Cycling. The united states and britain urge their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately because of the worsening security situation. We are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. A volunteer firefighter has died as wildfire spread crossbreed greece, with residents moved from their homes across athens. The end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales no more limits on meeting indoors and an end to rules on social distancing. Hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk. Team gb have got two more goals on day 15 of the olympic games. Galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division, britain s first in the weight class since 1956. He beat carlo from the philippines. And in the last few minutes, joe chung won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving a clean sweep in the tokyo olympics after the women s event on friday. Tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, taking bron
We are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. A volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. The end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Gb have taken their gold medal tally to 20 with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. Joe choong won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep of top honours in tokyo after kate french s gold in the women s event on friday. In the last hour, britain have won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men s 1,500 metres. It s britain s first medal in the event since the 1988 olympics in seoul. Galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division britain s first in the weight class since 1956. He beat carlo paalam
Oh, and he s down! oh, there you go! it took him barely a minute to put his opponent on the canvas. And, from there, victory was gloriously inevitable. Before the last games, yafai was working in a car factory. Now the 28 year old, whose two brothers are also boxers, had achieved the ultimate. And so has this man after swimming, fencing, and shooting, joe choong sprinted to gold in the modern pentathlon. And there is the new olympic champion for great britain. Delight for the 26 year old from kent. And, after kate french s victory in the women s event yesterday, a dazzling double for team gb. There was more british success in the cycling. Matt walls and ethan hayter are housemates back in manchester, and they teamed up to take silver in the madison. And there was another medalfor tom daley. Oh, tom daley, you superhero! a bronze in the individual event to go with his earlier gold in the synchronised. He s certainly had a glittering games. Andy swiss, bbc news. Most coronavirus restri
Of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. A volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. And the tiny bat who beat records by flying more than 1,200 miles across europe. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Team gb have taken its gold medal tally to 20 with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. Joe choong won gold in the men s modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep in the discipline after kate french s gold in the women s event on friday. Britain has won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men s 1,500 metres it s britain s first medal in the event since the 1988 olympics in seoul. Galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division britain s first in the weight class since 1956. He beat carlo paalam of the philippines. And tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, taking bronze in the men s ten metre platform to add to h
Hello and welcome if you re 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 they re 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. They ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. In both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons they d 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 thos