Animal welfare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The man considered to be the political leader of the taliban, mullah abdul ghani baradar, has arrived in kabulfor talks on forming a government. It s another sign of the taliban tightening its grip on power in afghanistan, after its rapid takeover of the country. Mullah baradar arrived in afghanistan earlier this week, after 20 years in exile. He travelled first to kandahar, which is seen as the spiritual home of the taliban. Although baradar isn t the taliban s supreme leader, he is one of its most visible figures. Last year, he became the first taliban leader to communicate directly with a us president after having a telephone conversation with donald trump. We ll get more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent secunder kermani has the latest from kabul. Soldier shouting: get back! get back! panic and chaos
Quickly and with force. Nearly a week after the earthquake in haiti victims in the some of hardest hit areas are still waiting for help. We have a special report from cuba where we find out what happened to the hundreds of people arrested in the first anti government protests in decades plus, keeping busy during an unwanted intermission. How the cast of mamma mia found themselves working odd jobs during lockdown now they re ready to go again. Hello and welcome to the programme: we re drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during america s 20 year military involvement. Evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. Have now been airlifted out many more are trying desperately to escape. Our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani and cameraman malik mu dassir, have this report from kabul.
Six months from now. Wildfires in algeria have killed at least 42 people, including 25 of the military who were fighting the blazes in forests to the east of the capital, algiers. Algeria is the latest country on the mediterranean to be hit by wildfires. Dozens killed and land scorched, algeria is the latest company to be faced with disastrous wildfires. More than 100 fires rage and several providences in the east of the capital, claiming the lives of both civilians and soldiers who were deployed to rescue algerians from the flames. While some villages were evacuated, others stayed back, using tree branches to calm the flames. Translation: there are fires| everywhere, we have not seen the government here. We do not have estate. The people are the government, long live the members from the civil protection teams. The flames have burnt the country s famed olive trees. And clouded the streets with smoke. These are becoming worryingly familiar scenes, as wildfires continue to burn across s
Let s start in the united states, because after months of political wrangling the us senate has passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, intended to restore some of the ageing, often crumbling, transport systems across the us. The plan will see $110 billion being spent on roads, bridges and other major projects. The white house currently believes 115,000 bridges across the country are considered to be in poor condition. $73 billion will be spent on clean energy. President biden hopes the money will be spent on new power lines and rebuilding america s old electric grids. Let s now get more details on the plan, the bbc s michelle fleury filed this report from new york. Presidentjoe biden celebrated the passage of the infrastructure bill, describing it as a once in a generation investment in america. After ears investment in america. After years and investment in america. After years and infrastructure, investment in america. After years and infrastructure, we | years and infrastructur
About inequality. Well done, by the way, to all of those that got the result they want. But the gap now is getting bigger and bigger and there is baked in unfairness. At least 65 people have died in wildfires in algeria, among them 25 soldiers fighting the fires. A baby with a fatal condition receives the world s most expensive drug after a campaign by his parents. And coming up, under threat seahorses off the coast of dorset. Diverse put this screw anchor into the sea and then connected it to these rubber pieces divers and this is what replaces the change on a traditional mooring that is said to do so much damage. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. President biden says he does not regret withdrawing troops from afghanistan after 20 years, urging afghan leaders to unite and fight for their country. It comes as the taliban claims to have captured a ninth provincial capital the north eastern city of faizabad. However afghan officials say air strikes and ground attacks have ki