we ll get the latest from our correspondent in the united states. the afghan taliban says that at least 21 people were killed in a blast at a kabul mosque. the un calls on the group to bring an end to terrorism. japan launches a nationwide competition to encourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek airbase. you ll remember another russian airbase in crimea was hit and, separately, in russia itself two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an
in the us. japan launches a nationwide competition to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold. we hearfrom one of the british divers who helped locate a us first world war shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek air base. another russian airbase in crimea was hit by explosions earlier this month. and, seperately, in russia itself, two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. the fire was less than 50 kilometres from the frontier. no casualties have been reported. meanwhile, the un secretary general has sounded the alarm about the da
Of the shia community but also prominent religious clerics who either adhere to a different brand of islam, different creed, or who are strong supporters of the taliban. there is a long standing rift between these two islamist groups. they are divided on ideological, religious, personal lines along a battle for territory and influence in afghanistan. islamic state has more global ambitions. the taliban focusing more on what is happening in afghanistan, and evermore so since they came into power last august, and afghans look to them now for addressing the needs of people here. so, that is why the taliban often want to will, of course they don t look of the attacks but they are sometimes a slope with the numbers if they do not want to create this impression that they are now failing to keep they are now failing to keep the peace here in the country, which is now under their control.
There has been a pattern of attacks by the islamic state group, often targeting members of the shiah hazara community but also increasingly prominent religious clerics who either adhere to a different brand of islam, a different creed, or who are strong supporters of the taliban. there is a long standing rift between these two islamist groups. they are divided on ideological, religious, personal and political lines. there has long been a battle for territory and influence in afghanistan. islamic state has more global ambitions. the taliban focusing more on what is happening in afghanistan, and evermore so since they came into power last august, and afghans look to them now for addressing the needs of people here. so, that is why the taliban often want to well, of course they don t welcome the attacks
After taking power last august, however, they held off on issuing any new laws on what women should wear until now, that is. today, they decreed that all women must cover their faces with a veil in public, and they laid out an escalating series of punishments for any woman not complying, beginning with their male relatives being talked to at home. then, if a woman still isn t complying, those male relatives being summoned by taliban officials, then potentially being jailed for three days and taken to court. now, this is a conservative country, and many women already wore a face veil of sorts, but in kabul and other big cities, as you can see from this clothes market, many women cover their hair but not their faces, and women s rights activists, as you can imagine, have reacted to this decree with dismay. they see years of fragile progress on women s rights being rolled back. remember, teenage girls are still not allowed back into the classroom in most of the country.