the mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldn t return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. just leave them to it. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gbs medal tally above 50. and coming up on the bbc news channel: she has waited three olympics to get a medal but holly bradshaw s pole vault bronze is a historic one for britain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has just been placed on the travel red list, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the governm
also in the programme, the uk government defends changes to the rules on foreign travel as thousands of british tourists scramble to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the government has defended its decision to add the country to the government read list causing some difficulty to some who are there. i can t afford another £3000, and also with my work, i can t afford to take any extra time off. and i can t work in the quarantine hotel, so we had to get back. we start with the escalating fighting in afghanistan. for months now, the taliban have been gaining ground in rural and underpopulated areas. now there s fierce conflict in several provincial capitals, the afghan army fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more civilians in more danger. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. lashkar gah is the capital of helmand province, which was the former headquarters of the british forces. there s fier
again for the first time at these olympic games. another gold for team gb injapan as matt walls triumphs in the velodrome, taking the olympics medal tally to 51. seven men have beenjailed for life for the murder of a law student during a botched drive by shooting in blackburn. a wildfire that has raged for eight days in turkey reaches a thermal power plant on the aegean coast. and uk adults spent more than a third of their waking hours watching tv and online video last year because of the pandemic. and strictly come dancing is to have its first all male partnership in the show s history after last yea r s first all female partnership. good afternoon. british holiday makers who are fully vaccinated can more easily travel to france this summer as part of significant changes to the covid travel rules that will come into force in the early hours of sunday. france will be brought into line with other amber list countries, so anyone who s had both doses of a vaccine will no longer
we start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. the afghan army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants there s been similar being targetted by the militants. there s been similar intense fighting in laskar gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the taliban s control. local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. we have exclusive pictures from herat inside one of the cities being besieged by the taliban. this footage is from the photo journalist masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. these pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. he and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. as the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. let s talk to ryan crocker, former u
i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever. just leave them. just leave them to it. £100 million for midfielderjack grealish. manchester city smash english football s transfer fee record. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gb s medal tally above 50. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the end of an era. barcelona say lionel messi will not be staying at the club because of financial and structural obstacles . good evening. the government has been defending new changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists trying to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has now been placed on the red travel list which means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the government is now urging travellers to take a pcr tes