colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame. ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. and the bbc reports from one of afghanistan s biggest cities on how taliban rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. it s 8 in the morning in singapore, 8 in the evening in washington, 1 am in london, and 8 in the evening in cape canaveral where the space x inspiration four mission is about to take off. four amateur astronauts are being launched into orbit on board of a falcon 9 rocket. it s the first mission to space with no professional astronauts in the crew. the trip has been paid for by us billionaire businessmanjared isaacman, who will travel with three crewmates. the four crew members will be sent into an orbit of about 575 kilometres up that s above the current orbit of the international space station. they re due to spend three days circling the earth and have said they hope to inspi
the bloody aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. they were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. on december 27th, 1979, soviet special forces stormed the presidential palace in kabul. the president, hafizullah amin, was killed. this was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. the soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. afghanistan s communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal communist party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. moscow ran out of patience. after assassinating president amin, soviet forces poured into afghanistan and occupied the major cities. this was the first time in the cold war that a regular armed force, tanks, jet fighters, was crossing into another country and occupying it. now, if they had their own jet fighters, at the air force base in bagram and herat, they could ha
she wants to help the fight against terrorism. and the photo sharing app instagram may have a harmful effect on teenagers according to research by its owners facebook. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us olympic gymnast simone biles has accused the fbi of turning a blind eye to the sexual abuse that she and other athletes suffered, at the hands of their team doctor. she was among a number of people testifying before a senate committee, examining the agency s investigation into larry, who is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting girls. nomia iqbal reports from washington. the world witnessed her mental struggles at the tokyo olympics. today, simone biles spoke about exactly what had impacted her. i don t want another young gymnast, olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of he
we start in the us, where gymnasts gave emotional testimony to congress on wednesday, describing the abuse they suffered at the hands of usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar. they blamed fbi officials forfailing to investigate him. their testimony, led by olympic superstar simone biles, follows a damning justice department report into how the fbi handled the nassar allegations. nasser was jailed in 2018. the bbc s nomia iqbal has more. the world witnessed her mental struggles at the tokyo olympics. today, simone biles spoke about exactly what had impacted her. i don t want another young gymnast, olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of herformer coach. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame. ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. simone biles and three of herformer team mates appeared in fron
this week we re putting on our next gen specs, strapping on our brain controls and entering the metaverse. just another day in the office, really. hey, welcome to click. let me hit you straightaway with a buzzword. you might ve heard it being thrown around recently. are you ready? always ready. the metaverse. what you think of the idea? mark zuckerberg s vision that it won t be long before we are working, playing and living in this whole virtual universe. it reminds me of second life from about 15 years ago, remember that? i do, i do. this was an early realisation of the sci fi idea that has been around for as long as i can remember. but the tech wasn t up to it, then. but things have moved along. we look a lot better online. it balances out the 18 bit at the last 18 months i felt a bit like living in a virtual world, so i have got mixed feelings about this because this is actually the last thing that people want right now? could it potentially help with some of the isolation