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I think we do know because as we said before, nobody, including emma raducanu, can book a tennis court. that's the question asked in the latest edition of �*the sports desk�* podcast: raducanu and the year of the teenager: can britain's new sports stars help get the nation active? it's now live on the bbc sport website and bbc sounds. that's all the sport for now. there is more on the website. thanks very much, see you later. just over a month after the taliban swept to power in afghanistan — there is economic chaos. many people aren't being paid salaries and can't withdraw money from ba...

Replaced the women affairs ministry with a ministry for virtue, and at the same time, they seem to be reaching out to a number of former government employees, trying to encourage them to come back to work. here is our report, filmed by my colleague, my cameraman. lifting off, the taliban's new air force. on board, their fighters. in the cockpit, theirformer enemies — pilots from the previous government. the fleet now under the taliban's control includes fighter planes originally donated by america. dozens of pilots fled abroad as the telephone took over, fearing for their lives, taking their...

Just to make ends meet. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani sent this report from the city of mazar—i—sharif as ex—government forces begin to work with the taliban. lifting off, the taliban's new air force. on board, their fighters. in the cockpit, theirformer enemies — pilots from the previous government. but as the group announced an amnesty, others decided to stay on. you're both sitting here very calmly, but do you recognise that it's quite a strange situation for two people who were trying to kill each other now to be working together?

Salaries and can't withdraw money from banks, so they're selling their possessions just to make ends meet. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani sent this report from the city of mazar—i—sharif, as ex—government forces begin to work with the taliban. lifting off, the taliban's new air force. on board, their fighters. in the cockpit, theirformer enemies — pilots from the previous government. but as the group announced an amnesty, others decided to stay on. you are both sitting here very calmly, but do you recognise that it's quite a strange situation for two people who were try...

>> there's wally waving. she's leading the crew. >> reporter: so it came as no surprise when wally funk lead the charge on launch day. >> i was told, eight stories of stairwell. so i had gone to my doctor, and he had big stairs. i practiced. >> we are at t-minus 15 minutes. >> reporter: but when launch time was put on a brief hold, wally did what wally does. >> time's passing, and so i hit the button, i said, "what's the hold-up?" we're lifting off, and we're going up, and i'm looking out the window, and i said, "wow! there goes the ground!" >> reporter: the dream of a lifetime soaring skyward...