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
hello and welcome. a humanitarian disaster is fast unfolding in afghanistan. the un says more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in fighting between the taliban and government forces. injuly, the areas controlled by the taliban were these, shown in red. with contested regions in yellow. but now a lot more territory has fallen to the taliban, including nine of the country s 3a provincial capitals, as it intensifies its offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. 20 years after 9/11 and what has become america s longest war, president biden has set a symbolic date of 11 september 2021 for full withdrawal of american troops. peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have been taking place for a year in doha but no agreement has been reached. the bbc s yalda hakim interviewed two high profile figures in the taliban chain of command, she asked them both what do they want from the afghan government and how they would rule the country i
welcome to tokyo. it s day two of the olympics and the sporting action has brought us just the sort of unpredictability and excitement only these games can bring. about an hour ago, team gb won its first silver medal in the taekwondo, with bradly sinden narrowly missing out on gold after defeat in the final. nestor mcgregor is with bradly s mum in stainforth in south yorkshire. they must be celebrating there? yes, aood they must be celebrating there? yes, good afternoon- they must be celebrating there? yes, good afternoon. this they must be celebrating there? 133 good afternoon. this is they must be celebrating there? 1&1: good afternoon. this is doncaster. it is worth saying, up and down the uk, there are probably many many homes that look like this one, but this garden is the garden that bradly sinden practised that there was a tae kwon do moves that we saw her earn him a silver olympic medal. his mum has also planted these amazing flowers which are white, red and blue,
with little access to healthcare. there aren t hospitals here for hours. imagine trying to get emergency healthcare in this kind of situation. japan s naomi osaka pulls out of wimbledon, a month after withdrawing from the french open hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. we start with some breaking political news from the uk: the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. sarah green, liberal democrat, 21,517 votes. cheering and applause. the liberal democrats had been hoping for an upset in the safe conservative seat, and party leader sir. ed davey tweeted that the result had sent a shockwave through british politics . the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan who died in april. the liberal democrats sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in ourworld, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people w