as the worst wildfires in decades rage across the country. from the charts to the stage pop star lily allen makes her acting debut in the west end. people say, oh, you have been on a stage before , but it is a completely. different experience. it s much scarierfor me, anyway. hello and welcome. the taliban in afghanistan say they have captured a prison in the northern province ofjowzjan and freed hundreds of prisoners. video on social media showed inmates leaving the jail in the provincial capital shebhergan the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum, whose supporters fight against the taliban. it comes as all british nationals are being urged to leave the country as violence intensifies between government forces and taliban fighters. the united nations special envoy has warned that the country is facing potential catastrophe. richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this c
cycling. the united states and britain urge their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately because of the worsening security situation. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfire spread crossbreed greece, with residents moved from their homes across athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales no more limits on meeting indoors and an end to rules on social distancing. hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk. team gb have got two more goals on day 15 of the olympic games. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division, britain s first in the weight class since 1956. he beat carlo from the philippines. and in the last few minutes, joe chung won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving a clean sweep in the tokyo olympics after the women s event on friday. tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, t
we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. hello and welcome to bbc news. gb have taken their gold medal tally to 20 with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. joe choong won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep of top honours in tokyo after kate french s gold in the women s event on friday. in the last hour, britain have won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men s 1,500 metres. it s britain s first medal in the event since the 1988 olympics in seoul. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division britain s first in the weight class since 1956. he beat car
oh, and he s down! oh, there you go! it took him barely a minute to put his opponent on the canvas. and, from there, victory was gloriously inevitable. before the last games, yafai was working in a car factory. now the 28 year old, whose two brothers are also boxers, had achieved the ultimate. and so has this man after swimming, fencing, and shooting, joe choong sprinted to gold in the modern pentathlon. and there is the new olympic champion for great britain. delight for the 26 year old from kent. and, after kate french s victory in the women s event yesterday, a dazzling double for team gb. there was more british success in the cycling. matt walls and ethan hayter are housemates back in manchester, and they teamed up to take silver in the madison. and there was another medalfor tom daley. oh, tom daley, you superhero! a bronze in the individual event to go with his earlier gold in the synchronised. he s certainly had a glittering games. andy swiss, bbc news. most coronavi
when he kissed his aide, leaked messages published in the daily telegraph newspaper show. in a new interview prince harry describes feeling different to the rest of the royal family and says by sharing his story he hopes it may help others. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than 6 months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. munitions explode. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces