Victory for the singer. Britain and the united states are sending troops back into afghanistan to help their nationals leave. The taliban continue their rapid advance across the country. It now appears that the militants have captured the countrys second biggest city, kandahar giving them control of about a third of afghanistans main cities, as well as much of the countryside. Lets get the latest from kabul and our correspondent, yogita limaye. We woke up talking about the fall of ghazni which is about 100 miles south of kabul, and we are ending the day with multiple provincial capitals falling to the taliban. Many of them significant cities for the afghan government. Herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. Staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, Lashkar Gah the capital of the Helmand Province falling as well. And there are real worries among citizens here about what is next. What is the fut
Around the world. And Dissent And Danger on the streets of Hong Kong, an artist reflects on the potential risks of pursuing Artistic Freedom. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, and 2. 30 in the morning in afghanistan, where the taliban are sweeping through the country at an extraordinary pace. Theyve captured a third of the nations provincial capitals. Several of those cities, including afghanistans third biggest city, herat, fell to the insurgent fighters in the last few hours. And were now getting reports that the taliban say theyve captured the second largest city, kandahar. The speed of their advance means britain and the united states are sending more than three and a half thousand troops to help their civilians leave. Heres the latest from yogita limaye In Kabul. We woke up talking about the fall of ghazni which is about 100 miles south of kabul, and we are ending the day with multiple provincial capitals falling to the taliban
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and two fairly uneventful presidential debates, uneventful on social media, that is. twitter is out with a new label that flags tweets that break the rules. the move might even make president donald trump walk a fine line on the social site. tesla, it set a new record for quarterly vehicle deliveries. on tuesday, tesla handed over 95,000 vehicles to customers in the second quarter, beating the average analyst estimate of 88,000 units. this all due to accelerated shipments to europe and china and u.s. consumers rushing to buy model 3 sedans before a federal tax credit shrank in half. c.e.o. elon musk told employees in an internal memo last week that the company was close to setting an all-time record, urging them to go all out in the last few days of june. we caught up with morningstar analyst david winston and greg trudell on tuesday. on the model 3 side, you have to separate the lineup. on the model 3 side, this quarter was just a blowout quarter and, i think, exceeds ever