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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...

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...

Approach to afghanistan? 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 pe...

Keeps rearing its head. When will the general election be . And its not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. Now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way its been going, actually, it is quite ...

arab states, the main european powers— arab states, the main european powers and america into some form of contact _ powers and america into some form of contact group that works on this together, — contact group that works on this together, and we are going to need as many— together, and we are going to need as many people as possible tojoin the effort — as many people as possible to oin the effort. ., ., , as many people as possible to oin the effort. ,, ., , ., the effort. s...

the stage for the fa cup final but how do we get there? train strikes are scheduled for the same day, impacted thousands of mentors to city and manchester united fans travelling to london. ryan mason takes his place in the tottenham dugout for the first time. there match against manchester united one of three on a busy night in the premier league. the chinese youngster si jiahui leads luca brecel in the stoker world championship semifinal. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday....

in decades, jeremy hunt wants get millions of those seen as "economically inactive" back working. how? ill have the details. and former england rugby player tom youngs speaks to bbc breakfast for the first time since his wife died from blood cancer lastjune. the loneliness probably the one which really gets you. and — which really gets you. and which really -ets you. you think, i will rin- someo but and you think, i will ring someone, but its_ and you think, i will ring someone, but ...

now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. there are some human experiences which most of us find very hard to get our heads around. my guest today experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in one of americas most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside americas system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedo...

a tiny cell in one of americas most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside americas system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been through, is it possible for you to ever feel truly free? yeah, i mean philosophically, mentally and emotionally ...

once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro, himself a former rebel, has become the countrys first left—wing leader after winning sundays presidential election. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex—partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break—up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelm...