one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and checkmate, with a difference. how underwater chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in east africa, where kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election, but amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over 50% of the votes, narrowly ahead of the opposition leader, raila odinga. gareth barlow h
Donald trump s former lawyer, rudy giuliani, is told by us prosecutors he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the presidential election result. the us state department says iran s response to the attack on the author salman rushdie is despicable and disgusting. iran said on monday that the author was to blame for the attack, which left him critically injured, because he d denigrated the world s muslims. iran has also denied any links to the man who stabbed the 75 year old. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbalsent this report from pennsylvania. as salman rushdie continues to receive care inside the hospital, outside, the attack on him has become anotherfault line in the decades long row between iran and the us. america s top diplomat, antony blinken, has hit out at tehran. it was in 1989 when the country s then spiritual leader issued a death sentence on salman rushdie for his book,