host nation, japan, they ve had this incredible record haul, 27 goals, far better than they were expecting in many respects. they got a brother and sister who both won medals in thejudo, young dynamic the judo, young dynamic skateboarders thejudo, young dynamic skateboarders who were only 12 and 19 when they stood on that olympic podium. they won the baseball the other night which is an absolute passion for manyjapanese. on the sporting field that was all the success so you started to feel the tide, sort of, turning here and the change as people started really enjoying the sporting action, so, like manyjapanese, i have also felt a bit conflicted that, yes, this has been happening and it is the pandemic with a huge amount of concern about the health care system and whether or not it would hold up but also these incredible moments that we ve seen in the sporting arena. , ., that we ve seen in the sporting arena. , . . , ., , arena. yes, and incredible moments that have happened arena.
they stood on that 0lympic podium. they won the baseball the other night, which is an absolute passion for the japanese. so, on the sporting field, there was all the success, so you started the to feel the tide sort of turning here and the change. people started really enjoying the sporting action. like manyjapanese, i have also felt a bit conflicted that, yes, this has been happening and there is the pandemic with a huge amount of concern about the health care system and whether or not it would hold up, but also these incredible moments that we have seen in the sporting arena. hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of greece, as wildfires continue to blaze out of control. the country s most intense heatwave in 30 years has made woodland tinder dry, creating perfect conditions, for the fires to burn. the region north of athens, and avia, greece s second largest island, are among the worst affected areas from where . ferries are helping evacuate residents
asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon. in afghanistan, the taliban say they ve captured their second provinincial capital in 2a hours. britain and the us warn their citizens to leave the country immediately. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. let s get more sporting action, away from tokyo here s gavin ramjaun with a round up. chelsea are closing in on the signing chelsea are closing in on the signing lukaku for million.
now, is afghanistan looking back to the warlords? that is what we saw last week. supporters were galvanised to stop the taliban entering a city. now supporters are fighting in the north. that is a worry for many people, because of the warlords are going to be there, and even civilians are going to be armed, that can lead to more of a civilian battle, like what happened in the 1990s, intense fighting, it could become more ethnic, that is what has people worried. let s get more sporting action, away from tokyo here s with a round up. rangers have been defeated by dundee
metres hurdles and then jamaica s elaine thompson herat did the double double going gold in rio and back that up in tokyo with gold in the 100 and 200 metres again. so a great evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo. mil evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo. evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in trying - here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in trying to - here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in trying to get i valiant effort in trying to get them to sing. before you leave tokyo, i m going to get you to sing a few bars yourself. thank you for all the sporting action there from tokyo. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come, there s concern for the survival of chimpanzees in sierra leone the population in africa is disappearing due to deforestation and other human activity. we ll have a special report. the q