that is why it is going to be mainly dry and settled, but the wind is in a clockwise action, so we will be pulling winds down from the north and not tapping into any of this heat across parts of southern europe. as we had to monday we start off with some distant mark, a lot of cloud around, but some spells of sunshine. it will stay murky and misty for the coasts and it will be gloomy for shetland. a small chance of a shower of a high ground in western scotland, wales and the south west, but most places fine with light winds and spells of sunshine, so not feeling too bad, 21 to 24 sunshine, so not feeling too bad, 21 to 2a degrees, the 2a in parts of western scotland. any showers that do crop up in the west will fade, dry with some clear spells, but some areas of cloud and this cloud here may well work in two parts of england and then perhaps into the midlands and continue itsjourney west as we head through the day on tuesday. it will cloud over a bit of some parts of wales, m
bringing you up to date on the latest we have on the newspapers. of course, afghanistan dominates most of the front pages the ft leads on the news that the prime minister has convened a g7 meeting of world leaders next week to discuss the ongoing situation. the daily mail reports that borisjohnson is expected to plead with president biden to extend his withdrawal deadline as fears grow that flights may be stopped within 48 hours. the telegraph also leads on that story, adding that uk forces are preparing for the possibility they will have to evacuate afghans through the country s land borders. the is front page story is the worsening tensions between british and us politicians and diplomats, afterformer prime minister tony blair described the us decision to withdraw from the country as imbecilic . the guardian reports that the taliban have criticised the us for what it described as anarchy at kabul airport, suggesting that its own fighters were the only ones capable of r
and more olympic drama at tokyo airport, as a belarussian athlete claims officials from her country tried to forcibly repatriate her. the uk has accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker off the coast of oman in which a british national was killed. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. and coming up at 8.30pm, the travel show explore their favourite memories of new york city. good evening. welcome to bbc news. it s been another triumphant day for team gb at the olympics. a spectacular display from charlotte worthington saw her take gold in the women s bmx freestyle. while the gymnast, max whitlock, successfully defended his olympic title, winning gold on the pommel horse. and the swimmer duncan scott made history, winning a fourth medal at the games, a record for any british athlete. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has all the very latest, from tokyo. a warn
after he became the first british athlete to ever win four medals at the games. the telegraph says that booster vaccines are set to be offered to 32 million people in the uk starting next month, with up to 2000 pharmacies poised to deliver the programme. in the times tory mps and travel industry criticise the governement over plans to introduce a new amber watchlist of countries at risk of moving to the travel red list with little warning. and according to the guardian, there s another rebellion awaiting the prime minister over the treasury spending this autumn, after a high profile mp hit out at the intolerable levels of hardship in their blue wall constituency. a daily mail exclusive reveals that growing number of patients are having to pay for life saving surgery because of large nhs waiting lists. according to the ft, there are signs of a housing fever as house prices boom in almost every major economy in the wake of the pandemic, which revives concerns over poten
the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore, and 2.30 in the morning across afghanistan, where taliban militants are threatening to seize control of the main city in helmand province. the militants are now on the verge of overrunning the city of lashkar gar in the south, and there s fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the capital kabul. lashkar gah, helmand, the peace roundabout now overrun by taliban. they say this square is theirs. gunfire the centre of a city once patrolled for years by british troops. afghan special forces, trained by britain and other nato armies, are rushing in. this video s from the afghan ministry of defence. explosion the battle intensifies on the ground and on social media. 35 ye