by the man she called dad . as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in, giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing instead of self isolating, ministers meet to discuss how it s going. and coming up could canterbury cathedral be home to some of the oldest stained glass in the world? new research suggests it dates back nearly 900 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there s been a gold rush for team gb at the olympics in tokyo. adam peaty won the men s 100 metres breaststroke, becoming the first british swimmer ever to retain an olympic title. tom daley and matty lee were victorious in the men s synchronised ten metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain s third gold in the men s cross country mountain biking. there were silver medals too for alex yees in the men s triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. for a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. as you say, what a day
an olympic title. we ll have full details of team gb s impressive day and we ll be looking at their prospects for the days ahead. also tonight. another fall in the daily number of covid cases in the uk they ve more than halved in the past nine days. the afghan army tries to contain the taliban, but high numbers of civilians have been killed or injured since the start of the year. and canterbury cathedral discovers that some of its magnificent stained glass is among the oldest in the world. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. tom pidcock wins great britain s third olympic gold at the tokyo games with a dominant performance in the men s mountain bike cross country. good evening. it s already being called magic monday thanks to the impressive achievements of britain s olympians injapan. three gold medals were won in the space of five hours, including one for tom daley and his diving partner matty lee. it was daley s fourth olympic attempt and lee s very f
hello and welcome. first afghanistan, now iraq. in the past few hours presidentjoe biden has announced that the us s armed forces will leave iraq by the end of the year. the move was announced during a meeting with iraqi prime minister mustafa al kadhimi at the white house. he has been urging president biden to withdraw troops who have been a presence in the region since 2003. roughly 2,500 us troops remain in the region but their presence has been harder to justify since the killing of qassim suleimani, iran s top security and intelligence commander, by american drone strike in 2020. after the strike iraq s parliament demanded the government expel us forces, a powerful message for the country s prime minister, who s been in power for just two years. but many of the us troops still in iraq, won t actually be leaving. they ll be reclassified as advisers, a non combat role. white house press secretary jenn psaki explained how the us saw their new role in iraq. the real announce
rostrum over there, and about to be announced as olympic champions, and then to hear the national anthem play, i was gone. i couldn t even sing. history from adam peaty, as he wins the 100 metre breaststroke, making him the first british swimmer to defend an olympic title. i haven t felt this good since 2016. itjust means the world to me. and there was a third gold this morning, from 21 year old tom pidcock, in the cross country mountain biking. we will have all the details. also tonight. there s been another big fall in the daily covid cases, for the sixth day in a row. a man describes how he tried in vain to save his wife and nine year old son, after they got into difficulties in loch lomond. and extreme weather across the globe wild fires, flash floods, landslides now some of the world s leading scientists warn that not enough is being done to tackle climate change. and, coming up on the bbc news channel, tom pidcock completes a gold and david team gb. the 21 year old
reforms to social media. there is a cancer in our children s lives. it starts with the use of a mobile phone, with apps that are provided to entertain, yet are used to spread slander, hatred, misinformation and bile, it ends in a cold, cruel, cold blooded murder. police release footage of a man wanted over the killing of sabina nessa in south east london, as they continue to question another man on suspicion of her murder. tonight, a vigil will be held in the area where the 28 year old primary school teacher lived. elsewhere: a new report warns it could take a decade to clear the backlog of cancer treatment in england. and. anyone for doubles? the duchess of cambridge congratulates emma raducanu on winning the us open, as she looks ahead to the future. i still think i have a lot of room for development in terms of my tennis career and where it can go, - so i m excited to start working on it. - senior government ministers are meeting to discuss the closure of some petrol sta