fighters filmed t