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thank you forjoining us here in bbc news. the taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan as they intensify their offensive to seize power is following the withdrawal of western troops. the three cities appear to have largely fallen to islamist militants within hours of one another, the biggest is quintus, a city of more than a quarter of a million people. provincial capitals are also largely in militant hands although the government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. here s a our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. caliban pictures appear to show another city falling under their control. this is the biggest prize so far. a large city, economically important, it seems to have fallen easily. afraid of the fighting, as much as of the taliban, civilians fleeing, many of them heading south to kabul. a government spokesman says the taliban will soon be a ....
glorious across eastern parts of scotland and england but the cloud has a built in, heavy rain across northern ireland which was followed by a rash of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across much of ireland. if you popping up into wales as well. this band of rain, some heavy and fragmented, will continue northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight. in between, drier spells but further heavy and thundery downpours likely. these are the mean wind speeds. a breezy night, gusts hire around the coast and over hills. but a mild night, temperatures no lower than 14, 15 celsius. low pressure is parked on top of us for friday so another day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for the east and north east of scotland, risk of flooding here. dan was likely in northern ireland, northern england down to wales. a better chance of seeing some prolonged spells of sunshine in the south where we could see 22 celsius, otherwise 17 to 20 celsius. this feature runs across ....
a sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. it s believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. and the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. criticism from uk s opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber watchlist of countries for international travel. and firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. a warm welcome to tokyo and what a momentous day it s been. one of the greatest races in olympics history took place this morning. norway s karston warholm won the gold ....
scotland and wales who ve been fully vaccinated in the eu or us won t need to isolate when entering from an amber list country. foreign secretary dominic raab defended the move. the answer to your question why we re doing this step is internationally opening up in the same way we are domestically with the safeguards in place to make sure we can do it in a sustainable way. official figures are expected to show another fall in people on furlough as life gets back to normal after lockdown. but experts warn job losses might follow cuts in government support. a coroner concludes that liverpool fan andy devine, who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the hillsborough stadium disaster is the 97th victim of the tragedy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the impact of climate change is already being felt across the uk with more rainfall, sunshine and higher temperatures. these are the findings of the state of uk climate report 2020 from the met office. it ....
detonates a world war ii bomb on the site of a new housing estate. hello. day two of the olympics is underway and we have our first medal winners in the pool. chase kalisz has given the united states their first gold and medal of the games. he came first in the men s 400 metres individual medley final finishing well ahead of his fellow countrymen, jay litherland, who took silver. let s see what else is up for grabs, with some of the other highlights expected on day two of the games. coming up later the women s road race starts with current champion anna van der breggen representing the netherlands for the final time at the games before she retires. we will also see the first appearance at the tokyo games of simone biles the most decorated us gymnast of all time will lead her team in women s qualifying. local favourite naomi osaka who lit the olympic cauldron at friday s opening ceremony begins her bid for a medal. it s osaka s first match since withdrawing f ....