one of the world s greatest footballers, lionel messi, is leaving barcelona after more than 20 years. the international olympic committee says it s ordered two belarusian coaches to leave the athletes village to protect the rest of their team. greece has been plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis, according to the country s prime minister. days of heatwaves have turned the country into a powder keg and he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames. as mark lobel reports, villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as villages like these burn, the greek prime minister is urging extreme caution. houses can be rebuilt, he says, trees can regrow, however human life cannot be replaced. but abandoning your home is never easy in your 70s. translation: leave and go where, and let my house burn? if we had left, this place would have burned. we told the women and elderly and kids to go, and whoever was able
and disappointment for band performers in the netherlands, after nightclubs close again due to soaring covid infections. hello and welcome. day three at the tokyo olympics is now well underway, and the medals are coming in thick and fast. team gb have picked up their first gold adam peaty winning the men s 100 metres breaststroke final. but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day at the pool. 0ur correspondent sarrah mulkerrins is in tokyo with the latest. it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in the it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in the full here in tokyo. let s start with star man adam pt, defending his 0lympic title. he is so dominant in the 100 metres breaststroke. he is undefeated in seven years. he had so much pressure on him coming into this to try and back up that when i become the
it s good to have you with us. if you ve just joined it s good to have you with us. if you ve justjoined us, it s good to have you with us. if you vejustjoined us, you are in time for the top business stories. let s start here in the uk, where the country s economy is facing a pingdemic where workers notified by the nhs track and trace app have to self isolate due to being in contact with someone who s tested positive for covid. in the week ending on the 14th ofjuly, 600,000 people were sent alerts and asked to self isolate. supply firms have been complaining they are struggling to keep supermarkets stocked with food. in response on sunday the department for environment, food and rural affairs said it has identified 500 sites for daily contact testing, and some 10,000 supermarket depot workers in england will be exempt from quarantine rules. this will include forklift drivers and dispatchers. however, supermarket workers are not included. those who are exempt, if they have
is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. and pandemic what pandemic? a major music festival gets underway in the north of england. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men s road cycling race. ecuador s richard carapaz has just won that, with a thrilling race on the outskirts of tokyo. carapaz started out strong, with a a0 second lead. great britain s adam yates missed out on medal, while geraint thomas was out after earlier crash. japanese spectators have defied coronavirus restrictions to watch the race. it s one of the few events during which they can see the competitors in action. china has gone straight to the top of the medals table winning two of today s events. 21 year old yang qian took the first gold
but not everyone is celebrating. all: six, five, four, three. the moment they ve been waiting for for over a year. cheering. we speak to people who are immunosuppressed about how they view what some are calling freedom day. and, the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier this year. the final stage of unlocking in england, with social distancing rules dropped. 1,000 people packed into this club in central london. no testing, contact tracing details orjabs required, with many more lining up outside. they ve waited 16 months. what s a little longer? there s so many people there, and we re just so, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. so pumped to get in there. it s been a year and a half, and now 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions we re alljust ready to dance. on social contact have been i ve had my vaccines. lifted in england. i want to have a good time, hun! there are now no limits on how many so excited. so