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i m sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo on day 14, where steven gardiner won 400 metres gold to secure athletes are having to battle the extreme heat injapan forcing the extreme heat injapan forcing the women s gold metal football forcing the women s gold metal football match to be moved. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning here in singapore, and 3:30am in the morning across afghanistan, where the government is mobilising its forces to try to repel taliban fighters as they move in on several big cities. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. this is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving at will in much of the city. here are the thoughts of some of the residents. translation: the situation is tough. | our houses have all been destroyed. people have
wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. it s day two of the olympics and the sporting action has brought us just the sort of unpredictability and excitement only these games can bring. there have been some major shocks in the swimming pool a world record was broken and today has brought something of a gold rush forjapan s olympians. mariko oi has the details. what an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one family thejudo siblings uta and hifumi abe winning double gold medals within an hour of each other, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. also, earlier in the day, we had yuto horigome winning the first ever gold medalfor skateboarding. we went out to find out how people made of his achievements. let s take a listen. translation: | used to do - skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winnin
many secretaries, and the government has never really explains the logic of its 16th of august date on isolating. lewis hughes, the man who accosted england s chief medical officer chris whitty in a london park, pleads guilty to assault. meanwhile another man, jonathan chew, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. and drug deaths in scotland reach a new record level for the seventh year in a row more than 1300 people died last year. campaign is when a court battle to prevent the construction of a road tunnel near stonehenge. at 5:45pm marker mode will take a look at the best and rest releases in the film reveal, including disney sjungle reveal, including disney s jungle cruise. good afternoon. there s been a sizeable medal haulfor team gb at the tokyo olympics. tremendous bmx racing by 22 year old beth shreever has won her gold. and kye white took silver in the men s event. for a full round up of today s action at the olympics let s cross to hugh ferris at the bbc sports c
the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore, and 2.30 in the morning across afghanistan, where taliban militants are threatening to seize control of the main city in helmand province. the militants are now on the verge of overrunning the city of lashkar gar in the south, and there s fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the capital kabul. lashkar gah, helmand, the peace roundabout now overrun by taliban. they say this square is theirs. gunfire the centre of a city once patrolled for years by british troops. afghan special forces, trained by britain and other nato armies, are rushing in. this video s from the afghan ministry of defence. explosion the battle intensifies on the ground and on social media. 35 ye