after more than 20 years. and on day m of the olympics, the start of the women s gold medal, football match is put back to avoid tokyo s extreme mid day heat. there has been fierce fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah. dozens of taliban insurgents are reported to have been killed in a battle for control of the city. afghan forces, backed by us air strikes, are fighting on several fronts. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, herat as well as lashkar gah. this is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving freely 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 all fled. there are eight or nine taliban on the roof of our house. if the security force hit there, everything will be destroyed. then where should we go? translation: we feel very bad. our house is in the in the basin area. rig
the remote indian district where 80% of the population has had a vaccination for covid i9 despite hesitation. and had a vaccination for covid-19 despite hesitation. despite hesitation. and five months after despite hesitation. and five months after landing - despite hesitation. and five months after landing on - despite hesitation. and five| months after landing on the despite hesitation. and five - months after landing on the red planet. a very warm welcome and we begin with breaking news on the eve of the tokyo games. the president of the 2020 olympics committee has announced that sacking of the opening ceremony creative director kentaro kobayashi following criticism over past comment he made during his career as a comedian which have been described as anti semitic. it is the latest in a series of scandals that have spiked outrage both in japan and around the world. we go live to tokyo. tell us about this latest development. this has emerged this latest development. th
a tropical storm is bearing down on miami, packing winds of up to 70 mph. officials fear tropical storm elsa could send what remains of the apartment complex toppling on to those on the ground. so they re now looking to demolish it before elsa makes landfall. this will protect our search and rescue teams because we don t know when it could fall over and, of course, with these gusts, potentially, that would create a really severe hazard. that means boring into the structure of the building in order to install explosives a precarious proposition given how unstable it has become. once complete, however, the effort will give officials their first access to the garage area, which has been the focus of the search so far. meanwhile, residents of another miami apartment building have been evacuated after engineers came across concrete and electrical problems. their building isjust seven miles from the one that collapsed. there, two more bodies were discovered overnight, bringing th
the celebrations erupt in the streets of lucerne after switzerland the world champions france in a penalty shootout in the euros. that s a roar of shock and dismay for french fans as the tournament favourites, make an early exit. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and indeed around the globe. they have never known a summer heatwave quite like this across a vast swathe of north america and canada temperatures are breaking all records. to give you one measure, among many i should say, in british columbia soared to 47.5 c, say, in british columbia soared to 117.5 c, 117 say, in british columbia soared to 47.5 c, 117 fahrenheit, breaking and 84 year old record. what makes it all the more remarkable is it is still relatively early summer, and it is the result of what is called a heat dome, a huge band of high pressure which has settled across this region. canadians escaping the heat wherever they can. temperatures hiring after around 20 degrees hotter than normal. this hirin