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. Its 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 uks 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 Benjamin Bern
One of my favourites. See both the little gb flags on the blades, and both the same kind of distance from the water, and i feel like everything just kind of comes together. I mean, Simone Biles is right up there with the greatest athletes of all time. You know, ive photographed her a lot through previous olympics and World Championships and when she is in full flow, she is a sporting perfection, absolutely incredible to photograph as well. Perhaps these games have, you know, were seeing a different side to her. Shes holding the chalk, you know, the chalk for the rest of the team and shes pulling her mask off and looking a bit sad and vulnerable, and i think that picture really tells that story of that day for me. Historically down the years when people look Back On the tokyo games, | that was in the middle of that pandemic and there were no spectators there. I as sport photographers, we want to turn around and say look, you know, the picture that sits in history is something youve ta k
Once again, today, we ve got big shower clouds on the horizon, downpours, thunder and lightning possible too, and on the later satellite picture you can see there is a lot of cloud across the uk and only here and there we have lengthy sunny spells. and, actually, lengthy sunny spells possible second half of the day across the south west of the uk. the heavy showers will be mostly across the northern half of the country, and particularly slow moving, for example, in scotland and northern england, so the downpour will last longer because it s not being pushed by the stronger winds, which are a little bit further south. so, the showers continue through the course of this evening and overnight, but there will be some clear spells around too for example in the midlands, in wales, not a cold night. and then tomorrow, the showers will be more scattered, so that means there ll be more sunny spells developing, and, in fact, for some of us it may end up being a pretty decent day. if you want s
You ve ta ken. beautiful images. now it s time for a look at the weather. once again, today, we ve got big shower clouds on the horizon, downpours, thunder and lightning possible too, and on the later satellite picture you can see there is a lot of cloud across the uk and only here and there we have lengthy sunny spells. and, actually, lengthy sunny spells possible second half of the day across the south west of the uk. the heavy showers will be mostly across the northern half of the country, and particularly slow moving, for example, in scotland and northern england, so the downpour will last longer because it s not being pushed by the stronger winds, which are a little bit further south. so, the showers continue through the course of this evening and overnight, but there will be some clear spells around too for example in the midlands, in wales, not a cold night. and then tomorrow, the showers