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
you ll make the united states has ro osed you ll make the united states i s proposed this alternative resolution, and in fact talks haven t even started on that resolution yet, members are still waiting to formally get it to begin those negotiations, but the united states proposed this over the weekend after they signalled that they would veto this. in the us resolution uses stronger language thanit resolution uses stronger language than it has before, for the first time using the word cease fire. it calls for a temporary cease fire as soon a practicable. now that s language we ve already heard presidentjoe biden using in his talks with benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, and trying to push forward these six week pause. but the fact that united states is putting this in a potential resolution here at the security council, it will certainly get israel s attention, it is certainly trying to signal to the community that it understands there is a real concern and p
starvation. police recover a body from the river thames believed to be abdul shakoor ezedi, wanted over a south london chemical attack. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with in russia, and a series of new developments following the death of opposition activist, alexei navalny. activist alexei navalny. the russian news agency tass says proscutors have opened a criminal case against navalny s brother, oleg. it s not clear what he s accused of, but tass says police are searching for oleg navalny, who was already on the wanted list in connection with another matter. in 2014, oleg navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for fraud in a case kremlin critics said was trumped up and designed to pile pressure on his late brother. meanwhile, navalny s family have still not been allowed to take his body home. they say authorities are deliberately keeping his body from them. he died suddenly in a prison in the arctic c
the mother of russian opposition figure alexei navalny demands president putin release his body. translation: the decision - on the question depends only on you. let me finally see my son. i demand you immediately hand over the body of alexei so that i can bury him. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. as we come on air this afternoon, pressure is mounting on israel to pause its offensive in gaza. the country s most important ally, the united states, has put forward a draught un resolution which calls for a temporary ceasefire. here in uk, prince william released a statement calling for an end to the fighting. in a statement issued before a visit about humanitarian support in gaza, he says. i remain deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict in the middle east since the hamas terrorist attack on october 7. too many have been killed. i, like so many others, want to see an end to the fighti
are you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim on,acosta. tonight after his $83 million damage verdict for defaming e. jean carroll donald trump is not saying anything about her so far. the former president did, however, keep to immigration warning that he believes the surge of migrants at the southern border will lead to a major terrorist attack. they re pouring into our country, and they re coming from prisons, they re coming from mental institutions and insane asylums. they re human traffickers. they re coming in, they re drug dealers, they re coming in. the country s going to hell because of incompetent or bad people. terrorists are pouring in unchecked from all over the world. we have more terrorists a record number of terrorists coming into our country. and there s a 100% chance that there will be a major terrorist attack in the united states or many attacks maybe, and it s all because of what s happened over the last three years. we should note while border encou