The head of Pakistans Spy Agency has visited afghanistan amid continued uncertainty about how the taliban proposes to rule the country. General Faiz Hameed is thought to be advising the military which is continuing its efforts to oust the resistance in the Panjshir Valley. The taliban have insisted all factions will be included in the new government, though its not yet clear how that will work. Our South Asia Correspondent danjohnson reports. The taliban says kabul is being cleaned and decorated ahead of a new Government And Cabinet being announced. Many afghans see their freedoms being erased before their eyes under a new taliban regime. For three weeks, Bank Queues have grown while afghans have wondered what taliban rule will bring. They are still waiting and still hoping. Translation our demand from the islamic emirate i is to activate the schools and universities for students and to providejobs for the people. We want them to prevent armed robberies and to reduce killings. Translat
Raped. Jubilation in rio as flamengo win the showpiece tournament of latin american football beating river plate, in lima. Lets start in hong kong, where local elections are under way. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than a thousand candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Hesjust given his reaction to reporters. As the o
This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates. Butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Jonathan head joins us. It is early in the morning, but what is the mood like where you are and what is the turnout been like, from what you can tell . A very impressive turnout, and we are getting a report from other polling stations as well. In fact, at this one, people came down pretty much on time and the voting started at 7 30am, about an hour and a much on time and the voting started at 7 30a
Violence towards women. And a question for many museums should former colonial powers return artefacts they took from the countries they once occupied . Hello and welcome to bbc news. Lets start in hong kong, where polls have just opened in local elections. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble, but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro beijing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than a thousand candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Det
A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Lets go to hong kong, where our correspondence Jonathan Head lets go to hong kong, where our correspondenceJonathan Head is with us. CorrespondenceJonathan Head is with us. Jonathan, how high up the list of priorities is the protest in hong kong for voters, do you think, there are other issues, obviously, but the protests are the things everybody is talking about, and which seem to have blighted the lives of so many people there . Yes, i think for everybody here, the so called five demands being called for by the protest movement, embraced by large numbers of hong kongers, the polls suggest a large number of people are sympathetic to those demands, though of course not everybody supports the way the protesters have expressed their opposition, and t