Services in england. The cloud in the arena knows, 11 months ago. Englands hopes of reaching their first netball World Cup Final have been dashed after they were beaten by a time winners new zealand in liverpool. Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres ben. Good evening. Only one place to start this evening, and that is at the netball world cup. As youve just seen england have failed to land a place in the final. The roses losing their semi final to new zealand, 47 45. Kate grey was watching in liverpool. Kate, a heartbreaking afternoon for the tournament hosts. Yeah, its been hugely disappointing here in liverpool. Losing to new zealand by the smallest of margins. Many believe this england team could go all the way in this tournament. They had been unbeaten up until the semi final, looking very cle
Our top story this hour. Shifting loyalties in afghanistan. Taliban insurgents are making bold advances in the countrys heldman province. And part of the reason the Afghanistan Government seems to be losing ground there is because of soldiers like these defectors from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. For more on all this, Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins us now life from kabul. Nick, why are these soldiers swapping sides and choosing to fight with the taliban instead, and how likely is it that afghan troops will be able to regain this lost territory . Reporter well, the reasons these men, who spoke to us, gave was really the corruption in the ranks of the afghan army, the lack of resources theyve been receiving. Frankly, widely acknowledged problems by the Afghan Government themselves and even u. S. Officials admit to about twothirds of personnel losses the afghan may have suffered. Its a widespread issue and particularly right now its acute because
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