just one tablet an hour from manchester to london today instead of the usual three as an ava nti avanti workers ava nti workers refuse avanti workers refuse to work extra shifts. boiling over at the bridge. how it was the managers who were sent off in yesterday s fiery london derby between chelsea and tottenham in what proved a gripping encounter. coming to the end of the heatwave, through the week, temperatures will return to close to where they should be at the time of year and we are looking at some thunderstorms developing almost anywhere which could be torrential. it s monday the 15th of august. our main story. it s exactly a year since the taliban seized power in afghanistan, ending 20 years of us led military intervention. a turbulent 12 months in the country has seen an economic crisis and a huge reduction of women s rights, with girls largely banned from secondary schools. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been to see how the afghan people have ad
The desperation is dangerous. there is panic and fear everywhere. gunfire. outside the gates, shots ring out. my siblings were calling me, saying, what do we do now? they were looking for me for answers, but i had no answers. but when my brother had the opportunity to leave, he called me what do i do? he only had two hours to make a decision. he had to pack his bag with his wife and newly born child, get a couple of bits and pieces, and go to the airport. and that was it. two of waheed s brothers fled to the united states, his sister and herfamily to sweden. my own journey of refugee is. sort of flashed in front of me again. my own journey of refugee is repeated in front of my eyes. that is heartbreaking for me. they re starting at zero. ..while his dad and his other sisters chose to stay at home in afghanistan.
Team mate lewis ludlow after they completed a 350 mile cycle ride to raise funds for research into motor neurone disease. and the bafta winning actor anne marie duff will be here before nine to tell us about her role in a new comedy thriller called bad sisters. i have seen the first episode, it is funny and good, i am looking forward to it. ., ~ funny and good, i am looking forward to it. ., 4 i funny and good, i am looking forward to it. ., ., i do. as we ve been hearing, it s exactly a year since afghanistan fell to the taliban prompting tens of thousands of people to flee the country, and find safe haven wherever they could. dr waheed arian who came to the uk in the 19905 has been telling breakfast s abi smitton how his family has been split across the world since the events of last august and how they re still holding onto hope. my family has been disintegrated and devastated, like so many other families. i can t give up on hope, even though i can t see it. waheed arian
This was the first day. women, a bit nervous. shops, still empty. this is it? yes. this is your shop? today it s closed. oh, look at your sewing machines. 18 year old suhaila is excited. she s reopening this dress shop with big sister. but she should be in her last year of school. suhaila was the top student in her class. but the taliban shut most high schools. i am very sad. if i d finished school i would start university but i can t go to university because i m not graduated from school. was it hard for you? no school, no shop. how hard was it? i think it s not for me, and for all of the girls of afghanistan it s a sad memory.
Secunder kermani joins us now. . good morning. the taliban barking the anniversary with a national holiday but is there any real cause for celebration as far as most afghans are concerned today? essen afghans are concerned today? even amonust afghans are concerned today? even amongst the afghans are concerned today? even amongst the taliban, afghans are concerned today? even amongst the taliban, the celebrations are somewhat muted from what we have seen so far. partly because of this humanitarian crisis that was talked about in that report. also ongoing security concerns. 0verall levels of violence have significantly dropped in the last eight once the taliban ended the insurgency but the threat of bombings from groups like islamic state still exist. what strikes me most having spent a great deal of time is travelling across this country is how different different afghans experience of life under the taliban has been. it comes down to, for many, a sense of freedom. many feel they ha