At the tokyo olympics asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. More than 200 taliban fighters have been killed in strikes by us long range bombers, according to afghanistan s defence ministry. The ministry says it s called in american b 52 aircraft in the battle against the militants in the city of sheberghan. Earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of the city. Shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. The militants had earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. They ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. The us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. Richard galpin repor
Successful female sailing olympian of all time. The belarusian olympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. Good morning. The uk government s vaccination committee is expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be given a covid jab. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. About 1. 4 milliom teenagers would be included in the new roll out. Some countries including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. Tim muffett reports. It began with the elderly and most vulnerable. Since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got lower and lo
Andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law. Specifically, the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. The investigation released today by the new york attorney general s office documents allegations against governor cuomo by 11 women. The investigators interviewed 179 witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pieces of evidence to corroborate the allegations. Those investigators describe their findings at today s press conference. On november 16th, 2020, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. The governor also several times inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to the unit to protect the governor.
Sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. The investigation released today by the new york attorney general s office documents allegations against governor cuomo by 11 women. The investigators interviewed 179 witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pieces of evidence to corroborate the o allegations. Those investigators describe their findings at today s press conference. On november 16th, 2020, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. The governor also several times inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to the unit to protect the governor. Employees recounted a pattern of similarly offensive comments and conversations, such as the governor repeatedly asking executive assistant number one wheth
Silver in the women s canoe slalom. It can mean so much for people, and i hope people see women now as an event that is really high class, there was some amazing paddling out there. Half a million fewer people are now on furlough. But experts warn there could be job cuts as government support eases. A coroner concludes that liverpool football fan andy devine who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the hillsborough stadium disaster is the 97th victim of the tragedy. And itv says there are no current plans for another series of the x factor after reports the show had been axed. In the last half hour, england s deputy chief medical 0fficer, jonathan van tam, has told the bbc that covid vaccinations have prevented around 22 million new coronavirus cases in england and saved about 60,000 lives. He announced the figures which are from public health england while answering questions on the vaccines from bbc newsbeat listeners. Let s hear what he had to say. Ther