iam sarah i am sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, day 15 of the olympic games where tanya has won gold in the women s marathon. kenya. and the remarkable spectacle of south africa s sardine run and the predators it attacks. attracts. hello and welcome to the programme. let s begin in afghanistan, where in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with afghanistan, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre,
debut in the west end. in afghanistan, in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forces. the war now increasingly spilling into the capital. but the taliban are also now targeting other key cities in this, their latest offensive. they claim to have captu
i m mariko oi in tokyo, where host nationjapan is hoping to bring home some medals in the women s endurance event. can anyone now stop the taliban from rampaging across afghanistan? in the last few hours, their escalating offensive has resulted in the capture of a provincial capital and the assassination of a close aide of the president. they ve made sweeping gains as foreign troops complete their withdrawal. now the un s special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forces. the war now increasingly spilling into the capital. but the taliban are a
middle east that has been surging, not since just the 7th of october, and there is a real concern about it and there is a real concern about it and a sense that the israeli government has left this on track. they have been repeated warnings to israel to say they have to tackle this. it hasn t happened. ten days ago, the united states imposed the first sanctions on formic settlers that they accused of being extremists, attacking palestinians, overtly to try and force palestinians off the land they are on so that israelis can seize it. as a result of that, now we have had the british following suit today. they have imposed sanctions on formic settlers themselves, only one of them was on the us list. as it is in the uk will be frozen that, they can t come here, if they try and get an account with a bank in israel that has a lot of exposure to the uk financial markets, that will be quite tricky. this is a warning, just the start potentially of a warning to israel from the west sa
the two hostages in rafah. the city of rafah lies in the south of the gaza strip, on the border with egypt. it s believed around a million and a half palestinians are currently sheltering there. our middle east correspondent with the latest. explosion last night, israel s army came to rafah. special forces, backed by airstrikes on homes and mosques. left behind, more than 60 people dead, and took with them two israeli hostages, snatched from a second floor apartment. these pictures released by the israeli army showed the moment counter terrorist police went in. 60 year old fernando marman and 70 year old louis har were kidnapped from kibbutz nir yitzhak on october the 7th. their arrival back in israel, a rare moment for the country s prime minister. covered by special forces on their way out of gaza, covered on arrival with love. military operations have so far freed three hostages. relatives say a deal with hamas is still the best way to get the others out. mentally, the