Spains sees a homophobic attack in madrid. Disappearing glaciers Mount Kilimanjaro the only place in africa that has snow throughout the year, but climate scientists say that could soon be a thing of the past. And Britney Spears father files a petiton to End his controversial 13 Year Control over her estate well have the latest from la. Medical workers in the western afghan city of herat say three people have been shot dead when the taliban opened fire on a protest. It comes as the islamist group announced a caretaker government, more than three weeks after they ousted the afghan president and took control of most of the country. The head of the interim cabinet is this man mohammad Hasan Akhund Who also happens to be on a un terror sanctions list. Earlier, hundreds of protesters, many of them women, also took to The Streets of the capital, kabul. They were met with Warning Shots from the taliban. Secunder kermani reports from kabul. Death to pakistan, the crowd chant. Theyre furious at
Recognise the all male government announced by the taliban. The Home Secretary will hold discussions with her french counterpart about the surge in the number of people crossing the English Channel to the uk. Over 1,000 migrants have made the journey so far this week. Britney spears father has filed Court Documents seeking to end an arrangement that gave him control over her finances. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Mps will vote later today on the uk Prime Ministers plans for a national Insurance Rise, to pay for the nhs and Social Care. Yesterday borisjohnson announced what he called the biggest Catch Up Programme in the history of the nhs. £36 billion, raised over three years, to deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic. More than £5 Billion of that will go towards changes to Social Care in england. Scotland, wales and Northern Ireland will also receive an additional £2. 2 Billion to spend on their services. The money will also be used to ov
hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news. the south korean military says it has carried out a search operation after a south korean man crossed the border into north korea. the circumstances of the apparent defection are unclear, but a military source said the unnamed man crossed from the demilitarised zone into the north on saturday evening. the office of south korea s joint chiefs of staff said it could not confirm whether the person was still alive. it said it had used a military hotline to notify the north koreans of the incident, and to ask that the man be protected. south africa has said goodbye to archbishop desmond tutu with a state funeral at his former cathedral in cape town. he was famous for his modesty, and archbishop tutu gave instructions for a no frills ceremony, with a simple wooden coffin. the bbc s nomsa maseko was there. family, friends, and politicians bidding farewell to a man who became one of the most important voices of the 20th cen
presidential election. tanzania s president, john magufuli, has died at the age of 61. the vice president said he d succumbed to complications related to a heart condition. birdsong and the birdsong that s almost become extinct. how the regent honey eater has almost forgotten how to sing its own song. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. uncertainty over stocks of covid vaccines is causing growing tension between the uk and the european union. with around 25 million british citizens vaccinated, the nhs has warned that there ll be a significant reduction in vaccines available next month, urging providers not to take new appointments for april. meanwhile, the eu has warned that it might need to impose export limits on vaccines from european factories. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, in northern italy, covid patients gasping for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is
to influence last year s election. hello to you. and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed, in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made but it is warning there are tough decisions ahead because of the pandemic. to be a parent in syria is to carry the world on your shoulders. forabu, his burden is constant vigilance. for years he s watched the sun set and rise from this hilltop, waiting for the next attack. he s a flight spotter, a one man early warning system, protecting the village below where his wife and five children live. at the end of anothe