thousands have arrived in afghanistan s capital kabul in the past few days, where they face an uncertain future. people have been coming in from different parts of the country, as more and more provincial capitals, more and more cities are being taken over by the taliban. also in the programme: the latest on the huge wildfires affecting greece and other countries. on the greek island of evia, crews from britain, france and the czech republic have joined efforts to try to stop more fires breaking out. and the bbc uncovers evidence of suspected war crimes carried out in libya by russian mercenaries. we have an exclusive report on their activities. several developments in afghanistan. first, the government is replacing its army chief as the taliban continues their rapid advance. events on the ground are fast moving. nine provincial capitals are now in the hands of the militants, and efforts are under way to boost morale among those fighting for the afghan government. this is the
their way east out into the sea, but if we look in the atlantic we have a band of cloud that will bring rain in from the west tomorrow, but today the sun is out across many parts of the sun is out across many parts of the country and we have much drier weather around as well and the winds are quite light and it feels warm as well. not without one or two showers across england and wales, mainly focus to the north east of england and the bulk of the heavy and developing thundery showers will developing thundery showers will develop in the north east of scotland and we have more cloud coming in, butahead of scotland and we have more cloud coming in, but ahead of the cloud in the sunshine, temperature is higher today, 20 and the central belt of scotland and 23 is the high across eastern parts of england. still a few sharp showers during the evening and they will push away and then we look at all of the cloud coming in from the atlantic, and here it is overnight, thickening up in
head to greece, to help battle wildfires on evia, the country s second largest island. more questions for david cameron, after documents obtained by the bbc suggest he made around £7 million from the failed finance company greensill. scientists begin trials of an artificial intelligence system that may be able to diagnose dementia in a single day, rather than the many months it often currently takes. london s tower bridge has reopened to traffic overnight after becoming stuck due to a technical problem. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a woman from the us has filed a civil lawsuit in new york, accusing prince andrew of sexual abuse. in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre claims she was trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein, when she was 17. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. in november 2019, newsnight s emily maitlis spoke to prince andrew about ms giuffre s allegations. do you remembe
risk countries must spend 10 days shut in government approved facilities. not particularly looking forward to the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it goes by quickly. hello to you. the general who is leading the coup in myanmar has said he would try to handle the mass protests against the overthrow softly, though he didn t clarify specifically what this would mean. this comes after threats that protesters could face up to 20 years in jail if they obstruct the armed forces or long sentences if they incite hatred towards the coup leaders. here s our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. gunfire even for a country shocked at being back under military rule, it has been a stressful 2a hours. rumours of a full scale army operation were strong, and here in myitkyina, repeated bursts of gunfire from the security forces made people think it was already happening. most of the shots, though, were fired into the air. then, an eight hour, nationwide internet blackout. for what p
large swathes of southern and central states are hit by unprecedented snow and ice. yemen is one of the most dangerous places on the planet, its population suffering from a civil war that s lasted for six years. but the city of taiz is one of the most dangerous places to be a child. human rights workers say more than a50 children have been killed or wounded by houthi rebel sniperfire. the houthis deny it. taiz, in yemen s south west, is home to one of the longest running battles of the conflict. it s under virtual siege, divided between yemeni government forces, backed by a saudi led coalition, and the iranian backed houthis, who still control most of the population. our international correspondent orla guerin, cameraman goktay koraltan and producer claire read sent this report from the so called city of snipers . a warning, some of you may find the report distressing. in taiz, city of snipers, a family on the front line. ruwaydah saleh is eight years old. her big brother am