Nick Miles

Georgina Renhardt It is International Women's Day and we're hearing from women and girls in Afghanistan about how their lives have changed over the course of more than three years of Taliban rule. Girls over 12 years old are now barred completely from education and banned from speaking in public. UN-Experts have warned that the policies amount to gender apartheid.

Georgina Renhardt It is International Women's Day and we're hearing from women and girls in Afghanistan about how their lives have changed over the course of more than three years of Taliban rule. Girls over 12 years old are now barred completely from education and banned from speaking in public. UN-Experts have warned that the policies amount to gender apartheid.

Our producers have voiced over the women we've heard from. We're not using their real names either, so as to not put them in danger. Let's first hear from Lima, an 18-year-old from a rural district in Afghanistan, who loves to sing. First you hear her singing Wildflower by US-Star Billie Eilish.

Our producers have voiced over the women we've heard from. We're not using their real names either, so as to not put them in danger. Let's first hear from Lima, an 18-year-old from a rural district in Afghanistan, who loves to sing. First you hear her singing Wildflower by US-Star Billie Eilish.

Lima there. And this is Freshta, a midwife who had her education interrupted during the Taliban's first period of rule more than 20 years ago. She gets one Friday a month off, but her free time used to look very different.

Lima there. And this is Freshta, a midwife who had her education interrupted during the Taliban's first period of rule more than 20 years ago. She gets one Friday a month off, but her free time used to look very different.

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Yogita Limoy And that is all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod.

This edition was mixed by Masoud Ibrahim Kail and the producer was Rebecca Wood. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Nick Miles and until next time, goodbye.

This edition was mixed by Masoud Ibrahim Kail and the producer was Rebecca Wood. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Nick Miles and until next time, goodbye.

And you've looked at what you can do. If you've got a tubby lab to start with, you're a vet by training, aren't you? What can you, as it were, just exercise them more, restrain what's put in front of them?

And you've looked at what you can do. If you've got a tubby lab to start with, you're a vet by training, aren't you? What can you, as it were, just exercise them more, restrain what's put in front of them?

Is that what we should be doing then? Not stocking the fridge for someone who's got the gene?

Is that what we should be doing then? Not stocking the fridge for someone who's got the gene?

You can listen to various European leaders, Rebecca, and they each seem to have their own phrase. Five minutes to midnight, decision time, the critical moment, all underlining just what an important moment this is. But will the action follow this?

You can listen to various European leaders, Rebecca, and they each seem to have their own phrase. Five minutes to midnight, decision time, the critical moment, all underlining just what an important moment this is. But will the action follow this?

They had President Zelensky with them today for this meeting, so if they needed to focus their minds, I'm sure he would have given a vivid account of the... Die Ordeel, die die Menschen weiterhin mit Bomben auf ukrainischen Städten und Städten verursachen, die Koreografie heute begann mit dem warmen Willkommen für Präsident Zelenskyj, aber dann kam es zum Geschäft.

They had President Zelensky with them today for this meeting, so if they needed to focus their minds, I'm sure he would have given a vivid account of the... Die Ordeel, die die Menschen weiterhin mit Bomben auf ukrainischen Städten und Städten verursachen, die Koreografie heute begann mit dem warmen Willkommen für Präsident Zelenskyj, aber dann kam es zum Geschäft.

Und diese europäischen Führer aus den 27 Ländern in der Europäischen Union, sie schauten spezifisch darauf hin, Ja. Ja.

Und diese europäischen Führer aus den 27 Ländern in der Europäischen Union, sie schauten spezifisch darauf hin, Ja. Ja.