This is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines at two. gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon. bronze on the track asjosh kerr runs a personal best in the men s 1,500m for his medal. boxing gold for galal yafai as he wins in the flyweight division for team gb. success in the pool, too. tom daley earning bronze in the ten metres platform diving his second medal of the games. britain s matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men s madison silver behind denmark in first. in other news, the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance.
And get out as soon as possible, but some people have not wanted to do that. they wanted to try and stay to protect their property as much as possible, but of course that s very risky for them and their families. more than 200 taliban fighters have been killed in strikes by us long range bombers, according to afghanistan s defence ministry. the ministry says it s called in american b 52 aircraft in the battle against the militants in the city of sheberghan. earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of the city. shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants had earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they ve made sweeping gains
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us and britain warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave as the taliban continue their advance, seizing a second provincial capital. hundreds are evacuated by ferry in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. gold medal number 20 for team gb at the tokyo olympics asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon meanwhile, india gets its first ever athletics gold medal at the olympics neeraj chopra winning the javelin to end the country s 100 year wait for glory.
Had theirfirstjab, and more than 76 %, are now fully vaccinated. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front page at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, political editor for the sunday mirror, and katy balls, deputy political editor for the spectator. the headlines on bbc news. the us and britain warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave as the taliban continue their advance, seizing a second provincial capital. hundreds are evacuated by ferry in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. and it s gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot
To defend themselves. shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. 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. how disturbing is this development? the government must be worried at this point. the change in situation is fast. we spoke yesterday about the fall of a provincial capital yesterday. within 2a hour is, in the north, they are showing how they can reach out to a different part of afghanistan. they captured