At the tokyo olympics asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. More than 200 taliban fighters have been killed in strikes by us long range bombers, according to afghanistan s defence ministry. The ministry says it s called in american b 52 aircraft in the battle against the militants in the city of sheberghan. Earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of the city. Shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. The militants had earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. They ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. 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. Richard galpin repor
First detected in india, as doctors raise concerns about the easing of restrictions. And covid 19 testing before the revision song eurovision song contest. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The us president, joe biden, has spoken by phone to both the israeli prime minister and the president of the palestinian authority after another day of violence in the region. Mr biden expressed grave concern over mounting casualties. More than 150 people most of them palestinians have died since the latest conflict began on monday. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports from jerusalem. The made desperate attempts to find survivors in the flatten three story house, but ten civilians were killed. 0h, three story house, but ten civilians were killed. Oh, god, he is saying, take your revenge. Mohammed lost his wife and four small sons. Only his five month old son, omar, survive, with a broken thumb. His mother, was buried with her four dead boys, and his sister, four dead boys, and his sist
20,000 football fans gather at wembley stadium to watch leicester city win the fa cup at the largest meeting of people in the uk for more than a year. And china makes space history, becoming only the second country to successfully land a rover on mars. Hello and welcome whether you re watching in the uk or around the world. President biden has phoned the israeli and palestinian leaders to voice his concern about mounting civilian casualties as a result of fighting between israeli forces and militants in gaza. Today, after a warning, the israeli military destroyed a tower block housing the offices of some foreign news operations. Earlier, palestinian officials said israeli air strikes killed 14 people, including five children, in a densely populated refugee camp. Meanwhile, israeli police say one man has died in fresh hamas rocket attacks on cities in southern israel. Yolande knell reports. Within seconds, another tower block erased from gaza s skyline. Journalists for international net
That that is not the case. Us president biden has spoken to leaders on both sides expressing his grave concern. We ll have the latest from the region and will be crossing live to washington for analysis. Also in the programme. Extra testing is being carried out in 15 locations across the uk for the variant of the coronavirus first detected in india. Fa cup winners for the very first time. Leicester celebrate beating chelsea in front of the uk s biggest football crowd since the coronavirus pandemic began. And china makes space history, becoming only the second country to successfully land a rover on mars. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. President biden has expressed grave concern about mounting civilian casualties in the middle east, in phone calls to the israeli and palestinian leaders. He urged prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to end the escalation between the two sides. On saturday, after a warning, the
Lands its first rover on mars. President biden has expressed grave concern about mounting civilian casualties in the middle east, in phone calls to the israeli and palestinian leaders. He urged prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to end the escalation between the two sides. On saturday, after a warning, the israeli military destroyed from jerusalem, here s our middle east editorjeremy bowen. They made desperate attempt to find survivors in the remains of a flattened three story house in this camp in gaza. But ten civilians were killed. Oh god, he s saying, take your revenge. This man lost his wife and four small sons. Only his five month old son survived with a broken thigh. His mother was buried with herfour dead boys, with her sister in law and four of her children. She had been visiting them for the end of ramadan holiday. A journalist from the american news agency, the ap, pleaded with the israeli military for time to get equipment from the