this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country, in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. the hunt for an 11—year—old girl from bolton in england is called off, after she's found safe and well in london. thousands of hungarians join the annual pride march and protest against a new anti—lgbto law.

we're live in budapest. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it's the first full day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 gold medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in the judo where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa

takato in judo giving a very emotional interviewjust now, following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnastics with kohei uchimura not qualifying for the finals, but a lot of people will be watching rikako ikee in swimming. of course, she was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago. she inspired many by qualifying for this year's olympic games. and let's not forget japan's women's football team, nadeshiko, up against team gb as well. and i think it is fair to say that the japanese government officials have been hoping that once the games are under way and once japanese athletes start winning medals, as we saw this evening, the public opinion may start to change. of course, we have been reporting strong public opposition, even last night during the opening ceremony, with a lot

of protests going on, but at the same time, i was outside the olympic stadium earlier, and there was a long queue of people waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings, so some people are definitely getting excited that the games are finally under way. let's cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to austin halewood who's been watching the action in tokyo. cycling has really taken the eye on day one proper? notjust for the not just for the british notjust for the british team but other countries and that big achievement for ecuador. only the second big medal in a summer olympics?— second big medal in a summer ol mics? ~ , ., ., olympics? absolutely right. you have been following _ olympics? absolutely right. you have been following the _ olympics? absolutely right. you have been following the action _ olympics? absolutely right. you have been following the action as - olympics? absolutely right. you have been following the action as well. - been following the action as well. historic first day for the people of ecuador, they won their second gold—medal ever at an armpit games and it came as you see in the men's road race cycling. the race rested over six hours in sweltering heat in tokyo and it was a bit of a

roller—coaster but in the end it was richard carapaz of ecuador who broke away with six kilometres to go, held on to cross the line with his rivals pretty much out of sight and that is ecuador�*s first gold medal since 1996 and it has been a good few weeks for him. third in the tour de france last week so i'm sure there will be quite a few lorry eyes in the ecuadorian capital today. the race finishing at 3am in the morning so some keen fans would stay up to watch but elsewhere, the former tour de france champion, geraint thomas has for the second olympics running, seen his hopes ruined by a crash. although they got back onto their bikes, they had lost too much ground and eventually had to pull out of the race. silver went to belgium, by the race. silver went to belgium, by the width of attire from tour de

france champion tadej pogacar who took the bronze medal. that put slovenia on the medals table for the first time and tadej pogacar won the tour de france last week so i'm don't think he will be too disappointed. i don't think he will be too disappointed.— don't think he will be too disappointed. don't think he will be too disa ointed. ., �* ~ ., disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it easier - disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it easier to i richard carapaz finds it easier to deal with the intense heat and humidity a lot of athletes have to try to adjust to. some of the tennis players seem to have struggled? the dead, players seem to have struggled? tue dead, but players seem to have struggled? tte dead, but we players seem to have struggled? "ttj: dead, but we have players seem to have struggled? ttj: dead, but we have heard a lot about the heat and experts and athletes way before the games began in tokyo were raising concerns aboutjust how hot it would be over there. after the first day of the tennis tournament, a number of the players said the conditions are too difficult to play in. two particular ones mentioned it, the top two men's seeds. novak djokovic and daniel medvedev the russian have both called on the organisers to move matches to later on in the day so

conditions aren't quite as oppressive. temperatures when djokovic and medvedev were on court stayed at around 33 degrees for the entire match with extreme humidity as well. both players said they were the toughest conditions they have ever had to deal with. the comfortable made their way through to the next round in straight sets but they are hoping organisers can move matches to a little bit later in the day when hopefully temperatures are not quite as hot. t temperatures are not quite as hot. i hope they can manage that despite all the events they have to squeeze in. for now, thank you very much. an 11—year—old girl who travelled to london from her home in greater manchester has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir, from bolton, left home without her parents' knowledge on thursday evening, before travelling on several trains to get to london euston in the early hours of friday. sancha berg has been

following the story. it is very interesting. because while her parents when they spoke about her earlier described her as a quiet shy girl, who never left the house on her own, the reports the public provided to police, described her as confident, able to approach a stranger at london bridge, say "can i use your phone?" "and by the way is there anywhere to stay overnight." the couple who the police were seeking, they did actually come forward. that was the couple on the train. they thought it was coincidence. police said, they were not suggesting she was with them, but they were just perhaps asking after her, seeing if she was all right. yes. and whether they could shed some light on it. they said she claimed she was 15, she was going to visit an aunt in london. they were slightly concerned,

but not terribly concerned. as were a couple of guards on the train, who kept her tickets. as were a couple of guards on the train, who checked her tickets. they were also surprised to see such a young girl travelling on her own. but she said she was 15, she was on her way to stay with an aunt. and because they thought she seemed confident enough, they did not contact the police either. it is a lovely ending to a story. as i say, she sounds like quite an impressive girl, to be able to get us to london on her own, and see the sights, because according to the police, she was sighted certainly at tower bridge, and almost certainly at that london eye as well. the good news that fatuma kadir has been found safe and well. people have been gathering in hungary's capital budapest today as the annual gay pride march is taking place. but this year, the country's government has approved a law that bans the depiction of what it describes as promotion of homosexuality and transgender issues to anyone under the age of 18. pride organisers say they want to stand up for a diverse,

open and inclusive society against what they call the government's stigmatising policies. i'm nowjoined by shaun walker who is the guardian's central and eastern europe correspondent. he is in budapest. first of all, what turnout has there been today? how would you characterise the mood? there has been a really _ characterise the mood? there has been a really impressive - characterise the mood? there has been a really impressive turnout, | been a really impressive turnout, always hard to put a number on these things but definitely in the tens of thousands, some of the central streets of budapest were closed off and the crowd went for a kilometre or two going around the ring—road across the bridge over the danube. there was definitely a sense, an undercurrent of protest, anger today, the laws that you mention. but really, the overall mood was quite defiant and celebratory, there was music and dancing, there were a

lot of rainbow flags and other colourful flags and i think this was perhaps the kind of defiant turn out to show another side of hungary, another side of hungarian society that sometimes gets drowned out by the government, viktor orban and the right—wing party. we the government, viktor orban and the right-wing party-— right-wing party. we have introduced a law in parliament _ right-wing party. we have introduced a law in parliament that _ right-wing party. we have introduced a law in parliament that bans - right-wing party. we have introduced a law in parliament that bans the - a law in parliament that bans the inverted, is promotion of homosexuality and transgender. how do people about the effect that might have?— might have? people are very worried about it. might have? people are very worried about it- it's — might have? people are very worried about it- it's a _ might have? people are very worried about it. it's a copy _ might have? people are very worried about it. it's a copy of _ might have? people are very worried about it. it's a copy of russian - might have? people are very worried about it. it's a copy of russian law. about it. it's a copy of russian law that came into effect a few years ago and unlike in russia where promotion is banned, its promotion and the portrayal of any lgbt themes in hungary that are banned. that mystics with gay characters,

advertising, television programmes with any portrayal or discussion of lgbt themes is technically against the law and you could argue that even carrying a rainbow flag so that children can see it is now illegal. this whole pride march theoretically could be illegal. i don't think people are expecting tens of thousands of arrests over this. but clearly there is first of all the psychological effects that the discussion of this is no technically illegal and i think also there is a big worry about what effect this will have on education, school, perhaps for young lgbt people growing up whereas previously there were support groups would go into school and offer help to lgbt students, some teachers would talk about these things, all of that is now off the table. head teachers can

face legal penalties if they go against it. people are worried what this will have on society.— this will have on society. thank you very much- — a scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been significantly expanded, following criticism it did not go far enough. currently, most people identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus have to self—isolate for 10 days — which the government says is "crucial" in controlling the spread of the virus. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate, whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it is late. what we need is the government to realise that we have

major problems occurring across all industrial sectors, because people are being pinged and are having to self—isolate and the vast, vast majority of them it happens unnecessarily. hundreds of rail services have been cancelled because of staff absences, with new timetables published to cope with the gaps. some rail workers will now qualify for the new testing scheme. newquay airport will have its busiest day in a year today, with around 2a flights, but the boss there is worried all his workers will not qualify. we have been told to expect exemptions in very small numbers, in ones and twos, rather than large numbers of staff. when we have between a quarter and a third in some cases of our individual teams being pinged by the system in one go and as soon as you get people back, you are often losing others to fresh notifications. we do not believe the scheme is going to cater for that. home secretary priti patel has said that daily testing will keep our front line teams safe while they continue to serve

the public, but leading figures in public health acknowledge the balance between transmission and economic damage being caused by staff shortages. clearly having over 600,000 people in england pinged i think in the last week is very, very disruptive with the covid—19 app, so the business concerns are absolutely real and i think there needs to be a solution and if you look around the world at other countries that are doing well in their vaccine programme, singapore for example, they are also moving to a system of not requiring self—isolation for people who have had both doses of the vaccine. as industries step forward requesting exemption, the government maintains the app is doing itsjob and is needed to stem the tide of coronavirus infections and protect the public. simon browning, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals, a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. afghanistan imposes a curfew

across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. tackling britain's pingdemic. hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. emergency workers in western india have been frantically trying to rescue around 50 people feared trapped in a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in the state of maharashtra. officials said the incessant rains over the past few days have triggered severe flooding in many parts of the state, causing widespread devastation. i'm joined now by anbarasan ethirajan from delhi. give us a sense of the scale of the damage being done. the give us a sense of the scale of the damage being done.— give us a sense of the scale of the damage being done. the rains have subsided briefly _ damage being done. the rains have

subsided briefly giving _ damage being done. the rains have subsided briefly giving officials - damage being done. the rains have subsided briefly giving officials an l subsided briefly giving officials an opportunity to deploy more emergency teams to look for survivors in this devastating place which triggered landslides and flooding in many rivers across the state. dozens of people have been killed. in one particular village hall settlement was buried and a huge amount of debris up the hell side caved in and people there are describing within a matter of minutes the whole settlement went under the mud. dozens of people are feared still trapped under the debris. the government has sent teams which they are desperately trying to rescue the survivors, if they are alive, the number is going up in this particular state and also the rivers are flooding because the torrential downpour has increased water level so the authorities are full to relieve their waters. social media

shows people have gone to the rooftops because the whole ground floor was flooded with water. the enormous economic damage at a time when the last 16 months we have been going through this pandemic, lockdown, people not having enough income, now this has added to the misery of people and in the neighbouring states which is a very famous tourist destination which officials describe as the worst flooding in the last four decades. that's the striking thing because monsoon rains are not unusual by any means in india but if the amount of rain is at its, floodwater is at its highest for such a long period, presumably people are asking questions about whether systems can be improved for warning, alerting, preparing people so they can do their best to get out of some of these communities before it is too late? ., . ., these communities before it is too late? ., ., ., ., , late? you are right, monsoon rains here are seasonal—

late? you are right, monsoon rains here are seasonal and _ late? you are right, monsoon rains here are seasonal and go _ late? you are right, monsoon rains here are seasonal and go from - late? you are right, monsoon rains. here are seasonal and go from june- here are seasonal and go from june— september across south asia, not only india but there are sometimes when you have storms it is triggering more rain. some experts are pointing out that the intensity of the rains is increasing for example you get a week of rain in two days. secondly, many settlements are blocking running water reaching many of the rivers. if you look at what's happening in germany a week ago, and also china, this downpour is not getting any time for people to even react or give warning so that's what happened in maharashtra for example where four landslides caved in without giving any warning. people are not expecting this so it's becoming more unpredictable and that's why many experts are linking this with climate change but other people say this is a four phenomenon that can happen once a twice in four

decades. a curfew has been imposed across nearly the whole of afghanistan, in an attempt to prevent taliban infiltration into the country's cities. fighting has escalated over the past two months, with the insurgents capturing around half of all territory as international troops are withdrawn. secunder kermani has more from kabul. this curfew is in place across the country. except for kabul. the idea is to try and get a grip on the deteriorating security situation, in particular to prevent infiltration into afghan cities of taliban operatives. militants have already encircled a number of cities. they are ready on the outskirts of some. whilst they have managed to capture around half of all territory in afghanistan, they have not been able to take hold

of any major urban centre. the last few days over the muslim festival of eid had seen a lull in fighting, but now fighting is picking up, and it seems that until we get to the colder winter, fighting will keep increasing. there is also concern about what is going on inside those territories the taliban have taken hold. human rights watch watch, reporting around 100 civilians executed by the taliban. the taliban has denied those allegations. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. speaking in virginia, mr biden praised the governor of alabama, kay ivey, who said it was time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the rise in infections.

here's our north america correspondent david willis. with less than 34% of its population fully vaccinated, alabama is the least vaccinated state in this country. and thursday's remarks by its republican governor were well received by the white house. folks are supposed to have common sense. but it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks, it's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. in a speech, president biden echoed governor kay ivey�*s assertion that the recent rise in covid—19 cases was the fault of those who have refused to get vaccinated. what we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. here is the point. first of all, the covid—19 deaths and hospitalisations today are among the unvaccinated people. and i know, i know this has

gotten a bit politicised, but i hope it is starting to change. a growing number of republicans and conservative leaders have called on people to get vaccinated in recent days following nearly a three—fold increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, most of them involving people who have not been vaccinated. 56% of americans, including children, have now received at least one jab, but a new poll suggests that the majority of those who are yet to be vaccinated still say they are unlikely to do so. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. opponents of covid restrictions are staging another day of protests in france. in central paris, protesters clashed with police, who responded with tear gas. the demonstrations are against a draft bill introducing covid passes and mandatory vaccination for health workers. the passes give access to a wide variety of services and amenities to those who have been fully vaccinated, or have a negative test result. protesters say it restricts people's freedom, but the protests also draw support from the far left and far

right, and from those who claim vaccines don't work. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions in the centre of australia's biggest city. thousands joined the protests after authorities suggested covid—19 restrictions could remain in place until october, a number of them clashed with the police and were arrested. demonstrations have also taken place in melbourne and brisbane. 1a million australians are under strict stay—at—home orders as the authorities struggle to contain a surge in delta variant infections. phil mercer has more from sydney. police minister david elliot, he has described about 3,500 protesters here in sydney as "selfish boofheads", that's an australian colloquialism for idiots, and i think many australians will agree with his sentiments. health officials say that the actions of these protesters could well cost lives and senior police officers say the consequences

could be catastrophic, given that only about 15% of australians are fully vaccinated against covid—19. the authorities here are livid at the behaviour of these individuals. and of course, when you think more broadly about the lockdowns, notjust here in sydney and the surrounding areas, but also in the state of victoria and south australia, clearly no—one — or very few people — are happy being in lockdown. people are questioning the government's approach to this, especially vaccinations, but i suspect that the vast majority of australians trying to do the right thing. yes, clearly they don't like the lockdowns and they will be looking at the actions of these protesters and thinking, "what were they doing?" we don't know yet, but the indications are that certainly sydney's delta variant crisis is getting worse. today, we've had 163 new infections reported in the past 2a hours. that is a new daily record for this city that's been in lockdown now for a month. it is notjust the city of sydney and its 5 million residents, that is a new daily record for this city that's

been in lockdown now for a month. it is notjust the city of sydney and its 5 million residents, also regions to the north, south and west and also the entire state of victoria and south australia too, so the situation is far worse here in sydney than it is anywhere else. the lockdown is due to end on friday, but no—one is really thinking that will happen. how long it is extended for, no—one really knows. there is speculation it could well be months rather than weeks and no doubt that has fuelled these protests today. but as i say, most australians are pretty compliant. they know the score, they know they have to stay home and do the right thing, but the authorities are setting up a special task force of detectives to investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and in two other cities.

one of the big problems of the morrison government has been the low uptake of vaccines. under 12% of australians are vaccinated. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. for some of us, it's been another very warm and very sunny afternoon, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. this is falkirk earlier on this afternoon, lots of blue skies and sunshine. for others, we had those thunderstorms through the first part of saturday morning. they've left in their wake a lot of cloud and further showers, and there's more thunderstorms to come in this forecast. so, here's the bigger picture — our area of high pressure bringing very warm, settled conditions starting to drift away north and eastwards, allowing this area of low pressure to tuck in behind. and it's going to generate more thunderstorms through this evening and into tomorrow. we have a met office warning, yellow warning, for these thunderstorms across parts of southern england, including the midlands and also wales. so, through this evening and overnight, the main focus of the thunderstorms will be

across central and southern england, particularly later in the night across south east england, where they could become quite lively. more cloud pushing in from the north and the east, the clearer skies the further west you are. where we've got the cloud and any thunderstorms, very humid across the southern half of the uk. 14—16 celsius the overnight low here, more like 11—13 celsius further north, and we've still got this area of low pressure with us tomorrow. it's going nowhere fast — it's likely to stay with us through much of next week. so, the main focus for thunderstorms through tomorrow will initially be across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia and then working their way slowly westwards through the day into parts of the midlands, wales, southwest england. always hit and miss, not everyone will see them. by and large, the further north and west you are, the drier and sunnier it will be once the morning cloud starts to break up. not quite as warm tomorrow across scotland and northern ireland, but for most, we'll still see temperatures in the low to mid 20s celsius. so, we start the new week with this area of low pressure. as i mentioned earlier, it's going to be with us for much

of next week, so really quite a messy picture on monday. by this stage, it looks like the showers will push their way further northwards into parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. again, hit and miss. not everyone will see them, but where we do, they could bring a lot of rain injust a short amount of time. more in the way of sunshine across the southern half of the uk on monday, so here, temperatures rising again, whereas across scotland and northern ireland, they'll start to turn a little bit cooler. and that's really the theme for the week ahead. there'll be for most of us and those temperatures will be coming down both by day and by night. goodbye.

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news with shaun ley. the headlines. a daily testing scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been expanded. essential services have been hit after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. afghanistan has declared a night—time curfew in almost the entire country in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. a 11—year—old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday. the annual pride march is taking place in the hungarian capital budapest, as lgbt rights are curbed under viktor orban's right—wing government. participants say they want a diverse, open after the pandemic shut down

most of the film and tv industry across the uk, cameras across scotland have started rolling again with the easing of covid—19 restrictions. in edinburgh, the final few scenes are being shot for a new six—part supernatural thriller, the rig. set in the north sea, it stars martin compston and schitts creek star emily hampshire. bbc scotland's entertainment reporter david farrell has been on set to meet the cast before films wraps. streaming giant amazon prime has docked in leith for its latest drama the rig. a former power plant is home to the six—part thriller, which is set on an oil rig in the north sea. martin compston takes one of the lead roles, and when he got the job he wasn't quite sure what to expect. my dad worked on the rigs and i've still got pals who worked on the rigs, so when he called me and said "we're doing a thing offshore", i thought it was going to be like a kitchen—sink drama about all these sort of hard drinking, fast living thingies, and i couldn't have been more wrong. i had no idea where this was going to go, and even then when you start the first episode, things start to go wrong, as things can do on a rig.

big questions posed about where we are in the world, global warming, what we're doing to our planet. there's a great line the brilliant mark bonnar has in it, which is, "if we keep punching holes in the earth, one time the earth's going to punch back." and it sort of all kind of revolves around a lot of that stuff. i've managed to get onto the bridge of an oil rig in the north sea. ok, maybe not. but this studio space in leith has been transformed into the set of the rig, thanks to some containers and of course the oil pipes. right, maybe that's not real either. but it will all come to life when the show hits our screens next year. we will have a huge amount of cgi, but there's wind machines and explosions, i think i can say. and all kinds of things going on around you. the set design has been second to none. starring alongside martin is emily hampshire, known to many as stevie from canadian sitcom

schitt�*s creek. but emily wasn't quite aware of her co—star�*s status. when i came onto this, our wardrobe department were like, "martin compston's on this," and i was like, "ooh!" and then someone else was like, "martin compston's on this." and i was like, "yeah, that's so exciting!" martin compston, i had no idea — but then we went for dinner, walked down the street, and this guy's like the mayor of scotland or something. everybody was... he's likejustin bieber here. so, now i know who martin compston is. and we'll have to wait until next year to know what emily and martin's on—screen partnership is like. five different types of cycling events are taking place at this year's tokyo olympics. while the sight of all those athletes on bikes might inspire some of us to hop on the saddle, not all of our local streets are suitable for cycling, let alone allowing our children to ride on —

unlike the netherlands, where a huge portion ofjourneys are made by bike. so, what does it take to make cycling nation? anna holligan has been collecting some tips from the dutch bike lanes. here in the netherlands, bikes rule. 40 years ago, the government created the dutch cycling embassy as there was so much interest in how cities transform themselves into this paradise for people on bikes. and here's their first tip. well, you need to make it really comfortable. and i think what we are doing right now is a perfect example of that. chris bruntlett travels the world, teaching other countries how to make cycling a viable alternative to driving. we have to create these conditions where an eight—year—old is comfortable cycling and an 80—year—old is comfortable cycling. so, what does that require? tips two and three — infrastructure. bike parking is a huge piece of it, and i think an underestimated one. if we're going to build

a safe space for cycling, we need to give people a safe space to store their bike. the segregated cycle lanes, thejunctions and the intersections — one thing the dutch do really well is provide physical protection all the way through the intersections so that you're notjust thrown out into no man's land and left to fend for yourself. and when the different types of road users do come into contact with each other, the bikes are always given priority. and that's something that is built into these streets. just watch... all the traffic pausing for them at this roundabout. but these dynamics aren't built out of bricks and mortar alone. tipfour... teaching children how to cycle in schools, it's given them an education in traffic safety. and when you've been travelling by bike your whole life, it happens almost as naturally as walking. it also means most drivers have grown up on two wheels, which breeds a broader level of consciousness

and conscientiousness. tip five — it's written into the insurance here. if there's an accident, the onus is on the driver to prove they weren't at fault. is it practical for every country to have a cycle network like the netherlands does? the good news is, yeah, it could be. it's not necessarily a copy—paste, it's just taking the inspiration from the dutch and the best practices that they've developed. the netherlands has changed from a car dominated country to a bicycle dominated country in a matter of decades, and this is the message that we now take to cities around the world that change is possible, you just need that long—term commitment to making it so. so, for cities that think the dutch model can't be replicated, there is a guide for that. anna holligan, bbc news, the hague.

let me bring you some breaking news. they record there were 31,795 new cases of infection in the 2a hours to saturday. that's 5000 or so down on the figure released yesterday, but there are fluctuations day today. you have to look at the trend today. you have to look at the trend to get a proper picture of what's actually happening. there is some delay, so i can't tell you how many people's deaths were recorded. in a moment, we'll bejoined by bbc one viewers for a full round—up of the day's news with philippa thomas. but first, the american baseball team the cleveland indians have announced they are changing their name. from the end of this season, they will be known as the cleveland guardians. they're the latest us sports franchise to change their name after criticism some found it offensive. tim allman has the story. tucson, arizona, a world champion gets into the sun. _

the cleveland indians begin spring - training under manager lou boudreau. for more than a century, they have been known as the cleveland indians. an illustrious, and every so often successful, baseball team. but, in recent years, that name has become increasingly controversial — so it's out with the old, and in with the new. we're excited to usher in the next era of professional baseball in cleveland, as the cleveland guardians — adding to our team's deep and rich history in our community. after being known, amongst other things, as the rustlers, the bluebirds, and the naps, they were first called the indians back in 1915. but the nickname and others like it is seen by many as racially insensitive, particularly to native americans. we ask ourselves why are we are the only race that are subjected to that. so, if this were truly an honour,

then why wouldn't other races be subjected to it? it is racially offensive, and we don't want to be the only group that is singled out for such an honour. not everybody is in favour — former president donald trump issued a statement saying... and it's notjust baseball. last year, washington's american football team retired the name redskins, and will announce a new name in 2022. the relationship between sport and politics can be difficult, but the owner of the team that will soon no longer be known as the cleveland indians says that, while the transition will be difficult for many, he hopes to unite the community. tim allman, bbc news.

good evening. it's been the first full day of action at the tokyo olympics, and one of team gb's medal hopes — the cyclist geraint thomas — has crashed out of the men's road race for the second successive games. elsewhere, andy murray and joe salisbury knocked out the second seeds in the tennis, and swimmer adam peaty had success in the pool. our sports correspondent nathalie pirks was watching. this road race was described as a war of attrition, long, hot and hilly, and all with an early crash. thomas hits the deck again. just like in rio, history was repeating itself. thomas was determined to leave it all on the road, skin and lycra included, but he was starting to flag. mount fuji soon beckoned in all its brutal beauty, but after 1a kilometres of climbing, thomas was out in what was likely his last olympics. adam yates eventually was the highest placed briton in ninth, but after more than six

hours richard carapaz claimed only ecuador�*s second gold in olympic history. carapaz takes the gold for ecuador! well, it wasn't to be in the road race, but team gb is still chock full of more athletes with olympic pedigree. and today, more big names were beginning their quest to bring home more hardware, including adam peaty in the pool. peaty is as close to a nailed—on medal as you can get, and in his heat he hammered home the point to reach the semis at a canter. he is unbeaten in seven years at the 100 metre breaststroke. helen glover has won back—to—back golds in the women's pairs, but since rio she's had three children. her partner polly swan is an nhs doctor, and on the day of clever�*s son's third birthday, the pair came third in the heats. room for improvement in the semis. come on, come on! double olympic champion max whitlock was in action in gymnastics qualifying, safely through to the pommel horse final.

with a pirouette. well done, max! it's been a long time waiting, and that's why it feels surreal being here, you know, at the tokyo olympic games. at one point, a year and a half ago, we didn't know if it was going ahead or not. we are here, we are so relieved to be here. and how's this for a cracking start? sir andy murray and doubles partner joe salisbury had been handed a very tough opener against the french number two seeds, but in the sweltering heat the french had gone right off the boil and the britons knocked them straight out of the olympics in straight sets. nathalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. in other olympic news... ellen white scored great britain's only goal againstjapan to book their place in the knockout stages. team gb go into theirfinal game of group e on tuesday against canada, needing a draw to top the group. china's yang qian won the first gold medal of the tokyo olympics in the women's 10—meter rifle competition. in a closely—fought contest, she just held off russia's anastasiia galashina, who claimed silver.

and naohisa takato wonjapan's first gold medal of the games, beating taiwan's yang yung—wei in the final of the men's 60kg judo. the latest official covid figures show that britain recorded 31,795 new cases on saturday. the number of deaths has not yet been released. meanwhile, a scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england by committing to daily testing has been significantly expanded. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate — whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it's late.

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public health leaders say there is a bug there were balance between self isolation and economic damage. clearly, having over 600,000 people in england pinged in the last week is very disruptive, with the covid—19 app. so the business concerns are absolutely real, and i think there needs to be a solution, and if you look around the world at other countries that are doing well in their vaccine programmes — singapore, for example — they are also moving to a system of not requiring self—isolation for people who have had both doses of the vaccine. this evening, some of those who are now exempt way to find out how it will work. as the smooth flow of business gets held up by stifte isolating, the government maintains the app is doing itsjob and is needed to stem the tide of coronavirus infections and protect the public. simon browning, bbc news. an 11—year old girl who went missing from her home in bolton on thursday evening, has been found safe and well in london. greater manchester police said fatuma kadir was found in the capital earlier today and that they were working to reunite her with her parents. sanchia berg joins me now.

sanchia, what more do we know? we know that when she was on her journey, this long, piece of travel which took several independent different train journeys, fatuma which took several independent different trainjourneys, fatuma did tell people she encountered, whether passenger's or railway staff, that she was 15 and she was going to stay with an aunt in london. and she was confident enough that none of the people she encountered thought they needed to report it to the police. in london she certainly did see the sights, she was at london bridge, at tower bridge, later on yesterday she was spotted at the london i, so she did achieve her dream of getting to london and seeing the sites. but the most important thing is that she has now been found safe and well, she's being reunited with her parents, that will happen, they are incredibly relieved, according the police. a, incredibly relieved, according the olice. j ., ., ., police. a girl with quite a lot of initiative- _

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it is purely random, very unlucky. fortunately, they were woken up by the storm and they knew how to get out of their houses, they prepared, so they managed to safely make their way out. the storms became a spectacle right across southern counties. with the lightning came torrential rain. the met office issued a yellow alert, and says high gusts of winds and some flooding are possible in southern england over the next 48 hours. duncan kennedy, bbc news. before we go, for those of us inspired by the summer's sporting events, some good news — park run has at last got back under way across england. the free community 5k events were due to resume injune but postponed because of the delay in easing covid restrictions. events in northern ireland are already back up and running, while in scotland and wales, organisers are aiming to start

again on august 14th. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at a quarter past ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

hello, welcome back to bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the government's facing calls to bring forward the relaxation of self—isolation rules in england. from the 16th of august, people who are fully vaccinated will be able to take daily tests instead of quarantining after they come into contact with someone with covid—19. the government has already expanded a scheme that allows some key workers to avoid isolation.

mick lynch is the general secretary of the rmt rail union. he says rail workers need clarity from the government. we were told on thursday and friday that this would only apply to a very limited amount of people, control workers who would be individually named, so maybe a couple of dozen in the country. we're hearing today that this is going to be from your news reports and others, that this is going to be a general position for all transport and freight workers and people around other industries. now, it's utter chaos because nobody understands what's going on. i've been in contact with the transport employers this morning, and they don't know what's going on, they've not been informed of any change compared to the picture on thursday and friday. we can have a situation where people who are supposed to be isolating will be told to go to work, and they will be working amongst people who have no choice. so, there will be an enhanced danger for the people that are receiving them into the workplace and very little or no control measures about the spread

of infection to them. so, this could be a means by which the infection is spread even more than it is now, and let's not forget — the app is showing us what's happening in society. the government released these controls in a libertarian frenzy last week, and now they're surprised there is a big spread in alerts and infection. it's an intolerable situation where the government is creating chaos on behalf of the workforces, the employers, the organisations that are writing these services. nobody has a clue about what is actually going to be in place on monday. the testing centres aren't in place. we're told that now, you don't need to be double vaccined in order to do this, all of which is contradictory to the position of last night. you say the government is sowing confusion and causing us chaos. the government might say, look, we're just responding to what the employers and all kinds of industries, and even some unions, have said. this is causing massive disruption that people are being told,

"you must leave immediately from the working environment," and that puts extra strain on other workers who end up having to pick up the slack suddenly out of nowhere. you can't have it both ways, can you? i don't want it both ways. i want a clear direction on how this country's being run through a crisis. if they couldn't work out that releasing all of the control measures in transport and shops, pubs and restaurants, all social settings, would cause an outbreak of further infections from the virus and then further alerts on the track and trace system, which they designed and implemented and have been praising — well, they simply don't know what they're doing. they are completely and utterly incompetent in running this system. what should've happened is we should've had a gradual release from lockdown with the controls eased as the data and evidence allowed for it, instead ofjust slinging open the doors and letting the virus into every workplace and social setting. so, we're not responsible for what the government has done, but they don't seem to be

responsible for it either because they're just ad—libbing and responding to every submission that they get from the employers without having a thought to what the organisation of industry and systems is in this country. time for a look at the weather with alina. hello. for some of us, it's been another very warm and very sunny afternoon, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. this is falkirk earlier on this afternoon, lots of blue skies and sunshine. for others, we had those thunderstorms through the first part of saturday morning. they've left in their wake a lot of cloud and further showers, and there's more thunderstorms to come in this forecast. so, here's the bigger picture — our area of high pressure bringing very warm, settled conditions starting to drift away north and eastwards, allowing this area of low pressure to tuck in behind. and it's going to generate more thunderstorms through this evening and into tomorrow. we have a met office warning, yellow warning, for these thunderstorms across parts of southern england,

including the midlands and also wales. so, through this evening and overnight, the main focus of the thunderstorms will be across central and southern england, particularly later in the night across south east england, where they could become quite lively. more cloud pushing in from the north and the east, the clearer skies the further west you are. where we've got the cloud and any thunderstorms, very humid across the southern half of the uk. 14—16 celsius the overnight low here, more like 11—13 celsius further north, and we've still got this area of low pressure with us tomorrow. it's going nowhere fast — it's likely to stay with us through much of next week. so, the main focus for thunderstorms through tomorrow will initially be across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia and then working their way slowly westwards through the day into parts of the midlands, wales, southwest england. always hit and miss, not everyone will see them. by and large, the further north and west you are, the drier and sunnier it will be once the morning cloud starts to break up. not quite as warm tomorrow across scotland and northern ireland, but for most, we'll still see temperatures in the low to mid 20s celsius.

so, we start the new week with this area of low pressure. as i mentioned earlier, it's going to be with us for much of next week, so really quite a messy picture on monday. by this stage, it looks like the showers will push their way further northwards into parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. again, hit and miss. not everyone will see them, but where we do, they could bring a lot of rain injust a short amount of time. more in the way of sunshine across the southern half of the uk on monday, so here, temperatures rising again, whereas across scotland and northern ireland, they'll start to turn a little bit cooler. and that's really the theme for the week ahead. there'll be for most of us and those temperatures will be coming down both by day and by night. goodbye.

this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash. the uk government attempts to tackle disruption to key services in england as hundreds of thousands of people are told to self—isolate by the nhs covid app. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities.