Still under government control. Now it is around one of 200 district centres Ta Ken by it is around one of 200 district centres taken by the taliban. At least 65 people have died in algeria as more than A Hundred wildfires tear across the country. And we catch up with the teens bringing skateboarding to the olympics and the streets of japan. Even our reporter goes for a spin live her from her live herfrom her studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It is newsday. Its 6am in singapore, and half past two in the morning in afghanistan where events are unfolding at a dizzying pace. As the taliban captured a ninth provincial capital, afghan president Ashraf Ghani fired his Army Chief. The government still remains in control in key urban centres, but their hold on many areas is fragile. Us officials say the taliban could reach the capital, kabul, within weeks. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is in kabul, a city crammed with thousands of people whove desperately fled from other parts of the co
Control. Now it is around two district centres taken by the Taliban. 200. At least 65 people have died in algeria as more than A Hundred wildfires tear across the country. And we catch up with the teens bringing skateboarding to the olympics and the streets of japan. Even our reporter goes for a spin its seven am. In singapore, and half past three in the morning in afghanistan where events are unfolding at a dizzying pace. As the Taliban captured a ninth provincial capital, afghan president Ashraf Ghani fired his Army Chief. The government still remains in control in key urban centres, but their hold on many areas is fragile. Us officials say the Taliban could reach the capital, kabul, within weeks. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is in kabul, a city crammed with thousands of people whove desperately fled from other parts of the country. Desperation on a scale not seen in decades. Thousands have arrived in kabul, in the past few days. People who had homes and jobs, who led dignified li
two weeks before the coronation, a new bbc poll suggesting less than a third of young adults want the monarchy to continue. hello and welcome. we start in sudan, where more than two dozen countries have been evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. this was french nationals leaving earlier. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people, the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti, which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week, and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians rem
hello. thank you forjoining me for unspun world, where the bbc s experts give us their in depth thoughts about what s really going on in world affairs. vladimir putin holds his referendums that s what he calls them aboutjoining russia in four areas of ukraine. but how great is the danger that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself
that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself, styled himself as the hustler who rose from nothing. but that puts a lot of pressure mr ruto, because he has to deliver. so, russia s referendums in the four areas of ukraine that it s taken over have resulted in votes to join russia which are estimated at up to 99.2%. i suppose if you have