during the festival of eid, but now fighting is picking up, and it seems that fighting will keep increasing. there is also concern about what is going on inside those territories taliban has taken hold. human rights watch watch, reporting around 100 civilians executed by the taliban. the taliban has denied those allegations. the headlines on bbc news. the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. tackling britain s pingdemic hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england
in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. good evening. the action from tokyo has been coming thick and fast on day one. no medals for team gb so far, but there s been plenty of brits in action to bring you up to date on. adam peaty is one of the best hopes for gold. and the world record holder and defending champion topped the time sheets, easing his way into the semifinals of the 100m breaststroke. peaty s looking to become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title, and he said it was strange competing in an empty arena. it s a bit weird, it s very weird. one of the weirdest competitions i ve been to going to be honest. but you know, it doesn t really matter.
a nighttime curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan, in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as dozens of wildfires continue to burn across the region. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles and has more. we ve seen many more fires than in recent years. many more described as mega fires, and they determine when it s burned more than 100,000 acres. the one in northern california is spreading out of control. the weather conditions have helped a little bit in the last 2a hours or so, but it s reallyjust marginal because of the really searing heat and that we ve been having over the past few weeks, combined with the
of people are told to self isolate by the nhs covid app. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s the first full day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 gold medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in thejudo, where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. mariko oi has the details.
they prepared, so they managed to safely make their way out. the storms became a spectacle right across southern counties. with the lightning came torrential rain. the met office issued a yellow alert, and says high gusts of winds and some flooding are possible in southern england over the next 48 hours. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals, a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. the uk government attempts to tackle disruption to key services in england as hundreds of thousands of people are told to self isolate by the nhs covid app. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities.