Formulated standoff picks about. A russian sprinter refuses to leave take care after being taken to the airport. Well have a livE Update. And leading over 900 vaccine, make his 5. Im down a high count. The price of jobs for you countries. Ah, the afghan government is rushing and reinforcements as the military struggles to stop a rapid advance of the taliban. The armed group is targeting several provincial capitals. Taliban forces have already seen large tracks of World Territory and keyboard across things on the amount of foreign troops withdrawing. Afghanistan by september. One major focus of the taliban offensive is kandahar thats. Ive got some 2nd largest city. They have been a series of rocket attacks on the main airport flights in and out all suspended. 5 people were killed in a mortar attack. And hundreds of government forces have been deployed and harassed. The economically important city in the west, thE U. N. Compound was attacked on friday, and these one Security Guard was ki
years after hammering local rivals espanyol 4 2. robert lewandowski s first half double set them on their way. espanyol pulled two goals back in the second half to ensure it wasn t a total whitewash, but it s an unassailable iii point lead for barca over arch enemies real madrid, who look set for second place under carlo ancelotti. for barcelona manager xavi, he marked his first full season in charge with a title win, the second trophy to arrive at the camp nou this term. the barcelona squad were celebrating their title win when espanyol supporters stormed onto the pitch and ran at them, prompting the players to flee. they d been dancing around in the centre circle, relishing winning the title at the home of their local rivals, before things turned ugly. espanyol are in danger of a second relegation in four seasons. they re four points from safety. meanwhile in england, manchester city are four points clear at the top of the english premier league for now after a 3 0 win at e
the country has been battling soaring inflation and the fellow from the recent earthquakes. standing against him is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance. here s what one of the supporters of the opposition had to say. translation: i am so excited. i can t feel my heartbeat. i still believe we will win. we have to get rid of this system already. especially as a woman, i want this change. the situation of the country is obvious. i m extremely excited. we wait with enthusiasm. i hope we win, i hope all would be as we wish. we are a bit anxious, a bit tense. i haven t been able to sleep for the past week. i woke up at 5am today, casted my vote and directly came here right after. meanwhile in thailand, voters have overwhelmingly chosen to end nearly a decade of military rule. but the question is, who is next? both opposition parties are neck and neck to lead the new government. here are the leaders of both the move forward and pheu thai parties. we have
the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a bit later than others, but finally, after the country reopened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the country s gdp, is recovering slowly. that is helping to improve jobs and income, and we are seeing the rebound unfolding. but having said that, there are plenty of structural issues that are hurting thailand s long term. competitiveness, and that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. given everything that you have described, what is your outlook