have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t
so just because the commonwealth games is over there is plenty other sporting action in the middle of the details. good evening. they say it s a marathon not a sprint but try telling that to germany s richard ringer at the european championships in munich as he appeared to come out of nowhere to take the mens out of nowhere to take the men s marathon title. ringer produced an extraordinarily well judged final burst past israel s maru teferi and gashau ayale with a sprint finish to cross the line in a time of 2 hours 10 minutes 21 seconds in front of the home crowd. aleksandra lisowska of poland took gold in the women s race. there were emotional scenes at the speed climbing men s final as ukraine s danyil goldyrev claimed gold. he beat marcin dzienski of poland to top the podium adding to his world title which he won in moscow last september. after his victory, he held a t shirt