We start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. The Afghan Army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. Herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants theres been similar being targetted by the militants. Theres been similar intense fighting in Laskar Gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the talibans control. Local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. We have exclusive pictures from Herat Inside One of the cities being besieged by the taliban. This footage is from the Photo Journalist Masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. These pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. He and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. As the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. Lets talk to ryan crocker, former us ambassador T
to do the things that you wanted to do. you are moving backwards. it is a very backwards feeling. short of armed robbery, nothing makes americans poorer than inflation. finance mobile it is a good thing for them. everyone else hates it. new inflation numbers are out. according to consumer price index, inflation is up almost 7% over the past 12 months. that is very high. the problem is the reality is much worse than that. and that is because the consumer index is useless as a guide to life in america. it doesn t actually measure the cost of living. in that way, it is a lie. it is a right to government number, one of many. assigning relative weight to different categories of good, it is a very complex series of formulas. some of them were formulated in good faith, others were designed to deceive you. but in effect, the bottom line is the cpi does a very bad job of measuring how much it actually costs to live in this country. for example, gas prices. in the cpi gas prices cont
with the price of allotments shooting up even faster than these spring greens, thousands of plot holders across the country think they might have to give up their plots. i will find out why costs are going up so much on what people feel about it. de bruyne s brilliance at the bernabeu. this stunning strike keeps city s european dream alive ahead of the champions league semifinal second leg with real in manchester next week. the first eurovision semifinal hits the stage in liverpool. favourites sweden go through, but ireland are out. good morning. yesterday, ireland and the uk had over 8000 lightning strikes. today we are looking at a similar day, showery, some sunshine, but also thunder and lightning and some hail. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 10th of may. a jury in new york has found former president donald trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 19905 and then defamed her by calling her a liar. the civil trial rejected ejean carrol
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