good afternoon. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and team mate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. the pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. it means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. elsewhere after their gold in rio, britain s hockey women have taken bronze in tokyo, with a narrow victory over india. and team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women s moden pentathlon. and in the last few minutes, team gb s laura muir has won silver in the 1500m final. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. the first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny. she has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. she and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women s m
how a british surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat victims of the syrian civil war nine years ago inspired a syrian boy to become a doctor. we have a special report. also coming up this hour. with three months until the un climate change conference in glasgow, the world wildlife fund joins forces with leading international artists to inspire global action. hello from tokyo. it s being reported that a belarusian sprinter who sought protection, after she claimed she was ordered to return home from the olympic games, has applied for asylum in the polish embassy there. yesterday krystina tsimanouskaya said she feared for her safety if she was sent back to belarus, as a penalty for criticising her coaches on social media. what you are seeing here is the latest pictures of her leaving a silver van, latest pictures of her leaving a silvervan, entering latest pictures of her leaving a silver van, entering the polish embassy. she was greeted by two officials before she went in. th
the 30 minutes waiting in the box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of waiting i have experienced in my life. australia ranks last for climate action among un member countries we ll find out why. p°mp pomp and circumstance verses outer space science fiction. the crown and the mandalorian top the table for emmy nominations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has accused republican controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on free and fair elections by restricting voting rights. the republicans have introduced a number of changes following donald trump s claim that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. speaking in philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy, mr biden called those republican led efforts unamerican. to date 17 states have brought in a variety of new measures, such as changing voting hours. but president biden pointed out, there had been no evidence of wi
hello and welcome. armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq. on two occasions, american airbases have come under attack from iranian made drones, fitted with explosives. it follows earlier rocket attacks on western forces but commanders say the drones are a game changer in terms of threat. iran denies involvement but its proxies in iraq the shia militia have been growing in strength. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been to northeastern syria, and iraq, and he sent this report. american troops have grown used to being in iraq. still watchful, they move between here and syria, almost as if the border didn t exist. they came to help fight the islamic state group. thatjob s almost done, but another war is taking place here, mostly in the shadows. we re not the only people operating in this part of the world. the louisiana national guard have been operating here in north eastern syria for about as long asjoe bid
at the age of 87. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a jury in the us state of minnesota has found a white former police officer guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. the prosecution argued that kimberley potter had shown culpable negligence when she killed daunte wright during a routine traffic check in april. the jury was shown bodycam footage, stopping short of the moment when the victim died. taser, taser, taser! kimberly potter told the court she thought she d drawn her taser, rather than her handgun, when she shot mr wright in the chest. outside the court, his mother, katie wright, gave her reaction to the verdict. the moment that we heard guilty on manslaughter one emotions, every single emotion that you could imaginejust running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp, because it was build up in anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we ve