Watching bbc news. i m shaun le . the - watching bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines - watching bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines this - watching bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines this hour. .. - the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they don t control. the battle has left hundreds dead. meanwhile, the eu and britain have said they won t recognise the taliban government. presidentjoe biden is visiting the southern american state of louisiana, where 800,000 people remain without electricity because of hurricane ida. he s expected to survey the damage and highlight the links between extreme weather events and climate change. there s been a sharp slowdown injob creation in the us, coinciding with the spread of the delta variant. president biden insists the economy remains durable and strong. and the prime minister of new zealand says the sri lankan terrorist who stabbed six people at an auckland supermarket had been u