of thrilling sporting action the tokyo olympic games end with a spectacular closing ceremony team gb cyclist jason kenny successfully defends his keirin title to become the first briton to win seven olympic gold medals. reports from northern afghanistan say there s heavy fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. ferries have been evacuating hundreds of residents and holiday makers from the greek island of evia, as wildfires continue to threaten homes and villages there. long queues of cars have formed at one port. residents are taking what they can with them, including pets. some have expressed their anger over what they see as failures of the greek authorities. our reporter bethany bell is on the island. here at the port, people are queueing up to get on ferries to take them back to the mainland. people have been receiving emergency alerts on their phones here in parts of the north of the island warning them to leave. we spoke
tonight, evia is still burning and the flames are spreading towards one of the island s largest towns. bethany bell, bbc news, athens. the afghan government says american b52 bombers have killed more than 200 taliban fighters in a series of air strikes in the city of sheberghan, where the insurgents claim to have taken control. shebhergan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum, whose supporters fight against the taliban. it comes after the militants said they d captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation. richard galpin reports. in this fast moving offensive the taliban are claiming a second province
of the congregation. all six churchgoers died from the coronavirus over the span of two weeks. four of them were under the age of 35. they were all unvaccinated. devastating wildfires rampaging through forests in greece saturday. over 1,000 people were evacuated on a boat to escape the blaze on the island of evia. dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed. one firefighter died, 20 people were treated in hospitals. american track sensation allyson felix making history by winning her 11th olympic medal. she earned gold in the 4 x 400 meter relay on saturday. she surpassed carl lewis to become the most decorated u.s. track athlete in olympic history. more of the week with joshua johnson right after the break. - what s going on? - oh, darn! - let me help. lift and push and push! there. it s up there. hey joshie. wrinkles send the wrong message. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy. i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neurosc
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successfully defends his title to become the first briton to win seven olympic gold medals. reports from northern afghanistan say there is heavy fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. no changes to the uk s travel restrictions come into force. double vaccinated people travelling from france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. with temperatures in the high 40s advancing wildfires on the greek island of evia have forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. thousands of locals and tourists have also been evacuated from athens northern suburbs, and others have had to abandon their homes elsewhere. the greek army has been deployed to help fight the blazes, and several countries including britain and germany have sent emergency aid teams to help. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is greece s second biggest island, evia. the scenes are devastating.