Team gbs most successful canoeist, Liam Heath, has added to his olympic Medal Haul with a bronze in the K1 200 Metres sprint. And coming up this hour 15 Million of us live with a long Term Condition but are some Social Media influencers faking illnesses for fame, Money And Attention. Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to quarantine on Arrivalfrom France , as part of a Shake Up of Coronavirus Travel rules in england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Seven more European Countries have been added to the green list, while spain will remain amber despite concerns about covid variants there. Other changes include india, bahrain, qatar and the United Arab Emirates , switching from red to amber , meaning arrivals from those countries will no longer have to quarantine in government approved accommodation. While austria, germany, slovenia, slovakia, latvia, Romania And Norway will be moved onto the green list. But Georgia And Mexico have been now be added to the Red List , the highest
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 theres been similar being targetted by the militants. Theres been similar intense fighting in Laskar Gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the talibans 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. Lets talk to ryan crocker, former us ambassador T
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 prompted both support,
I am Sarah MulkerrIns lIve tokyo on day 14, where Steven GardIner won 400 Metre Gold to secure the bahamas fIrst medal of the games. LIve from our studIo In sIngapore, thIs Is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcastIng to vIewers In the uk and Around The World. Its 6am In the mornIng here In sIngapore and 2 30am In the mornIng across afghanIstan, where the government Is mobIlIzIng Its forces to try to repel talIban fIghters as they move In on several bIg cItIes. ThIs map shows you some of the key areas of the fIghtIng In kandahar, Herat And Lashkar gah. ThIs Is the sItuatIon earlIer on thursday In herat, wIth talIban fIghters reportedly movIng at wIll In much of the cIty. Here are the thoughts of some of the resIdents. TranslatIon the sItuatIon Is tough. Our houses have all been destroyed. People have all fled. There are eIght or nIne talIban on the roof of our house. If the SecurIty Force hIt there, everythIng wIll be destroyed. Then where should we go . TranslatIon we f
Im Sarah Mulkerrins Live In Tokyo on day 14, where Steven Gardiner won 400 Metres Gold to secure athletes are having to battle the extreme Heat Injapan forcing the extreme Heat Injapan forcing the Womens Gold Metal football forcing the Womens Gold Metal Football Match to be moved. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Its 7am in the morning here in singapore, and 3 30am in the morning across afghanistan, where the government is mobilising its forces to try to repel taliban fighters as they move in on several big cities. This map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, Herat And Lashkar gah. This is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving at will in much of the city. Here are the thoughts of some of the residents. Translation the situation is tough. | our houses have all been destroyed. People have all fled. There are e