i want to thank my amazing team, my family that made so many amazing sacrifices for me. and beaming biles after struggles with her mental health superstar american gymnast simone biles takes bronze on the beam. in other news. first minister nicola sturgeon says scotland will remove most of its remaining covid restrictions from monday face coverings in indoor public settings will continue. this change is significant and hard earned. the sacrifices everyone has made over the past year and a half can never be overstated. coronavirus cases continue to fall in the uk, but deaths have risen to 138 the highest reported daily figure since march 17th. borisjohnson meets the opposition leader of belarus after one of the country s athletes at the olympics sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy. sprinter tells the bbc why she did it. i want people to stop being afraid, i want them to speak out because when there is pressure it s really important not to keep silent. good afternoo
having to do it again and again, itjust gets. and again, itjust gets harder, to be fair. and a remarkable comeback for the best us gymnast of all time. simone biles takes bronze, despite her struggle with mental health. we ll have all the day s news from tokyo, with just five days of competition left. also today. in scotland, the first minister confirms that almost all remaining covid restrictions willl end from next monday. the olympic sprinter from belarus tells the bbc why she s scared to return home, and the fears for her family s safety. and we talk to britain s youngest ever summer olympian, on the eve of her quest for gold. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a stunning silver for keely hogkinson. the 800 metre runner breaks a long standing british record in team gb s first medal on the track. good evening. we start with yet another outstanding day for team gb, at the olympic games injapan. sailing brought in two gold medals and a silver, the cyclists settled for si
a sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. it s believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. and the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. criticism from uk s opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber watchlist of countries for international travel. and firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. a warm welcome to tokyo and what a momentous day it s been. one of the greatest races in olympics history took place this morning. norway s karston warholm won the gold in the
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist rachel shabi; and former government special adviser, and now ceo of music industry body uk music, jamie njoku goodwin. tomorrow s front pages. the metro reports that the number of new covid cases is continuing to fall and says hopes are being raised that the uk may be past the peak of the third wave of coronavirus infections. the telegraph leads with the hijack of an oil tanker in the gulf of oman it says iranian backed forces are suspected of carrying it out. the i says the government is set to roll out covid jabs to over 16s. according to the times, the over 16s vaccination programme could begin within the next fortnight. and that story makes the front page of the daily mail as well underneath a picture of more british olympic medal winners. the guardian carries an interview with the labour leader sir keir starmer, in which he claims internati