Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. After more than two weeks of thrilling sporting action the tokyo olympic games end with a spectacular closing ceremony. It s been an impressive haul of medals for team gb which saw cyclist jason kenny successfully defends his keirin title to become the first briton to win seven olympic gold medals. Another provincial capital in afghanistan falls to the taliban as they continue to make ferocious assaults against key northern cities. New changes to the uk s covid travel restrictions come into force. Thousands flee their homes in greece as forest fires burn out of control. The country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. The argentine football star lionel messi is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after 20 years at the club. Now on bbc news. Zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha and french tenor benjami
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Quite a cool picture across the uk. Low pressure on top of us is slow moving, gradually moving to the east and the north east. The weather that it brings sits on top of the country for a considerable amount of time. Through the afternoon, showers continue, particularly heavy across northern parts of the uk, maybe fewer for a time for the south of wales and devon, could be decent sunshine in plymouth. Hello. This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. Gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon. Bronze on the track asjosh kerr runs a personal best in the men s 1,500 metres for his medal. Boxing gold for galal yafai as he wins in the flyweight division for team gb. Success in the pool, too. Tom daley earning bronze in the 10 metre platform diving his second medal of the games. While britain s matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men s madison silver behind denmark in first. In other news, the united states and the uk warn their
Live in tokyo on day 14 of the games, where athletes are having to battle the extreme heat injapan, forcing the women s gold medal football match to be moved. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it is newsday. Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. It s seven in the morning here in singapore, and 4:30amin the morning across afghanistan, where the government is mobilising its forces to try to repel taliban fighters as they move in on several big cities. 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. | 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