Been a big hearted nation, youve got a Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. New zealand announces a Snap Lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted Covid 19 since february. Haiti suffers further. After the Death Toll in Saturdays Earthquake passes 1,400, a Tropical Storm makes landfall on the island. And Bob Dylan is Being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. He denies the allegations. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban has urged Government Officials in afghanistan to return to work. It has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. At kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterdays chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. Those scenes at the airport have Been highlighted by newly released Satellit
For britain in a dramatic Bmx Park Freestyle final. Tourists have been leaving beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. Now on bbc news, living with arina, nina is experiencing an independence that had always been out of reach for her in the past. But can she make the transition into Assisted Living . Hello there. Summer 2021 so far has seen a lack of consistency. Yes, through the middle part ofjuly, we had some warmth. In fact, for seven consecutive days somewhere saw temperatures around 30 celsius or above and that triggered off some sharp thundery downpours with some localised flooding from time to time. However, we are now in august. The first couple of days of august are going to be pretty disappointing in terms of the feel of the weather, with some places really struggling to get out of the high teens, but if were lucky well see 20 or 21 celsius. The next couple of days will give us some drier weather, with this little bump of
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Of august, but nothing particularly outstanding, im afraid. In fact, today summarises it quite nicely. We have seen some breaks in The Cloud out to the west, a lot of cloud generally elsewhere and some Nuisance Showers from a Weather Front thats drifting its way steadily south and east. Some of these may well turn quite heavy and thundery before the day is through, but as that Cold Front clears away, it then allows this ridge of high pressure to build from the west and quieten things down. But the wind direction s still coming from a northerly source, so its a cool start to monday. Some early Morning Sunshine will quickly be spoilt by quite a lot of cloud developing into the afternoon, and a few sharp showers as well could break out across South Wales and Southwest England. Temperatures subdued, really, for early august the maximum of 20 degrees, but perhaps feeling even cooler on those exposed northeast coasts. Dry, settled and a little more sunshine around on tuesday, but still not p
And continued in the triathlon mixed Relay Event a first Gold Medal for Jonny Brownlee at his third and final olympic games. Victory for Elaine Thompson Herah of jamaica in the womens 100 metres final in Tokyo And Heartbreak for Dina Asher Smith from the uk who missed the final through injury. In other news Afghan Security Forces have been battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. Medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. And borisjohnson and his wife Carrie Have announced theyre expecting a second child. Their son wilfred was born in april last year. Now on Bbc News, Ali Official is one of the uks top British Bangladeshi comedians. In this film, he has some difficult, insightful and hilarious conversations about being British Bangladeshi. Im ali shahalom, also known as Ali Official, and im a comedian. No, no, man, just chilling. Just filming this thing for the bbc. Y