the mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldn t return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. just leave them to it. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gbs medal tally above 50. and coming up on the bbc news channel: she has waited three olympics to get a medal but holly bradshaw s pole vault bronze is a historic one for britain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has just been placed on the travel red list, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the governm
we start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. the afghan army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants there s been similar being targetted by the militants. there s been similar intense fighting in laskar gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the taliban s control. local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. we have exclusive pictures from herat inside one of the cities being besieged by the taliban. this footage is from the photo journalist masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. these pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. he and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. as the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. let s talk to ryan crocker, former u
i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever. just leave them. just leave them to it. £100 million for midfielderjack grealish. manchester city smash english football s transfer fee record. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gb s medal tally above 50. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the end of an era. barcelona say lionel messi will not be staying at the club because of financial and structural obstacles . good evening. the government has been defending new changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists trying to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has now been placed on the red travel list which means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the government is now urging travellers to take a pcr tes