also in the programme, the uk government defends changes to the rules on foreign travel as thousands of british tourists scramble to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the government has defended its decision to add the country to the government read list causing some difficulty to some who are there. i can t afford another £3000, and also with my work, i can t afford to take any extra time off. and i can t work in the quarantine hotel, so we had to get back. we start with the escalating fighting in afghanistan. for months now, the taliban have been gaining ground in rural and underpopulated areas. now there s fierce conflict in several provincial capitals, the afghan army fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more civilians in more danger. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. lashkar gah is the capital of helmand province, which was the former headquarters of the british forces. there s fier
after failing to reach agremeent on a new contract. we start with the escalating fighting in afghanistan. for months now, the taliban have been gaining ground in rural and underpopulated areas. now there s fierce conflict in several provincial capitals, the afghan army fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more civilians in more danger. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. lashkar gah is the capital of helmand province, which was the former headquarters of the british forces. there s fierce fighting there, with the taliban now in control of large parts of the city. these are members of the afghan army there, who ve been warning residents to stay away or leave. locals have reported dead bodies in the streets and scarce supplies of food and water. bilal sarwary is an afghan journalist based in kabul. here he is on the latest on the battle for lashkar gah. well, we know that the afghan special forces
we start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. the afghan army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants there s been similar being targetted by the militants. there s been similar intense fighting in laskar gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the taliban s control. local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. we have exclusive pictures from herat inside one of the cities being besieged by the taliban. this footage is from the photo journalist masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. these pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. he and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. as the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. let s talk to ryan crocker, former u
the mental health of elite athletes has been thrown into sharp focus by the actions of sportsmen and women at the tokyo games and other recent high profile tournaments. simone biles the poster girl of team usa pulled out of the majority of her gymnastic events, citing her mental health. she said, we have to protect our minds and our bodies out and do what the world wants us to do. away from the games, ahead of the test against india, the england and wales cricket board announced that ben stokes would take a break from cricket indefinitely to focus on his mental wellbeing . and the japanese tennis player naomi osaka said she would not do news conferences, withdrew from the french open and did not play at wimbledon, admitting she had experienced long bouts of depression since winning herfirst grand slam title in 2018. the decision by high profile athletes to talk openly about their mental health at the tokyo games and other events has sparked a new conversation, and pr
of the ocean very carefully, just in case they did find human debris. speaking with experts earlier, and last week as well, they said it was actually unlikely. they didn t know if we would ever recover any kind of remains from this disaster, just due to the depths and the pressure there. 2.5 miles underneath the surface of the ocean. there were five people on board the titan. this is another difficult day for family and friend of the victims on board. they have been recovering actual pieces of the submersible. what are vectors investigators looking for? these are some pretty big pieces. we believe this is the nodes of the submersible, there s some titanium pieces. machinery, electronics. the crucial bits will be the pieces made with carbon fibre, that s a controversial material used by oceangate. they re trying to see what caused the implosion. many people doubted if that was the right material to be using, and a cylinder shape was the right approach. what the late ceo cal