and, queen of the mountains the norwegian climber who is on the verge of setting a very special record. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4:30 in the morning in afghanistan, where dawn is breaking on the one year anniversary of the taliban s return to power. august 15th, 2021, saw thousands flee the country out of fear of what lied ahead, but many more where left behind, their daily lives changed beyond recognition. no more so than for country s women and girls, who are now subject to harsh, more conservative rules that restrict their education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet was in the capital a year ago as the taliban retook the country she s returned to kabul for this special report. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country, but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed s
bethany bell is there. firefighters have brought the big blaze that was burning near here under control but they ve warned that the fire isn t entirely extinguished yet and, if you look behind me, back there in the woods, you can see what they mean there s wisps of smoke, which is a sign that they re still burning embers on the ground or sometimes below the ground but could in the wrong circumstances be whipped up into another fire. but there is very good news for the 10,000 people that were evacuated from near here. they ve been told that they can now go home after days of staying in emergency temporary housing. i want to tell you now about the world s1li highest mountains, also known as the super peaks, all of them in asia. each one has a summit of more than 8,000 metres.
oil giant aramco has announced record profits of more than $48 billion for the second quarter of this year. the world s biggest oil producer s net income has almost doubled year on year. oil prices are up because of russia s attack on ukraine and increasing demand after the pandemic. and a tropical storm is heading northeast in the pacific ocean off japan s tohoku region, after making landfall and causing damage in central japan on saturday. weather officials say the atmospheric conditions are expected to remain unstable for much ofjapan, and warn of more heavy rain, flooding and mudslides. to europe now, where several countries have been engulfed in a wave of deadly wildfires recently, triggered by record temperatures and drought across the continent. in france, officials in the south western gironde region have said a majorfire that had been dubbed a monster fire has been brought under control. 0ur correspondent
egyptian christian worshippers died. the abu sifin church was in a packed busy neighbourhood in giza. the fire killed dozens including many children. people rushed into the building trying to save as many lives as possible. this woman lost her sister in law. translation: she had five children, three daughters, who are three, five and seven years old, and two boys. my heart is on fire for all these victims. the people i ve spoken to here are clearly very angry. they want to know exactly how and why their loved ones died. there will be questions too for the church itself and for the emergency services. initial reports suggest the fire was caused by an electrical fault. people here told us there was a power cut and the church was on a generator. when the electricity was turned on again there was an overload.
of expression, freedom of speech, and we condemn the cowardly attack on salman rushdie. and we condemn any individual or any group that dares violate the sanctity of a place like this. questions are being asked about why there were not tougher checks at the literary event, given the huge amount of threats salman rushdie had faced for decades. i want to tell you about another story now. the government in egypt says at least a0 people have died many of them children in a fire at a church where thousands of worshippers had gathered for sunday worship. dozens of other people have been injured. it s reported an electrical fire broke out at the coptic church in giza, outside cairo. 0ur correspondent sally nabil sent this report from the scene. a sunday church service that ended in tragedy. behind these windows,