Hello and welcome to bbc news. Afghanistan is seeing the heaviest fighting yet between government forces and the taliban. The militants are trying to seize three major cities in the south and west of the country. They ve made rapid gains in less populated parts since it was announced almost all foreign troops withdraw by september. Taliban fighters have now entered parts of herat, kandahar, and lashkar gah the capital of helmand province, once the home to british troops in the country. The fate of these key cities could be crucial amid fears of a humanitarian crisis, and there are concerns about how long government forces will be able to hold out. This update from our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani. Well, this is now the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. The militants had already captured vast swathes of rural territory, now they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way to the very centre of l
griff: the new hampshire primary just days away now as two of the top three gop candidates make their final pitches to voters in the granite state. former president trump set to hold a rally tonight, nikki haley making her rounds while ron desantis spends his weekend in south carolina with over a month to go before the primary there. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. one more hour, gillian, here we go. gillian: do you think we can do it? we ll give it a try. i m gillian turner. primaries this tuesday in new hampshire, president biden though not on the ballot following a dispute between the dnc and the state. we ve got fox news coverage on the ground in new hampshire with madison alworth, bryan llenas and alexis mcadams. alexis, kick it off for us. reporter: it is a cold day here in new hampshire, but people are still out on the ground getting ready for primary day and that includes the candidates still trying to gain support. for the former president, donald tr
hello and welcome to sportsday with me, hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. leading them in the league, dumping them out of the fa cup. liverpool condemn arsenal to another damaging defeat. the holders are through, while we ll also show you the best of the rest of the day s third round goals, including that from patrick ba mford. the acl curse strikes down the women s game s best striker. sam kerr could miss the rest of chelsea s season. and no rafa for the australian open nadal needs treatment on a hip injury sustained in his first tournament after nearly a year out. hello again. well come along to the programme. when arsenal met liverpool just before christmas, they were top of the premier league. but they ve not won a game since, dropping down the table. and after playing the same opponents again today, they re out of the fa cup. liverpool won 2 0 at the emirates in the third round, as andy swiss reports. unfamiliar shirts for a very familiar rivalry. liverpool in p