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Fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new socalled vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, thre...

Caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new prime minister, secretary blinken announced m5 million worth of new monetary and aid. Haitian authorities have expanded state of emergency order right across the entire country, the military situation that is rapidly deteriorating since the former prime minister resigned backin former prime minister resigned back in march. Eight agencies reported that nearly 580,000 people have been inter...

But a defeat for scotland. Steve clarke had said his side were about evolution after their early exit from the euros in the summer, but they began their campaign with a 32 defeat to poland in group a at hampden. Poland went ahead early through sebastian szymanski. Scotland had a goal ruled out, then gave away a penalty, which robert lewandowski took to make it 20. Billy gilmour struck back for scotland straight after the break. The comeback gathered steam and scott mctominay got his side back on...

On wednesday following a report the White House is preparing to formally block Nippon Steels 14 Billion takeover bid. People familiar with the matter say a decision could be made as soon as this week. The move would be highly controversial and critics say it would lead to Job Losses and could chill foreign investment in the us. For more, heres our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta in new york. Nippon steels 14 Billion bid to acquire united States Steel has been caught in the cros...

New Regulator Powers aimed at reducing pollution. Cheese as far as the eye can see. Good morning from this dairy in nottinghamshire where they have made stilton for over 100 years. But have we lost our taste for the traditional Christmas Favourite . Good morning. Start spreading the news. Jack draper is making it in New York, as he powers through to the last four, at the Us Open a first semifinal, at the Us Open a first semifinal for him at a grand slam. And big contrasts across the country. We ...

We change the wind direction, We bring the winds down from the northWest, and so things are going to feel very different. Temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. ShoWers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. To be female in afghanistan is to be condemned to a life without visibility, agency or rights. The Taliban Regime requires women to conceal their fac...

Huge export. The humanities are under threat, even huge export. The humanities are under threat, even in huge export. The humanities are under threat, even in our huge export. The humanities are under threat, even in our most l under threat, even in our most ancient under threat, even in our most ancient universities. Sol really want ancient universities. So i really want to ancient universities. Sol really want to make a call out for preserving that because it is one of those preserving that be...

We start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders whove served 40 of their Prison Terms will be eligible for early release its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens prisons in england and wales a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior Uk Correspondent Sima Kotecha was given full and rare access to Hmp Pentonville In London a...

Coates live starts right now tonight, america, it has happened again, and week hand, not be numb to it. Another mass shooting this time in georgia two students and two teachers killed when a gunman opened fire at apalachee High School in winder, just north of atlanta the 14yearold Suspect is in custody and will be booked tonight. He will be charged with murder, and he will be charged as an adult. But there are still a lot of questions remaining, not the least of which is how do we stop this from...

Seeing at this at this point. All right, about a minute, were going to see a News Conference from down there. What questionS Do you still have and where are the gun came from . Things like that . Well, it is as the investigation moves forward, we now know the gun is a rifle, not a pistol and it is shaping up that investigators believed the gun came from the home, which would fit in with the information we just went over. And then of course, we want to know, was there any other Threat Information...