Belarus now. It is Translation I Cant go back to belarus now. It is definitely belarus now. It is definitely not safe for me. I have no idea when i can go back. It may be five or ten years. I am Sarah Mulkerrins in tokyo, where day 12 is getting underway and we have had a gold for brazil in the womens swimming marathon here below me in bay on odaiba beach. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and 8pm in washington where President Biden has said That Andrew Cuomo should stand down as governor of New York after an investigation found That he had sexually harassed women while in office. Mr cuomo has denied allegations That he harassed eleven women, many of them young, by engaging in what the investigation described as unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and inappropriate comments. Mr biden said he had not read the details of the investigation; but he said he stood by his comments from earlier this year, That if the investigation found against Mr Cuomo then the governor should go. Backin back in march is That every investigation confirmed the allegations against govenor cuomo, so now will you call for him to resign after the investigation found 11 of the women were credible . I stand by That statement. Are i stand by That statement. Are you i stand by That statement. Are you calling for him to resign . Yes. If he doesnt resign, do you think you should be impeached and removed from office . Thats take this office . Thats take this one office . That� s take office . Thats take this one thin office . Thats take this one thin at office . Thats take this one thin at a Thats take this one thing at a time Thats take this one thing at a time. They may decide to impeach. I dont know That for a fact impeach. I dont know That for a fact i impeach. I dont know That for a fact. I have not read all That a fact. I have not read all That data. This is what Mr Cuomo That data. This is what Mr Cuomo said in response. I want you to know directly from me That i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. I am 63 years old. I have lived my entire adult life in public view. That is just not who i am. Thats not who i have ever been. Our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher examines whether Governor Cuomo can survive. His senior democratic allies have all called on him to resign, including the house speaker, including the Senate Majority Leader and now you have President Biden adding his voice to That. He had stayed out as much as he could of this controversy, these allegations of Sexual Harassment had been swirling for many months until the investigation started five months ago. At That time, Mr Biden said there should be an independent investigation, if it finds against him, he should go. As you heard today, he said, yes, the investigation concluded That, so he should go. That is a very strong vote against Mr Cuomo. Also the leader of the State Assembly has said That he That he should not really stay in office under the circumstances. This is the man who would call for an impeachment if one were to be had, and he said he will conduct an Impeachment Inquiry. So, what we heard there from Mr Cuomo in his comments defending himself suggested That he was not planning to go, That he was going to fight on. But it may be That he will have to do so in an Impeachment Inquiry if he does not step down. Its worth reminding audiences, of course, barbara, That this is about democrats calling on another democrat to resign, not political Point Scoring by another party. Mr cuomo is denying the allegations, as you say. What are the next steps from here . Well, there are three avenues. Theres the criminal avenue, the civil Action Avenue and impeachment. Ive already mentioned the political avenue That he could possibly face an impeachment investigation. Criminally, the Attorney General did not call on the State Prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation, but theres a lot of information in this report. Its 165 pages, 179 witnesses interviewed and it took place over five months, and the investigators concluded there was a pattern of behaviour against these nearly one dozen women That showed a toxic workplace That was against state and federal laws. So, there is ammunition there. He could also That kind of information could be used by local authorities to bring their own cases, and the women could also launch civil cases as well. One of them has said she is going to sue for emotional damage. We dont have any concrete steps to talk about right now, but those are the three avenues where Mr Cuomo could face a lot of pressure. Much more about this on our website, including details about the Report And Analysis of Governor Cuomos prospects for Re Election next year. Just log to bbc. Com news or download the Bbc News app. Lets take a look at some other stories in the headlines. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds are sweeping parts of greece, turkey and lebanon, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. Nearly 60 Forest Fires have broken out in Western Greece in the last 2a hours, with officials blaming a Record Heatwave linked to climate change. Authorities in the chinese City Of Wuhan will begin testing its entire population of 11 Million people after seven locally transmitted coronavirus cases were detected there. Theyre the first local infections in more than a year. China is currently seeing one of its biggest outbreaks in months, with 300 cases detected in 10 days. There have been reports of a tanker being hijacked by armed men off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and ordered to sail to iran. The uks maritime Trade Agency said the incident is taking place not far from the city of fujairah. Iran has denied any involvement. Krystsina tsimanouskaya, the Sprinterfrom Belarus has told the bbc That her country is not safe and she might not be able to go home for many years. She has left the Polish Embassy Injapan and is thought to be on her way to the airport to get a flight to warsaw after officials from belarus tried to send her home early from the olympics. Officials are saying That she is now at the airport. We can confirm That later for you. Our correspondent Sarah Rainsford in in minsk. Shes a young Athlete Thrust into a political row she never sought. When sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. She refused. Speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. Translation I Cant go back to belarus now, of course. Its definitely not safe for me. I have no idea when i can go back. It may be five or ten years. And today came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. In kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park, but his friends dont believe it was suicide. Vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. Hed been helping a flood of other Opposition Supporters who followed. The opposition leader, svetla na tsikhanovskaya, is in forced exile herself. Shes been in london, part of a tour seeking international support. She wants tougher measures, more sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko, the man she tried to topple as president. This is our pain, belarusian pain. We think That much more can be done, much more pressure, much more assistance, braver decisions, stronger actions. Since the disputed elections, the mood in minsk has changed dramatically. Alexander lukashenko now firmly back in control. A year ago, this entire square and all the streets around it were crammed full of protesters. It was opposition to president Alexander Lukashenko on a scale like hed never seen before. But now theres no public sign at all of That challenge because so many people have been arrested since then That the others have been scared into silence. Maria kolesnikova was one of the faces of the protests. Touring the country, rallying mass crowds. Tomorrow, she goes on trial accused of trying to overthrow the authorities. I met Marias Father outside her old flat. Alexander hasnt been allowed to see her since her arrest last september, but maria writes from her cell every day to reassure him. Translation i know my daughter is not guilty, and shes so brave That I Cant be anything but positive. She told me, whatever sentence i get, im ready for That. She writes to me all the time That well meet against soon, That everything will be ok. But Belarus Today feels anything but ok. Even our meeting is being monitored from the shadows. Sarah rainsford, Bbc News, minsk. Lets get the latest on That story from our reporter in Tokyo Mariko oi. What can you tell us . Several News Agencies narraport That Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has arrived at Tokyo Airport early this morning. She has now arrived at Narita Airport, tokyo. There is a direct flight to warsaw in just over one hour. In poland she has been granted a humanitarian visa and she can choose to continue her training as an athlete according to the government there. This all started last week when she complained about being asked to participate in a competition and last minute. She criticised the coach before she was then sent to Haneda Airport before she was attempted to send home. She didnt feel safe, was in Police Custody or protection, rather, before she was sent to the Polish Embassy, which is where she left this morning. The ioc has now started its official investigation. The belarus international olympic committee says the reason she was sent home was because of her emotional state, which she denies. She also says That her action wasnt a form of political protest in an interview with the bbc. She said she was just complaining about last minute changes. Mariko, we havejust been showing our audiences live pictures of Narita Airport right now. As you were saying earlier, we understand That Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrived at the airport, according to several News Agencies, but refused to speak it to any reporters. You spoke about the Ioc Investigation what is expected to come of That . The ioc has asked That Belarus International Impact Committee to submit a report by the ioc has said That this kind of investigation will take time. International olympic committee. It has revealed it banned some officials from the committee, including the president s son for failing to protect athletes who participated in the protests against the administration. The ioc has emphasised That the most important thing is her safety, and also her concern is now her family, safety, and also her concern is now herfamily, with her husband having since left belarus and is now in ukraine. Also, the rest of her family is still in it belarus, so her concern as the safety of her family back home. Mariko oi therefore is with the latest on this story and tokyo. Thank you for giving us your time on tuesday. Time to concentrate on whats been happening in the sport at the games, live to tokyo and Sarah Mulkerrins, sarah, on tuesday we had some history on the track and talk us through the emotional return to competition of simone biles. Absolutely, we had two really big stories here Yesterday Evening and tokyo. Simone biles, as you say, a really emotional return for her after what she has been through over the last week. A case of the twisties in gymnastics, and stepping away to protect her mental health. She ended up doing the beam, she was able to take part and won a Bronze Medal in That. There was much Delight And Support for her in the arena. She has been there supporting her teammates over the last week or so. Simone biles saying she was really proud of herself for That moment, and then on the track a short time later we had Elaine Thompson Herah Ofjamaica Thompson Herah of jamaica Making History Thompson Herah Ofjamaica Making History because she did the Sprint Double Four the second time a double double, we call it. She won at the 100 metre and 200 metre. We know That she won the 100 metre a few days ago in That great final on saturday and was able to storm to victory in at the 200 metres final as well. She was well clear of the rest of the field. Second fastest time ever run by a woman, and That was Elaine Thompson Herah, so she is having a wonderful games here at the big. I can tell you as well this morning, just down below me, we had the open water swimming, the swimming marathons. That is a ten kilometres swim, it was the turn of the women at this morning. We had a Gold Medal awarded to brazils anama, never quite been able to do it at limit level, so she did That. And also the netherlands was the defending champion. They finished in silver. It was very tough conditions, it was 6 30 a. M. , the Water Temperature about 30 degrees, and then it is 30 degrees outside and about 85 humidity, so they were really battling the head. Every so often when they came around on their laps they came around on their laps they were getting cool drinks to call them down, so Gold Medalfor brazil there. To call them down, so Gold Medal for brazil there. Plenty more to come today. 22 medals in total. Lets have a quick look at what else we will be catching our eyes on later this wednesday. Already under way as a skateboarding. I have been enjoying watching That in the last few minutes. It continues with the womans park competition. Some of the youngest competitors in the olympics, including Sky Brown of team gb, and a 12 year old. The first round of the Womens Golf is getting under way. This evenings athletics, hopefully it will be a little bit cooler. It is the mens 400 metres and 200 metres final. And the womens 400 metres hurdles will take place this afternoon. The Womens Heptathlon also gets under way at today. Four events for than today. A good battle between team great britain and the olympic champion of belgium. Forthe the olympic champion of belgium. For the moment, the olympic champion of belgium. Forthe moment, i thinki belgium. Forthe moment, i think i will keep my eyes on the skateboarding. The Park Event is almost like the Half Pipe and snowboarding. It is very dramatic and they will all have big smiles on their faces. They were enjoying it. That sounds like a grand plan and a very busy day for you indeed. Looking forward to hearing from you tomorrow when you can tell us more about the skateboarding. Thank you, Sarah Mulkerrins and tokyo. If you wanyt to get in touch with me im on twitter bbckarishma. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the us leads the way in donating doses as experts say the distribution of vaccines remains one of the biggest coronavirus challengers. The question was whether we wanted to save our people and japanese as well and win the war or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. The invasion began at two oclock this morning. Mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. We call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, Vitality And Enjoyment of life no other King Or Queen in British History has lived so long, and the Queen Mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed That she has achieved this landmark anniversary. This is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. The question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. This is newsday on the bbc. Im karishma vaswani. Our headlines President Biden urges Andrew Cuomo to stand down as governor of New York after an investigation found hed sexually harassed women while in office. An upsurge in Insurgent Violence has left the western backed government of afghanistan fighting for its life. The situation in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand Province where britain fought its campaign, is still critical with national forces limited to a small toehold. Meanwhile the peace of the capital itself was shattered today with a big attack on the defence ministers home. Emir nader has the details. A Suicide Bomb strikes the heart of the capital, couple this is supposed to be the most Security District in afghanistan stop it is believed That the target was the home of the defendant minister. Mt; the defendant minister. My health was the defendant minister. Mt health was struck the defendant minister. M health was struck and the defendant minister. M1 health was struck and then there was a loud explosion That was felt almost three kilometres away, i am less than one kilometre away from where it is. It is a major Security And Intelligence failure. Think the impact of an attack like this on the psyche of the afghan people in the capital, couple to me is the broken Heart And Soul of a country Thatis Heart And Soul of a country That is bleeding. In Heart And Soul of a country That is bleeding. That is bleeding. In these pictures That is bleeding. In these pictures shared That is bleeding. In these pictures shared by That is bleeding. In these pictures shared by the i That is bleeding. In these pictures shared by the taliban, we see Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand Province. 40 civilians have been killed as the taliban encroach. If Lashkar Gah falls it would be the first eventual capital won by the Militant Group since 2016. The Afghan Army has announced That preparing a major operation to retake Lashkar Gah will not leave a single taliban alive and they have urged civilians to evacuate. But we can be displaced go . Families are trapped and it feels like the violence is just beginning. There is no safe route for now. All routes are basically fraught with danger. Yesterday i was visiting a Health Facility in kandahar and the Health Staff reported to me That they are seeing people who fled from the north of kandahar and Lashkar Gah and making their way to kandahar, but some of them are still trapped in the area where the conflict is active, and those are the ones That we are most worried about. Just next to couple as logo province. We spoke to the head of his council, he sees threats building around him. Translation building around him. Tuna Mom Building around him. Translation ~. ,. Translation we have conflict in four of our translation we have conflict in four of our districts, translation we have conflict in four of our districts, we in four of our districts, we lost two of them to the conflict. People from our province, they see people arriving and it makes them worried. People have been arriving from helmand, Lashkar Gah. , � ,. , arriving from helmand, Lashkar Gah. , gah. This isnt ust a war between gah. This isnt ust a war between army gah. This isntjust a war between army and gah. This isntjust a war between army and militants, it is this struggle for safety and democracy. The united states has more covid vaccines than people who want to take them. But Around The World, there are billions of people who cant get a jab. The World Health Organisation says Vaccine Inequity is the biggest obstacle to ending this pandemic. Amid calls for the us to do more, President Biden announced today That americas donated more than 110 Million vaccine doses to 65 nations. Loyce pace, directorfor The Office Of Global Affairs at the us department of health and human services, explained where they will come from. We are hopeful That they will come from us as well as other countries who have made these commitments, and so is the president announced we are at 100 Million and counting, there are hundreds and millions more, in fact, coming the remainder of this year and going into next year. As you are aware the g7 countries also made an additional commitment to share vaccines, up to1 billion going into next year but we know That it is going to take more and dont know That the us is committed to sharing its simplest doses as they come online at. We are working directly with countries as well as regional partners but importantly, aligning ourselves with the Covax Facility and so this collaboration That is really a Co Ordination across the world health organization, unicef and others is really helpful to us because they also have mapped where the greatest needs are Around The World, they been working directly with governments to understand what their Vaccination Plans are. Obviously our agency like the centres for Disease Control also has relationships with countries as well as regional bodies like the pan american Health Organisation or kuraby in public Health Association as well as the Africa Cdc and so well as the Africa Cdc and so we feel assured That where these vaccines are going, they will be used for their purpose. We know That these vaccinations work, right . So this is the message we are sharing at home, we still have work to do at home within our borders so we are working to reach those who havent yet been reached but we know That people are lining up readily Around The World and i think we are very happy to be able to do both, right . Provide doses here still for people who absolutely need them but also ensure That people are receiving these two countries throughout africa, Latin America and the Caribbean And Asia and elsewhere. We recognise i think alongside other g7 countries That theres more required, right . Theres more required, right . Theres more That we can do to share, obviously but theres a lot more we can do to help up supply and so it really is going to take all of us and as you said, Thats government, and its industry, That communities and healthcare communities and Healthca Re providers communities and Healthcare Providers themselves assisting these efforts. I want to take you back to the scene inside Narita Airport where the Belarus Sprinter Krystsina tsimanouskaya is thought to board a plane to warsaw within the last hours. She arrived from several newsagent these at the airport early on wednesday after leaving the Polish Embassy where shes been taking refuge and a dramatic diplomatic twist at the tokyo olympics. She had refused to board a Flight Home on sunday after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her will causing a great deal of drama at the games. Thats it for now, thanks for watching. Hello. The weather midweek isnt looking too bad at all for most of us. Wednesday is going to bring lengthy sunny spells, skies will probably look a little bit like this. But were expecting heavy showers, too. Lets have a look at the big picture first, and heres the Jet Stream. Everywhere south of That is warm. Everywhere north of That is generally cool and quiet showery. And you can see a large chunk of the continent experiencing this relatively cool and showery summertime weather. So, at the moment, its quiet on the weatherfront. Clearfirst thing in the morning with lots of sunshine. Temperatures around ten in glasgow, 13 in liverpool, 12 in london. Notice a bit more cloud in the morning here out towards the north west, and actually it will be quite cloudy through the day. In the Western Isles and Northern Ireland, showers here. But showers also breaking out across parts of the highlands, the pennines and a few scattered around the midlands and the south, too. But coastal areas probably staying dry and sunny all through the course of the afternoon. Windsll be light. Itll feel warm enough, too, 22 degrees quite widely. Even on the North Sea coast, in excess of 20 celsius. Youll notice That some of these showers, some heavy and maybe thundery ones, will last through the afternoon and into the evening hours as well on wednesday. Now, heres the Weather Map for thursday. This current of wind, Thats the Jet Stream pushing a low pressure towards us for the end of the week, so That means the weather is turning u nsettled. And heres thursday. Out towards the west comes the low pressure. You can see the increasing winds, up to near Gale Force around some coasts. Outbreaks of rain, too. For a time at least, Eastern Parts of the Country Shouldnt be too bad at all on thursday. I think That Rain And Wind will probably reach you later in the day, and temperatures hence getting up to around 22 in the afternoon in hull. But the low pressure is Slap Bang over us On Friday, and itll be a slow mover. So, That means all the heavy Thatll'>Showers Thatll be churning away, theyll be sitting on top of us for quite some time. I think On Friday particularly heavy. The Met Office is highlighting across scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of england heavy and thundery and prolonged. In the south, therell be showers too. And remember, very breezy weather as well, so brollies at the ready. This is Bbc News. We will have all of the headlines and news straight after this programme. This week, we are in iceland to fly over a red hot volcano. And then chill out with some beautiful scenery. Also at a gas powered Bitcoin Mine in the us