The country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. New changes to the uk s covid travel restrictions come into force. Double vaccinated people travelling from france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. The argentine football star lionel messi is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after twenty years at the club. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The tokyo olympics have ended, with a closing ceremony in the national stadium devoid of fans. Moments after the flame was extinguished, a volley of multi coloured fireworks lit up the night sky above the stadium where athletes were already heading for the exits. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, thanked the people of japan and described the sixteen day event as unprecedented because of the pandemic. The olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of paris where the games will be held in three years time. Team gb have matched their medal tot
Of ten have not had the jab. Nine years in prison for incitement to secession and terrorist activities. Pro democracy activist tong ying kit is the first person to be convicted under hong kong s new security law. And it s an epic battle between a star and her studio, s scarlettjohansson sues disney for streaming her latest movie. Hello, and welcome to tokyo, where on day seven we have now reached the midpoint of the games. And a day where we ve seen a former teaching assistant who partly crowdfunded herjourney to the olympics become team gb s first female gold medal winner in the bmx. Beth shriever followed up team mate kye whyte s stunning silver medal in the men s race to become the first british medalists in the sport since it was made an olympic event back in 2008. In the pool, duncan scott won silver in the men s 200m final to keep alive his hopes of a historic haul of four medals at a single games. No british athlete has won four medals at any one games. New zealand have claimed
pope francis has criticised what he s described as the narrow self interest of european countries in the way they deal with migrants. the pope was speaking on a visit to a refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos, where he warned the treatment of migrants in the mediterranean could lead to the shipwreck of civilisation . from lesbos, the bbc s special correspondent fergal keane reports. they embrace the man and the message because at this moment, he is their most passionate advocate. pope francis arrives at the time of renewed political crisis in europe over the issue of migration. since his last visit, fences have gone up, there have been pushed back of migrants in land and at sea and globally there s no coherent political vision to tackle the problems of poverty and war that are driving people from their homes in their thousands. the pope spoke to an audience largely made up of refugees, but aimed his frustration at the political leaders. translation: let s stop ignori
who went missing more than a week ago has been confirmed as katie kenyon. 200 migrants are understood to have been intercepted by uk border force officials in the english channel today in what s believed to be the first crossings for 11 days. researchers create the most intricate sd model of the female body ever produced to help provide a better understanding of their anatomy. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist, tony grew and journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. good evening to you both. tomorrow s front pages now, starting with. the i says. rebels have warned that the prime minister could face a leadership challenge if the party loses councillors on thursday. staying with politics with the front page of the telegraph, which says boris johnson wants to give more than 2 million households in england who rent properties from housing associations the power to purchase their homes a