In desperate need of shelter and safe water in haiti after Saturdays Earthquake claimed nearly 2,000 lives. And the plague is still a killer in parts of the world now a new vaccine could consign it to history once and for all. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We begin in kabul in afghanistan, where taliban leaders, whove never been seen in public before, have been making theirfirst statements on afghan soil, to a world still shocked by their lightning victory. They hope to have calmed a worried nation and international community, with assurances that those afghans who assisted international forces would come to no harm, that Media Freedoms would be protected, and that women would be allowed to study and work, within islamic principles. With the story of how the taliban claims it will rule, heres our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. The republic has fallen. Its leaders fled. T
CrIsIs of 2015 as afghans flee theIr country. The authorItIes In haItI now say 1941 people have dIed In saturdays powerful earthquake. And makI kajI, the man behInd one of the worlds most popular number puzzles, has dIed at the age of 69. LIve from our studIo In sIngapore, thIs Is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcastIng to vIewers In the uk and Around The World. We begIn In kabul In afghanIstan, where talIban leaders whove never been seen In publIc before have been makIng theIrfIrst statements on afghan soIl, to a world stIll shocked by theIr lIghtnIng vIctory. They hope to have calmed a worrIed natIon and InternatIonal communIty, wIth assurances that those afghans who assIsted InternatIonal forces would come to no harm, that MedIa Freedoms would be protected, and that women would be allowed to study and work, wIthIn IslamIc prIncIples. WIth the story of how the talIban claIms It wIll rule, heres our chIef InternatIonal correspondent, lyse doucet. The republIc has fall
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it s nice to see you after a long time of not seeing you. it s wonderful to see you as well. thank you, chris. i appreciate it, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we re really happy to have you here. do you want to see a cute picture? cuteness is in the eye of the beholder, of course. and this is a picture of a guy, and i m not saying the guy in the picture is himself cute. honestly, what would i know? not my area of expertise. but i think just as a picture, regardless of the guy, i think i think as a picture, this is kind of cute. just in terms of composition. in part because it s got kind of a swirl effect. like on the upper left side of the image, we ve got his eye that s looking kind of winky, kind of headed downstream. but then on the lower right side of the image he has the big smirk heading straight up toward his ear. so the whole thing is kind of a swirl, you know? just as a picture, as a mug shot in particular, i think that s not bad
course, and this is a picture of a guy, i m not saying the guy in the picture is himself cute, honestly, what would i, know not my area expertise. but i think just as a picture, regardless of the guy, i think as a picture this is kind of cute. just in terms of composition. in part because it s kind of got a swirl effects. like on the upper left side of the image, we ve got his eye that s looking kind of whisky, kind of head downstream, but then on the lower right side of the image he s got the biggest mark, heading straight up towards his ear so the whole thing is kind of a swirl you know? just as a picture as a mugshot in particular i think that s not bad. that person is the attorney general of the great state of texas and that is in fact his mugshot. his name is ken who s indicted in booked into the collin county jail in texas on felony securities fraud charges a few years ago, those felony charges are still pending against him, he was still under indictment on multiple fel