afghan officials say the taliban have seized the south west city of zaranj, the first provincial capital to fall to the militants for five years. during a un emergency meeting to discuss the worsening violence, its envoy to the region demanded the militants end their offensive. the greek government has put almost half of the country s regions on high alert as wildfires continue to spread. huge clouds of smoke are billowing over the outskirts of athens. a man s been killed in a village north of the city after being hit by a falling electricity pole. at the olympics, there s been another gold medal for team gb as galal yafai beat carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweight boxing. in the men s solo 10m diving, it was a china one two, with britain s tom daley taking bronze. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera