hello and welcome. a humanitarian disaster is fast unfolding in afghanistan. the un says more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in fighting between the taliban and government forces. injuly, the areas controlled by the taliban were these, shown in red. with contested regions in yellow. but now a lot more territory has fallen to the taliban, including nine of the country s 3a provincial capitals, as it intensifies its offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. 20 years after 9/11 and what has become america s longest war, president biden has set a symbolic date of 11 september 2021 for full withdrawal of american troops. peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have been taking place for a year in doha but no agreement has been reached. the bbc s yalda hakim interviewed two high profile figures in the taliban chain of command, she asked them both what do they want from the afghan government and how they would rule the country i
crows b of 5.45 million people. the economy grows by nearly of 5.45 million people. the economy grows by nearly 596. new zealand says it will keep its border closed until at least the end of the year to keep covid out more wildfires in italy, as sicily records what could be europe s hottest ever temperature. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the international red cross has warned of a catastrophe for civilians in afghanistan as the taliban continues to advance across the country. the insurgents have taken control of ten of the country s 34 provincial capitals. let s take a look at the latest developments. intense street by street fighting is taking place in the city of kandahar, where the taliban have also taken control of the jail and released hundreds of prisoners. the taliban say they have taken control of the strategically important city of ghazni, which is on the road to the capital, kabul. president ashraf ghani earlier flew to the
with fellow european leaders. meanwhile the us president s focus will be on forming an alliance of countries to combat the influence of china. good evening and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news in the last few minutes play has been suspended in the match between finland and denmark at the european championship in copenhagen after denmark s top scorer christian eriksen collapsed. both teams called for assistance from the line and medical staff came onto the pitch very quickly. he was given cpr. it is unclear at the moment what the status is of his condition. it is worth remembering that christian eriksen is a player very familiar to tottenham hotspur fans, he played for spurs before moving to inter milan and only this year was part of the winning team in the italian league. he was born in 1978, a very established player for the team. the shock was visible on the team. the shock was visible on the faces notjust of the team. the shock was visible on the faces not just of
with the deaths of 25 people. hello and welcome. the first major electoral test that borisjohnson has faced since winning the general election in 2019 looks likely to receive an early boost. a parlimentary by election in a traditional labour seat in the north east of england town of hartlepool might well have been won. it s the first significant result from a huge day of elections across the uk. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. democracy delivered in hartlepool. the boats are in and with them, a verdict. for decades, labour has counted on this seat is one of its safest but now after taking so much of the party s territory in the general election two years ago, the conservatives are confident this too could be theirs. careful counting and socially distanced democracy in action is made for a long night but in the early hours, labour all but conceded defeat. conceded defeat. we haven t got over the line conceded defeat. we haven t got over the line tonight,