A healthy democracy looks like this where americans can see democracy at work the citizens are truly informed. Our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital were the opinion that matters most is your own. Cspan, powered by cable. Now to a discussion with former afghan officials including former ministers for Public Health and education on the talibans governance following the u. S. Withdrawal of troops two years ago. This is one hour 25 minutes. Hello everyone thank you for tuning in wherever you may be my name is Michael Kugelman im the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center. Two years ago the taliban seized power in afghanistan and nearly two years ago u. S forces completed their withdrawal from afghanistan. This month the Wilson Center is producing a series of content to mark these two anniversaries. It is part of an ongoing series launched soon before the u. S withdrawal called
The former pakistani Prime Minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on Corruption Charges and sentenced to three years in prison. A Court In Islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. The verdict means he isnt allowed to hold Public Office for the next five years, pakistan is just months away from a general election. From islamabad, Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. So, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan. Minutes later, we heard hed been arre
The former pakistani Prime Minister, imran khan, has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on Corruption Charges and sentenced to three years in prison. A Court In Islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. The verdict means he isnt allowed to hold Public Office for the next five years. Pakistan is just months away from a general election. From islamabad, Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. So, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan. Minutes later, we heard hed been ar
and his supporters. we start with the troubled global banking sector. european markets have closed down more than three percent, spooked by a major sell off of shares in the swiss banking giant, credit suisse. coming days after the collapse of us based silicon valley bank, it s prompted fears of a full blown crisis in the sector. let s take a look at the damage at the close in europe today. shares in credit suisse plunged to a record low, falling 24%. that came after its biggest investor said it could not give the bank any more financial help. here in the uk, the insurer prudential tumbled 10%, and the high street bank barclays, 8%. the plunge by banking stocks left london s ftse 100 down almost 4% at its lowest level this year. it was the index s worst one day performance since the start of the covid 19 pandemic. taking a closer look at credit suisse today was the second day of sharp falls for its shares after the swiss bank yesterday disclosed that its auditor had identif
more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to cook