the policy is that women can have access to education and to work and of course they will observe the hijab, that is it. helicopters ferry us diplomats from their embassy but the us secretary of state says the two decade long us military operation in afghanistan was a success. and ultimately it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. hello and welcome. taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. president ashraf ghani has fled, reportedly to tajikistan. in a statement on facebook ashraf ghani has said he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed. it s his first comments since leaving. meanwhile, this picture has emerged and it s believed to be of the taliban inside the presidential palace in kabul. the remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from kabul airport but
around the world. and dissent and danger on the streets of hong kong, an artist reflects on the potential risks of pursuing artistic freedom. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 2.30 in the morning in afghanistan, where the taliban are sweeping through the country at an extraordinary pace. they ve captured a third of the nation s provincial capitals. several of those cities, including afghanistan s third biggest city, herat, fell to the insurgent fighters in the last few hours. and we re now getting reports that the taliban say they ve captured the second largest city, kandahar. the speed of their advance means britain and the united states are sending more than three and a half thousand troops to help their civilians leave. here s the latest from yogita limaye in kabul. we woke up talking about the fall of ghazni which is about 100 miles south of kabul, and we are ending the day with multiple provincial capitals falli
fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. cheering. i can t wait! the dancing re starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. a baby thought to be the world s smallest at birth has been discharged from a singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it is unequivocal, that human activities are responsible for climate change. that is according to a new study by the un. it is an up to date assessment of how global warming will change the planet in the decade. it is a wake up call to governments to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. the report says global average temprature rise could reach or exceed 1.5 degrees celsius in the next 20 years ten years sooner than expected. that tempreature rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespread de