as a potential option, i am pleased to say we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports. the trade union congress warns that up to 660,000 jobs could be at risk if the uk fails to reach net zero carbon emissions as quickly as other countries. the anti immigration hungarian prime minister victor 0rban meets pope francis in budapest. britain s eighteen year old emma raducanu has won the us open in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat nineteen year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets: six four, six three. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier, but she won the title without dropping a single set. she s the first british woman to win a grand slam singles title in 44 years. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. emma raducanu. stand by for the most fearless, exuberant execution of sporting ability you may ever witness. for emma raducanu, standard practice. there were two teenagers in the us open final. cana
of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. and the tiny bat who beat records by flying more than 1,200 miles across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. team gb have taken its gold medal tally to 20 with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. joe choong won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep in the discipline after kate french s gold in the women s event on friday. britain has won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men s 1,500 metres it s britain s first medal in the event since the 1988 olympics in seoul. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division britain s first in the weight class since 1956. he beat carlo paalam of the philippines. and tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, taking bronze in the men s ten metre platform t
the situation in afghanistan is becoming increasingly perilous, after the taliban seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. the deputy governor of sheberghan in jawzjan province, says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where they re preparing to defend themselves. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. richard galpin reports. in this fast moving offence of the taliban are claiming a second provincial s and their hands. this video appears to show them releasing inmates from the prison and the afghan authorities admit some parts of the city have been taken. just a day ago the taliban captured a city in the south west of the country, now it seems the north is also coming under their control. in the wake of the fighting many civilians are being treated at local hospitals with serious injuries. amongst them young chil
the first gold medal of the tokyo olympics has been awarded to the chinese air rifle shooter yang qian. ten others are being contested on the first full day of action including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. organisers are hoping that the sporting drama will spark enthusiasm among the japanese public and dispel some of the anxiety about holding the games in the midst of the pandemic. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to our sports reporter mike bushell, who s there and has been watching the action in tokyo. so, the first metals after this long wait, they are finally on the board? yes, indeed, a pretty prestigious moment, a bit of history if you can get the first gold medal of any olympic games. it was a real honour for yang olympic games. it was a real honour foryang qian, who olympic games. it was a real honour for yang qian, who got the first gold medal, as you were saying, for china. this was for the 10 metre rifle into shooting competition. it was quite