of 2021 is most anticipated boxing rounds takes place in las vegas as tyson fury and donte wilder meet for a third time. hello. a warm welcome to bbc news. the teller bounces it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcement which includes a pledge to prevent al qaeda from operating in afghanistan follows face to face talks with the us in doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held across afghanistan for victims of fridays bomb blast. prayers and tears for the dead. up prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in fridays blast targeting worshippers in the shia minority. we are burying the victims next to each other says this man. we have no choice. it is a mass grave. the local branch of his lanark state said that one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack. isn the tell about our fierce rivals out the attack. isn the tell about ourfierce rivals but hundreds of fires prisoners escaped fr
a petition at buckingham palace calling on the royal family to rewild its large estates of land. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with some developing news out of austria. chancellor sebastian kurz has just announced that he will step down, after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences. mr kurz, who denies the accusations, said he would remain leader of his party. journalist emma midgley gave me more details from vienna. raids were carried out on wednesday into his offices, some of his close associates, and basically the allegation is that he used public money to pay for favourable coverage in several tabloid newspapers. so quite damning accusations there. he has had quite a rise at a young age and has risen very fast. how has this been received by the wider public? this been received by the wider ublic? ., , , ., , , public? there have been protests, about 1,000 public? there have been protests, ab
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. as taiwan celebrates its national day, tension has been once again been growing with china. taiwanese president sai iing wuhn has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home following what she saw as a provocative speech from chinese president xijinping. he said that taiwan s reunification with china is inevitable. taiwan s leader responded with defiance. jatinder dhillon reports. on saturday, china marked the 110th anniversary of the revolution of 1911, which toppled the last chinese imperial dynasty. speaking in the great hall of the people in beijing, president g peng said he wants to see reunification occur under one country, two systems principle, similar to that of hong kong. translation: national reunification by peaceful means best serves the interest of the chinese nation as a whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. it whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. , ., whole. that includ
calling on the royalfamily petition at buckingham palace calling on the royal family to re wild its largest estates of land. talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials. it is the first face to face meeting since the militants seized control of afghanistan. mass funerals have been held in afghanistan for the many victims of the huge bomb blast in kunduz on friday. secunder kermani reports. prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in the blast on friday, targeting worshippers from the shia minority. we are burying the victims next to each other, says this man, we have no choice, it is a mass grave. the local branch of the islamic state group said one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack. is and the taliban are fierce rivals, but hundreds of is prisoners escaped from jail as the taliban took over the country. the group is small, but there are fears it is growing in strength. we strongly condemn this incid
sister in law rushed out to fill their cars with petrol, and that is what caused the problem. jonathan, this is a specific point. did the bbc hype the story early on when it was only a few petrol stations? i don t think so. i don t think it was a nonstory. i think a lot of people were affected, whether it was supply issues or at the pump whether there was an inability to fill up. so when dealing with stories like this, it is how do you solve the dilemma which clearly exists between reporting the story that lots of people are interested in, and as carolyn says, being in danger of making it a self fulfilling prophecy and making people like her sister in law want to change her behaviour. it was the second headline onf thursday evening, and then it was the lead on the friday morning on the news channel. once it is that prominent, you can see why people think that is giving it a message. there is a prominent debate. at the time, about three quarters of petrol stations in england w