amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we are a bit unfamiliar for him he has been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus, as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says he took him home. as a father, i know how it
relief and the hope is now he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. now in michigan, sohail s parents have asked the us government to fly him to them. after so long apart, the baby only responds to mohammed, the name mr safi gave him. but now he s back with them, his family say sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. now to the sport, where the day began with dramatic scenes in the fourth ashes test. john watson has the details. many thanks, that is where we begin the fourth test match where england secured a draw in sydney to avoid a possible 5 o series whitewash. australia have already won the ashes, but couldn t take the ten wickets they needed on the final day for victory. patrick gearey reports. five days of cricket decided in one
of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says he took him home. as a father, i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. with no son of his own, mr safi was reluctant to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiation and some time in taliban detention before he handed sohail back. he, his wife and his daughters are distraught without the boy. the last five months have been enormously difficult for many afghan families but none more so than this family. having sohail back is an enormous
but now he s back with them, his family say sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. it s usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood, but sunday s golden globes ceremony in la will take place with none of the nominees present and behind closed doors. that s because much of the film industry has decided to boycott the event and the broadcaster that usually shows the ceremony has dropped the event from its schedule. colin paterson explains why. # it all began tonight. tonight, west side story is one of the big favourites to win at the golden globes. but all of its stars and its director, steven spielberg, will not be there. the same goes for belfast, which is tied for the most nominations seven. we re looking to cleanse the community. you wouldn t want to be the odd one out in this street.
touch my family and i ll kill you. it is based on the childhood of its director, sir kenneth branagh, who has never won a golden globe. if he does tonight, the way he will find out is on his computer. it is doubtful that he will even care. the golden globes are normally a star studded event, but they have been beset with problems for the past year. an los angeles times expose revealed that they have not had a single black voter for almost two decades, and there are accusations of unethical practices. this prompted tom cruise to send back the three golden globes he had won. the rights holders, nbc, said they would not broadcast the ceremony, and despite radical changes being introduced, hollywood en masse decided to boycott the event. this week, the golden globes announced that the ceremony at the beverly hilton hotel in los angeles will be a private event and will not be live streamed, with winners simply being announced on social media.