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and pakistan, resulting in the largest mass migration in human history. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 3:30am in the afghan capital kabul where monday marks a year since the taliban swept back into power. the 15th of august 2021 marked their takeover of the country and caused thousands to try and leave in fear of what could lie ahead. one year on life for women and girls is very different with harsh rules restricting education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who was in kabul last august has returned there for this special report. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country. but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don t want to be identified. this woman use ....
Francine Spang-Willis wishes the landscape of the Crazy Mountains near Livingston, Montana, could speak for itself. Spang-Willis is one of a dozen new fellows announced Wednesday by the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs’ philanthropy. In partnership with the nonprofit Park County Environmental Council, Spang-Willis will spend the next year interviewing people with unique and deep perspectives on the area in hopes of generating strategies to steward the Crazy Mountains. ....
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Ennis Republican Jack Hourigan. Jack, who died in January 1949, fought in the war of independence and remained on the Republican side through the civil war and right up to his death. He will be remembered in an event at his grave this coming Saturday […] ....