iam i am secunder kermani live in kabul where residents are still grappling with what this taliban takeover means for their lives. we ll be hearing from the local councils ready to welcome afghans. also tonight. a surprise drop in the rate of inflation but the experts warn of trouble ahead. have festivals and staycations contributed to cornwall s covid hotspots? we ll look at the latest evidence. a new take on the oldest fairy tale of them all three years in the making, cinderella is finally ready to open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we look ahead to the aig women s open as the final major of the year gets under way at carnoustie tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. borisjohnson and his ministers have come in for some scathing criticism as a recalled parliament held an emergency session on afghanistan. two broad questions dominated the attack from mps on all sides. how is it that the taliban are back in power? and what does britain do now fo
a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, newscast. chris, can i read out some fan mail we ve received? 0h, blimey. have we? yeah. although there is a twist. this is from rich, who posted on the newscast discord server saying, i would like to say, a, i read it in the guardian, didn t understand it. b, i read it in the mail, didn t understand it. c, i listened to it on pm on radio 4 and didn t understand it. d, i listened to it on newscast, understood it, ithink, and have now explained it to others. hurrah! yay! so that s a big tick for us. although notably that was an episode you weren t in. that is a detail we could have glossed over. i was basking in rich s glorious vocabulary and praise and was quite happy to just soak it up in a very royal sense. but you know, you re right. i wasn t around. there is a chance for you to redeem yourself on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. and it is chris in salford. and
election debate. we are on the asian network, and the bbc news channel. i m nomia iqbal, here in the splendid alga concert hall at the university of birmingham, and on stage here in the concert hall. with me is our audience, people from all different backgrounds, different political allegiances, and with just one week to go before the big vote, they have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. they will be putting those questions to our panel of gu ests putting those questions to our panel of guests from different political parties. with us today is shailesh va ra parties. with us today is shailesh vara from the conservatives, khalid masood mood from labour, baroness sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. following the horrific terror attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. of course it has now resumed. but the events of manchester are still very much on people s min
in yemen is out of control, with over 300,000 people affected. the country has been racked by civil war and an intervention by saudi led forces for the past two years. as a result, government health services have collapsed. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly because he was unhappy with president donald trump s appointment of a new communications director. the new appointee, anthony scaramucci, a former wall street financier, denied there had been tensions over his appointment. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has suspended all official contact with israel, as the crisis grows over additional security measures in the old city ofjerusalem. three palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli security forces. three israelis have been stabbed to death in a west bank settlement. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions be
to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions before the summer recess seesjeremy corbyn and theresa may going to battle on some familiar themes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created the national living wage. that was the biggest pay increase for people on lowest incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break, we ask three experts what we have learnt from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it s bringing forward the date when the state pension age will rise to 68. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come, whilst also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first, there was a rowdy end of term sort of feel to the last prime minister s questions before recess. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn focused on low pay, but began by highlighting splits at the top of the