president macron has pay tribute describing him as a national treasure. the taliban says its seized panjshir province this was the last part of afghanistan that it didn t control. the panjshir valley has long been a bastion of taliban resistance. and this is significant for a number of reasons. over the years fighters have successfully resisted the soviets in the 80s and the taliban in the 90s. here s what we think is confirmation that that resistance is over. this was posted online by the taliban and appears to show the taliban flag raised outside the building of panjshir s regional governor. and this is a taliban spokesperson. translation: we have captured panjshir with the will of god. - the local elders and religious leaders have been coordinating with us and our operations went ahead with their help. some of those who are still wanting to fight are missing at the moment. we are trying to tell them that if they want to join a normal life they are welcome to. afghanistan
brisk winds blowing in some showers, some of which will be wintry, especially across northern ireland, wales and the south west. these are our temperatures. when you add on the windshield this will make it feel colder wind chill. as we head into the evening and overnight, expect a widespread frost. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. i m stephen sacker. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn t be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so too does my guest today, arguably america s most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how s that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. i m stephen sacker. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn t be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so too does my guest today, arguably america s most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how s that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so you tell me why there appears to be such a strain of scepticism among so many americans toward the basics of scientific knowledge. i don t have a good answer for that and i poked around in the ether for what could be behind it and i m going to give what sounds like an easy sort of cop out answer, and it has t
the world health organization warns of huge strains on health systems. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the jurors found the 60 year old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. she was found not guilty on one other charge. the convictions mean maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. aleem maqbool reports from new york. ghislaine maxwell will now finally pay for her terrible crimes. her victims were robbed ofjustice for decades, but four of them have helped put a now infamous sexual predator behind bars. each was from a troubled or cash strapped home, and the court heard how ghislaine maxwell gained their trust. during their explicit and emotional testimony, they told the jury how she instructed them t
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sacker. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. this is soho in london, where the uk film industry does its deal making and much of its post production. the brits are still big players in the global film industry, and none more so than my guest today, sir roger deakins. he s made a host of brilliant movies, he s won two oscars, but his industry is changing, thanks to technology, to cgi, even to this thing the smartphone and its camera. so how does he see the future of the film business? sir roger deakins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you re laughing because i say sir ? yeah, of course i am. you got me straight away. you ve got to get used to it. yeah. i mean, you re regarded as a bit of a national treasure, aren t you? yeah it s funny that, but you never have that perspective on it yourself i don t, anyway, no. i think the nice thing for a lot of british people is that you ve just published a book of photographs, still pi