raising the taliban flag as the last remaining part of afghanistan falls after days of heavy fighting. spotted by a police helicopter a three year old boy missing since friday in the australian bush is found in a gully. and india cruise to a comfortable win against england in the fourth test at the oval. and coming up on the bbc news channel all eyes on emma raducanu. the british teenager prepares for the biggest match of her career at the us open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is preparing to unveil its long awaited plan for social care and the nhs in england with the announcement expected tomorrow. but the prime minister is under growing pressure over how it s to be paid for. critics say any rise in national insurance would break manifesto promises and disproportionately affect those on lower wages. meanwhile, the health secretary sajid javid has tonight confirmed that the nhs will be getting an extra £5.5 billion, to help it deal
president macron has pay tribute describing him as a national treasure. the taliban says its seized panjshir province this was the last part of afghanistan that it didn t control. the panjshir valley has long been a bastion of taliban resistance. and this is significant for a number of reasons. over the years fighters have successfully resisted the soviets in the 80s and the taliban in the 90s. here s what we think is confirmation that that resistance is over. this was posted online by the taliban and appears to show the taliban flag raised outside the building of panjshir s regional governor. and this is a taliban spokesperson. translation: we have captured panjshir with the will of god. - the local elders and religious leaders have been coordinating with us and our operations went ahead with their help. some of those who are still wanting to fight are missing at the moment. we are trying to tell them that if they want to join a normal life they are welcome to. afghanistan
japan smashed their way to an 8 1 win but for the organisers, simply getting these games under way will be the biggest relief. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. the spell of hot weather goes on and the very hottest weather is shifting west. the eastern coasts at the moment it is a little cooler at 19 degrees. london courier than this time yesterday and the highest temperatures across parts of northern ireland and the south west of england. close to 30 degrees at the moment at exeter airport. and in these areas we still have extreme heat warnings with the potential of a risk to health and transport infrastructure. lots of sunshine to go with that he does well. you can see all this low cloud plaguing some coasts in north east england, particularly north east scotland. for the afternoon a lot of sunshine, some thunderstorms down to the south east. 0ne some thunderstorms down to the south east. one or two elsewhere and the highest temperatures
in the first wave of the pandemic while the south east was hardest hit in the second wave the heatwave across the uk has been continuing and this afternoon northern ireland has broken it s all time temperature record for the second time in 5 days. the gb women s football team off to a flying start at the tokyo olympics with a 2 nil win over chile good afternoon. we cannot go on as we are the words today of the brexit minister lord frost, demanding a rethink from the european union on britain s post brexit trading arrangements with northern ireland. the government has called for significant changes to the deal negotiated only last year but it s held back, for now, from the dramatic step of effectively suspending parts of the deal. the european commission vice president has flatly rejected the uk demand for a renegotiation of the northern ireland protocol a protocol which requires checks on goods coming in from mainland britain. chris page reports. northern irelan
now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament, your indispensable guide to the day at westminster. as some covid rules are scrapped, the labour leader accuses the prime minister of spreading confusion. mr speaker, isn t it clear there s only three words, three words this prime minister needs to focus on geta grip? he wants three word slogans, mr speaker, i ll give him a three word slogan. we are our three word slogan is get a jab . also in this programme, the government pays france £54 million to stop migrants crossing the channel. this is an evolving situation. the numbers of migrants. attempting these crossings from france has - increased considerably. but first, boris johnson has defended the government s covid isolation rules from his own isolation at the prime minister s country residence, chequers. he s one of many people who ve been pinged by the nhs app, forced to self isolate after coming into contact with someone