the prime minister, antonio costa, said they had secured an absolute majority in parliament. the election was called in november after parliament rejected the minority government s budget. a survey by an afghan news agency says the number of women working as journalists in the country has halved since the taliban seized power in august. the pajhwok news agency said one television channel which used to employ 15 women now has none. many female reporters say they left their jobs for their own safety. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent stephen mcdonell explains.
i m karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow wants equal, mutually respectful relations with the united states and its allies, as tensions continue over ukraine. north korea confirms it tested an intermediate range ballistic missile on sunday, the us offers pyongyang direct talks without preconditions. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains.
it first appeared on our tv screens in 2003, but since 2016 it has only been available online via bbc iplayer. a special episode of rupaul s drag race will form part of the launch night programming. the broadcating regulatory body ofcom says the relaunch will help the bbc reach younger viewers. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid and with the omicron variant spreading has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble.
will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble. people will recognise the bird s nest olympic stadium, and this is one of the main bubble areas. without special olympic accreditation or without permission from officials, you can t go past those gates there to enter the bubble. even though it is a huge area with venues and the like a small village, effectively even within there, there are discrete bubbles so that athletes don t mix with the media or invited spectators. using dedicated driving lanes, olympic vehicles
committed to zero covid and with the 0micron variant spreading has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble. people will recognise the bird s nest 0lympic stadium, and this is one of the main bubble areas. without special 0lympic accreditation or without permission from officials, you can t go past those gates there to enter the bubble. even though it is a huge area with venues and the like a small village, effectively even within there, there are discrete bubbles so that athletes don t mix with the media or invited spectators. using dedicated driving