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two more medals for great britain on the final day of the paralympics, with bronze wins in the men s badminton and men s wheelchair basketball. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chief executive of one of prince charles charities the prince s foundation, has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. two british newpapers, the sunday times and the mail on sunday, allege that michael fawcett used his influence to assist a saudi businessman. mr fawcett was, until 2003, the prince s valet. here s our royal correspondentjonny dymond. michael fawcett was once one of prince charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. three years ago, he became chief executive of the prince s foundation an umbrella group for a number of prince charles charitable interests. newspaper reports allege that mr fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince s ....
its covid lockdown. hello and welcome to the programme. i am live in tokyo for day 10 of the olympic games. we start our coverage today with news that the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s olympic officials. krystsina tsimanouskaya was due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded a video on social media, appealing for help, and the flight took off without her on board. ramzan karmali reports. surrounded by police and safe. that is what belarusian athlete krystsina tsimanouskaya believes for now. the sprinter was due to be honest darting blocks later today but says she was forced to pack before being taken to the airport in tokyo against her will. translation: i asked the international olympi ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban look close to be capturing their first key city. there s heavy fighting between the afghan military and the taliban in the centre lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. afghan security forces in two other cities kandahar in the south, and herat in the west are also trying to push back the taliban offensive. the taliban already control large parts of the rural areas, but have been pushing to capture cities as foreign forces pull out of the country. meanwhile, hundreds of people have been fleeing their homes amid the fighting. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lash ....
peaceful transfer of power. we will have the latest. an explosion at a chemical plant in western germany kills at least one person was stop several others are miller singh. and simone biles withdraws from the team gymnastics at the tokyo olympics. she said she suffered an injury to her pride after stumbling that a. she comes in with pressure from so many directions. she comes in bearing the mantle of, you know, america s sweetheart, the big olympic star. seven months ago, on the 6th of january, hundreds of donald trump supporters launched an attack on the us capitol. now the first full congressional investigation into what exactly happened that day, has begun. the first witnesses to be called were four men who had been on duty that day. two capitol hill officers and two washington dc police officers gave evidence about the violence and hatred they experienced. here s what the very first witness had to say. sadly as a result of that day, we lost some good officers. but w ....
regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters, also known as oximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more, here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, you really did leave it too late . had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that s led to nhs england and the body that regulates the use of medical devices, the mhra, ....