Towns and villages evacuated. One of the worlds great footballers, Lionel Messi, is leaving barcelona, after more than 20 years. I am Sarah Mulkerinns Live In Tokyo on Day 1a of the games, we have had the first medal of the day and if the 50 kilometre mens walk. A very warm welcome. Dozens of Taliban Insurgents have been killed in a battle for control of Lashkar Gah forces fighting on several fronts. This map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, herat and Lashkar Gah. This is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving at will, in much of the city. Here are the thoughts of some of the residents. Translation the situation is tough. | 0ur 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. Right now, the taliba
After more than 20 years. And on Day M of the olympics, the start of the womens Gold Medal, Football Match is put back to avoid tokyos 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. Right now, the ta
Polands Dawid Tomala has won gold in the mens 50km Race Walk. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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. Right now, the taliban came into the area from
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. Lots of talk about heavy showers in this forecast, but it is important to point out it wont be raining all the time. There will be some drier, sunnier moments, too, but, yes, some areas on friday will be dealing with heavy, even intense thundery downpours, particularly across northern parts of the uk. Whereas further south, therell still be some heavy showers to contend with, but theyll tend to move through more quickly. More in the way of sunshine, more of the day dry compared with to the north, because to the southern flank of this area of low pressure which has come in, the winds are strongest, so the showers move through more quickly. But if youre close to the centre of this area of low pressure thats really across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales, too the showers just h
Now on bbc news, click. This week, we are in iceland to fly over a red hot volcano. And then chill out with some beautiful scenery. Also at a gas powered Bitcoin Mine in the us. And how safe is your electric Car Charger from hackers . It is the land of fire and ice. Where the earth is literally splitting apart. This is iceland, home to so much amazing scenery created by The Superheated Rock that lurks just below the surface. As recently as march this year, a new volcano has been erupting and attracting tourists and scientists alike to watch and learn as it rewrites the geography once again. And later in the programme, we will be there to see how as long as youre careful volcanoes and drones can mix. Now, iceland is putting all of this heat to good use. It drives the geothermal Power Stations, which provide clean, cheap electricity, and that means that now almost half of all of the cars here are electric. The country is second only to norway in its adoption. But while things are moving