there s enough horror in the world. can t you just paint flowers? so maybe she got to me. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk, and around the globe. the us withdrawal from afghanistan is accelerating. according to afghan officials, the us military left bagram airfield its key base for almost 20 years in the dead of night, without telling the afghans. the pentagon said today that the us exit is more than 90% complete, even as the taliban say they ve captured more than ten districts over the past 2a hours. they now control about a third of the country. this map shows the areas of taliban control in dark grey, contested areas are in red, and those controlled by the afghan government are in light grey. the bbc s secunder kermani reports. gunfire the taliban have been advancing rapidly across afghanistan. in some areas, under resourced government forces have surrendered or fled. in others, the insurgents have faced stiff resistance. the group is now in control of
welcome to world news america in the uk on pbs and around the globe. the bbc has been investigating the plight of thousands of children believed to have been separated from their parents as a result of china s treatment of its uyghur population. both the uk and the us have accused china of violating human rights as reports emerged of uyghurs being forced into internment camps, women being sterilised and the use of forced labour. china has denied that uyghur families are being deliberately divided. for the past two years, the bbc has made repeated requests to help track down the missing children, but the chinese authorities have failed to respond. reporting from taiwan here s our china correspondentjon sudworth. these mothers are marching for their missing children back home in xinjiang. walking almost 300 miles across turkey where they now live to highlight the years of silence from china. i want them to let me see them, kalbina tells me. in this information age, why can t
scientists are one step closer to understanding what happens to some of us when we lose our soulmate. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. we have been talking about iran s nuclear programme for quite literally years. the very phrase iran nuclear talks brings to mind a never ending struggle, sisyphus pushing the boulder up the mountain, again and again. and with the election of the hardliner ebrahim raisi as iran s new president, joe biden s job got even tougher. as a bit of background, the us was one of six countries to reach a deal with iran in 2015. that was under the 0bama administration. most sides agreed that the deal wasn t perfect, but it was a framework and it held. until the former president, donald trump, pulled the us out of that deal and re imposed sanctions. iran restarted its nuclear activity, though to this day tehran still denies it is developing a weapon. speaking at his first press conference following his election, mr raisi
hello, i m david eades in london. jane o brien is in washington. is the uk s accelerating journey towards lifting all covid restrictions about to hit a speed bump? for weeks now, it has felt as if england has been set fair to emerge into a sunny, social summer, with nightclubs allowed to reopen, masks to be cast aside and social distancing to be consigned to history. and the date hanging in the air the 21st ofjune. but now a senior scientific adviser to the government has called for those measures to stay in place for at least a few more weeks because of what he called an exponential growth in the so called indian variant of the coronavirus. professor ravi gupta said the explosive impact it could have was currently being masked by the high vaccination rate. anna collinson has this report. it s one of the biggest rugby stadiums in the world, but today, thousands are being encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. it s been really good. yeah, i thought t
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tributes have been paid to to the duke of edinburgh, who s died at the age of 99. prince philip was the longest serving royal consort in british histor, a constant support to queen elizabeth during more than 70 years of marriage. his death was announced in a brief statement from buckingham palace. prince philip was known for his strong views, but also his unswerving sense of duty, playing a prominent role in public life here in the united kingdom and across the commonwealth. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell looks back at a remarkable life. his was the support that mattered most. across more than 70 years of marriage and more than 65 years of elizabeth s reign, it was philip to whom she could always turn. he hadn t always found the role of consort easy, and sometimes, ill judged comments got him into trouble. but it was a partnership which weathered the storms and coped with constant scrutiny to demonstrat