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space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interac ....
price for the defence of bakhmut. and tributes continue to pour in following the death of the queen of rock and roll tina turner at 83 years old. hello. we start here in the uk, where new figures show net migration the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving hit a record high in 2022. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine and hong kong, with many more visas being issued following a political crackdown in the former british colony. britain has long been a popular destination for migrants from nigeria. earlier i spoke to the bbc s mayenijones who is in lagos and also our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, a little bit on the figures. among those 606,000 people who moved to the uk in the past year. hong kon ....
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 mil ....
of living. the snp treasurer, colin beattie, has been released without charge, pending further investigation, after being questioned by police examining the party s finances. children conceived as a result of rape will soon be legally recognised as victims in england and wales. you re questioning everything about yourself. looking in the mirror, almost like i could see the man who raped my mother looking back at me. in sport, feeling the blues as reality hits. madrid knock chelsea out of the champions league their last hope of silverware and with it goes their hopes of qualifying for europe next season. stay tuned later as we meet the newly crowned junior world surfing champion. not a newly crowned junior world surfing champion. nota hawaiian, nota californian, not australian, he is a proud cornish man. californian, not australian, he is a proud cornish man. good morning. a chill start proud cornish man. good morning. a chilly start to proud cornish man. good morning. ....
apparently using a standard formula. biting cold in afghanistan official figures say dozens have died as temperatures drop to 30 below freezing. and australia s toadzilla a record breaking cane toad that s six times bigger than the average is found in queensland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks at crucial talks involving western allies in germany. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further. both sides of the conflict are expected to launch full scale offensives in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european countries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. the uk has already promised to send 1 ....