Gunfire in this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare gunfire after 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting as the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting at a huge risk to their lives, the sisters started a movement on social media and called it the last torch. She sings a few days after the talibans takeover, wearing blue burqas, the sisters released a song which quickly went viral, even though no one knew who they were. She sings soon after, they posted their next song, Performing A Famous Poem by the late poet nadia anjuman. She protested the taliban when they first took power in 1996, in
And current Un Special Envoy for Global Education gordon brown tells us he believes they can. Well speak to the lawyer who prosecuted slobodan milosevic. Also on the programme. Joe biden issues an Order Banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. But what effect will it have on the American Economy . And will the uk follow suit . First the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been intensified by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burnt to the ground. Us President Biden has approved a Disaster Declaration for the state of hawaii. That makes federal funding available for people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Effor
Now on bbc news. The last torch singing for afghanistan since Retaking Power in 2021, the taliban have imposed severe restrictions on everyday life in afghanistan. Limiting freedoms for women and banning non religious music. And the consequences for those who dare to defy them are dire. But women are fighting back. Using the power of their voice to resist a regime which the un says could be committing gender apartheid. Gunfire. In this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare. Gunfire. After 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting. As the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting. At a huge risk to
Who dare to defy them are dire. But women are fighting back. Using the power of their voice to resist a regime which the un says could be committing gender apartheid. Gunfire in this amount of darkness, there is i a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare gunfire after 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting as the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting at a huge risk to their lives, the sisters started a movement on social media and called it the last torch. She sings a few days after the talibans takeover, wearing blue burqas, the sisters released a song which quickly went viral, even though no one knew who they were. She
And more recently, girls in medical classes have been prevented from taking exams, so they cannot qualify. and of course, the tightening up of dress restrictions and every other restriction from the change to the ministry of women s affairs to the ministry of the prevention against vice, this shows how deep and intense this violation of human rights is. and that is why, i think because it is gender discrimination, what someone at the united nations has also called gender apartheid, we need to the international criminal court to investigate. it is a crime against humanity and once evidence is brought to bear then we will not only put pressure on the taliban regime and the religious clerics who are behind this, but hopefully get a change of policy as quickly as possible. you have said that you are going to publish a legal opinion in the next few days, but why are you confident that gender discrimination would be considered a crime against humanity? i think all of the experts who have now