The situation in afghanistan is becoming increasingly perilous, after the taliban seized a Second Provincial Capital within 2a hours. The Deputy Governor of Sheberghan Injawzjan province says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where theyre preparing to defend themselves. Shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan Vice President abdul Rashid Dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. The militants had earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. Theyve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. In both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons theyd captured. The us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening Security Situation in the country. The caliban are now claiming a Second Provincial Capital is in their hands. , taliban. Now it seems the city in the north is also coming under their control. In the wake of the fighting, many civilians are now being treated in local hospitals with serious injuries. Amongst them, young children. Government officials such as this man, head of the government was that media information centre, are among the growing list of list assassinated. His funeral has now taken place after he was shot dead in the capital. A killing designed to intimidate those working for the government in the capital. Many outside the country are now trying to get back in. But one of the key Border Crossings has been closed by the taliban, leaving many stranded. Translation we came here to attend a funeral three days ago now the border is closed. We are sitting here. We have no food and no money. We cannot go to hotel to sleep for the night. I appeal to the taliban leaders to find some solution for us. Can now file many are trying to get back home the british and american governments are calling on their citizens to leave the country. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams says that even though the military situation may not yet be clear, the image of the taliban winning ground is likely to have a significant effect in afghanistan in the past couple of months taliban have successfully captured around half the districts of afghanistan so the impression of a Lightning Advanceis the impression of a Lightning Advance is getting harder and harder to ignore. And that has catastrophic effects, for example, and the morale of Tens Of Thousands of troops. In a rather familiar way, of Tens Of Thousands of troops. In a ratherfamiliar way, we of Tens Of Thousands of troops. In a rather familiar way, we are of Tens Of Thousands of troops. In a ratherfamiliar way, we are Hearing Reports that they are simply abandoning their positions and throwing off their uniforms. These are people who are poorly trained, badly and in some cases not paid. And they are not fighting for kind of Victory Or Glory as the taliban. They are not perhaps willing to die as members of the taliban. So this impression of a Lightning Advance is something that is becoming more and more apparent. Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels in greece as wildfires spread across the country. More than 150 wildfires are now burning, some close to the northern suburbs of the capital athens. Two people are known to have died, and at least 20 others have been injured. Greece, like many parts of europe, has been grappling with extreme weather this summer. Widespread flooding and colder than average temperatures in Central Europe and now baking hot weather in the south. Our europe correspondent, bethany bell, reports from athens. Greece is in the grip of an emergency. Wildfires have been blazing out of control for days. The extreme heat means these forests near athens unlike a tinderbox. Helicopters keep returning here to try to put out this fire but it is not working yet. This is the main North South Motorway near athens it has been closed for two days because of the fires that keep breaking out in the strong scorching weather not helping. As the fire spreads down the hillside people are fighting for their houses. In athens, there are screams for help as the flames grow closer. People are desperately trying to put out the fires in any way they can. Thousands of people have been evacuated. This woman told me she is worried for herfamily. Do you live around here . I dont live around here. My sister lives here but it is horrible for the whole of greece. This was the scene on the island last night. Ferries carried hundreds people to safety after they fled to the beaches. Save On Board, One Man filmed the inferno on his phone. The fire burned through a vast area of pine forests. Only vc could stop it. Tonight, it is still burning. Only the sea. This is the main North South Motorway near athens but it has been it is the penultimate day of the Olympics Day 15 and Lucy Hockings is in tokyo with the latest. Indias more than 100 years wait for an Athletics Gold Medal is over. He is taking the gold with a further 87. 4 is taking the gold with a further 87. 1; metres, launching himself into the History Books in the process. We heard from indias Prime Minister tweeting him and congratulating him on social media, praising his unparalleled grit. So much reaction to the story on social media. Everyone ending we in india seems ecstatic. There is the tweet. The other big Sporting News here Isjoy Injapan other big Sporting News Here Isjoy in japan because other big Sporting News here Isjoy Injapan because they have won their first olympic Gold Medal in baseball by beating the united states 2 0 on saturday. It is a long waited crown for their countrys most beloved sport, the japanese are passionate about baseball and are ecstatic about baseball and are ecstatic about this victory. And the united states has won gold in the 4x4 relay. The us victory in this relay means that Allyson Felix has won an 11th olympic medal, moving past someone else is the most decorated american Track And Field athlete ever. Seven of those medals are gold. Team gb have taken gold in the mens modern pentathlon. Norway has won gold in the 1500 metre final happening at the Olympic Stadium just a few hours ago. The Dream Team have done it once again but it was a close fought battle. Team usa won their Basketball Gold but it was a very tense final. Another goal for Team Gb in the boxing ring. But in� s first in this Weight Class since 1956. He beat his opponent from the philippines to win the 19th gold of The Games for Team Gb. I got the reaction of his brother. Its The Games for Team Gb. 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And viewers in the uk can get a full round up of the days events, including news on more Medal Success for Team Gb, in about 20 minutes right here on bbc news. Lets look at some of the days other news. A ship carrying more than 250 migrants has docked in sicily, a week after those On Board were rescued off the tunisian coast. Passengers on the vessel , run by the german aid agency, Sea Watch international , clapped and cheered as they arrived at the Italian Port of trapani. Italy has urged other European Union countries to accept some of the new arrivals. Thousands of people have been protesting across france against a new Health Pass intended to limit the spread of coronavirus. Its the fourth consecutive weekend of demonstrations. The pass will be needed at cafes, restaurants and shopping centres, and on inter city trains. It shows that the holder has been fully vaccinated, has recently tested negative, or has recovered from the virus. The us military� s Central Command has announced the results of an investigation into last weeks fatal Drone Attack on a Merchant Tanker off oman. Its experts concluded the drone was made in iran. A british Security Guard and the ships romanian captain were killed. Tehran had already denied orchestrating the attack. Families of the victims of the September 11 attacks in america are among those calling on president biden not to attend this years Memorial Event Sed classifies files that they content will show saudi leaders supported the atrocity. This marks the 20th Anniversary of the attacks which killed nearly 3000 people. Thats the new and youre watching bbc news. Thats the new and youre watching bbc news. Wales has moved to covid alert level � zero, meaning social distancing rules and most other restrictions, have now come to an end. People can gather indoors, and nightclubs can re open. But face masks will still be required by law, in shops and on public transport. Heres our wales correspondent, hywel griffith. Level zero doesnt mean zero restriction and it comes with a great deal of caution from mark drakeford, the welsh first minister. He has warned that this pandemic could yet take some twists i dont like wearing them but it is something we have all had to do. For the manager here it is about keeping customers confident that they cannot afford to take risks. We customers confident that they cannot afford to take risks. Afford to take risks. We need to move steadily, afford to take risks. We need to move steadily, gently afford to take risks. We need to move steadily, gently to afford to take risks. We need to i move steadily, gently to complete normality and it wont happen overnight. But we do need to build our trade up because since we have reopened, we are only taking about 60 of what we did in 2019. Reopened, we are only taking about 6096 of what we did in 2019. 6096 of what we did in 2019. Where there is obvious 6096 of what we did in 2019. Where there is obvious relief 6096 of what we did in 2019. Where there is obvious relief at 6096 of what we did in 2019. Where there is obvious relief at ending there is obvious relief at ending some of the restrictions, people about to live with with almost a year and a half, there is already some nervousness about the months ahead. The welsh government has warned that the rise of another variant could yet mean having to reimpose some control measures. Barring people from the bar again would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. Would be unpalatable for many in the beertrade. From would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. From today, Table Service and masks are no longer legally required and welsh pubs restaurants and cafe us who hope they have seen the last of lock downs. They are met with taking their money and have managed to survive the independent brewery and we have been doing Home Deliveries but if we had not had that i dont know if we would have survived in pubs in general are struggling. Everyone hopes today as a first taste of real lasting freedom but for now, few are getting carried away. Lets Take A Look at the latest Government Coronavirus figures and there were more than 28 and half thousand new infections, in the latest 24 hour period, that makes an average of nearly 27 Thousand new cases per day, over the last seven days, so the longer Term Trend remains slightly down. 103 deaths were recorded in the last 26 hours, thats an average of 90 a day, in the past week. Nearly 89 of adults in the uk have had theirfirstjab, and more than 76 , are now fully vaccinated. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front page at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining Me Tonight are nigel nelson, political editor for the sunday mirror, and katy balls, Deputy Political Editor for the spectator. The headlines on bbc news. The us and britain warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave as the taliban continue their advance, seizing a Second Provincial Capital. Hundreds are evacuated by ferry in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. And its Gold Medal number 20 for Team Gb Asjoe Choong takes Top Spot in the mens modern pentathlon. Staying in the uk, the parents of a 12 year old from somerset are begging Health Authorities in their county for their daughter to receive the coronavirus jab. Nenna has a rare condition which means she may only live for a few more years. It also makes her particularly vulnerable if she caught covid 19. Matthew hill from bbc Points West reports. She has the mental age of a five year old and is thought to be the only child in the country with a unique faulty gene. Over the years, she has stopped being able to walk and her Sire Manager is also going. We hoist herfrom her chair to bed and into the bath and all that sort of thing. She is fed by a tube. We blend herfood up and put it of thing. She is fed by a tube. We blend her food up and put it down a tube that goes directly to a stomach and she is prone to respiratory infection. And has an awful lot of chest physio. She is expected to live only a few more years. Covid is likel to live only a few more years. Covid is likely to shorten live only a few more years. Covid is likely to shorten her live only a few more years. Covid is likely to shorten her life likely to shorten her life dramatically if she gets it. Last month, the government announced 12 year olds who are extremely vulnerable would be immunised against covid. 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Shes only got another four or five years of life. That is i four or five years of life. That is what her condition pretty much gives. And so year out of that life that she has been stuck at home is quite a lot, percentage wise. A 32 year Old Man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after the death of a two year old girl in dungannon, county tyrone. Its understood the child died in hospital after an ambulance attended an address at Park Avenue in the town yesterday afternoon. The 32 year Old Man remains in custody. Two metropolitan police officers have been discharged from hospital, after they were injured in an attack in North London last night. A 61 year Old Man , who was stabbed in the same incident , suffered non life threatening injuries. Three people have been arrested and remain in custody. The incident is not thought to be terrorism related. Around 200 people have gathered to pay tribute to a five year old boy who was found dead in a river in wales. Logan mwangi also known as Logan Williamson was discovered in the River Ogmore near bridgend last weekend. The community gathered to release balloons and bubbles near the scene earlier today. The Boys Mother and Step Father appeared in court on friday charged in connection with his death. Annette saw the area around her home burn, while the house she and her husband live in was miraculously saved. She told my colleague Shaun Ley how it happened. It was extremely traumatic. We cannot understand what was going on. First there was a gigantic cloud like a Nagasaki Bomb and then there was more smoke and then the fire started to literally come down The Mountain, a massive Line Of Fire were huge flames like 30 metres high and we werejust cannot believe it. We thought it was a joke. It started to approach and we started to feel the heat and i decided to leave by car. I went to the centre of athens and my husband wanted to stay because this house is everything we have and he stayed till 12 at night when the fire was really at the fence and the roses were burning and then he put all the dogsin were burning and then he put all the dogs in the house, close the shutters on left. Dogs in the house, close the shutters on left. These Pictures Showina shutters on left. These pictures showing right shutters on left. These pictures showing right now shutters on left. These pictures showing right now are shutters on left. These pictures showing right now are pictures| shutters on left. These pictures showing right now are pictures that youve filmed and i think people should be very grateful to you for doing that because it really does give us a Sense Ofjust how close these fires are now getting to peoples homes. What is your explanation for why, thank goodness, they did not, in The End, get to your house . They did not, in The End, get to our house . , ~ , your house . Yes, i think my husband is a very realistic your house . Yes, i think my husband is a very realistic manner your house . Yes, i think my husband is a very realistic manner when your house . Yes, i think my husband is a very realistic manner when he i is a very realistic manner when he saw the flames going down The Mountain he opened all that hoses, all the sprinklers. And we removed all the sprinklers. And we removed all Garden Furniture and, yeah, your whole instinct is becoming alert. You become like an animal. Where is the wind, where is the fire, where other hoses, and at a certain moment you realise, ok, that is it. We really are in danger. Our lives are in danger. And he left for a bit but came at about 12 and he thought, ok, thatis came at about 12 and he thought, ok, that is it, im going to lose my house. He waited on a bridge and that too in the morning he came back. And he saw the fire had gone literally over the house and we think the house was spared because at the back we have really huge leafy trees like birch trees, about 11, and behind us is another mountain with a very dry pine trees. Very, very dry, because it had been 43 celsius for a week. So it was so dry. And that is where the fire went. And it did not go to our house because of the Beech Trees and the hoses that were on. I think it created a microclimate of moisture. I really dont know because i send you the video and it was like somebody put his hands on our House Somebody put his hands on our house so it would not burn. We are so grateful and so happy, you cannot imagine. Riot police in thailand have fired tear Gas And Rubber bullets at anti government protesters who tried to gather in the capital bangkok. The demonstrators are calling for political reforms and changes to the monarchy. Theyre also angry at the thai governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic. As jonathan reports. These protests are not yet on the scale of last years mass rallies. But they are no less determined. Pushing once again for the government to resign and for the lavish funds are spent on the Military Monarchy to be diverted instead to fighting the Covid Pandemic. The Police Board of the Prime Ministers home and much of bangkoks royal quarter. They push the protest is back with volleys of tear gas. A now familiar confrontation we are seeing each weekend despite the Governments Declaration that such gatherings are strictly forbidden. The grievances that fired up thailands leeds last year have not gone away. If anything, the governments botched Vaccine Bow without combined with the rapid spread of the Delta Variant overwhelming hospitals and morgues in a country that largely contained the virus last year, has sparked even wider public anger. The Prime Minister, who seized power seven years ago in a coup, is seen by many as out of touch and authoritarian. His is one of several governments in this region who is already shaking legitimacy is being tested by covid. Yet, with infection still rising and much of thailand in lockdown, only a few people are prepared to take the risk ofjoining these demonstrations. For now, they remain small and unless they pick up momentum, little threat to the thai government. Jonathan head, bangkok. Tens of thousands of Health Workers in bangladesh are leading a major drive to increase the number of people being vaccinated against covid 19. The country hopes to vaccinate 3. 2 million people in a just week, as it battles the latest surge in cases. Bangladeshs national lockdown has been extended until august 10. Our South Asia Correspondent danjohnson is in delhi, and he said that the spread of the Delta Variant is a huge challenge. That variant is sweeping across the country particularly in the last few weeks. To give you some perspective, there have been 22,000 covid deaths in bangladesh since the start of the pandemic but a quarter of those happened during july. So things are really happy and getting bad in the past few weeks. Intense pressure on hospitals and emergency services. It is why the authorities have taken this step to ramp up the vaccination programme. Originally theiraim this step to ramp up the vaccination programme. Originally their aim was to vaccinate 10 Million more people this week. They have scaled that target back to 3. 2 million but it is their intention to roll out vaccinations particularly to some of cutup communities that are hard to reach especially in this time of year. About 4 Million people are already fully vaccinated but the perspective on that shows you what a challenge the country faces because the population in total is over 160 Million so even if they reach their target in the next week there is still a long way to go for bangladesh to be protected and to get out of the Covid Pandemic that is not the only challenge they are facing. The country has another outbreak do battle at the moment as well. ,. , outbreak do battle at the moment as well. , outbreak do battle at the moment as well. , j, well. That was Dan Johnson there. The university well. That was Dan Johnson there. The university of well. That was Dan Johnson there. The University Of Sussex well. That was Dan Johnson there. The University Of Sussex is well. That was Dan Johnson there. The University Of Sussex is trying l the University Of Sussex is trying to incentivise students to get vaccinated against covid 19. Campus authorities have introduced a raffle with the main prize being a cheque for £5,000. Anyone who can prove that they have been fully jabbed for £5,000. Anyone who can prove that they have been fullyjabbed or exempt from can be entered into the draw for the money. The tiny bat like The One pictured here, was discovered in a small russian village by a resident to notice that it had a ring with London Zoo on it. The bat had been ringed in 2016 near Heathrow Airport and its epicjourney is of huge interest to scientists that are studying the creatures in the united kingdom. Tom hurd says there is a huge amount we can learn from bats. You are talking about an animal that really, chunky one may be five centimetres. It is a long way, cross the North Sea as well. It is an incredible effort from such a small mammal. Thats our pretty hardy creatures. Here in uk we have 18 species of bats and apart from taking a Break Overwinter species of bats and apart from taking a break over winter they have got to get out there. Theyve got to get out there and feed so they can withstand a bit of wind. They can withstand a bit of wind. They can withstand a bit of wind. They can withstand a bit of rain. Because there just, withstand a bit of rain. Because therejust, you know, they are so tough. They really are olympians. If you watch them in the wild they are just going, going, going, fighting for it, really, really tough competitor so im sure this particular bats just thought, what . Heathrow to moscow . No problems, sunshine. Went. There is a huge amount that bats can teach us. It is only relatively recently that we recognised this as a different type of bat. We used to think that the only came to the uk to feed and that they then went back to europe. But we now know we are breeding colonies here in the south east. They are always learning more and more and when you consider bats really are top predators for flying when you consider bats really are top predators forFlying Insects when you consider bats really are top predators for Flying Insects and Flying Insects themselves are an incredible indicator of environmental health and ecological health, you know, youve got to have those little midges and flies pollinating our Season Grasses and all that kind of stuff. They are an amazing Keystone Species in a where