expecting it. right now it is a i expecting it. right now it is a moment of pure emotion and it really gives us hope again since i was really down emotionally. it is beautiful and it makes us believe even more. the bbc s europe editor, katya adler, is in paris and has more on the reaction across the country. in a shock result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left, far left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party in the french parliament, beating the far right. translation: the vote is final. the defeat of the president and his coalition has been clearly confirmed. equally stunned by tonight s results, marine le pen s national rally party so sure victory would be theirs, except it wasn t. at an absolute loss for words, it seems. this has been a huge slap in the face for marine le pen s party. all the polls before this election had predicted they at least would become the largest party in the french parliament. they said they were poised to govern, but
31st of august would withdraw all the military forces. so if they extend it, that means they are extending it.t. it will provoke reaction. joe biden, they are a terrorist organization and you better assume they mean it and it better get as many u.s. troops into the country immediately to escort and evacuate every american and every ally at risk because tonight, there are so many off our own people now trapped in afghanistan right now, a full evacuation by august 31st seems almost impossible, even adam schiff just warned biden that the urgent task at hand seems actually unlikely. look at this. i think it s possible, but very unlikely, given the number of americans who still need to be evacuated, the number of others who are members of the afghan press, society leaders, it s hard for me to imagine all that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. sean: joe biden, you ve been warned by the taliban and intel community, people on the ground ignored previous
also in the programme, the uk government defends changes to the rules on foreign travel as thousands of british tourists scramble to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the government has defended its decision to add the country to the government read list causing some difficulty to some who are there. i can t afford another £3000, and also with my work, i can t afford to take any extra time off. and i can t work in the quarantine hotel, so we had to get back. we start with the escalating fighting in afghanistan. for months now, the taliban have been gaining ground in rural and underpopulated areas. now there s fierce conflict in several provincial capitals, the afghan army fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more civilians in more danger. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. lashkar gah is the capital of helmand province, which was the former headquarters of the british forces. there s fier
being held without spectators for one change and also covid 19 cases are going out for spectators and athletes. on thursday, tokyo reported close to 2000 new coronavirus cases, up by more than 600 compared with the same day last week. this chart shows the seven day average of daily covid cases in the capital. so far this month, a total of 91 cases directly linked to the olympics have been recorded. 0rganisers say these are isolated. they re keen to disassociate the games from any connection with cases in the wider population. sebastian coe is a double olympic champion and president of world athletics. he spoke earlier to the bbc s garry richardson. i do know that the protocols that were put in place the tracking, the tracing, the isolating, which is working and is testament to the amount of work that has already gone into this i believe will be enough to maintain a safe and secure games. and the rising numbers we re talking about, nobody is entirely sure, garry, whether t
hello and welcome to bbc world news. india s supreme court has ordered the federal government to deliver oxygen supplies to the capital delhi where they are suffering 25,000 daily covid infections. social trends have started delivering oxygen as several hospital say, they are struggling to admit new patients because of a shortage of the gas. the authorities in the indian capital delhi have asked the army to set up covid facilities as the city grapples with the pandemic. i m joined now by our correspondent divya arya in delhi. help is only way for so many desperate people in delhi. that is artl desperate people in delhi. that is partly because desperate people in delhi. that is partly because the desperate people in delhi. that is partly because the government i desperate people in delhi. that is. partly because the government has faced so much credit in the courts have had to step in to resolve this crisis are to whatever extent possible. the supreme court gave a really d