Hello and thanks forjoining us. In afghanistan, a development many people feared and many predicted. Violence is on the rise since the us military withdrew from Bagram Air field last week, and the taliban have seized more districts. This map, from a us Defence Research think thank, shows the areas now in taliban control they are in dark grey. Contested areas are in red and areas controlled by the afghan government in light grey. Its not impossible to verify, but the taliban says it has captured 150 out of 369 districts in the past two months of fighting. Afghanistans Interior Ministry says it does not mean all of those areas have completely fallen. More than 1,000 afghan government soldiers have fled across the border into tajikistan, according to the government there. The bbc� s security correspondent, Frank Gardner reports. Gunfire. On their own now, but still fighting the taliban. Afghan security forces are in action this week without the us military Support Theyve relied on, for the past 20 years. The strategic Bagram Air base just north of kabul is an afghan government hands now. The americans pulled out last week, leaving behind a deeply unstable country. The former president , hamid karzai, blames the west. The entire mission with regard to the stated objective of the united states and its nato allies in defeating Terrorism And Extremism has failed. The Military Compartment that was intended to fight extremism and terrorism, that, rather than doing the job correctly and where it was needed, began to hurt and harass and bomb and imprison afghans. Thats where it failed. And thats where our Failure Today is. 0thers blame endemic corruption, inefficiency and massive waste. The conflict has costed an estimated 1 Trillion and over 100,000 lives, and it could be about to get worse. Taliban insurgents are on the offensive. They reportedly control a quarter of afghanistans districts after overrunning several government outposts. They are insisting no western forces be left behind. All foreign forces should withdraw from the country whether they are contractor, adviser and trainers, because they were part of the occupation. Thats a violation, we will react. But that reaction would be based on the decision of our leadership. In Kandahar Province the former Taliban Stronghold residents have been voicing their fears of what they think the return to power might mean. Translation the taliban dont want peace, the taliban want the whole government. The taliban are only killing. And theres another concern. 0sama Bin Laden may be dead, but his organisation, alqaeda, lives on. Many fear a return of the taliban means a return of alqaeda. A Nightmare Scenario not just for afghanistan, but for much of the world. Frank gardner, bbc news. The british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has confirmed that he intends to lift all Coronavirus Restrictions in england in two weeks� time, with a final decision next week. That would mean workers returning to the office and an end to social distancing. But it comes as cases across the country continue to rise. Theres been an average of over 25,000 daily cases over the past week. But the Uk Government says this is manageable because the Vaccine Rollout has meant hospitalisations and deaths are comparatively low. This graph shows the growth of cases in the second and the current third wave of the virus, which includes the new Delta Variant, with both growing rapidly. But this graph shows that current hospitalisations are lagging far behind the second wave, although they are still rising. And a similar pattern can been seen in the statistics for deaths. As you can see they are far fewer than in the last wave. Mrjohnson has warned that covid infections across the uk were predicted to rise to 50,000 a day later this month. 0ur political correspondent vicky young reports. All around us the signs of life interrupted by a pandemic. Instructions about where we can go, who we can see even in our own home, how far apart we must stand, but in two weeks things could change. Covid has not gone but most restrictions in england are likely to disappear. Restaurants and pubs can open normally, theatres and cinemas can fill every seat. The Prime Minister put the emphasis on personal responsibility instead of government orders. I want to stress from the outset that this pandemic is far from over. And we must reconcile ourselves sadly to more deaths from covid. Theres only one reason why we can contemplate going ahead to step four in circumstances where we would normally be locking down further and that is because of the continuing effectiveness of the Vaccine Roll out. And in bristol, people are starting to contemplate life with fewer rules. Personally i think its better to be safe than sorry, but just like every normal person, i welcome the change. Its the wrong thing, wrong decision. Reporter why . Because cases are going up. At least give it a go and then if anything gets worse, you can always go back. I think we just have to live with it. You cant keep living your life being told what to do. People are now afraid even to Go Out, some people. For some, the Face Mask has become a hated symbol of intrusive government. It will still be recommended in hospitals and enclosed Public Spaces but the legal requirement to wear a Face Covering will go. Unions say that will put workers at risk. The days of hundreds of pages of rules and regulations to follow will soon be gone and instead the government is asking us to use a Common Sense and make personal decisions about how we stay safe. Its a big shift in approach but it comes at a time when cases are rising. The Prime Minister has been marking the nhss birthday, and making sure hospitals can cope has been at the heart of his covid strategy. Can you tell us how bad you expect it to get . Obviously we have to be cautious and we will continue to look at all the data as we progress. If we dont go ahead now when the Summer Fire Break is coming up, the school holidays, all the advantages that should give us in fighting the virus, the question is when would be go ahead. What the modelling would imply is we will reach that peak before we get to The Point where we have the kind of pressures that we saw in january for example this year. Labour says some will need more support. To throw off all protections at the same time when the Infection Rate is still going up is reckless. We need a balanced approach, we need to keep key protections in placel including masks, ventilation and crucially on something weve asked for during the pandemic, Proper Payment for those who need to self isolate. Later in the week we will find out about governments plans for foreign travel and when we come into a positive case what will happen. In schools, whole classes or bubbles wont be sent home. We have lived under restrictions that we could not have imagined. Today, Boris Johnson signalled it is time to get back to normal. Vicki young, bbc news, westminster. It has prompted some strong reactions. Earlier i spoke to eric fiegl ding, an Epidemiologist And Seniorfellow at the federation of american scientists. I asked him if the british government had made the right decision. This is absolutely the wrong time and the wrong decision, period. All i can say is its a horrible, terrible, no good very bad decision. The Delta Variant is not your normal variant. The Delta Variant is the most contagious, fastest tra nsmitting variant, much more than weve ever seen before, it is much more severe, it is 4 5 times greater risk of hospitalisation than the old strain, and also it is vaccine somewhat attenuating and evasive, so one dose is not enough and we know that with two doses, in Israel Weve seen the Efficacy Drop from the 90s to 64 it is the wrong time. Eric, you are absolutely clear on that. Isnt The Point, though, that vaccinations in the uk are at a pretty high level . I know you mentioned israel there. And that whilst it is easily transmissible, it is not as virulent as previous strains have proved to be. So that is a complete misinformation and completely false. That data was. You are comparing apples and oranges. The fact is the Delta Variant is way more severe, way more virulent, it causes severe disease and greater risk of hospitalisation by 4 to 5 fold according to the studies, Peer Reviews and also according to government data. It is completely false to say it is less severe. What would you say then to the Prime Minister when he says, look, if we dont go ahead now, when do we go ahead . What is your message there . Hes framing it as, 0h, we dont want to live under a shroud of lockdowns, or we want to reopen. Look, this is not a choice between lockdowns or reopening. If you want to avoid Lockdowns Everyone wants to avoid lockdown, nobody wanted lockdown if you want to avoid a lockdown, the path to do that is not the one he chose, the path to do that is more masks, ventilation, air cleaning, ppes, things we discussed, but the path hes chosen is the path towards lockdowns and we dont want that because hospitalisations, you know, nhs workers, healthcare workers, there is a toll that they can take, and when every medical ethics dictate you should always protect and prevent people suffering from hospitalisations and long covid, which i in 7 adults and i in 12 children suffer from long covid, that is not an acceptable statistic, so just saying, lets flood the hospitals right now, our Hospital Beds are not empty, that is just complete dereliction of any public health and ethical measures, especially as a government. Lets spread the covid story further afield. An alarming number of doctors in india have found themselves the targets of attacks by Family Members of patients who say their loved ones havent received sufficient medical care. The Indian Medical Association is now calling for a new law to protect healthcare workers. Divya arya has more from delhi, and a warning that her report contains disturbing scenes at the very start. They used whatever they could lay their hands on, a metal bedpan, a wooden stick, orjust theirfists. Shocked by the death of their loved one from covid, these relatives took out their anger on this doctor. 0n just a second day of work after graduating medical school. One month later, the memory of the attack was still fresh. Translation i was very scared. And it felt like i wouldnt survive the attack. They were hitting my head. My nose was constantly bleeding. I begged them to stop, but they didnt. 36 people have now been charged. A shocking case, but not by a long way indias first during the pandemic. In some cases, doctors have taken to the streets, complaining about the ongoing attacks that have occurred throughout the pandemic. Translation the responsibility for the workers, the responsibility for all of us, so i wanted to be investigated properly. They started throwing a plastic chair. Nobody was arrested over the attack, which has left the doctor suffering flashbacks. At the peak of the second wave of infections, angry relatives damaged property at the apollo hospital. Translation the most| common factor is the lack of infrastructure in hospitals, because of this, hospitals get overcrowded, and as a result, the Junior Doctors often become the target of violence by relatives. Last month, doctors across india held demonstrations, calling for legal protection for health care staff, saying there has been a sharp increase in attacks during the pandemic. Many indian states have laws against attacking health workers, but the Indian Medical Association says State Legislation is not always enforced or even publicised. They believe on the a new law passed by the central government can help stop the violence. India has very few doctors for its billion plus people, now it is struggling to keep them safe. Divya arya, bbc news. At least 140 students have been kidnapped in North West nigeria, following the latest attack on a school. The military says 26 children were rescued. More than 1,000 students have been seized for ransom since december. Nine have been killed and more than 200 are still missing. Well, stay with us on bbc news, if you can. Still to come wimbledon woes for the british teen tennis sensation, emma raducanu. We will explain. Central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. Police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that alqaeda was responsible. Germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. They pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. In south africa, the possibility of losing hadnt even been contemplated. Celebration parties were cancelled. A man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way to the queens private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette and, Underthe Pretext of arranging for some to be bought, summoned a footman. On duty who took the man away. Cheering and applause one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. This is bbc news. Im david eades. The latest headlines us Troops Head for the exit in afghanistan, as the taliban continues to seize more districts, and more than 1,000 afghan soldiers are said to have fled the country. In england where coronavirus cases are rising rapidly the Prime Minister confirms plans to scrap most of the remaining restrictions in two weeks. A russian based Hacking Group known as revil has compromised the Computer Systems of at least 1,000 businesses worldwide by targeting an american it provider, that writes and updates their software. One of those affected is swedens coop supermarket, which has had to close some 500 outlets thats more than half its stores because tills and Self Service checkouts had stopped working. Well, revil has tailored its ransom demands to the size of each respective company, but on sunday said it would settle the lot for 70 Million if someone were prepared to pay it. Earlier i spoke tojon bateman, a former Intelligence Analyst for the us government. What were seeing here with this hack is really the combination of two things that have happened before, but rarely together. One is a supply chain compromise, whereby hackers gain access to one victim and then use that to then get a Follow On Access to many, many other victims. The other is ransomware, where a companys data is held hostage unless they pay cryptocurrency. But again, both of these things are increasingly common, but this is one of the most expansive hacks that combines both techniques together, and that is why people are calling this the biggest Ransomware Attack of all time, although it is still a bit early to quantify the impact. Yeah, Ijust Wonder what you make of this � job lot� approach, saying, give us 70 Million and well clear everybody . I mean, these are all completely separate businesses . Its fascinating and we havent seen that before. Some people theorise its actually just too many victims for the Ransomware Gang to process. Keep in mind these Ransomware Gangs operate much like businesses. They have a Customer Service Line and there are people who are paid primarily to negotiate and interact with victims. But another possibility is that the Ransomware Gang involved here realised that they had done a bit more damage than they had intended and the level of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Scrutiny could be beyond what they anticipated. Right. These are just two theories. Yeah. You call it a Ransomware Gang. I mean, any idea on how many are involved in this sort of thing . I think we recognise it may not be the work of a state, but how many people does it take to form a gang like an revil . Its hard to say, because most of them operate now on an Affiliate Or Franchise model, whereby one set of people develops the malware and another set of people Go Out and gain access to victims and installs that malware. And then there may be a third set of people that actually does the negotiations and payment processing. But its likely that this was the responsibility of russian cyber criminals and not something specifically ordered by the russian state. But its also important to realise that is somewhat beside The Point, because moscow has a Long Standing Governmental Policy Of Tolerating and legally protecting these sorts of gangs. So, ultimately, Vladimir Putin is culpable for such attacks. Jon bateman. They call it Manic Monday at wimbledon and its lived up to that name, as all the mens and womens last 16 matches have been taking place. Defending Mens Champion Novak djokovic is through as is roger federer. No surprise. Former womens champion, german Angelique Kerber Beat coco gauff, but perhaps the most manic moment was reserved, very U Nfortu nately, for the last remaining british player in the singles, emma raducanu, who had to retire for medical reasons. She was largely unknown before these wimbledon championships, but has already become a feature of newspaper headlines. Here is the times. This is the telegraphs sports section. Rather dramatic close to her wimbledon there. Ben rothenberg is a writer for the New York Times and host of the � no challenges remaining tennis podcast. Hejoined me from the Press Room at wimbledon a short time ago, saying theres been little information released about Emma Raducanus Retirement from the match. Yeah, very abrupt, mysterious, and disappointing, for sure. Raducanu was playing well and in the second set and seemed to be have some Breathing Difficulties and was hyperventilating a bit and then left court with the doctors for treatment and did not come back. And its very unusual for a player to sort of retire from a match or abandon a match without coming back on the court to shake the opponents and everything. So, it was concerning for her that she was not able to make it back to the court. Hopefully she is doing well. There hasnt been much information from the tournament or from her about how shes doing, except to say the official reason for her withdrawal was for her Breathing Difficulties. Yes, speculation there. One very exciting teenager does Go Out. As indeed does the other, coco gauff, who we are familiar with now. Only 17. And angelique kerber, i saw that Match Kerber looked pretty good. Yeah, kerber is rounding into form very well. She has had a couple of quiet years. She hadnt made a grand Slam Quarterfinal even since winning wimbledon in 2018, which is her last of her three major titles, but shes really growing in confidence. I think shes a player who builds on that confidence really well and shes someone who no one remaining in the draw will want to see across the net. She is also the only former wimbledon champion left in the side in this final eight. And we are still in that bizarre era with womens tennis, arent we, where no one is establishing themselves. I mean, even serena williams, lets be honest, is struggling to maintain her prowess, if you like, on the court. And i think you were pointing out something like there have been 22 different womens names in the quarterfinals for the slams this year, out of 2a possible places . Yeah. No, its been really remarkable and a completely new slate of players compared to the final eight in paris. So, its already complete 100 turnover. And one of those names who have been in two, Ash Barty, who is the number one ranked player, i think she has a chance to solidify herself as being a force if she goes on a good run here. Maybe she will add a little bit of stability for the title. And then obviously Naomi 0saka when she comes back, someone who is still very competitive there. It might look random at a casual glance, but certainly nowhere near the stability of the Mens Side with Novak Djokovic. We have an australian producer working on this story, at the moment, ben. So i have got to mention it it is an all australia quarterfinal. Ash barty against either tomljanovic, who basically had that win. It shows how late it is there the light is going do you think Ash Barty could actually emerge as the winner in the woMens Side . 0h, absolutely she is comfortable on grass, she no one doubts after she recovered at the French Open from that hip injury. And through her four matches, she makes it look like she is doing 0k, and her wins were convincing so far. She should probably go in as the favourite for every match she plays for the remainder of this tournament. A quick word about the men. No surprises, djokovic is through. Federer is through but it wasnt easy, but straight sets in The End . But there is no one but Novak Djokovic for the mens to win the mens singles, is there . I think if Novak Djokovic loses, it will likely be to himself beating himself. There are some capable players in the final that are still there. Matteo berrettini, the winner of Queens Club is really emerging as a solid player on grass. But i think djokovic is still ahead of the field and pulling his way over christian Garin Today was very convincing. And so not many signs of slowing down at this point in the tournament. Ben rothenberg. Thanks for watching. Hello there. Monday was drierfor a while across england and wales, but we certainly saw the weather going down hill from the south. This rain here is marching its way northwards across the uk up into Northern England and scotland, where already in the past few days in edinburgh, we have had a Months Worth of rain. Now that early rain is moving away, but this area of low pressure is taking a band of Rain Heavy At Times Northwards Up Towards Scotland and Northern England with blustery showers following to the south. For a while, we will have some unseasonably windy weather along the coast of england all the way from dorset across to suffolk, gusts of 50mph in the morning. It wont be as windy in the afternoon, but there will be some heavy showers around, and we have still got this more persistent rain, never really clearing away from Northern England, pushing into eastern scotland. Elsewhere, some brightness and maybe some sunshine. The showers are never too far away, and they may well be heavy as well. Generally, temperatures a bit lower on tuesday, 18 19 typically, could be chillier than that where it stays wet in Northern England and eastern scotland. And as we have seen, there are some showers around, they could well affect wimbledon once again. Its going to be another day where we may well have the covers on and off. Those showers will probably tend to ease off though during the evening and into the night. More places become dry, still got some wetter weather towards the North East of scotland. The breeze tends to ease down a little bit, and we will find temperatures typically again around 12 13 degrees. Now, its low pressure thats brought all the rain over recent days, in the centre of the low pressure, by the time we get to wednesday, its close to the North East of scotland. So theres more Cloud Rolling in here and some patchy rain around, too. Elsewhere, there may well be some sunshine, but we are going to find showers breaking out, and those could turn heavy and thundery come the afternoon, particularly across wales, the midlands, across to lincolnshire as well. Temperatures may be a notch higher on friday, still no better than 20 21 celsius. Lets end with a glimmer of hope, because the low pressure is trying to move away. This is where high pressure is, dry weather, and this is trying to nudge up from the South West across the uk. So during thursday and friday, the winds wont be as strong, and for more places, it will be dry. Some sunshine, although still rather cloudy for scotland and northern ireland. Temperatures should be a little bit higher. This is bbc news. The headlines russia, Iran And Turkey have suspended work at their consulates in the afghan city of mazar e sharif, as the taliban make advances across the region, a week after us troops completed their exit. 0ver1,000 afghan soldiers have been forced to flee across the border into tajikistan. Englands covid lockdown will end in two weeks time despite scientists urging caution as the number of cases is still rising. The british Prime Minister says its possible because 86 of adults have been vaccinated. From the 19th Ofjuly Face Masks will be voluntary and social distancing scrapped. A Cybercrime Gang thought to be behind a huge global Ransomware Attack, is demanding 70 Million in cryptocurrency. The russia linked Revil Group says it will unlock all the Computer Systems its blocking in exchange for the payment