welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: an athlete from belarus is under police protection in tokyo, after her team officials tried to put her on a plane home against her will. i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where day 10 of the olympics is underway after a historic night for italy on the track — gold in the men's 100 metres and a shared gold in the men's highjump. taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan — attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up