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This is bbc news — im david eades. our top stories: more extreme heat in more places — bbc analysis shows how the world is hitting 50 celcius time and again. we have a special report from nigeria, where the oil industry is accused of adding to the problem. more than a billion dollars of global aid pledged for afghanistan as the un calls for urgent action to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face p...

The un secretary general, antonio guterres, has said the people of afghanistan face perhaps their most perilous hour following the taliban takeover of the country last month. speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, he said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. more than three million afghans have now fled their homes, their suffering compounded by a drought, the coronavirus and political turmoil. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decad...

Disgrace. lives have been lost and more people dying every day. i believe frankly, america is seeing the real and disastrous consequences of having people like blinking and power in the senior levels of the u.s. government who have not fought n the battlefield or the trenches with allies and understand what that means at a policy level. they have no clue about the 21st century issues that we will face. i dont know how many timesthey. they botched this from the get-go and the facts before misled ...

Chief medical officers. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says more than a billion dollars in aid has been pledged for people in afghanistan he described as facing their most perilous hour. speaking at an emergency aid conference in geneva, mr guterres said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal was coming from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the ...

Suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. californians are heading to the polls on tuesday to decide the fate of their governor. in the wake of the covid lockdown that gavin newsom ordered, republicans managed to get enough signatures to force a recall vote. the choice on t...

Hour, with one in three afghans not knowing where their next meal would come from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them, and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. as the taliban took control of the country, they had promised no revenge attacks on ...

After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them. and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. joining me is dr mohammad haqnal. hes the former head of afghanistans public health system, now a lecturer at city, university of london after arriving to the uk in 2019. it would be the moment where we are goi...

Actually disappointed and hopeless. i left only a few days ago and millions of people they not only face immediate risk of insecurity. what they face is enormous level of disappointment, uncertainty, fear of the future. and exactly what we hear today from some of these taliban prove to the peoples concern and worry about the fact only a small minority of people, most of them being on the wanted list and sanction list that want to rule the country. they do not represent afghanistan today. and if ...

Over who was the president of the united states. there were plenty of political differences in 2001, republicans, democrats and partisan swipes. what feels different 20 years later is division feels deeper. whether the flag should be flown at all. thats the scarier part for us in our conversation. will, you alluded to it, could we muster as the home team with f. necessary something like this or is americas view so predominant in what we teach our kids and reinforce in our media that we could or ...

Down the street now. of course it is insecurity. insecurity felt in july as well when thousands protested after 24—year—old nursing assistant samuel luiz was beaten to death outside of a nightclub in the north of the country. in may, five gay men were injured in three attacks over one weekend in barcelona. the government hopes a new bill on equal treatment and non—discrimination being considered by parliament will help, and spains prime minister, pedro sanchez, has announced he will chair ...