Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are grace blakeley, political commentator and columnist, and sam lister, deputy political editor of the daily express. Tomorrow s front pages. Let s start with the metro the prime minister and the foreign secretary come under attack from mps on all sides over their handling of the crisis in afghanistan during an emergency debate in the house of commons. The guardian says that the prime minister faced a wall of fury from the conservative party, with more than 30 tory mps speaking against the government, and only a handful voicing support for its actions. According to the mail, the foreign secretary failed to make a crucial phone call while on holiday to seek urgent help airliting translators out of afghanistan. In the the telegraph, mps and the head of the armed forces unite to biden administration over afghanistan, fuelling concerns about the uk us special relationship. And in the i, a parac
In greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. It s gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon. While india s have got theirfirst ever athletics gold medal at the olympics neeraj chopra winning the javelin. Now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. Britain s first gold of the games in boxing galal yafai wins in style in the men s flyweight. Another day, another gold in the modern pentathlon for team gb thanks to history makerjoe choong. And tom daley adds a bronze to his collection as the medals keep coming on the penultimate day of tokyo 2020. Also coming up in the programme. It s the deciding test, we ll have the latest from the lions against south africa in cape town. And a maginficent century from joe root gives england a chance against india. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Team gb have theirfirst boxing gold of the tokyo olympics. Ga
Britain are now on 20 golds. It was tense and nervy, but ultimately heartbreaking for the lions in the decider in south africa. Jack grealish makes his manchester city debut but leicester take the community shield. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Just one day left at the tokyo olympic games and great britain have won a further five medals, including two golds, on day 15. The flyweight boxer galal yafai won britain s first gold in the men s flyweight division, since 1956, whilejoe choong triumphed, in the men s modern penthathlon. And there was more success, for the diver tom daley. Here s natalie pirks. What a moment for galal yafai. From working in a carfactory in what a moment for galal yafai. From working in a car factory in solihull to fulfil your olympic dream. It has been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. Been quite the six year ascent for galalyafai. In been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. In the men s flyweight final, carlo paalam stood on his way. Tokyo r
The situation in afghanistan is becoming increasingly perilous, after the taliban seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. The deputy governor of sheberghan in jawzjan province, says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where they re preparing to defend themselves. 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. Richard galpin reports. In this fast moving offensive the taliban are claiming a second province is in their hands. This video appears to show them releasing inmates from the prison and the afghan authorities admit some parts of the city have been taken. Just a day ago the taliban captured a city in the south west of the country, now it seems the north is also coming under their control. In the wake of the fighting many civilians are being treated at local hospitals with serious injuries. Amongst them young children. Governm
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph and rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent. It always seems to be that time of night with me. Good job they re going to do most of the talking but before they do, i have to bring you up to date on the front pages. The metro leads with the announcement that all 16 and i7 year olds in the uk are to be offered first doses of the covid vaccine before they go back to school. The financial times reports on a warning from the the world health organization, who say booster shots in richer nations should be delayed until poorer countries receive more vaccines. The i writes that there will be changes to the traffic light system forforeign holidays, with arrivals from france to england no longer having to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated. In the past few minutes scotland has also announced it will follow england