By a Fifth Wave of the virus. Hello and welcome to Bbc News. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. The three cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. The provincial capitals sar E Pul and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. But the government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a large city, economically and strategically important, and it seems to have fallen easily. Afraid of the fighting as much as the taliban, civilians are fleeing, some of them heading south for kabul. A Governme
Fda says it happens all the time. Good afternoon, everyone. Good to see you. This is Fox News Live is Memorial Day. His comments coming just days after President Biden announced the Intelligence Community is investigating the origins Of Covid and whether Chinas Government has a role to play it. Also saying that the u. S. Needs to treat public health as a matter of National Security. These kinds of Lab Leaks happen all the time. Here in the united states, we have had mishaps. Six known outbreaks of sars one have been out of labs, including the last known outbreak, which was a pretty extensive outbreak that china initially didnt disclose. In a few moments, we are going to talk to her Marc Siegel about this. Hi, mark. Good afternoon to you. Compile a report about how covid19 first spread. Its expected to take a few months to put together, but we certainly see more of a public interest to try to figure out how this all started. For months, china has dismissed reports that the virus may hav
hello this is bbc news with maryam moshiri. the headlines. the government calls for a reset in relations with the eu following a row over the supply of vaccines and the now abandoned attempt to override part of the brexit agreement. i think the european union recognise that they made a mistake in triggering article 16, which would have meant the re imposition of a border on the island of ireland. the prime minister publishes an open letter to parents, saying he s in awe of the way they re coping with home schooling. confusion over coronavirus rules in maternity wards midwives warn a lack of clarity means some staff are being abused. five men have been arrested following a disturbance at a former military barracks in kent, being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers. now on bbc news. from civil war to the pandemic, 2020 was a deadly year for the syrian province of idlib. our world follows two syrian doctors brought face to face with life and death. even before coron
midwives warn a lack of clarity means some staff are being abused. five men have been arrested following a disturbance at a former military barracks in kent, being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers. a four year girl has discovered a rare dinosaur footprint on a beach in south wales. well, wejust literally were walking along the beach doing the usual thing, looking for shells, and what have you, and lily said, daddy, look at this, and there it was. and in half an hour here on bbc news, london and the second wave follows staff at the royal london hospital as they try to cope with the latest wave of covid i9 patients. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the government says the european commission recognises it made a mistake threatening to impose controls on the export of coronavirus vaccines from the eu into northern ireland. it was a decision that could have seen checks on its border with the republic of ireland. the move which was reversed late last night came amids
she s someone s relative. this is something precious that we re holding and we re trying to do. my wife lost her fight for life. nobody wants to go through this. i wouldn t wish this on anybody. the coronavirus pandemic has hit the united kingdom hard. i think the public want to do the right thing, but i don t feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. this is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. so we re now going to run into a problem because we haven t got any beds. we ve got patients on 12 floors in total. we ve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and more as the patients arrive. now, i know he is quite sick. he could die from this, by the way i m sorry to say that. i m trapped in a cave - and the water is slowly rising. i m barely keeping - my head above water. people just dying and dying and dying, you know?