and the islamichhad group after three days of violence and more than a0 palestinian deaths. the bill as amended is passed. cheering and applause. political wrangling and a marathon debate president biden s climate bill has been approved in the us senate. how dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. commentator: it s gold for scotland. and in birmingham, laura muir becomes the 1,500 metres commonwealth champion. good evening. we re beginning tonight s programme with a special report from afghanistan, showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a
of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a lack of food, and there s been a sharp increase in newborn babies dying. our report was filmed in badakhshan province in the north east of afghanistan, by cameraman sanjay ganguly, producer imogen anderson, and correspondent yogita limaye. this is what they found. in afghanistan s maternity wards, women forced to endure unbearable suffering. groans. no drugs to ease the pain. barely any resources for an emergency. only female staff are allowed here. they scramble around a woman
with the taliban regime. the bbc s yogita limaye, cameraman sanjay ganguly and producer imogen anderson have witnessed first hand the dire situation on the ground and have sent this report from herat, in the west of the country. we should warn you that there are distressing images in this report from the start. this is what starvation does to a country. to its tiniest lives. six month old usman. habib ur rehman, born three months ago. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over, but now foreign funds which propped up this country have been frozen. putting at least a million children at risk of dying. in this ward, one in five will not make it. usman weighs less than
scenes of malnutrition. the situation has deteriorated sharply since the taliban seized power in august. international funds, which propped up the economy have been stopped, as the world debates how to deal with the new regime. our correspondent yogita limaye, cameraman sanjay ganguly and producer imogen anderson have witnessed first hand the dire situation on the ground in herat. a warning there are some disturbing images in this report from the start. beeping. this is what starvation does to a country. to its tiniest lives. six month old usman. this boy, born three months ago. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over. but now, foreign funds which propped up this country have been frozen, putting at least a million children at risk of dying.
democracy being used not only to undermine democracy but, for example, to facilitate democracy but, for example, to facilitate violence and sexed trafficking and hate speech all around trafficking and hate speech all around the world, from india to indonesia around the world, from india to indonesia to vietnam to ethiopia. this is indonesia to vietnam to ethiopia. this is really a global problem. we are ve this is really a global problem. - are very grateful for your time. and just to stress that we did ask facebook for a problem or to come on the programme, and the decline. for a comment. the humanitarian situation in afghanistan is quickly deteriorating. the un has warned the country is on a countdown to catastrophe, with millions facing starvation. international funds, so vital of course to the aid effort were frozen when the taliban took over in august. and as the world debates how to deal with the new regime, and how much of that money to make available, things are go