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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 government s 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 i m 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 ....
pretty slim this weekend. democratic congressman jonah boost told msnbc what could happen if the filibuster is used to block it. i can think of no better signal that the united states senate is fundamentally broken as an institution, if it is bipartisan commission that would investigate the events of january 6th and if that is the case the caucus will have to step forward and eliminate the filibuster once and for all so that we can finally deliver for the american people. new reporting in politico reveals some democrats are raising concerns for safety as a bill to bolster capital security faces an unnamed fate in the senate. opposition could mean months of delays for help that the democrats say it s sorely needed. new fallout related to the death of a black man after his arrest by troopers in louisiana. we will have the breaking details as well as new analysis on ronald green s arrest later this hour and this comes as congress appears likely to miss the may 25th dea ....
anyone, you know. could you trade a hairpin all the way to a new house? we will speak with a woman from california, who s trying. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the french are speaking to the egyptians. thejordanians are speaking to the americans. the turkish president is blaming the white house. and joe biden is calling bibi netanyahu himself. so the diplomats are scurrying. the phone calls are going back and forth. but so far there s not much to show for it all. again, today, there were dozens of air strikes on the gaza strip. and, again, in response palestinian militants fired barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the us has called for an immediate end to the violence between israel and the palestinians in gaza. but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the attacks will continue with full force and will take time. our middle east editorjeremy bowen sent this report. explosions sound. in a week of renewed conflict, ....
north korea fires two ballistic missiles in to the sea ofjapan. the japanese prime minister calls it a threat to peace and security . retail giant h&m faces a backlash and a potential boycott in china because it won t source its cotton from xinjiang province over concerns about the alleged use of forced labourfrom uighur muslims. and an unusual victory for the environment after nearly 60 acres of trees are cut down in order to save an ancient uk peat bog. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. eu leaders are holding a summit today at which they ll discuss tougher controls on vaccine exports, as they try to boost their covid vaccine supplies and improve the roll out ofjabs. the european commission has blamed pharmaceutical companies primarily astrazeneca for not delivering promised doses to the eu. it will ask eu leaders to support plans for new controls on vaccine exports, which could affect supplies to the uk. the virtual summit comes as a ....
serves but i know many people will have been very disappointed. but as i say, i think it is very premature. the government has set up a task force to look at these issues and we are contributing that and putting our ideas in about how we can stage a restart of international travel over the summer months and i think that really needs to be the focus rather than talking in the press about the prospects of travel over the summer. you say premature but perhaps realistic, you know, bearing in mind that we have got new variants and we ve got many countries in europe going back into lockdown. the government has been very clear and we support the view that it is going to take a cautious approach into reopening international travel. it has already demonstrated that cautious approach as aviation was the only sector not to have its own road map just over a month ago. we are waiting for a report of the global travel taskforce on the 12th of april and the government has already been ....