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On women working for aid agencies — even as the country suffers a humanitarian crisis. the uns deputy—secretary general amina mohammed has been on a four—day visit to the country. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been travelling with her and has sent this report. a space to call their own. their own shops, run by afghan women for afghan women. but a new taliban edict shut down a training programme here. all of us cried. this, their response. all night we cry. these fou...

Lets turn to afghanistan now — where a top un official believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life. last month, the taliban banned all women from working for aid agencies — the latest in a series of restrictions on the rights of women and girls. amina mohammed, the un deputy secretary general, has been in afghanistan, for talks with the taliban — and shes been travelling with our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. a space to call t...

Had to be rescheduled, including some operations. theyve also warned the strikes are making it harder to get through the increasing backlog in hospital treatment. a top un official has told the bbc she believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in afghanistan. deputy secretary—general amina mohammed has been in kabul for a four—day visit to urge the taliban to reconsider. shes been speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. ...

Afghan women can no longer work for the international aid agencies who are desperately trying to get this urgently needed aid to millions of people who need it. so, just how urgent is the situation? werejoined here in kabul by samira sayed rahman, who works for the international charity, the international rescue committee. how worried are you? you know, international rescue committee was able to reach five million afghans last year. weve suspended most of our activities across the country becaus...

Without our female staff at all levels of our organisation. we were already seeing earlier last — at the end of last year that most families around this country were having to choose between food or heating. the taliban recently clarified that theyll make an exception when it comes to the health ministry because they do need women doctors and nurses to serve women of this country. is it possible that, step by step, this edict could be reversed ? as we saw with the health sector, its notjust do...

We — when the announcement was made on december 2a — we made the difficult decision to suspend our activities across the country because we felt that it was impossible for us to continue without female staff at all levels of our organisation. the restrictions on aid agencies come as temperatures plunge. authorities say a cold snap over the past week killed 70 people. these residents in kabul collect bags of coal to burn to stay warm. the price of firewood, coal and gas has skyrocketed. heres...

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Ship upright. the biden administrations war on fossil fuels is coming for your kitchen, jason. do you like to cook with gas? many people do. i do. it is reportedly considering a ban on gas stoves. the very stoves and cook tops found in 40% of american homes except for year in new york where theyve made the edict you cant have anything but an electric now. the consumer safety commission cites concerns over pollution emitted by appliances. research links them to asthma and other problems. industry...

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