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slow moving, still with the odd rumble of thunder. that will be a nation across central and southern england. behind it, sunny spells, if you are showers but not as warm as it has been of late. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. elaine herah thompson ofjamaica has won the women s 100 metres final at the tokyo games in a new olympic record time. her victory came after heartbreakfor team gb sprinter dina asher smith who pulled out of the games through injury. but there wasjoy earlierfor team gb, with gold medals in the 4x100 metres mixed medley and in the mixed triathlon event. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device called an oximeter works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the govenment is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinate ....
forjonny brownlee at his third olympic games. and, this is austin halewood at the bbc sports desk i ll have all the news on the medals, the records and the upsets in tokyo. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and coming up later this hour click takes a trip to iceland. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. jamaica has secured a clean sweep first, second and third in the women s 100 meters this afternoon at the olympic games in tokyo. it comes as one of team gb s great medal hopes dina asher smith saw her bid for the podium come to an early end, afterfailing to quali ....
now on bbc news, the media show. hello. what a summer of sport this is. sport is all over tv, and coverage of sports events is what we are focusing on today. the olympics is on, we ve just had the euros, and there s a new cricket competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. but in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. does sport need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok? and has the amount of money tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic? well, these are some of the questions that my all star panel of sporting supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. they are andrew georgiou, president of sport at discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where discovery are covering the olympics. minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and sanjay patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wal ....
of harry dunn, killed after a collision involving a car driven by a us citizen. local public health officials are urging the government to delay lifting the last coronavirus restrictions in england which is due to take place on the 21st ofjune. and birdwatchers joy after white tailed eagles appear on loch lomond for the first time in more than 100 years. good morning. today is the first day of the g7 summit a meeting of the world s seven largest established advanced economies. let s go now to cornwall. ben brown is there for us. good morning i m here at tregenna castle the resort in st ives, cornwall in the south west of england which is hosting world leaders for the g7 summit. this event will see the leaders of canada, the eu, france, germany, italy, japan, the us and uk gathering in person for the first time since the pandemic. the early morning missile as it is called, the mist and drizzle, has now lifted. it s becoming a somewhat brighter day, i am now lifted ....
trumpism. what? yeah. they called him i thought he was conservative. yes. they called him a traitor, they called him a traitor, heckled him, booed him. really? yeah. all they care about is trump, it s a cult. what they wanted him lynched? wait, were they on the side of the people that were yelling lynch mike pence? i don t understand. you actually boo the guy that upholds the constitution, whose family are put in danger, who has to escape and have secret service stop him from being lynched by a mop and they re booing him. um-hum. wow. i m sure a lot of people are going, let me get into that party. what the world. what in the world. yeah. mika, that s crazy. it s bad. how was your weekend, mika? did you have a good weekend? beautiful. i spent it with my mother. that s fantastic. it was a wonderful weekend. but i was looking forward to digging deeper into that moment there with mike pence, and we will a little bit later on just because it ....