Attack others were captured and a large cache of taliban weaponry was seized but it does seem according to various reports coming from Helmand Province including the governors office. Number of civilians were also caught up in this attack particularly from a Wedding Party that was happening nearby that was caught in this airstrike now the number of civilian casualties varies the taliban has issued a statement saying tens of people have been killed others injured other figures differ to that but what we do know it does seem as though a large number of civilians once again have been caught up in a battle between taliban and Coalition Forces and a number include colluding many women and children this comes of course as afghanistan is preparing for its president ial election in the coming saturday the last couple of days have been generally quiet here in afghanistan but we have seen generally a surge in the number of attacks taking place both by the taliban who have threatened to disrupt t
Happy with a new regional framework where the u. S. Doesnt have a seat at the table. James bain sell just here is a diplomatic answer thanks very much indeed for it is the latest from the United Nations so other news now and at least 40 people have been killed in afghanistan in whats police its been an airstrike it happens in the color region of Helmand Province where people have gathered outside a local hospital where the wounded are being treated as authorities are investigating reports that the airstrike carried out spawn the u. S. Forces its a wedding celebration by mistake a correspondent moment bryant has more from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it descri
Everybody has demonstrations. And dozens of wedding guests are killed during an anti taliban raid in afghanistan. Now the u. K. France and germany say its clear that iran bears responsibility for the attacks on Saudi Oil Installations earlier this month the european leaders met on the sidelines of the Un General Assembly in new york and french president. Direct talks with his iranian counterparts Hassan Rouhani who denies involvement in the attacks irans foreign minister has again ruled out the possibility of negotiating a new nuclear deal british Prime Minister johnson hinted that the u. K. May withdraw from the 2015 agreement diplomatic editor james bays has the latest from United Nations. Is the u. K. About to break seats from the Iran Nuclear Deal there is great confusion after comments made in interviews by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in which he said it was a bad deal that needs renegotiating and that President Trump was the man to do so as president from the right is it was a b
Three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. We start with the major story in russia, where the founder of the Wagner Mercenary group, yevgeni prigozhin, is presumed dead, after his plane crashed in the north west of the country. Look at this. This is footage which has been cleared by the bbc verify team and appears to show the burning remains of the plane in a field in russias tver region. Mr prigozhin gained notable Notoriety Injune as you may remember after leading a failed mutiny. That insurrection was ultimately called off, of course, but mr prigozhin had directly challenged president putins authority. Two months later and he is now supposedly dead. Russian aviation Officials Say mr prigozhin was on board with his man, dmitry utkin, and it is believed all passengers, all ten passengers and crew died immediately. Us President Joe Biden said, theres not much that happens in russia that putin is not behind. But what about mr putins he spoke by video link to
Who stunned norways olympic champion Yakob Ingebrigsten to take gold in the 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships in budapest. Kerr clocked a seasons best three minutes and 29 seconds to make his first podium at the worlds. It comes a year after ingebrigsten was beaten by britains Jake Whiteman in similar circumstances in eugene. Oleksandr usyk defends his heavyweight belts for the first time in a year this weekend. Britains Daniel Dubois is his challenger in poland on saturday. During the pre fight press conference, Oleksandr Usyk was awarded with a piece of art by the Ukrainian Military on what is ukraines independence day. The painting, made out of wood used by the ukrainian forces, was awarded to him for his support in the ongoing war with russia. Usyk is very relaxed heading into the bout but dubois is confident he can take the belts for himself. I am ready. I have spent so much time in training camp, i have done all that, i am ready now. I have prepared and left no sto