eight others were wounded in the attack on a group of jehovah s witnesses. next it s time for our world: my escape from afghanistan. in august 2021, the taliban shocked the world as they swept to power in afghanistan. it wasn t long before they began to crack down on the rights of women. last year, i met with activist tamana paryani, who d been involved in a protest in kabul. after daring to raise her voice, the taliban came in the middle of the night to arrest her. although she was later released, she went into hiding. at the time, it was too dangerous for us to broadcast her testimony. now she has escaped and she s ready to tell her extraordinary story. kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana, who d been arrested earlier in the year forjoining a protest against the new taliban leaders. tamana man
for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about tha
this is bbc news. the headlines. the bbc s director general, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today after presenters and pundits walked out in support of the match of the day host, gary lineker. the prime minsister rishi sunak said he hoped the controversy can be resolved but that it was a matter for the bbc, not the government. the opposition labour party accuses the bbc of bowing to government pressure. the uk s chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the german interior minister, is leading calls to tighten the country s gun ownership laws, after six people were shot dead in hamburg, on thursday.
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