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. nearly half the regions in greece are on high alert as the worst wildfires in decades rage across the country. the government has issued a warning about a second wave of blazes as strong winds whip up many of the fires that were being brought under control. and the penultimate day of action at the olympics is under way in tokyo. kenya s peresjepchirchir has won the women s marathon title, and later medals will also be up for grabs in volleyball, basketball, volleyball and golf.
This is bbc news, the headlines: 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. nearly half the regions in greece are on high alert as the worst wildfires in decades rage across the country. the government has issued a warning about a second wave of blazes as strong winds whip up many of the fires that were being brought under control. and the penultimate day of action at the olympics is under way in tokyo. kenya s peresjepchirchir has won the women s marathon title, and later medals will also be up for grabs in volleyball, basketball, volleyball and golf.
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. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. there has been another gold medal for team gb in the flyweight boxing. in the solo ten metre diving britain s tom daley took the bronze.
Including extended family, to come to kabul to get away from what they fear it will be a serious assault on the city. now, let s get an update from the olympics. there s already been a gold medal for team gb in the boxing. other highlights on day 15 of the games in tokyo include the men s solo iom platform diving, which is in full swing. we can cross to mike bushell in the bbc sports centre for a full round up. i will come to the diving shortly, but what today it has already been and the best one yet for the box and contented of team gb. they now have a goal to go with the silvers and bronzes they have one already. galal yafai the hero.
This is bbc news, the headlines: 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. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. kenya s peresjepchirchir has won the women s marathon claiming the country s second, consecutive gold medal in the event. later, medals will also be up for grabs in basketball, volleyball and golf.