iam sarah i am sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, day 15 of the olympic games where tanya has won gold in the women s marathon. kenya. and the remarkable spectacle of south africa s sardine run and the predators it attacks. attracts. hello and welcome to the programme. let s begin in afghanistan, where in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with afghanistan, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre,
now on bbc news, click looks at how artificial intelligence could be used to help health services around the world. this week: a special programme. an artificial intelligence make healthcare better for all of us, and save the nhs? here in the uk, the national health service has been in crisis for many years. looking after an increasingly ageing population, with complex needs. fighting for resources, it has been a breaking point. and then. the pandemic hit. there will come then. the pandemic hit. there will come a then. the pandemic hit. there will come a moment then. the pandemic hit. there will come a moment when - then. the pandemic hit. there will come a moment when no i will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope. find health service in the world could possibly cope. and indeed many countries could possibly cope. and indeed many countries people - could possibly cope. and indeed many countries people s - could possibly cope. and in
the film review is coming up in about 10 minutes time. but first on bbc news, click. this week: a special programme. can artificial intelligence make healthcare better for all of us, and save the nhs? here in the uk the national health service has been in crisis for many years, looking after an increasingly ageing population with complex needs. fighting for resources, it has been at breaking point. and then the pandemic hit. there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope. and indeed, many countries health systems have struggled with the sheer number of covid patients. even those which didn t have people spilling out onto the streets had to put all other treatments on hold. the nhs is an old health system. in fact, it s several different systems that sometimes work together and sometimes don t. and now, it s trying to reinvent itself and embrace technology to beat the queues that covid 19 has created. this is a story i started filming just b
of south africa s sardine run and the predators it attracts. hello and welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. to our viewers on pbs welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. let s begin in afghanistan, where in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapa
now on bbc news, being intersex in russia. hello there. the very unsettled august weather continues into this weekend. low pressure nearby will generate further showers, and again, like friday, we could see some thunderstorms which could lead to some localised flooding in places. but there will be some good spells of sunshine in between, particularly across more southern areas. so, here it is, this area of low pressure, which is going to stick around both saturday, sunday and indeed even into monday. lots of isobars on the charts, so it ll be quite breezy again, particularly across southern, south western areas, and across the northern isles, gusts of 30 a0 mph. we ll have showers pretty much from the word go anywhere, but most of them will be across scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales. they will drift their way further eastwards into the afternoon, and again there ll be some torrential downpours in places. but some good spells of sunsh