thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after testing positive twice for bovine tb. hello and welcome if you are watching us in the uk or around the world. it is 8pm in london, but where you re watching your very welcome to bbc news. the taliban have captured their first provincial capital in afghanistan since 2016. an official said zaranj in nimruz province, close to the border with iran, fell because of a lack of government reinforcements. the taliban have made widespread advances in recent months as nato forces complete their withdrawal. but had previously failed to seize previously, the taliban had failed to seize. in the capital, the president tv spokesperson said that shooting him dead in his car. un security council has been meeting a special session to discuss the deteriorating situation the country. an envoy to afghanistan because of the taliban to cease its attacks among major cities immediately, as she warned the conflict torn country i
catching people s attention, how virtual youtubers are gaining popularity and earning millions. good to have you with us. can anyone now stop the taliban from rampaging across afghanistan? in the last few hours, their escalating offensive has resulted in the capture of a provincial capital and the assassination of a close aide of the president. now, the un s special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. here s what she said to the un security council earlier. there had been an expectation, when the us taliban deal was signed in february 2020, you will remember, that we would see a reduction of violence. we did not. there had been an expectation when the talks between the afghan republic and the taliban began in september of last year. that we would see a reduction of violence. we have not. there had been an expectation, that when international troops left, we would
its covid lockdown. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s 0lympic officials. this is her krystsina tsimanouskaya. she had been due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. the flight took off without her on board. tsimanouskaya has said she believes she s now safe i m joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. the international olympic committee says it has asked the belarus authorities to clarify what happened. it comes of course against a backdrop of ongoing protests against president lukashenko of belarus who the opposition accuse of stealing the election, and repressing any dissent
hello and welcome to bbc news. afghanistan is seeing the heaviest fighting yet between government forces and the taliban. the militants are trying to seize three major cities in the south and west of the country. they ve made rapid gains in less populated parts since it was announced almost all foreign troops withdraw by september. taliban fighters have now entered parts of herat, kandahar, and lashkar gah the capital of helmand province, once the home to british troops in the country. the fate of these key cities could be crucial amid fears of a humanitarian crisis and there are concerns about how long government forces will be able to hold out. this update from our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani. well, this is now the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the militants had already had captured vast swathes of rural territory, now they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way to the ver
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. a year and a half into a global pandemic and suddenly the world is facing a far greater threat from the delta variant. covid moved relatively slowly across the planet, the highly contagious delta variant is slamming everywhere. it s the unvaccinated who are getting sick and dying. the head of the world health organization is offering this. this is driven by the highly trans miss sinl delta variant which has now been detected in at least 132 countries. health systems in many countries are being overwhelmed. a sure sign of the deepening crisis. hospitalizations in the u.s. have tripled in the last month. the vast majority of those new patients are unvaccinated. even vaccinated americans now being urged to wear facemasks, again in public places, especially where transmission is high. you can see it there in red. new cdc data shows the risk of fully vaccinated people becoming fully infected saying it s extreme