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. at the olympics, there s been another gold medal for team gb as galal yafai beat carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweight boxing. in the men s solo 10m diving, it was a china one two, with britain s tom daley taking bronze. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera
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 the militants end their offensive. greek governmer half the greek government has put almost half the country s regions on high alert as wildfires continue to spread. huge pillars of smoke billowing on the outskirts of athens. a man has been killed in a village north of the city after being hit by falling electricity pole. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. kenya s peresjepchirchir won the women s marathon, claiming the country s second consecutive gold medal in the event. later, medals will be up for grabs in diving, volleyball, and golf.
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 has 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 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 diving, 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. 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. 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. now on bbc news,
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. at the olympics, there s been another gold medal for team gb as galal yafai beat carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweight boxing. in the men s solo 10m diving, it was a china one two, with britain s tom daley taking bronze. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera