Hello there. Days after the taliban took control of afghanistan, afghans are cautiously, nervously, venturing out again. Businesses have been Re Opening. But what kind of government emerges and what their rule will mean for women, Human Rights and Politics Freedom is still unclear. Significant to the economy will be global trade. Analysts predict that, with the taliban in control, international trade will come to a standstill. The signs were already there injuly, when the afghanistan governments Customs Revenue slumped by 30 that month. So what will the taliban coming to Power Mean for bilateral trade, Investment And Business between afghanistan and united Kingdom And Europe . To explore that question im joined by dr mohammad hotak, chairman of the british afghan chamber of commerce and industry. Money comes from legal goods like cigarettes for example but also open and that that Opium And Methamphetamine so how can and methamphetamine so how can a legal trade survive on that basis . A
Well be talking rockets later on in the programme. But how about this Forjet Propulsion . Chinas latest economic growth numbers. Theyre staggering. 18 . Yes, you heard correctly. In fact, just a smidgen above that. But, remember, most things are cast in a flattering light if you compare them to this time last Year China was first into the pandemic, remember and it looks like its one of the first out. But how sustainable is this recovery . That depends on where the growth is coming from. Lets take industry; a major driverfor china. Output grew 14 . But that was a little weaker than many Industry Watchers had hoped for. And workers spent more time working this time around because they didnt travel home, as they normally would, during the Spring Festival for a period that can be a month long holiday. Lets speak tojinny yang, Managing Director and chief china economist, icbc standard bank. What do you think of these numbers . Jelinic they are staggering but it means that it doesnt take too
palestinian officials say at least eight palestinians have been killed. the operation included air strikes on thejenin refugee camp. israeli ground forces have now also entered the city ofjenin. this is the live picture we are getting offjenin at about 230 local time. this large scale military operation began with the deployment of drones. israel then followed up with ground forces which entered jenin and lead to gun battles on the streets of the city. as i mentioned, palestinians saying that at least eight people have been killed, and perhaps up to 50 people have been injured in these latest attacks. the israeli defence force saying though that it has targeted terrorist infrastructure within thejenin area. so, that is what we are getting so far, and that is the picture right on out ofjenin. i want to bring injoel greenberg from bbc monitoring. he is injerusalem for us. good to talk to you. explain to is a bit about why this operation is so large scale. what has preceded it,
we can actually see that here on this graph. so 15.8 degrees celsius beats the previous record that was set back in 19110 and 1976. the climate scientists at the met office can simulate the climate to see how likely these temperatures are to be beaten as a result of climate change and what they can do is roll back all of the carbon dioxide emissions that have been pumped out into the atmosphere by humans and see how likely it was to beat this figure of 14.8 likely it was to beat this figure of 111.8 compared with today plasma climate when we have more carbon dioxide sloshing around in what those scientists have discovered is that the likelihood of beating the old record here has doubled as a result of human emotions. and they can project forwards as well. when we look at the 1950s, these incredible gyms like we ve just seen i expected to come around once every two years. they are expected to become more frequent as a result of human induced carbon dioxide and methane climate