hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. the conditions have defeated some at the open, others are thriving. the lead has changed hands and it s tight at the top on the third day at troon. rain too at trent bridge, but england drove through to build a lead over the west indies on the third day of the second test. and hungary for success, britain s lando norris is on pole for sunday s formula i grand prix after two red flags in qualifying. also coming up on sportsday. a british record just six days before the olympics bodes well for keely hodgkinson at the london diamond league. and tributes to one of snooker s greats. six time world champion ray reardon has died at the age of 91. welcome to the programme. torrential rain at troon has affected the leaderboard on the third day of the open with the names changing all the time at the top. irishman shane lowry started the day with a two shot lead over the rest of the field that is not the case now, he has slipped down
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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. now to afghanistan, where the taliban have seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. the deputy governor of sheberghan injawzjan province says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where they re preparing to defend themselves. shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. in both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons they d captured. )the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. bilal is an afghan journalist in kabul with mo
or be impeached. and simone biles leaves the tokyo olympics a champion overcoming twisties, turns and tragedy. thanks for joining us. the united states current covid surge could be its worse yet. that message from the previous u.s. surgeon general who told the washington post, we are seeing 50,000 hospitalizations a day and the weekly average of new infections is soaring well past 80,000. these are the highest levels we ve seen in months. but he says it is not too late to turn things around. it is not really about national immunity so much as it about making sure within your household, within your workplace, within your child s school you have appropriate levels of protection so that you can prevent spread from turning into an outbreak. and so think about what you can do and what those around you can do to protect yourselves. that is how we stop this pandemic. but more young people keep getting the virus. the american academy of pediatrics says some 72,000 children
there s been no doubt in my mind that 0magh was a preventable atrocity, but nobody wanted to hear that message, not the irish government, not the british government. thousands of workers in the food supply chain in england no longer need to isolate if pinged by the covid app as long as they test negative. several trainlines are reducing their services as hundreds of staff are asked to isolate to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. and at 5:45pm, mark kermode is here with the film review, taking a look at new releases including the world to come and off the rails. it s one year late and has been beset by problems, but the olympics are officially under way in toyko. the opening ceremony injapan s national stadium ended with the lighting of the olympic cauldron. the 3.5 hour long spectacle has been described as sombre , reflecting the mood of a nation which is having to host the biggest sporting event in the world during a pandemic. just 22 of team gb s 375 strong squad