are expected to stand trial in ukraine s russian occupied donetsk region, after being accused of being mercenaries in the country. europe s sweltering heatwave leads to a warning that from today water levels in parts of the river rhine in germany will be so low it may not be usable. athlete ricardo dos santos who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan where it is one year since the taliban returned to power, prompting many thousands to try to flee and leaving many more behind where their daily lives have changed dramatically. one of the most significant changes they ve made is to limit education for girls they re barred from secondary schools in most of the country. but that hasn t stopped young women from pursuing the dream of education, despite the difficulties. lyse doucet is in kab
election. supporters of his rival accuse him of bootlegging. as a because of living crisis continues in britain the opposition labour party promises to freeze energy bills this winter. it has been one year since the taliban seized control of the afghan capital kabul. the world watched as the country s government collapsed, the country s government collapsed, the president fleeing, afghans scrambling to get on the last planes out. fast forward to now and serious deep rooted issues persist including the status of women and girls and severe food shortages but for the group itself and its supporters todayis group itself and its supporters today is a national holiday. this is the scene in kabul with the taliban flags flying in the main square but we have seen similar scenes in kandahar, the stronghold in the south west of the country was our correspondence was there. supporters of gravity and a centre of kandahar. todayis of gravity and a centre of kandahar. today is the first ann
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t
ahead of the commonwealth leaders summit and defends his controversial asylum deal. and the lasting impact of music on the lives of children from one of scotland s most deprived estates in stirling. and coming up in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news channel, we ll be live at headingley as england hunt a test series whitewash against new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. taliban officials in afghanistan say the search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. doctors say many children may have been the victims of the quake, which is thought to have killed more than 1,000 people. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province, the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to find means to bury their dead. secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes redu