Lionel messi bids an emotional goodbye to barcelona. We look at what his next move might be. Hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. The taliban has captured three more Provincial Capitals this time in northern afghanistan as they intensify their offensive to seize power following the withdrawal of western troops. The three cities appear to have largely fallen to militants within hours of Each Other. The biggest of them is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. Provincial capitals are also now largely in militant hands. The government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. Here is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a large city, economically and strategically important, and it seems to have fallen easily. Afraid of the fighting as much as the taliban, civilians are fleeing, some of the
By a Fifth Wave of the virus. Hello and welcome to Bbc News. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. The three cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. The provincial capitals sar E Pul and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. But the government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a large city, economically and strategically important, and it seems to have fallen easily. Afraid of the fighting as much as the taliban, civilians are fleeing, some of them heading south for kabul. A Governme
trucks heading to the landfill lioak way for emergency vehicles. the fire is no longer raging. the smoke has subsided. crews are looking for and working on hot spots as this turns into a mop-up operationer operation. it was just around 4:00, so maybe a few minutes ago that the traffic was opened again here on grizzly island road. with the wind, with the weather conditions, everyone s lucky this got put out and extinguished as quickly as it did. reporting live in suisun city, leslie brinkley, abc news. we first sent a push aletters on our app when the fire started. you can enable push alerts for breaking news where you live. firefighters are making progress on another fire burning in marin county. it is burning in samuel p. taylor state park northwest of the community of lagunitas. it has burned 130 acres and is 35% contained. marin county fire tweeted this video of a water drop on the fire today from this helicopter, fairly dramatic. and they can be effective when they hi
the investigation into the abuse in french catholic church have revealed that thousands of paedophiles have been working as priests over the past 70 years. and these are like pictures from la palma on spain s canary islands were volcanic activity is intensifying. hello to you. we begin with a massive legal financial documents which is exposed the secret wealth of business dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. around 35 current and former leaders in more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies. they have been dubbed pandora papers. the files include revelations about the financial dealings of the king ofjordan, the former british prime minister tony blair, the russian president vladimir putin and the czech prime minister. the examination of the files has been organised by the international consortium investigative journalists. in the uk, the investigation has been led by bbc tamarama and the guardian. richard
washes ashore, leaving dead wildlife on the sand. and these are live pictures from la palma on spain s canary islands, where volcanic activity is intensifying. hello, we begin with a massive legal financial documents which has exposed the secret wealth and business dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires around 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies. they have been dubbed the pandora papers . the files include revelations about the financial dealings of the king ofjordan, the former british prime minister tony blair, the russian president vladimir putin and the czech prime minister andrej babis. the examination of the files has been organised by the international consortium investigative journalists. in the uk, the investigation has been led by bbc panorama and the guardian. bbc panorama s richard bilton reports. it is one of the world s most glamorous addresses. so this i