To separate them. Big ben s bongs were last heard four years ago with the famous bell out of action for essential repairs. We ll be finding out how the project is getting on. Hello and welcome to the programme. The leader of the afghan resistance group waging an intense battle against the taliban in the panjshir valley says he is open to enter peace talks. Ahmad massoud said he supported a plan, put forward by religious clerics, for a negotiated settlement, and called on the taliban to end their offensive. Earlier, reports suggested the taliban had rapidly gained ground in panjshir taking the provincial capital, bazarak. The province is the most prominent example of resistance to taliban rule. Meanwhile, across the country, people are adapting to life under the new regime. Our correspondent secunder kermani has travelled from the capital, kabul, to the province of logar, from where he sent this report. They ve grown up along the front line but their first taste of peace is bitterswee
Beyond kabul we have a special report from rural afghanistan on life under the taliban. And dancing and fireworks bring the tokyo paralympics to a close. The queen says the achievements of britain s athletes have lifted the nation. Good evening. The girls aloud singer sarah harding has died at the age of 39. She was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She was part of one of the most successful british female bands of all time. Formed on a reality show, they went on to have 21 top ten hits. Sarah harding s mother marie described her as a bright shining star, and her band mate nadine coyle said she was, absolutely devastated. Our enterainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. His report contains some flashing images. After three months of competition, the moment her dream came true. Sarah. Cheering. But sarah harding it could scarcely have imagined the success that would follow. Every one of their first 16 singles a top ten hit. Thanks to a collection of irresistibl
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Football s world governing body, fifa, investigates last night s events in hungary, where england players were racially abused during their 4 0 win. And at 5:45pm: as hollywood looks east in marvel s new asian action blockbuster, does shang chi live up to the hype? we ll get anna smith s take in the film review. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he s had constructive discussions with his counterpart in pakistan about securing safe passage from afghanistan for people entitled to settle in the uk. With kabul s airport still closed, pakistan is crucial in the mission to help people flee afghanistan because the two nations share a land border. There are already about three million afghan refugees in pakistan. Mr raab told a news conference in islamabad that britain was sending £30 million of aid to help afghanistan s neighbours cope with those fleeing the country. He also said uk experts were heading to the region to co ordinate efforts. Our repo
Abba is back and so are we. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejoanna jarjue, tv and radio commentator and anne ashworth, property personal finance commentator. Tomorrow s front pages. Starting with. The telegraph says it expects boris johnson to announce a manifesto breaking tax rise next week to pay for the biggest overhaul in social care funding in a generation and bring down nhs waiting lists. The times understanding on this is that borisjohnson s cabinet is split over the chancellor, sajid javid, calling for a 2% tax rise to fund social care. Vaccines for i2 year olds are a step close reports the i, which quotes a government source saying us evidence shows the risks to young people is smaller than previously thought. Below the independent s main picture headline of floods in new york claiming dozens of lives is a warning from uk charities that there is no housing accommodation available for 6,000 afghan refugees in