Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Now to afghanistan, where the taliban have seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. The Deputy Governor of Sheberghan Injawzjan province says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where theyre preparing to defend themselves. Shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan Vice President abdul Rashid Dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. The militants earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. Theyve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. In both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons theyd captured. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening Security Situation in the country. Bilal is an afghan journalist in kabul with more on those prisone
Wildfires in northern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A parliamentary report says the Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. A warm welcome to tokyo, its day 2 of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of excitement weve been looking for in the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. A couple of sports have made their debut too. Lets cross to the Bbc Sport Centre and speak to our reporter jane dougall, whos been watching the action. What an exciting Road Race for the women a
And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. Hello and welcome. Day 2 of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and for some big names, their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut, too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far. Well, what a story we had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new sports here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage this Sunday Morning with this Street Event final. For the man taking place. And i can tell you that the hosts, japan, have won it with the 22 year old local boy from tokyo, Yuto Horigome, winning gold in that. Now, the Street Event sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull off great tricks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps in that event. A wonderful win for the hosts, ja
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken, and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far on day 2. What a story we have had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new spots here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage with the Street Event final for the men taking place and i can tell you that the Host Japan have one at with a 22 year old michael from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. It sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull up some great picks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps. A wonderful win for the hostjapan. Wonderful win for the Host Japan. Also wonderful win for the hostjapan. Also a big win in the pool with a gold in the wom
Facing charges over the January 6th riot at the u. S. Capitol. Attorneys for Jacob Chansley tell Nbc News theyre working toward a plea deal. Mr. Chansley faces charges of civil disorder, obstruction and disorderly conduct. According to the defendants lawyers the government has acknowledged he neither led the charge into the capitol nor behaved violently during the riot. Meanwhile as we said former President Trump is holding a Rally Tonight in phoenix. Rioters like Jacob Chansley say they attacked the capitol because they believed the baseless claims of a stolen election. But we gained new insight this week into Donald Trumps views on the riot. They are from his interview with Washington Post journalists carol Leon Nil and Philip Rucker for their new book. Heres how mr. Trump described the events of January 6th. It was a loving crowd, by the way. There was a lot of love. Ive heard that from everybody. Many, many people have told me that was a loving crowd. And you know, it was it was to