nearly half the regions in greece are on high alert, as the worst wildfires in decades rage across the country. and from the charts to the stage. pop star lily allen makes her acting debut in the west end. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. all british nationals in afghanistan are being urged to leave the country, as violence intensifies between government forces and taliban fighters. the militant group has captured its first regional capital in five years, and is making gains in other areas, as western forces withdraw from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned that afghanistan is facing a possible catastrophe. our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forces, the war now in
people say, you ve been on a stage before, but it is a completely different experience. it s kind of like much scarierfor me, anyway. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in afghanistan, with a couple of significant developments. all british nationals in afghanistan are being urged to leave the country, as violence intensifies between government forces and taliban fighters. the militant group has captured its first regional capital in five years, and is making gains in other areas, as western forces withdraw from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned that afghanistan is facing a possible catastrophe. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forces, the war now increasingly
peaceful transfer of power. we will have the latest. an explosion at a chemical plant in western germany kills at least one person was stop several others are miller singh. and simone biles withdraws from the team gymnastics at the tokyo olympics. she said she suffered an injury to her pride after stumbling that a. she comes in with pressure from so many directions. she comes in bearing the mantle of, you know, america s sweetheart, the big olympic star. seven months ago, on the 6th of january, hundreds of donald trump supporters launched an attack on the us capitol. now the first full congressional investigation into what exactly happened that day, has begun. the first witnesses to be called were four men who had been on duty that day. two capitol hill officers and two washington dc police officers gave evidence about the violence and hatred they experienced. here s what the very first witness had to say. sadly as a result of that day, we lost some good officers. but we held
after cristiano ronaldo removes coca cola bottles from a euros news conference. hello and welcome to the programme. the first summit between president biden and president putin has ended in switzerland. the two leaders held about four hours of talks. topics included, nuclear arms control, opposition figure alexei navalny and alleged cyberattacks by moscow. our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. best wishes and goodbye. he says best wishes and goodbye in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th century villa overlooking lake geneva. i m not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. no comment. the american president
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first summit between president biden and president putin has ended in switzerland. the two leaders held about four hours of talks. topics included, nuclear arms control, opposition figure, alexi navalny, and alleged cyber attacks by moscow. our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. best wishes and goodbye. he says best wishes and goodbye in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th century villa, overlooking lake geneva. i m not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. no comment. the american president was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. he ap