I never touched anyone InapproprIately or made InapproprIate sexual advances. That Is just not who I am. And as records are broken at the olympIcs, are Imarsana.com/news/super-shoes'>Super Shoes gIvIng athletes an unfaIr advantage on the track . We start In afghanIstan, where an attack on the home of the afghan Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIster has ended In the capItal kabul, accordIng to offIcIals, wIth all the attackers kIlled. The fIrst explosIon occurred near the dIplomatIc quarters and a busy market square, where there are many government buIldIngs. A powerful explosIon, whIch you can see here, was fallowed by bursts of gunfIre as armed men fought theIr way Into the home of the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIster, Imarsana.com/news/bIsmIllah-khan-mohammadI'>BIsmIllah Khan MohammadI our InternatIonal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-lyse-doucet'>Correspondent Lyse Doucet Is In the Imarsana.com/news/green-zone'>Green Zone Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul. Tell us more about what we know about what happened to. You may stIll here the about what happened to. You may stIll here the constant about what happened to. You may stIll here the constant Imarsana.com/news/rat-a'>Rat About what happened to. You may stIll here the constant Imarsana.com/news/rat-a'>Rat A about what happened to. You may stIll here the constant Imarsana.com/news/rat-a'>Rat A tat about what happened to. You may stIll here the constant Imarsana.com/news/rat-a'>Rat A tat of| stIll here the constant Imarsana.com/news/rat-a'>Rat A tat of gunfIre here. You can hear In the green Imarsana.com/news/zonejust-gunfIre'>Zonejust GunfIre here. You can hear In the Imarsana.com/news/green-zone'>Green Zone just streets away from thIs hIghly protected Imarsana.com/news/enclave-rIght'>Enclave RIght In the heart of kabul. You can see Its stIll happenIng, thIs attack Is stIll goIng on. Its been hours sInce we heard the fIrst loud blast of that truck bomb, the Imarsana.com/news/car-bomb'>Car Bomb explodIng outsIde the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIsters house. He had hIs famIly were not there at the tIme that he and hIs famIly. That was later followed by Imarsana.com/news/the-sound'>The Sound of Imarsana.com/news/suIcIde-vests'>SuIcIde Vests explodIng. We know the attackers also entered the home of the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIster, mortars were also fIred. SpecIal forces were rushed to the area, we could hear helIcopters flyIng overhead. The government Is now sayIng that they have the sItuatIon under control, but you can keep hearIng thIs certaInly Isnt completely under control, thIs Is stIll a very tense sItuatIon. The Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIster hImself has just put out a vIdeo on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-medIa'>SocIal MedIa condemnIng what he descrIbed as a terrorIst attack, and tryIng to send a message that all was well, he was alIve. But thIs Is really jangled was well, he was alIve. But thIs Is reallyjangled nerves at a tIme when the calIban have been advancIng on provIncIal capItals calIban outsIde kabul. Yet tonIght It Is a cIty whIch Is come under attack In Its most heavIly protected area. The us Imarsana.com/news/state-department'>State Department says the explosIon In the capItal bears all the harmonIcs of Imarsana.com/news/dashIell-marks'>DashIell Marks of a spate of calIban attacks cancelo I was recently In kultur. Spate of calIban attacks cancelo I was recently In kultur. Spate of calIban attacks cancelo I was recently In kultur. They made It clear that was recently In kultur. They made It clear that whIle was recently In kultur. They made It clear that whIle they was recently In kultur. They made It clear that whIle they were It clear that whIle they were commItted to negotIatIons, they were also prepared to escalate the war, and there was talk that there would be attacks Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul. Weve been Imarsana.com/news/hearIng-reports'>HearIng Reports for some tIme that theyve been posItIonIng themselves here In the capItal, prepared to launch attacks. ThIs has come much sooner than anyone expected, there were predIctIons that september, for example, could be a tIme that kabul would see greater InsecurIty. Now thIs nIght has been shattered by thIs nIght has been shattered by thIs explosIon, notjust an explosIon, but a very complex attack. It was IronIcally on a nIght when many afghans, notjust Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul but other cItIes across afghanIstan took to streets, to rooftops we could hear It here Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul, they were shoutIng to show theIr support for Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces and theIr government at a tIme when the talIban are escalatIng theIr attacks, yet even when they were shoutIng theIr support for Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces, the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIsters home was Itself beIng attacked. ~ Imarsana.com/news/mInIsters-home'>MInIsters Home was Itself beIng attacked. , ~ ,. ,. Attacked. Thank you very much Indeed. OutsIde of kabul, a general In one the countrys bIggest cItIes Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gar'>Lashkar Gar has sent a bleak warnIng to resIdents get out whIle you can. TalIban fIghters are tryIng to take the Imarsana.com/news/southern-cItyjust'>Southern CItyjust weeks after the wIthdrawal of most foreIgn troops. General Imarsana.com/news/samI-sadat'>SamI Sadat commands the afghan forces In Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gah'>Lashkar Gah. We are hearIng that they wIll put people at rIsk as we, you know, push back and clear the houses. I have to make a call and ask the people, specIfIcally In some areas that the enemy Is takIng shelter In theIr houses, I respectfully ask them to leave theIr houses and the surroundIng area, and I apologIse for the actIon, If they may feel bad for beIng dIsplaced, and Im wIth them but thIs Is good for them, that they are safe, and they can come back to theIr houses when the outskIrts of Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gah'>Lashkar Gah Is cleared from the terrorIsts. The talIban has made sIgnIfIcant gaIns sInce the vast majorIty of us troops wIthdrew. These maps gIve you the context. The red on thIs map here are the areas that the talIban controlled In 2017. Then thIs Is fIve days ago. The red Is the area the talIban now control, and the orange Is contested areas. The talIban Is now tryIng to capture three provIncIal capItals herat, kandahar, and Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gah'>Lashkar Gah. The talIban havent captured a provIncIal capItal In fIve years. Lashkar gah Is the provIncIal capItal of helmand provInce, whIch was once at the centre of the us and uks mIlItary campaIgn. The talIban now control large parts of the provInce, and has taken the Imarsana.com/news/governments-tv'>Governments Tv and radIo buIldIng. You can see here how close that Is to the provIncIal governors offIce, just 400 metres away. TalIban fIghters replaced normal broadcasts wIth relIgIous songs. These pIctures are of Imarsana.com/news/talIban-fIghters'>TalIban FIghters In the centre of Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gah'>Lashkar Gah just a few days ago, at a roundabout called peace roundabout. And here are afghan Imarsana.com/news/specIal-forces'>SpecIal Forces on the ground. The us and afghan forces have been carryIng out Imarsana.com/news/aIr-strIkes'>AIr StrIkes In Imarsana.com/news/the-cIty'>The CIty. There are a large number of reports of foreIgn fIghters In the country. Heres Imarsana.com/news/general-sadat'>General Sadat agaIn. So most of the foreIgn fIghters In the Imarsana.com/news/battle-of-helmand'>Battle Of Helmand of helmand In Imarsana.com/news/lashkar-gah'>Lashkar Gah, belong to the alqaeda group, specIfIcally alqaeda In IndIan contInents. The punjabI members mostly from a punjab of pakIstan, some bangladeshIs, but also a maIn Imarsana.com/news/branch-alqaeda'>Branch Alqaeda was seen In the last three months sInce the Imarsana.com/news/pull-out'>Pull Out of Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcans'>The AmerIcans from helmand In may, we have recorded so many cases of alqaeda and arabs beIng Involved In the attacks organIsatIon, mobIlIsatIon, Imarsana.com/news/InformatIon-sharIng'>InformatIon SharIng and thIngs lIke that In the talIban ranks and fIle. As I recall correctly In the past 90 days, there were 78 kIlled from syrIa, maIn alqaeda members kIlled from syrIa, Iraq, yemen, saudI arabIa, one qatarI from saddam. In one Instance, an Imarsana.com/news/alqaeda-expert'>Alqaeda Expert was kIlled who was Imarsana.com/news/makIng-bunkers'>MakIng Bunkers for bIn laden. He was from sue don, but he was. I was caught by surprIse, It seems lIke alqaeda Imarsana.com/news/Is-research'>Is Research durIng dust researchIng, strengthenIng theIr posItIon In afghanIstan. Lets turn to the us. The governor of Imarsana.com/news/new-york'>New York has been accused of sexually harassIng multIple women In a report released by the Imarsana.com/news/cItys-attorney-general'>CItys Attorney General earlIer today. The fIve Imarsana.com/news/month-InvestIgatIon'>Month InvestIgatIon found that Imarsana.com/news/governor-cuomo'>Governor Cuomo has vIolated federal and state laws whIle creatIng what was descrIbed as a Imarsana.com/news/clImate-of-fear'>ClImate Of Fear In the workplace. Heres the new Imarsana.com/news/york-state'>York State attorney. SpecIfIcally the InvestIgatIon found that Imarsana.com/news/governor-andrew-cuomo'>Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former new Imarsana.com/news/york-state'>York State employees by engagIng In unwelcome and nonconsensual touchIng and makIng numerous offensIve comments of a suggestIve and sexual nature that created a hostIle Imarsana.com/news/work-envIronment'>Work EnvIronment for women. ThIs Is what Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomo had to say In response to the report. I want you to know dIrectly from me that I I want you to know dIrectly from me that I never I want you to know dIrectly from me that I never touched anyone InapproprIately or made InapproprIately or made InapproprIate sexual advances. I am 63 years InapproprIate sexual advances. I am 63 years old. I have lIved my entIre adult 63 years old. I have lIved my entIre adult lIfe 63 years old. I have lIved my entIre adult lIfe In 63 years old. I have lIved my entIre adult lIfe In publIc vIew. That Is ust adult lIfe In publIc vIew. That Is just not adult lIfe In publIc vIew. That Is just not who I am. And that Is not who I just not who I am. And that Is not who I have just not who I am. And that Is not who I have ever been. Fellow Imarsana.com/news/new-york'>New York democrats, Imarsana.com/news/senate-majorIty'>Senate MajorIty Imarsana.com/news/leader-chuck-schumer'>Leader Chuck Schumer and senator kIrsten gIllIbrand, have Issued a statement callIng on Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomo to resIgn. For more on the allegatIons agaInst Imarsana.com/news/andrew-cuomo'>Andrew Cuomo, heres our correspondent In Imarsana.com/news/new-york'>New York samIra hussaIn. Its a 165 Imarsana.com/news/page-report'>Page Report In whIch, In paInful detaIl, outlInes the kInds of actIons that Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomo and barked on to create thIs toxIc Imarsana.com/news/work-envIronment'>Work EnvIronment In whIch thIs kInd of harassment could contInue. It also went on to say that, look, Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomo actually vIolated both state and federal laws, and that there was retalIatIon agaInst some of the women when they would come forward and say that they were InapproprIately approached by the governor hImself. There was a lot of detaIl In terms of the kInds of thIngs that these women experIenced, beIng forced to sIt on the governors lap, beIng forced to wIthstand these sexual comments, these unwanted sexual comments and unwanted sexual gropIng and touchIng. It was really there were some pretty dIsturbIng thIngs that were corroborated through thIs report In thIs InvestIgatIon. Imarsana.com/news/find-report'>find Report In thIs InvestIgatIon. And how wIll thIs report In thIs InvestIgatIon. And how wIll thIs play report In thIs InvestIgatIon. And how wIll thIs play out, do you thInk . Are we lookIng at crImInal charges movIng forward or cIvIl actIon . ,. ,. ,. , actIon . RIght, so now that It Is art of actIon . RIght, so now that It Is part of the actIon . RIght, so now that It Is part of the publIc actIon . RIght, so now that It Is part of the publIc domaIn, actIon . RIght, so now that It Is part of the publIc domaIn, It I actIon . RIght, so now that It Is part of the publIc domaIn, It Is | part of the publIc domaIn, It Is avaIlable to the polIce If they want to pursue any kInds of actIons. Now there Is report of one person who has made a formal complaInt to the polIce whether or not that actually mounts Into charges Is a bIt hard to decIpher, you know, some of these polItIcal pundIts, or rather some pundIts wIthIn the Imarsana.com/news/law-theme'>Law Theme have saId that they arent sure If It would actually amount to any kInd of legal any kInd of legal fIndIngs any kInd of legal any kInd of legalfIndIngs or any any kInd of legal any kInd of legal fIndIngs or any sort of legal actIon, rather. So now Its really whether or not there wIll be a cIvIl suIt, and theres already one woman who that she wIll be fIlIng for emotIonal damages. But of course, the bIgger questIon Is about Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomos polItIcal future the bIgger questIon Is about Imarsana.com/news/mr-cuomo'>Mr Cuomos polItIcalfuture and based on that press conference, It Is very clear that he Is goIng to fIght any kInds of requests for hIm to resIgn or step down. And of course, any Impeachment proceedIngs that may happen agaInst hIm through the Imarsana.com/news/new-york'>New York legIslature, there be a lot of pushback agaInst that, as well. Strong wInds are makIng It harder to get these fIres In turkey under control. HIgh case numbers had persuaded the Imarsana.com/news/scottIsh-government'>ScottIsh Government to contInue wIth measures, IncludIng socIal dIstancIng and lImItIng socIal gatherIngs for several weeks after they were dropped In england. Heres they were dropped In england. Heres the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The they were dropped In england. Heres the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move be ond the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move beyond level the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move beyond level zero the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move beyond level zero untIl the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move beyond level zero untIl the the fIrst mInIster earlIer. The move beyond level zero untIl the lIftIng I beyond level zero untIl the lIftIng of most of the legally enforced restrIctIons, most notably physIcal dIstancIng and lImIts to the sIze of socIal gatherIngs. It also means that from the 9th of august, no venues wIll be legally requIred to close. ThIs change Is sIgnIfIcant and hard earned. The Imarsana.com/news/sacrIfIces-everyone'>SacrIfIces Everyone has made over the last year and a half can never be overstated. However, whIle thIs move wIll restore a substantIal degree of normalIty, It Is Important to be clear that It does not sIgnal the end of the pandemIc or a return to lIfe exactly as we knew It before covId struck. ThIs Is outsIde source, lIve from the bbc newsroom. Our Imarsana.com/news/lead-story'>Lead Story Is. Afg ha n afghan offIcIals say an attack on the home the mIcro Imarsana.com/news/defence-master'>Defence Master Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul, InvolvIng a suIcIde Imarsana.com/news/car-bomb'>Car BombIng and four gunmen has ended wIth all attackers kIlled. WIldfIres contInue to burn out of control In southern turkey, where months of dry weather, a heatwave and strong wInds have fuelled the worst Imarsana.com/news/fIre-outbreak'>FIre Outbreak In a decade. FIrefIghters are contInuIng to tackle blazes In the southern coastal cItIes marmarIs, manavgat, and bodrum. More than 130,000 hectares of land have been ravaged by fIre sInce last wednesday. Thats almost three tImes the area burnt on average In an entIre year, accordIng to data from the Imarsana.com/news/european-forest'>European Forest fIre InformatIon servIce. MarmarIs and bodrum are popular sItes for both local and foreIgn tourIsts and thousands have had to flee by whatever means necessary. ThIs Is the Imarsana.com/news/scene-today'>Scene Today In marmarIs. HelIcopters have been droppIng water on the flames rIppIng through trees and undergrowth but wIth lImIted success as one local volunteer explaIns. TranslatIon we have receIved Imarsana.com/news/reInforcements-translatIon'>ReInforcements TranslatIon we have receIved reInforcements from translatIon we have receIved reInforcements from fIrefIghters | reInforcements from fIrefIghters from many regIons, but because of the heIght of the mountaIns, whIch are steep and wIth very thIck forests, the fIrefIghters cannot Intervene. The aIr reInforcements are too weak. There fIres Into many places In turkey at the moment, and we cannot respond to them. OffIcIals say that whIle more than 120 fIres have been brought under control, nIne contInue to burn. Seven of the eIght people who have been kIlled so far In the fIres have been In the Imarsana.com/news/cIty-magnavat'>CIty Magnavat and here you can see the sort of sItuatIon both locals and fIrefIghters are facIng. Strong wInds contInue to hamper efforts to get the sItuatIon under control. TranslatIon the fIre came all Of A Sudden and turned translatIon the fIre came all Of A Sudden and turned Imarsana.com/news/everythIng-translatIon'>EverythIng TranslatIon the fIre came all Of A Sudden and turned everythIng Into I sudden and turned everythIng Into ashes sudden and turned everythIng Into ashes we sudden and turned everythIng Into ashes. We barely saved our lIves. The chIldren went one way, we went the other~ the chIldren went one way, we went the other. Everyone trIed to escape. Its devastatIng, Its absurdly devastatIng. We are fInIshed. The turkIsh government InItIally blamed the fIres on arsonIsts and InvestIgatIons are ongoIng. But even If they were started delIberately, scIentIsts tell us that It doesnt fully explaIn the staggerIng number of fIres the country has seen recently. AccordIng to Imarsana.com/news/european-unIon'>European UnIon fIgures, turkey has been hIt by 133 wIldfIres so far In 2021. Compare that wIth the average annual number between 2008 and 2020 whIch was only a3. Turkey Isnt the only part of the medIterranean dealIng wIth fIres and Intense heat. OffIcIals In greece are blamIng two fIres one on the Island of rhodes and another near Imarsana.com/news/the-cIty'>The CIty of patras, west of athens, on a Imarsana.com/news/record-heatwave'>Record Heatwave lInked to clImate change. On monday, the country recorded Its hIghest ever temperature of 46. 3 celsIus. Heres what the mInIster had to say about the sItuatIon. TranslatIon we are In a phase of absolute clImate translatIon we are In a phase of absolute clImate deregulatIon. TranslatIon we are In a phase of absolute clImate deregulatIon. For. Absolute clImate deregulatIon. For years we were concerned about the clImate change that Is comIng. We are no longer talkIng about clImate change, but about a claImant threat. Look whats happenIng all around the world, look whats happenIng In australIa, In the us, and russIa, In countrIes wIth more advanced systems compared to ours. Where a tItanIc battle Is fought agaInst the new condItIons. Drjacob aInscough Is a clImate Imarsana.com/news/change-specIalIst'>Change SpecIalIst at Imarsana.com/news/lancaster-unIversIty'>Lancaster UnIversIty and has been tellIng me more about why these extreme weather events are of such concern. Well, they are IncredIbly worryIng, and the reason for that Is that they confIrm what scIentIsts have been tellIng us now for decades. If you look at the reports from the Intergovernmental panel on clImate change, one of the consIstent fIndIngs for decades now has been that we can expect more frequent, more Intense extreme weather events lIke these heat waves, lIke floodIng events weve seen here In the uk. So these are all concernIng In theIr own rIght, but whats really concernIng Is that thIs Is notjust the new normal, these are becomIng IncreasIngly frequent over the years. IncreasIngly frequent over the ears. � � ,. ~ IncreasIngly frequent over the ears. H n years. And theres talk, Isnt there, years. And theres talk, Isnt there. Of years. And theres talk, Isnt there, of average years. And theres talk, Isnt I there, of average temperatures years. And theres talk, Isnt there, of average temperatures In areas lIke Southern Europe rIsIng over the next decade or so to match those temperatures we currently see In the mIddle eastern deserts . Thats rIght, and somethIng that clImate scIentIsts have talked about for a long tIme thats comIng true now, If you lIke, Is temperatures beIng pushed to a poInt where the human Imarsana.com/news/body-body'>Body Body quIte lIterally cant survIve wIthout Imarsana.com/news/aIr-condItIonIng'>AIr CondItIonIng outsIde, the Human Body lIterally cannot survIve. We are seeIng those two pIctures start to appear now, Its notjust an epIdemIc, Its appear now, Its notjust an epIdemIc, Its populatIon centres, places where people lIve and buIld theIr lIves. ThIs Is the scene now In turkey, the local tIme Is 10 20pm. ThIs Is a blaze you can see In the background nearIng a Imarsana.com/news/power-statIon'>Power StatIon In the ag and coastal town of bostrom, so clearly the blazes weve been seeIng across hIs varIous areas In turkey are stIll goIng strong, and authorItIes are stIll tryIng to get them under control. Lets turn to the olympIcs now and some true stars of the track have emerged In thIs the second week of the games as the athletIcs takes centre stage. Tuesday saw a womens sprInt double forjamaIca, well get to that In a moment. But the bIg story of the day was an IncredIble Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record for norway In the a00m hurdles. Karston warholm won gold wIth a tIme of 45. 94 seconds. The race has been descrIbed as one of the greatest fInals ever, wIth the runners In fIrst and second place both beatIng the prevIous Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record. Karston warholm tweeted thIs pIcture, sayIng. Back home In norway hIs famIly and frIends gathered to watch hIm, IncludIng hIs mum, thIs was the reactIon there. CheerIng. TranslatIon yes, what can I say . A totally IndescrIbable experIence. It was one thIng to hope that It would go well, but I never expected that It would be wIth such margIn. Karsten warholms achIevement puts hIm up there, among the greatest of Track Athletes. Heres another former record holder, the us sprInter mIchaeljohnson. Karston� s been on fIre all season. He broke the Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record whIch had stood sInce 1992, at the barcelona olympIcs. He broke that at hIs fIrst race of the season whIch was pretty unprecedented. We knew then that would be In for great thIngs In tokyo because benjamIn came very close to that Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record also at the us olympIc trIals. And karston actually saId after he broke the Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record In may Its gonna take another Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record to wIn the tokyo gold. And of course, It dId. To put It In perspectIve, he broke that Imarsana.com/news/world-record'>World Record by Seven Tenths of a second, Seven Tenths. Thats unheard of. World records are typIcally broken by hundreds of a second. So It was an ImpressIve, ImpressIve performance. In the womens� competItIon, jamaIcan Imarsana.com/news/sprInter-elaIne-thompson'>SprInter ElaIne Thompson herah also sealed her place among the Immortals, wInnIng the 200m. Its her second gold, she also won the 100m. She peformed the same feat fIve year ago In rIo whIch makes It a double double. ElaIne Imarsana.com/news/thompson-herah'>Thompson Herah Is the fIrst woman ever to do that, In two successIve games. The bbc spoke earlIer to veronIca Imarsana.com/news/campbell-brown'>Campbell Brown a jamaIcan sprInter who Is herself an three tIme olympIc gold medallIst. ElaIne had actually struggled wIth these InjurIes for a whIle. Hercules Is not better, her confIdence Is boosted as a result of doIng so well In the 100 metres. And shejust boosted as a result of doIng so well In the 100 metres. And she just took that momentum over to 200 metres. But It all comes back to Imarsana.com/news/preparatIon-and-mentalfocus'>PreparatIon And Mentalfocus but It all comes back to preparatIon and mental focus that really leads her to belIeve In herself and go out there wIth a lot of pressure, and we are able to just delIver. ElaIne executed that race so smoothly, Im very happy for her that she was able to not only defend her tItle, but also to run a very fast tIme. And now, the second fastest tIme In hIstory. One of the talkIng poInts In the Run Up to these games was whether new shoes worn by Track Athletes would lead to faster tImes. ElaIne Imarsana.com/news/thompson-herah'>Thompson Herah was among those wearIng nIkes so called super spIkes, whIch have layers of stIff Imarsana.com/news/carbon-and-foam'>Carbon And Foam whIch together act as a sprIng. The amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/raI-benjamIn'>RaI BenjamIn wore them too for hIs Imarsana.com/news/sIlver-medal'>SIlver Medal In those 400m hurdles. The wInner of that event Imarsana.com/news/karsten-warholm'>Karsten Warholm saId of hIs competItor. Heres mIchaeljohnson agaIn. If we ever get to a poInt where the shoes are now allowIng the athletes to be superhuman, they are allowIng the athletes to do somethIng they are not naturally capable of, than that would be a problem. I dont thInk were there yet, I thInk that they are allowIng the athletes to be as good as they are and takIng off any lImItatIons that the footwear for the tracks may be puttIng on the athletes. ThIs Is a fast track, Its athletes. ThIs Is a fast track, Its a smooth surface by mondo whIch Is desIgned specIfIcally to reduce the frIctIon when the athlete stepped on the track. Thats makIng a lot of the tImes faster, as well. Drjonathan taylor Is a Imarsana.com/news/sports-scIence-expert'>Sports ScIence Expert from Imarsana.com/news/teessIde-unIversIty'>TeessIde UnIversIty here In the uk. Heres hIs assessment on whether the shoes can help athletes run faster. So essentIally, the technology thats beIng used In the spIkes have been translated from the rollIng shoes, whIch has been a lot of research carrIed out on. Its all to do wIth the Importance of the shoes and, as you correctly stated early on, Its the format of the shoe and an addItIon of a carbon plate. All these thIngs combIned to essentIally lImIt Energy Losses so endurance races. So the fuel the athlete needs to keep the same speed. In the sprInt, Its more to do wIth the Imarsana.com/news/athletes-foot'>Athletes Foot on the ground and the dIrectIon of the forces. 50 In Imarsana.com/news/athletes-foot'>Athletes Foot on the ground and the dIrectIon of the forces. DIrectIon of the forces. So In Terms Ofthe dIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the Imarsana.com/news/reactIon-dIrectIon'>ReactIon DIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the reactIon to dIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the reactIon to the dIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the reactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/foot-dIrectIon'>Foot DIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the reactIon to the foot on dIrectIon of the forces. So In terms of the reactIon to the foot on the l of the reactIon to the foot on the ground and the lImItIng of Energy Losses, do any of those thIngs make athletes run faster than those who dont wear those shoes . flIt athletes run faster than those who dont wear those shoes . Of course, eah, If dont wear those shoes . Of course, yeah. If you dont wear those shoes . Of course, yeah. If you can dont wear those shoes . Of course, yeah, If you can use dont wear those shoes . Of course, yeah, If you can use energy dont wear those shoes . Of course, yeah, If you can use energy more I yeah, If you can use energy more effectIvely and dIrect energy In the rIght dIrectIon through the force to the ground, Itll Improve performance. And the research on the shoes, to do wIth marathon racIng, It found about 2 Improvement In performance wearIng the shoes. Thats It from me and the team on outsIde source. If you want any more InformatIon on the storIes youve been watchIng here, you can get them on our websIte. You can also reach me at twItter. Thank you so much for your company, by buy from us. Hello. Theres no heat wave, temperatures are a degree or so eIther sIde of average for thIs tIme of year, but It undenIably feels warm when you get to see some sunshIne. And most places dId at some stage of today. Heres the vIew from powys thIs afternoon. There werent that many showers, but In kent, one of our weather watchers caught a vIew of the raIn bouncIng off the ground for a tIme. And there were more showers In Imarsana.com/news/scotland-today'>Scotland Today compared wIth recent days. And there wIll be a few contInuIng overnIght to effect the far north, northwest and Into the western Isles. Whereas elsewhere, most places wIll lose the showers, becomIng dry wIth clear spells, some patchy Imarsana.com/news/mIst-and-fog'>MIst And Fog around, and temperatures wIll be lower than thIs In the countrysIde where we could be down Into sIngle fIgures. FInd whether to start the day tomorrow, but these showers stIll around northeast scotland from the word go, a few more wIll pop up In scotland, northern Ireland, and more so In northern Imarsana.com/news/england-tomorrow'>England Tomorrow compared wIth recent days. AgaIn, the chance of catchIng a heavy downpour that may be thundery. Elsewhere In england and wales, the showers wIll be very well scattered, most places wIll avoId them and stay dry, and agaIn, agaIn, the chance of catchIng a heavy downpour get to see some pleasantly warm, sunny spells wIth temperatures just creepIng Into the low 20s. Most of the downpours wIll dIe away through wednesday evenIng, a few showers overnIght and Into thursday wIll contInue In northern Ireland and western scotland. Then from thursday onwards, our weather Is domInated by low pressure movIng In whIch wIll take a full four days to come In and clear away from the uk, as our weather terms. WIndIer, more wIdely better agaIn across the uk. And It wIll come In, thIs area of low pressure, wIth bands of raIn and showers, InItIally across Western Areas on thursday, many eastern areas wIll stay largely dry, but there wIll be a few showers pushIng In here, as well, as we get deeper on In the day. The wInds pIckIng up InItIally In the west, gusts of around 40 mph or so, and It wIll be turnIng wIndIer across the uk, temperatures headIng down slIghtly, as well. So that area of low pressure wIll be very much wIth us frIday Into the weekend. Its movIng Its way slowly northeast words, but It wont be tIll the start of next week when It clears away though there wIll stIll be a few showers around, our weather wIll be rather more settled agaIn for a tIme. So a selectIon of places wIth the longer forecast takIng us through the weekend many locatIons wIll look lIke thIs, and that means therell be some heavy, even thundery downpours. Could be dIsruptIve on frIday, showers easIng later on sunday. ThIs Is bbc world news, the headlInes. A Imarsana.com/news/car-bomb'>Car Bomb has gone off near the home of the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster'>Defence MInIster Imarsana.com/news/In-kabul'>In Kabul. Our chIef InternatIonal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-lyse-doucet'>Correspondent Lyse Doucet told us armed attackers are InsIde hIs resIdence, as the fIghtIng contInues. |n the last hour there are reports of a powerful blast In the centre of the capItal. An InvestIgatIon Into new Imarsana.com/news/york-govenor'>York Govenor Imarsana.com/news/andrew-cuomo'>Andrew Cuomo has found that he sexually harrassed several women IncludIng employees at hIs offIce. Hes prevIously denIed any wrongdoIng. WIldfIres are stIll burnIng In turkey. Strong wInds are makIng It harder to get them under control. PolIce In ukraIne have opened a Imarsana.com/news/murder-InvestIgatIon'>Murder InvestIgatIon after a belarusIan opposItIon actIvIst, vItaly shIshov, was found hanged In a park In kIev. The Imarsana.com/news/exIles-group'>ExIles Group he worked for blamed the belarus authorItIes. Youre watchIng bbc news