| Tuesday 27 October 2230 BST - BBC Two Presented by Kirsty Wark In Afghanistan - where eight more soldiers died today - there is not one but two battles being fought. The battle to conquer the Taliban, and another equally devastating battle, to keep women and their babies alive. Maternal mortality is one of the country's most persistent problems and Lyse Doucet has been to the remote region of Badakshan to see what happens to all too many women there. Her film is very moving, as women desperately try to help each other in a society where women can't even seek medical help without their husband's permission - and there's scant medical assistance anyway. Read more here. The leader, the candidate, an affair and a rebellion. David Cameron has given his wholehearted support today to Elizabeth Truss who has been selected as the Conservative candidate for South West Norfolk. Her affair some years ago with a Tory MP, Mark Field, was not raised during the selection process. Now the constituency party is not entirely relaxed and is holding a meeting at 6pm tonight to review the situation. It is highly unlikely that the result of tonight's deliberations will be deselection, but it brings to light the Tory tussle between local control and centralised command, which is only going to become more intense as new selection rules are introduced in the New Year. Has homophobia really gone away or is it just in the closet? The shocking attack on James Parkes, a trainee police officer, in the gay quarter of Liverpool, has left him in a critical condition. The police are treating it as a homophobic hate crime. Should it be made clearer in schools that homophobia - like racism - is a punishable offence? Do join me at 10.30pm. Kirsty | 
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